{"id":5424,"date":"2018-10-16T18:41:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T16:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.bureaurotterdam.nl\/verhaal\/street-art-is-booming-in-rotterdam\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:20:19","slug":"street-art-is-booming-in-rotterdam","status":"publish","type":"verhaal","link":"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/en\/stories\/street-art-is-booming-in-rotterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"STREET ART IS BOOMING in ROTTERDAM!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Street art is booming in Rotterdam. If you\u2019ve visited Rotterdam, or if you live or work there, you must have seen a street art piece up close. Or else you have seen posts on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Tourists and Rotterdammers like to share photos or videos of street art pieces on their social accounts. The interactive Rotterdam Make It Happen pieces are regularly the subjects for social posts. Have you spotted them? In this article we\u2019ll tell you where you can find these interactive street art gems.<div style=\"width: 840px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video playsinline data-keepplaying class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5424-1\" width=\"840\" height=\"1493\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Interactieve-Kunstwerken-Staand-1080p.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Interactieve-Kunstwerken-Staand-1080p.mp4\">https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Interactieve-Kunstwerken-Staand-1080p.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>CONNECTED<\/h2>\n<p>Crises come and go, but art is here to stay. Artists duo Bier en Brood created murals which serve as a time capsule for the corona crisis. On the old transformator station they painted hands representing the human need for connection. It shows the urgency of keeping our distance, while staying in touch with each other. You can find this marvelous piece on the intersection of the Claes de Vrieselaan with De Nieuwe Binnenweg.The murals are part of the \u2018Geef me de Ruimte\u2019 initiative in the Middelland district. The exposition displays Art, Fashion and Design and is a collaboration between partners, local entrepreneurs and creatives from Rotterdam. A prime example of Rotterdam ingenuity in times of crises.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48817\" src=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mural-RMIH-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"><\/p>\n<h2>ALL HANDS-ON DECK<\/h2>\n<p>If you ride your bike alongside the Boompjes and the imposing boats that sail the Maas make you dream away, don\u2019t forget to turn your head and check the quay. On one of the walls at the Boompjeskade you will find a street art piece of a fishing ship (artist Bart Smeets), trying to defy a heavy storm. All hands-on deck!<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18360\" src=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018_Bart-Smeets-Boompjes_MelanievanSweeden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<h2>ON THE WAY TO THE TOP<\/h2>\n<p>The human pyramid of Daan Botlek at the intersection of the Schilderstraat and Schiedamse Vest in the city centre matches perfectly with the philosophy of \u2018Rotterdam Make It Happen\u2019. Rotterdammers that actively participate in the city and contribute to the city. You\u2019ll find one link is missing from the piece, a link that us needed to connect all the &#8216;white men&#8217; to each other and make the chain complete. Will you form that that link?<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18270\" src=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018_18097120222EF_Z0A4025_ErickFecken.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<h2>HOP ON!<\/h2>\n<p>Name one thing that the Dutch are known for internationally? Chances are you\u2019ll say \u201ccycling!\u201d And you\u2019d be correct. Rotterdam is no exception, you\u2019ll see people riding their bikes left and right. Artist Calvin Sprague is like the Dutch, preferring the bike over the car. And you can ride with him! Just hop on one of his bikes, which you can find on one of the walls at the Delftsestraat.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18272\" src=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018_18097132230EF_Z0A4216_EricFecken.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<h2>ICONIC ROTTERDAM<\/h2>\n<p>Rotterdam has beautiful and famous icons and landmarks. How about the Erasmus Bridge, for example? The Canadian artist Ian Kirk Patrick was inspired by the Rotterdam icons and decided to use them in his street art piece at the Kruiskade called the Phoenix. How many icons can you discover in this piece?<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18271\" src=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018_18097123440EF_Z0A4041_EricFecken.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<h2>URBAN JUNGLE<\/h2>\n<p>At the Bloemkwekersstraat \u2013 corner of the Nieuwe Binnenweg &#8211; you will find a group of colourful figures. A dapper little fox in front of a wall depicting several of his animal friends, including an owl, a deer, a toucan, a sparrow and a dog. The aim of artist I am Eelco is to bring nature back to the city through his work. We think he\u2019s doing just that!<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18274\" src=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018_180715145606EF_Z0A4831_EricFecken.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\"><\/p>\n<h2>WORK HARD, PLAY HARD<\/h2>\n<p>Artist Collin van der Sluijs knows better than anyone that Rotterdammers are hard workers. His grandparents are Rotterdammers so it\u2019s in Collins blood. He created the work \u2018City Swing\u2019, a splendent mural with a \u2018common tern\u2019 as its centre. A common tern is a bird that lives and is often seen in the port of Rotterdam. For Collin this bird symbolises the work mentality of Rotterdammers, the port and the water that is always near when you\u2019re in Rotterdam. You can find this piece at the Karel Doormanstraat.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18273\" src=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018_18097135932EF_Z0A4442_EricFecken.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n<h2>A NATURAL WONDER<\/h2>\n<p>The Calypso residential towers are now inhabited, the Kruisplein and the Stationsplein are completed, the Mauritsplaats has been refurbished, but the bare concrete wall in the corner remained an eyesore. The residents around the Mauritsplaats felt it was high time a change and a makeover. They joined forces to decorate this bare wall and asked Mothership to help them.Artists Monique Benthin &amp; Rick Messemaker heard about the residents&#8217; project via Mothership and came up with Calypso Falls: a life-size photo of the Icelandic waterfall Seljalandsfoss, one of the most famous waterfalls in Iceland. Forget about the hustle and bustle of the city, sit down on one of the Rotterdam Make It Happen rocks and imagine yourself in a different world!<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18508\" src=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018_H1A2377_ChrisBonis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Street art is booming in Rotterdam. 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