shopper



a story about the 'Koopgoot' in Rotterdam and its visitors

published in BK-Informatie 2002-2

Rotterdam, 2002

walking between my home and the city centre
a model zooming in on observations that I make during walks to the city centre

Rotterdam, 2005


backpackers



a performance included in the Bodycase festival in Rotterdam

commissioned by the Gil&Moti Homegallery

Rotterdam, 2002

the everyday gaze of the sightseer

a story about two backpackers and the role of the sightseer in day-to-day city life

commissioned by Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam

Berlin, Prague, Budapest and Vienna, 2001

PASSAGE



a new free newspaper for passengers in the Rotterdam subway

supported by CBK/Public Art, Rotterdam

Rotterdam, 2004



the passengers of the 7.51 am train
a choreographical group portrait of the passengers of the 7.51 am train

commissioned by Cargo, Almere

Almere, 2003

waiting for the Aldi


throughout the Netherlands I take pictures of the Aldi supermarket entrance a few minutes before the store opens

Netherlands, since 2003

supermarket cashiers

a contribution to 'When it's on your tongue, you should speak'

commissioned by Lantaren/Venster and Miriam Reeders

Rotterdam, 2001

the passer-by with both hands in their trouser pockets
a video recording project in the nightlife center

commissioned by Platform Gras/NP3

Groningen , 2003

cleaner




a video installation above the passport control at Schiphol airport

commissioned by Smart Project Space and Schiphol Airport

Amsterdam , 2001-2002

a refugee of time

an essay on the phenomena 'non-place' and an asylum seeker who stayed at an airport for 11 whole years

a chapter from my thesis 'Staging Nominal Patricipants', Piet Zwart Institute

Rotterdam , 2001

airport choreography


a photo and text essay on the choreography of passengers at an airport

commissioned by the Amsterdam Weekly

Amsterdam , 2004

the carillon


a choreographical archive of passers-by at an intersection of two shopping streets in Drachten

commissioned by the VHDG foundation

Drachten , 2002-2003

market researchers

a staged act about a group of market researchers in a shopping street in Rotterdam

supported by CBK/Public Art, Rotterdam

Rotterdam , 2001

the Marskramer at Tuesday, 10 May 2005

a contribution to the project 'Business as Usual' in the shopping district of Rotterdam-North

commissioned by the Art in Fuse Foundation

Rotterdam , 2005


For the project City Scripts I observe and record everyday behavior in (semi) public spaces. I choose acts like people waiting at a subway platform, visiting a supermarket or posting a letter at a mailbox. I aim to register the choreography of these acts in a very precise way. The registrations are presented as videos or photographs at the location itself.

At every location people appear in a certain capacity. I try to point at these different capacities. At an airport people behave like passengers, at a shopping mall like shoppers, at work like collegians. The interpretation of these roles recedes the personal into the background, and emphasizes the communal in a theatrical way.

By focusing on everyday behavior I try to give meaning to events that are taking place always and everywhere, but that we hardly always perceive. I want to ritualize these everyday events. It should reveal the characteristics of a place and, if possible, strengthen its nature.

 

reviews and interviews

- 'Stadsportret met bewakingscamera's', de Volkskrant, 17-2-2005
- 'Ze willen van de Aldi een Albert Heyn maken', interview Crant Dwaallicht Crooswijk, 2005
- 'Sociale Zaken om 14.55 uur', SOZAFOX, september 2004
- 'City Script van de easy City', interview door Bas van de Geyn en Pieter Beek, de Vrije Ruimte, 2004
- 'De Ark, Lilet Breddels in Cargo ZO5, 2004
- 'De steppende vrouwen van Drachten', Siebe Thissen in One Clover and a Bee, VHDG, 2003
- 'Passanten vormen samen kunstwerk', Drachtster Courant, 9-2-2003

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lino hellings | yvonne dröge-wendel | harmen de hoop l de geuzen l sjaak langenberg l peter westenberg | hinke suds and soda | social fiction l easycity l platform gras l  piet zwart institutel stroom l skor l siebren constanz | atelier rijksbouwmeester | vh de gemeente l  hedah l gil & motihomegallery l cargo l smart project space l TENT. | hints | martijn engelbrecht | de appel | nicoline van harskamp

 

train passenger


following the 'safetycards' which you find in airplanes at the back of a seat, I designed a 'social card' for the train passenger

Dutch railway trains, 2005

walking a dog


a reading-table at the borders of a grass strip in the Speelhuislaan

commissioned by Lokaal01, Breda

Breda, 2006


social affairs at 2.55 pm


a digital project for the ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

commissioned by Atelier Rijksbouwmeester

The Hague, 2004


'ziekenhuisgang'

a video installation for the Spaarnehospital in Hoofddorp

commissioned by the SKOR / Spaarneziekenhuis

Hoofddorp, 2008

ZEBRA


a poster project about a small waiting choreography in front of a zebra in Budapest

Budapest, 2004

security guards


a staged act about two security guards a shopping mall

commissioned by CBK/Public Art, Rotterdam

Rotterdam, 2002