Rotterdam

Initiatives

Venues

• -1, project space for digital culture, *2023, [1]
• De Aanschouw, gallery
• ADA
• B.a.d Foundation, studios, *1987
• Bcademie, self-organised art school, *2015
• Blaak 10, gallery
• Clone, record store for electronic music, *1993
• CrossLab
• Daily Practice, non profit art and practice space, *2021
• De Dépendance, platform for city culture and public debate, *2012
• DEK–22
• Duende, studios
• Extra Practice, space for working and learning, *2019
• Fam.RUIM, gallery
• FilmDak, lens-based peer-to-peer initiative, *2024
• Garage Rotterdam, medium-sized exhibition centre for contemporary art, *2011
• Half Juni, cafe, *2009
• Herman, music, performance & poetry venue, *2017
• De Kapsalon, *2009
• Kaus Australis, studios, *1985
• Klangendum, *2013, Koffie5euro, *2012
• Kunst&Complex, studios, *1981
• Kunst Rotterdam Noord
• Kunstinstituut Melly, art centre, *1990, until 2020 Witte de With
• Leeszaal Rotterdam West, *2012
• Showroom MAMA, *1997
• MiMa, performance and event venue, *c.2013
• NeverLand Cinema, *2016
• The New Institute, *2013
• De Nieuwe Ruimte, *2015
• OCW, small-scale stage, *2009
• Paranoot, exhibition space
• Peach, exhibition space, *2015
• The Performance Bar, *2017
• Pink Pank, music venue
• Het Plafond, *1997
• De Player, sound gallery
• Poortgebouw, culture centre, *1980
• Post--Office, P--O, *2012
• PrintRoom, artists' publishing space, *2003
• Rib, art space, *2015
• Roodkapje, cultural supermarket, *2010
• Scrap XL, store
• Sils Rotterdam, project space
• SingerSweatShop, studios, *2007
• Sub-Urban Video Lounge, *2004
• Take A Way Collective, *2024
• Tender Center, community center for culture, *2018
• TENT, exhibition space, *1999
• TOT (The Orange Tree), art studios, *2020
• De Unie
• Upominki, gallery, *2012
• V2_, Lab for the Unstable Media, center for art and media technology, *1981
• Varia, space for everyday technology, *2017
• Verfris, workshop, studio and events, *2007
• W1555, artist-run housing project, *2017
• Het Wilde Weten, studios
• W Lf_rt Projectspaces, community space for performance art
• WORM, *1994/2000
• WORM.Filmwerkplaats, film lab
• .zip, art space + media lab, *2021
• De Zwarte Ruyter

• More: Autonomous Fabric maps Rotterdam's self-organised initiatives (*2018).

• Past spaces: ONONO (project space, 2016-2019), Moddr (*2007), more.

Initiatives and collectives with no permanent event venue

• Algolit, *2012
• Blob Shop Collective *2023
• Dead Web Club *2023
• The Force Of Freedom, *2009
• Fucking Good Art, *2003
• Good Times Bad Times, community radio station, *2020
• Homebrew Server Club, monthly gathering
• HumDrumPress, experimental publisher, *2022
• If Paradise Is Half As Nice (IPIHAN), artist initiative, *2012
• L.P. Hendriks
• Infraschool, experimental peer-to-peer learning project that aims to explore local community infrastructure, co-operative organisation and digital tools, *2022
• MONU, magazine on urbanism, *2004
• NAC
• Pages, magazine, *2004
• Parallel Library Services, *2021
• Piet Zwart Institute, *2001
• Platform voor Extratonliteit, *2022
• Post Editions, publishing house
• Publication Studio Rotterdam, *2015
• RAiR, *2008
• Roger 10-4
• Sea Urchin, publishing house
• Solisoft, radical technology collective & solidarity network, *2022
• STEALTH.unlimited, *2000
• Studio 3005, publishing house.
• Surinoemer, *2007
• WORM Parallel University, *2013
• XPUB (Experimental Publishing), course, *2001/2016
• Zwervende Tentoonstellingen, *2005

Events

• deaf, festival, *1994
• Floppy Totaal, festival, *2014
• Floppy Disk Fever, festival, *2022
• Relearn, summer school, *2017
• South Explorer
• Zine Camp, *2014

• Event listings: We Own Rotterdam, Uitagenda Rotterdam.

Past events

• Becoming Geological, exhibition, 2022-2023
• November Complex, 2014-2016
• FREE?!, conference and exhibition, 2013
• Dorkbot Rotterdam, *2003
• P2P Conference, 1997
• ISEA96, conference, 1996
• V2_East Meeting on Documentation and Archives of Media Art in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, 1996
• Manifestation for the Unstable Media, festival, 1986-1993

Art workers

• Aldje van Meer
• Amy Suo Wu
• Ana A. Fernández (1979)
• Ana Džokić (1970)
• André Castro (1983)
• Angeliki Diakrousi
• Artemis Gryllaki
• Aymeric Mansoux
• Bram van Waardenberg
• Brigit Lichtenegger
• Catherine Somzé (1977)
• Cihad Caner
• Clara Balaguer
• Cristina Cochior
• Cyan Bae
• Daniela Swarowsky
• Danny van der Kleij
• Deanna Herst
• Dennis de Bel
• Donna Metzlar
• Edwin van der Heide (1970)
• Florian Cramer (1969)
• Florian Weigl (1985)
• Gideon Kiers
• Gottfried Haider (1985)
• Ingrid Commandeur
• ieke Trinks
• Irina Shapiro
• Janneke van der Putten (1985)
• Jasper van Loenen
• joak (Joseph Knierzinger)
• Joana Chicau
• Johanna Monk
• Jolande Bosch (1976)
• Joris Strijbos
• Károly Tóth (1957)
• Katarina Zdjelar (1979)
• Kauê Werner
• Leslie Robbins
• Lídia Pereira
• Louisa Teichmann
• Lucas van der Velden
• Lucia Dossin
• Manetta Berends (1989)
• Marc Neelen (1970)
• Mariëtte Groot
• Marijn Verbiesen
• Marloes de Valk
• Matthias Hurtl
• Mathijs van Oosterhoudt
• Micha Prinsen (1988)
• Michael Murtaugh
• Michaela Lakova
• Nat Muller
• Nan Wang
• Niek Hilkmann
• Peter Fengler
• Renée Turner
• Raluca Croitoru
• Roel Roscam Abbing (1990)
• Sabrina Basten (1980)
• Sandra Fauconnier (1973)
• Sara Hamadeh
• Simon Browne
• Simon Pummell
• Sjoerd Westbroek (1979)
• Sofia Boschat-Thorez
• Steve Rushton
• Stock
• Susana Pedrosa
• Thomas Walskaar
• Timo Klok
• Tisa Neža Herlec
• Vivian Sky Rehberg
• Werner van der Zwan
• Yoshinari Nishiki
• Yoana Buzova

• Formerly: Alexandre Leray, Birgit Bachler, Danja Vasiliev, Darija Medić, Dušan Barok, Gordan Savičić, Javier Lloret (1983), Maria Karagianni, Michaela Lakova, Selena Savić, Silvio Lorusso, Stéphanie Vilayphiou, Walter Langelaar, a.o..
  

• RIP: Vanita Monk.

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