EVERY CORNER, EVERY CITY (...) NOTHING BUT PEACE, LOVE AND STREET PASSION - OANA RADESDUCKS – REDISCOVERING THE SURROUNDING BEAUTY THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS. YOUNG PEOPLE FEEDING AND PHOTOGRAPHING DUCKLINGS ON HEEMRAADSSINGEL DURING WORKING HOURS - OANA RADESBEACH - COMMERCELESS STRAND ZUID ON A CHILLY DAY. WITH THE USUAL HANG OUT SPOTS LOCKED DOWN, PEOPLE SEEK THE OUTDOORS MORE OFTEN TO COME TOGETHER - OANA RADESTIME TO BOND WITH NATURE IN YOUR OWN GARDEN! - SIMONE ROTSA NICE THING ABOUT CORONA IS THAT MORE AND MORE KIDS ARE PLAYING ON THE STREETS AGAIN. MAINLY BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFER PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO MEET THAN INDOORS. THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALKDRAWINGS ON THE STREETS MADE BY THESE KIDS. #CITYISMYPLAYGROUND #DESTADISMIJNSPEELTUIN - RON BLOMBEAUTY IS IN THE DETAIL THESE DAY - JOB FLORISBENEFITTING FROM OUR VISIT EVERY OTHER DAY, A GREEN OASIS OF FOOD PRODUCTION, WARM SUN AND MENTAL WELLNESS - MILTON KEYNES - SHANE DOWNERKRALINGEN-WEST, ROTTERDAM - THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PEOPLE (WITH OR WITHOUT FACE MASKS) WHO COMBINE MOVEMENT AND ENCOUNTER IN PUBLIC SPACE IS STRIKING - STEF BOGAERDSBECAUSE OF COVID-19 I COULD TAKE THE PICTURE, NORMALLY THIS RED LIGHT STREET IS FILLED WITH CLIENTS AND PROSTITUTES THAT DON'T WANT TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED, DAY AND NIGHT, EVERY DAY, EVERY NIGHT. THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ESTIMATES THAT 30 TO 90% OF ALL WOMEN WORKING IN THE STREET ARE SLAVES. THE PRICE IS APPARENTLY 30 EURO FOR A BLOW-JOB. TO MAKE A BASIC INCOME WOMEN NEED TO SERVE 3 MEN AN HOUR. AS THE STREET IS CLOSED, THE HISTORIC NEIGHBOURHOOD OUDE CENTRUM HAS NEVER BEEN NICER. NORMALLY, THE CLIENTS STOP BEING CIVILIZED IN THE "HOERENBUURT", BETWEEN THEIR CAREFULLY HIDDEN CAR AND THE PROSTITUTES, THEY LITTER, FREQUENTLY URINATE, HARASS WOMEN LIKE MY 17 YEAR OLD FOSTER DAUGHTER AND ON THE WAY BACK THEY PUBLICLY RE-ARRANGE THEIR PRIVATE PARTS - AGAIN, TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL IN FRONT OF WOMEN. THEY ALWAYS LOOK ANGRY AFTER SEX, THEY KNOW THAT IT WAS A BAD THING. PROSTITUTION IS NOT ROMANTIC, IT IS A PEST FOR THE CITY - JAN KNIKKERI CAN NOW SEE THE SKYLINE WITH ALL OF ITS DETAILS AND LIGHTS MUCH MORE CLEARLY THAN BEFORE. WHERE ONCE IT WAS AN OUTLINE AND A SILHOUETTE, I CAN NOW SEE WINDOWS AND FLOORS STACKED EFFICIENTLY. THE CONSTRUCTION CRANES ARE STILL WHIRRING AWAY, LIFTING GOODS HERE AND THERE. FROM MY WINDOW, NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED ABOUT LONDON. THE BINMEN STILL WAKE ME UP FAR TOO EARLY WHEN THEY COME EVERY THURSDAY MORNING AND THE NEIGHBOUR'S KID IS STILL CRYING AT 3AM. MAYBE THESE THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME, AND