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

Since seven years I am working on the project City Scripts. City Scripts is a long-term public art project for which I use different media.

I observe and record everyday behaviour of users of (semi) public spaces. I am interested in ordinary events like waiting at a subway platform, visiting a supermarket, posting a letter at a mailbox or just simply walking on the street. With the projects I try to ‘ritualise’ events that give shape to our everyday life, but that we hardly always perceive.

The way people behave and move in public space is an important signal for experiencing the human condition at a certain place. The body language of people reveals a layer of consciousness that is kept hidden by verbal communication. By showing this mainly unconscious body language I am trying to offer people new perspectives on places they use day-by-day.

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

info@cityscripts.com

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

WOMEN DASHING THROUGH THE STREETS a.o.

three view masters at the Kadijksplein in Amsterdam, 2008

ZEBRA


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

Budapest, 2004