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Groeibriljant Le Medi, artist Arno Coenen

The mosaics attached to the ceiling of the access gates of the new housing project Le Medi (www.lemedi.nl) in the Bospolder-Tussendijken neighbourhood have been nominated a Groeibriljant a while ago by the city of Rotterdam. And now they are finished!
Mothership asked artist Arno Coenen to make a design for the mosaics. In co-operation with Rini Biemans of Creatief Beheer (www.creatiefbeheer.nl), special days had been organized on which the new house owners of Le Medi and current inhabitants of the neighbourhood could create the mosaics. The first tile was laid by minister Vogelaar (Housing, Neighbourhoods and Integration).
The remarkable architecture of Le Medi was inspired by the beautiful architecture from Mediterranean countries.
On Friday 31 October at 4.30 PM the mosaics in the gates of Le Medi will be officially revealed. The opening of this special occasion will be done by city councillor Karakus of the city of Rotterdam (Housing and Spatial Planning). more

Graffitibriljant Kralingen -Crooswijk, artist duo Transister

The overpass where Oostzeedijk Beneden passes underneath the Willem Ruyslaan, is one of three locations that have been designated for the "Graffitibriljant" project in the Kralingen-Crooswijk district of Rotterdam (NL).
Transister (www.transister.nl), consisting of Hanneke van Leeuwen and Nelleke Boerkoel, are the young artists that will brighten up the overpass. The 15 columns have already been painted.
Portraits representing young people and their subculture will be placed on the two long walls. Not only the current youths will be portraited, but also the youths of earlier generations. Transister will visit older people to find out how they looked when they where young.
Transister is represented by Shop Around! (www.shop-around.nl)
This Graffitibriljant was an assignment by BKOR (CBK Rotterdam), dS+V and the district council of Kralingen-Crooswijk. more

This year, on Friday 12th of September, the festival was opened with the show Paradise by the Laptop Light (www.paradisebythelaptoplight.com), presented by Koert van Mensvoort together with some special guests. The presentation was held in the building of the former Nederlands Fotomuseum and was a big success.
Next, a flock of sheep sauntered through the Witte de Withstreet concluding the opening of this years 'Green' themed festival. Once again one could immensely enjoy a divergent program of various arts. Responsible this year for driving on and enthusing the different parties along the street was Nataša Heydra; massive compliments! Participating artists were Hans van Bentem, Onno Poiesz, Lastplak in cooperation with Snodevormgevers, Dienke Groenhout & Gigja Reynisdóttir, Freerk Wieringa and Jan-Geert Munneke. more

P15, installation by Geert Mul in the Nederlands Fotomuseum

Besides photographs, the Nederlands Fotomuseum (Dutch Photomuseum) now also has moving images. P15 is a new installation, designed by Geert Mul (www.geertmul.nl) and programmed by Rob Duyser. P15 enables visitors to compile their own movie program, with a maximum of one hour. All the short movies were made by photographers. more

Ketelbinkie and the Trojan Horse

The owners of the Turkish restaurant Nazar and the Greek restaurant Olympia on the Schiedamse Vest in Rotterdam (NL), joined hands in order to get a sculpture for their street.
For this, they invited the artist Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk, a.k.a. Cirque de Pepin (www.cirque.nl) to make a design. Pepijn was inspired by the special duo and used their cultural history for the design of the ceramic sculpture. Other parties that have helped were Project Groene Duimen, the Centrum council and Stichting Stadswonen.
See more of Pepijn's work in our shop.more

Mothership all over the world

We have been asked by the Dutch Chief Government Architect to assist artist Nathan Coley from Glasgow (UK) in his search for bricks, which were once used as ballast on the ships of the Dutch East and West India Companies (VOC and WIC) during the 17th and 18th century.
After having been used as ballast, these bricks were often used to build houses, schools and churches. The bricks will be incorporated into the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam (NL), which is due for renovation. Exactly how, will be clarified at a later stage: the creative process is still ongoing.
Our search takes us from Australia to Suriname, whereby we are scouring all countries and cities along the way that have once been visited by the VOC and WIC. So far, with our crew we have been able to get our hands on a nice amount of bricks. If you might know someone who could perhaps help us in these far away countries that were once visited by the VOC or WIC, then your help is greatly appreciated.
Want to know more about Nathan Coley? Then please check Haunch of Venison(www.haunchofvenison.com) or Doggerfisher (www.doggerfisher.com).

Mothership in the press

Mothership has appeared in the press many times already. We have recently placed a nice collection of these publications on our website (mostly in Dutch). Go here to read what others have written about us!