Radio Palace Maashaven

In collaboration with Operator Radio, Maashaven Palace Studio broadcasting live from Het Gemaal op Zuid on four Sundays from Sunday 30 January. The radio broadcast can be attended on location or can be viewed live via www.operator-radio.com. The radio broadcasts will take place on Sunday 30 January, 14.00 pm – 17.00 pm, Sunday 6 February, 18.00 pm – 21.00 pm, Sunday 13 February, 14.00 pm – 17.00 pm and Sunday 20 February, 14.00 pm – 17.30 pm.

The broadcast can be attended by 30 visitors. Registration is not necessary, but full is full. We follow the guidelines of the RIVM.

Program

Sunday 20 February 2022, 14.00 p.m. – 17.30 p.m.

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14.00 p.m., The Interludes I
14.30 pm, Mariska van den Berg in conversation with Dees Linders: The artwork as an undefined area
15.00 p.m., The Interludes II: performance by Nikos ten Hoedt
15.30 pm, Mariska van den Berg in conversation with Zoë Cochia (Niffo Galerie /recycle studio) and Annet van Otterloo (Het Gemaal op Zuid)
16.00 pm, Kim Bouvy in conversation with Jan Konings and Malique Mohamud: Rotterdam, city of imagination?
16.30 pm – 17.30 pm, The Interludes III: Live DJ Set Bella Hall

14.00 p.m., The Interludes I

The Interludes is a project developed for Radio Paleis Maashaven by radio collective Good Times Bad Times (GTBT). With contributions from: Alyona Ciobanu – Wine Barrels / Roel Meelkop – Maashaven / Noa Kurzweil – Voice Actor/

14.30 pm, Mariska van den Berg in conversation with Dees Linders: The artwork as an undefined area

Mariska van den Berg (Amsterdam) is an art historian and theory teacher at the MA Visual Cultures at AKV St.-Joost in Den Bosch. She regularly writes about visual art and works as an exhibition maker. In 2014 her book 'City residents change the city. About new collectives, public domain and transition', about bottom-up practices in urban public space. Before that she worked as a curator at SKOR, the Art and Public Space Foundation. The last part of 'Joined Narratives' – three successive presentations of the work of filmmakers Katarina Jazbec, Lavinia Xausa and Heidi Vogels – which she made at TENT in Rotterdam, will open in March.

Dees Linders is an art historian and researcher specialized in art and the public space. She worked as a curator at the Art and Public Space Foundation and as a city curator at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. Between 2007 and 2019 she was artistic director of Sculpture International Rotterdam, part of the Center for Visual Arts in Rotterdam.

15.00 p.m., The Interludes II: performance by Nikos ten Hoedt

Nikos ten Hoedt is a designer, visual artist and music producer from Rotterdam and is interested in how the disciplines can complement each other. Here is more information about his music, to be performances and an sound event

15.30 pm, Mariska van den Berg in conversation with Zoë Cochia (Niffo Galerie /recycle studio) and Annet van Otterloo (Het Gemaal op Zuid)

niffo means COUSIN in slang. The name refers to a family environment, in which all kinds of target groups can come together with the help of art in various forms. The gallery was founded by artist and teacher Zoë Cochia in 2014 and has an important social and educational function in the Afrikaanderwijk in Rotterdam. The social function is aimed at cohesion and communication in the neighborhood and talent discovery and development of young people in the neighbourhood. Through exhibitions, workshops and educational projects, Niffo uses its own qualities and networks for local and global interaction and communication.

Zoe Cochia is a Dutch-Romanian artist, born in Bucharest. A free, rebellious spirit that experiments with photography, collages, film and poetry. Graduated as a mechanical engineer working for the Romanian railways, she left the country after the revolution of 1989 to settle in the Netherlands. In addition to being a visual artist and teacher of visual art and graphic design, she is also a youth counselor and founded Niffo Galerie/Recycle studio in 2014.

Zoë developed the project for Studio Paleis Maashaven Intertwined Legacy

Annet van Otterlo is the general coordinator of the Afrikaanderwijk Cooperative† The cooperative makes the strength of Rotterdam South visible by investing in committed residents and entrepreneurs and an active culture programme. To this end, the cooperative offers an organizational structure in which the proceeds and benefits accrue directly to the district itself. The cooperative sees inclusive, integrated neighborhood development as an important factor in creating value in the area of ​​involvement and ownership of residents and all related aspects, so that residents (again) fully participate in the neighborhood. The Raw Materials Station developed in collaboration with Superuse Studios is a current project on the market. It provides employment for the neighbourhood, facilitates recycling and reuse, adds something to the public space and tells a different story about the neighbourhood, namely about sustainability and innovation.

