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Boundless, it was!

Photo Rick Messemaker
The six meter tall crowd controllers by Dstruct drew a lot of attention during the festival De Wereld van Witte de With in Rotterdam. Physics Distrorter 1.3 by Jan van Nuenen bounced and shot ecstatically across the façade. Eight barriers by Gijs van Bon in the Hartmanstraat went up and down in various rhythms, like dancers legs that are strong as iron. The young and old had themselves stuck on a modern version of a pillory, after which they were shamelessly paraded through the street. On the lawn next to the Nai and across the building site of the Museumpark, limit-expanding movies were shown with titles such as: 'Rotterdam Heartcore' and 'Baghdad Disco' by Arno Coenen, 'The Very Best Tof' by Matthijs Vlot, 'Echte Liefde' by the Humobisten and 'Burning Car' by the Danish collective SUPERFLEX. In short, there was plenty to do! The festival drew over 35.000 people and received media attention from far across the Dutch borders.
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What makes photography so much fun?

You're always the one in front, you end up in all kinds of new situations and you have a great alibi to take pictures of strangers! During the Summer Events of Your World in Rotterdam, photographer Vincent Dekker was commissioned by Rotterdam Festivals to give a master class in photography for young people. The results of what these young folks captured on digital film are now on display on the ventilation structures on the Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam. The images will be on display until the 20th of November.
www.vincentdekkers.com
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We are happy with our warm prize

Thanks to photographer Elise Rijnberg and the Rabobank Rotterdam
The Ketelbinkie award that was handed out by the Ketelbinkie Foundation and the Rabobank in May of this year, turns out to be as large as life, passionate, friendly and with lots of experience in business. The award consisted of the real gentleman 'John Kimmel' (shown on the rightside of the photo). He's known as a successful businessman and runs various companies. Together with the Rabobank he helps to support new and innovative companies, both content and business wise. Mothership is now being professionally coached to help to attain its goals for the next 5 years. With all these positive developments, Mothership is in an anti-crisis and ready to expand. We welcome the warm personality of Faye Ellen who, as a project manager, will be an additional support to our projects.
www.parkgraaf.nl

'Schuttingtaal'

The city centre of Nieuwegein is very much in motion, even more since our Nataša has been swaying her magic pen over there. To stimulate the liveability, the council organizes various projects; one of them being the poetry contest 'Schuttingtaal'. Inhabitants of Nieuwegein were challenged to write a poem about the changes taking place in the city centre. From the 26th of October, the winning poems can be admired on various buildings in the city centre. The fences of the construction site of the new city hall will then also display the poems of all the contestants. The project was organized by the City of Nieuwegein, in cooperation with the Library and Foundation Beeldspraak. Rufus Ketting did the graphic design of the project.
www.schuttingtaal.net

'A ee el u?' or 'Can We Help You?'

Mothership was asked by Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR) to produce four different performances. When The Lightness Of Poetry is about the need for 'a simple gesture' and was performed in the week of 19 until 27 of September. For the performances, SIR invited four internationally known artists. A film called 'The Ashes of Pasolini' by Alfredo Jaar, the live performance 'Lucky Day' by Roman Ondák, the live performance 'Time' by David Lamelas and 'A ee el u?' a live performance by the young British artist Rory Pilgrim, who believes in the possibility of letting the unspeakable speak. On the stairs of the city hall, the artist did his performance with a new choir each time. The voices aren't singing any comprehensible words but the offered song does end with a question to the audience: 'Can We Help You'?
www.sculptureinternationalrotterdam.nl
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Rocket Cinema Festival 2009: Monster Movies

With 'Monster Movies' being the theme of Rocket Cinema Festival 2009, a selection was made from classic monster movies for which dj's and musicians wrote a new soundtrack. Commissioned by foundation Rocket Cinema (Paradiso), Mothership asked Anita van Pelt (Artyshock) and Marijke Brinkhof (MAD) to create a real film set in the Vondelpark in Amsterdam. Last Saturday, 24th of October, 400 people were walking in the dark night with headphones on, accompanied by the scary sounds from the movie “The Blair Witch Project” and a live mixed soundtrack by DJ Carl Craig, creating a gruesome evening.
www.rocketcinema.nl
www.marijkesartdepartment.com
www.artyshock.nl
www.carlcraig-sessions.com

Mega Mosaic III

Recently, the very last tile was placed of the third Mega Mosaic in Utrecht, titled 'Game Meadow'. Just like the previous two mosaic squares that were commissioned by the City of Utrecht, 'Game Meadow' in the Peltplantsoen is made of various coloured concrete tiles and has the monumental size of 68 by 8 metres! www.arnocoenen.nl
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Hans van Bentem in Space

For the past few years, Van Bentem has been to China on a regular basis. He has a house there and a studio where he not only works alone, but also with other, Chinese, artists. This time, his hard work has led to a big solo exhibition in C-Space in Beijing (Peking) and a smaller dress size, as some of his more intimate friends might have noticed. From the 31st of October until February 2010, various sculptures in porcelain, bronze and some crystal chandeliers will be on display.
Have a look at www.c-spacebeijing.com or drop by!

BLOW UP Studio VollaersZwart

The location of this new Graffitibriljant in the borough of Prins Alexander in Rotterdam is the overpass that lifts the A16 over the 's Gravenweg. The overpass was once a piece of concrete scourged by tags, but with the aid of this Graffitibriljant that has changed dramatically. For the design of BLOW UP, Studio Vollaerszwart was inspired by the tags on the walls of the overpass, which they blew up to monumental sizes. This Graffitibriljant was commissioned by dS+V and Centrum Beeldende Kunsten Rotterdam. www.cbk.rotterdam.nl