Rotterdam

Initiatives

Venues

-1, project space for digital culture, *2023, [1]
A Tale of A Tub, centre for contemporary art and culture, *2014
De Aanschouw, gallery
ADA
B.a.d Foundation, studios, *1987
Bcademie, self-organised art school, *2015
Blaak 10, gallery
Brutus, artist driven playground, *2008, [2]
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
Huidenclub, platform for contemporary art, design and music
IJzerblok, artist studios
De Kapsalon, *2009
Kaus Australis, studios, *1985
KIOSK Rotterdam, bookshop
Klank.school, initiative & space, *2024
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
Pension Almonde
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
WORM/Klangendum studio, *2013
.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.

Other initiatives

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
Hocus Bogus Publishing, *2015
Homebrew Server Club, monthly gathering
HumDrumPress, experimental publisher, *2021
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
Niet normaal*, queer feminist collective, *2017, [3]
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, [4]
Relearn, summer school, *2017
South Explorer, *2013
Zine Camp, *2014

Event listings: 010 kalender, Gancio, We Own Rotterdam, Uitagenda Rotterdam.

Past events

Iterations, creative coding symposium, 2023
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

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

RIP: Vanita Monk.

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