Annet studied Social History at Leiden University and in recent years gained experience in various projects in stimulating urban development from art and culture, such as for the studio of Jeanne van Heeswijk, the Urbaniahoeve Foundation in The Hague, and she worked as a City lab broker in the same city on the City New Deal Knowledge, a project aimed at the city as a rich learning environment for students. Connecting art, culture and residents with (cultural) production and area development is always the starting point.

16.00 pm, Kim Bouvy in conversation with Jan Konings and Malique Muhamud: Rotterdam, city of imagination?

Kim Bouvy is project leader and curator of Studio and Radio Paleis Maashaven and, at the invitation of SIR, has developed a small-scale, flexible and 'covid-proof' concept, aimed at enabling a modest number of works of art in public space and establishing local connections. Radio forms the backbone as an accessible public space, it offers a platform for various makers and organizations and initiates the conversation about their work.

Kim has a background as a visual artist/photographer and also works as a curator, project leader, program manager and teacher for a multitude of cultural and educational institutions in Rotterdam and beyond. Her own work is fascinated by often local meanings and histories in public space and the (urban) landscape. She previously published 'Phantom City' about Rotterdam and 'Niemandsland' about Berlin.

Jan Konings is a designer of public space and works at the intersection of urban planning, landscape, art, ecology and design. He is looking for ways to strengthen the social cohesion of public space and bring it to life by means of (minimal) additions. As a teacher he works at various art and architecture courses in the Netherlands and abroad. He currently teaches at the Master Contextual Design of the Design Academy in Eindhoven.

In the Rotterdam Tarwewijk he has worked on the realization of various facilities for a growing number of homeworkers and together with students from the Academy of Architecture he has made alternative proposals for the Tweebosbuurt. He is currently working with Studio LA to realize a debate center for young people in South Rotterdam.

Writer, director, artist and program maker Malique Mohamud became interested in the relationship between city life and street culture in his youth. As the son of a Somali poet and general, he advocates and searches for meaning in cultural production from the perspective of the African diaspora. Autonomy, rebelliousness and (skewed) power relations are recurring themes in his work.

Malique is founder of Concrete Blossom, an offline platform with a new view on metropolitanism. Within the platform, the starting point is a diasporic perspective: the multicultural and pluriform origin is central. The ultimate goal is to make the media and cultural landscape more inclusive, in other words also accessible to people with roots outside of Rotterdam, or the Netherlands. The focus is on Rotterdam as a city in transition to inclusiveness and super diversity.

16.30 pm – 17.30 pm, The Interludes III: Live DJ Set Bella Hall

Bella Hall is a Swiss DJ, living in Rotterdam. She is 1/5 part of the female DJ collective AMPFEMININE that strives for more opportunities for minorities in the DJ scene in the Netherlands. “Bella likes to combine music that is breaky and bassy with little cheesy notes here and there.” She recently played at ADE, BIT and Hör.

Read more about AMPFEMININE here.

Sunday 13 February 2022, 14.00 p.m. – 17.00 p.m.

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14.00 p.m. – 15.00 p.m., The Interludes I – Good Times Bad Times
15.00 p.m. – 15.10 p.m., inauguration Fountain Maashaven by Jeroen Jongeleen
15.10 pm – 15.40 pm, live music Bergur Anderson
15.40:16.00 PM – XNUMX PM, The Interludes II – Good Times Bad Times
16.00 p.m. – 16.10 p.m., column Sandra Smets
16.10 pm – 17.00 pm, Florian Cramer in conversation with Jeroen Jongeleen 

On Sunday 13 February, Ove Lucas, director of the CBK Rotterdam will unveil the new artwork by Jeroen Jongeleen at 15 pm Fountain Maashaven.

Fountain Maashaven (2022) is a point in the water of the harbor declared a work of art by Jongeleen, an 'Object trouvé' that at unknown times of the day bubbles up from the depths like a source, temporarily visible to pedestrians from the sidewalk. His fountain is an ode to frayed edges and crumple zones, to the city that does not try to appear better than it is, a work of art that cannot be encapsulated in city marketing as 'street art'.

