Benjamin Lee Various Chinese dishes

R&D grants


In the first round of R&D (Development & Research subsidy for Rotterdam artists) 17 of the 76 applications were honored. A total of 654.806 euros was requested. The 17 approved applications concerned an amount of 144.137 euros.

Agnes Momirski. - Polymorphs

An interdisciplinary research project aimed at the production of a series of immersive audio and video journeys.

Antye Guenther - Future Archeologies

Using 3D tiles as clay tablets for decoration and as a means of communication with the distant future.

Benjamin Lic - Portraying and interviewing chefs and owners of Chinese-Indian restaurants

Portraying and interviewing different chefs, owners and waiters of Chinese-Indian restaurants.

Eric Peters - Queer Futurity

Participation in the Hamburger Community of Art residence program of Little Red Riding Hood.

Larissa David - What happens if we wait together?

A research project that looks at relationships and different ways of waiting through conversations, textiles and sound.

Gayatri Kodikal - Under Moonlit Mangroves

An artistic investigation into the mangrove.

Kira Frosea - looking for transparency

A new installation, consisting of small work that comes together in one space and forms a whole.

Kwinnie Le - We can still build a home while floating

Investigation of the representation of the individual versus the collective and the ownership of space.

Laurence Henriquez - VTM: Viata Mea

A multidisciplinary investigation into the addictive design mechanics of social network video sharing services and transmedia storytelling techniques for the development of a speculative mobile platform Empathy-as-a-Service (EaaS).

Lili Luc - Mimesis, or: the poetic body

Proposal for making a performance through the connection of imaginary reality, material expression and mime art.

Mike Hemmers - Drawing like a reflex

The development of a methodology to convert inner exploration into drawing.

Myrte van der Molen - Balance of Power

Material research and sculpture development for a new installation.

Natalia Sorzano - Mud, the viscous band

The development of a sculptural band that radiates sound and voices from within, in the form of a performative sculpture and sound installation.

Oana Cletan - All The Feels

An investigation into online communication and the use of GIFs in response.

Pris Rose - PRIS ROOS X LILIAWATI X BATIK

An investigation into revealing the techniques, development and history of batik using translations of 100 Indonesian amateur translators of a specific 1973 book written in Bahasa Indonesia.

Vincent Ceraudo - The Great Invisible Elephant

Research for the manufacture of a multimedia installation.

Victor Santamarina - A mastery of a privation

Sculptural research on translating the concept of resistance and the possibility of non-being to the medium of sculpture.

Publication date: 04 / 05 / 2021