Thu 10 November
Film screening “Niemandsland” and presentation by Veldwerk
Bieke Versloot and Lieke van Pruijssen, founders of Veldwerk, talk about the making of their film Niemandsland (2011, 23 min., Dutch), and about the audio tour project they developed especially for Melanchotopia.
Witte de With’s Melanchotopia is an exhibition that invites more than forty international artists to work with different venues in the city-center of Rotterdam – places where people live and work – and to activate their potential as spaces for ideas, discourse and invention.
Melanchotopia’s sphere of activity – the streets, squares and corners of central Rotterdam – conceal a number of remarkable tales of the city. Veldwerk film + educatie + beleid has developed an audio tour especially for Melanchotopia to encourage the listener to pause and reflect on the here and now of the city and the personal experiences of its residents and users. From the stories – some ordinary and some less ordinary – of old and new Rotterdammers and artists, the listener discovers alternative and hidden dimensions of the city.Witte de With’s Melanchotopia is an exhibition that invites more than forty international artists to work with different venues in the city-center of Rotterdam – places where people live and work – and to activate their potential as spaces for ideas, discourse and invention.