During the broadcast, there will be a live report from the inauguration and Jongeleen will talk to Florian Cramer, professor of 21st Century Visual Culture/Autonomous Practices at the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam. The conversation is introduced by a spoken column by art historian and writer Sandra Smets.

In the interspaces of the broadcast are The Interludes to be heard: a collection of sound works that were submitted and selected via the open call or at the invitation of radio collective Good Times Bad Times (GTBT). With this time the following works and makers (in no particular order:) Ceola Tunstall Behrens – Sound memories, Levi Lanser – Sometimes I Wish It Wasn't So Easy To Think Of You, Jorg Schellekens – Morse Code Mantra, Puck Kroon – Flarden in sight, Antrianna Moutoula – A Continuous Present, Ben Tupper – Ghost Notes, Sarah Ourahmane – The Lesser Gods of the Sea, Guillem S. Arquer and Kate Price – Turning The Compost Pile.

GTBT (Good Times Bad Times) is a radio station and collective that broadcasts weekly on Wednesdays from their workspace 'Extra Practice' in Rotterdam-North. GTBT was founded in early 2020 by Jack Bardwell, Benjamin Earl and Kirsten Spruit out of an interest in the creative and connecting power of radio in precarious times. GTBT compiles the gap in the programming with 'The Interludes': submitted and selected works by a multitude of other radio and sound makers.

Bergur Anderson  is an artist based in Rotterdam. He works with sound, performance and installations that convert the ephemeral and fictional properties of the voice and the multi-voiced storytelling into material and time-bound and published works.

Sandra Smets is an art historian and writer. She writes about contemporary art in relation to public space and South Rotterdam in various media, from NRC Handelsblad to Vers Beton. Jeroen Jongeleen asked her to write a text about his work 'Fontein Maashaven', which she will recite during the broadcast.

Florian Cramer is professor 21st Century Visual Culture/Autonomous Practices at the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, part of the Hogeschool Rotterdam.

Jeroen Jongeleen is an adventurous artist who, in his explorations of the urban landscape, is always looking for unexpected ways. His works are like 'trails' that lie somewhere between activism and intervention art, strongly influenced by the art movements of the avant-garde of the last century. As a contemporary member of the 'Situationist International', Jongeleen speaks with his hands, leaving his tracks while running and climbing: an ode to the rough sides of urban life.

Sunday, February 6, 18.00 p.m. – 21.00 p.m.

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(English spoken)

18:00 pm, Welcome by Jeanne van Heeswijk
18:10 PM, In conversation with Vishnu Vardhani RAJAN
18:30 pm, In conversation with Francesca Masoero, QANAT. With a contribution by Amine Lahrach
18:50 pm, Soundscape by Abdellah M. Hassak (DJ Guedra Guedra)
19:20 pm, In conversation with Cecilie Sachs Olsen
19:40 PM, Conversation with Amal Alhaag (Metro54) & Ebissé Wakjira-Mourning (Dip Sauce)
20:20 pm, Film screening/streaming 'Grounded While Walls Fall' (67min) by Zein Nakhoda & Philadelphia Assembled

Guests Radio Palace Maashaven #2: 

𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗲𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸 is an artist who facilitates the creation of dynamic and diversified public spaces in order to “radicalize the local.” Her long-term, community-embedded projects question art's autonomy by combining performative actions, discussions, and other forms of organizing and pedagogy in order to assist communities to take control of their futures.

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝘂 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗥𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗡 (born and raised in Hyderabad, India) is a Body-Philosopher and Performance Artist based in Helsinki. A hyphenated identity, multidisciplinary practices, building connections between art, science, witchcraft, history and cultures define her.
vishnuvardhani.com

𝗤𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗧 is a collaborative platform that explores the politics and poetics of water to reflect and act (up)on the multiple contextual understandings and forms of (re)production of the commons in Morocco and beyond.
Qanat.org

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗲𝗿𝗼 is a curator at LE 18, derb el ferrane, Marrakech, where she initiated QANAT. With a background in critical theory and political economy, her work explores resistances in multiple forms, including testing collective-making processes within and beyond the art field, and researching the politics and poetics linked to watery commons and to forms of being in common otherwise.

𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵 is an artist interested in performance art, visual art, and slam poetry mainly centered on crisis and Moroccan social and political discourse. Building from everyday idioms and Moroccan social criticism, he seeks to speak from what is normally held as and in common into the discursive field of art. Amine joined Qanat in 2018.

𝗠. 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗸 is a sound artist, DJ and music producer, art director. His research explores processes of participative sonic mapping at the urban level, integrating sound, daily technologies, and radio as tools to foster agency in inhabitants' narratives of their environment. He develops a musical syncretic Afrofuturism music with field recordings practice as a Producer/DJ (Guedra Guedra).
hassak.net

𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘀 𝗢𝗹𝘀𝗲𝗻 is a research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of Urban and Regional Research at Oslo Metropolitan University. Her work is practice-based and revolves around developing creative methods for urban research and exploring how artistic practice can be used as a framework to analyze and re-imagine urban development, space and politics.

𝗘𝗯𝗶𝘀𝘀é 𝗪𝗮𝗸𝗷𝗶𝗿𝗮 is co-founder of Dipsaus Podcast and publisher of Dipsaus books in collaboration with Uitgeverij Pluim. She also works as an editor for The Dutch Review of Books (De Nederlandse Boekengids) and is head of publications & content at Framer Framed.
dipsauce.org

𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝟱𝟰 is a platform for young artists, thinkers, activists, writers and hustlers who push the boundaries of their (art) disciplines, with special attention to the talents who draw their inspiration from global and contemporary visual and sonic cultures.
metro54.nl

𝗦𝗡𝗔𝗣 is a space in progress initiated by Metro54, DEGASTEN and Dipsaus.

𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹 is a sci-fi documentary focusing on practices of resilience and spiritual grounding among organizers, cultural workers, and social movement builders in Greater Philadelphia. Revolving around the question, “What practices keep you grounded in your work for social change?,” the work explores spirituality, care of self and community, and inner power at the grassroots. From awareness of self and community to connection with ancestors, access to spiritual wisdom and emotional intelligence, centeredness in the body and feeling, as well as one's own agency and power, the notion of being “grounded” assumes a variety of meanings that form a resourceful foundation of strength in times of profound transformation. Narrated from the compassionate perspective of a post-revolutionary archivist, the film reflects and celebrates a tireless commitment to transformative ways of life serving equity and justice. The film has been made within the framework of Philadelphia Assembled (2017).

𝗭𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗸𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗮 is a filmmaker and organizer who is committed to social change within various media and communities. He is director at Training for Change, a capacity building organization for social justice movements, and has created community and movement media with Scrive Video Center, Philadelphia and Media Mobilizing Project, Philadelphia, as well as independently.

Sunday 30 January, 14.00 p.m. – 17.00 p.m.

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14.00 p.m. – 15.00 p.m., WEIRD – Joshua Thies & Guests

15.00 p.m. -16.00 p.m., Four Radio Stations Walk Into a Bar – a conversation on Rotterdam's radio culture – Good Times Bad Times & Joshua Thies (RAAR), Jeff van Hoek (Operator radio) and Ash Kilmartin (WORM) – official language English / English spoken

16.00 p.m. – 17.00 p.m., Ever Widening Circles #47 – Ash Kilmartin and Linus Bonduelle

RAAR (Rotterdam Art And Radio) is a nomadic platform for experimental sound works by artists. With contributions from Henrietta Muller, Nick Schmitt & Joshua Thieso.

GTBT (Good Times Bad Times) is a radio station and collective that broadcasts weekly on Wednesdays from their workspace 'Extra Practice' in Rotterdam-Noord. GTBT was founded in early 2020 by Jack Bardwell, Benjamin Earl and Kirsten Spruit out of interest in the creative and connecting power of radio in precarious times. GTBT will enter into discussions with other Rotterdam radio stations at Radio Paleis Maashaven and will also fill the gap in the programming with 'The Interludes'.

Ash Kilmartin is an artist from New Zealand, graduated from the Piet Zwart Institute and living in Rotterdam. She works with performance, sculpture and projects in sound, broadcasting and publishing as models for collaboration and distribution. She is also a program manager at Radio WORM, where she has a weekly show together with Linus Bonduelle, Ever Widening Circles.

Jeff Van Hoek (Jeff Solo) is a DJ and co-founder of the Rotterdam internet radio station and cultural platform OperatorRadio. Since 2017, Operator Radio has been broadcasting a variety of live shows by international DJs, artists and guest speakers every week: from music and science to culture and sports. The station supports emerging talent and connects through diverse collaborations with both the local context and far beyond.