I'VE COME TO NOTICE THEM NOW THAT I'M STUCK INSIDE? - HANI SALIHVERY FEW CARS DRIVING AROUND IN THE STREETS OF AMSTERDAM - MIKE EMMERIKON THE SURFACE, THE OLD CITY CENTER OF DELFT HASN’T CHANGED AS MUCH. BUT ONE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IS THAT THE TERRACE BOATS/BARGES ARE EMPTY AND THUS COMPLETELY FREE TO BE APPROPRIATED. I’VE SEEN PICNICS, OLD MEN FISHING AND STUDENTS SETTING UP THEIR OWN DINING TABLES ON THE FLOATING TERRACES. IT OFFERS A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE CANALS, WHICH ARE OFTEN LINED UP WITH CARS AND BICYCLES - DAPHNE BAKKERBECOMING LIVEABLE BEYOND ‘THE MOST LIVEABLE CITY’? AT COPENHAGEN’S HARBOUR FRONT, THE CRUISE SHIPS, THE SEAPLANE TO AARHUS AND THE TOURIST CROWDS ARE LONG GONE. THE WATER AND THE AIR ARE CRISP AND CLEAR. AFTER LONELY PLANET, OPRAH, FUKUYAMA AND ALL THEIR PHOTOGRAPHING FOLLOWERS HAVE LEFT THE SINKING CRUISE SHIP, THE LITTLE MERMAID CAN BREATHE AGAIN. BIRD SONG IS AUDIBLE AND FISHING HAS BECOME A FAVOURITE HOBBY IN THE CORONA INFECTED (ONCE UPON A TIME) WELFARE CITY. COPENHAGENERS OF ALL SPECIES CAN RETURN AND ENJOY A GENUINELY HYGGELIG TIME – KEEPING A SAFE DISTANCE, OF COURSE. STAYING ON THIS TRACK, COPENHAGEN WILL SOON REACH ITS PLANNED GOAL OF BECOMING CO2 NEUTRAL IN 2025 - SIGNE SOPHIE BØGGILDCLOSE TO MY HOME, ON A VERY BUSY, CAR-DOMINATED AND GREY CROSSING, SOMEONE PUT UP THIS LITTLE NICE PAINTING. SUCH A CONTRAST WITH THE SURROUNDINGS THAT IT IMMEDIATELY CATCHES THE EYE. EVERY TIME I DO GROCERIES AND WALK BACK I SEE THIS SIGN AND IT REMINDS ME THAT PEOPLE CARE FOR EACH OTHER AND THAT LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BUT I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF MORE ART IN THE PUBLIC SPACE, ROTTERDAM HAS A TRADITION OF COOL ART PIECES ON BUILDINGS AND IT WOULD BE A NICE WAY TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL SECTOR AND ADD TO AN INTERESTING URBAN ENVIRONMENT, IN A ROTTERDAM WAY - MARGOT OVERVOORDEMORE NATURE AND EXPLORATIONS INSTEAD OF LONG NIGHTS - ROTTERDAM - MARTINA GERMANÀ & GILLES PROVOOSTTHE ABSENCE OF CAR TRAFFIC FOR THE TIME AFTER CORONA - ROTTERDAM - MARTINA GERMANÀ & GILLES PROVOOSTWE WILL HAVE LESS TIME TO WORK BECAUSE OF THE RE-DISCOVERY OF THE JOY OF MAKING SOMETHING - NOT MANAGING SOMETHING - MICHELLE PROVOOSTAS A WAY OF DEALING WITH THESE TIMES OF ISOLATION I STARTED BUILDING THESE STEENMANNETJES (CAIRNS) THROUGHOUT ROTTERDAM. YOU OFTEN FIND THESE STACKS OF STONES IN THE MOUNTAINS OR IN RURAL COUNTRYSIDE AREAS. BY BUILDING THESE I’M TRYING TO MAINTAIN A PRACTICAL HAND BESIDE SOME WORK IN MY STUDIO. THE BRICKS I’M TAKING FROM CONSTRUCTION SITE CONTAINERS THROUGHOUT ROTTERDAM. THEY TEND TO COLLAPSE AND THAN CAN BE REBUILT BY PASSERBY’S. THIS IS THE 3RD ONE I’VE BUILT AND IS/WAS LOCATED AT 1E COOLHAVENBRUG - LUUK SMITSTHE ’STOEPTEGELS’ IMAGE SHOWS CHILDREN APPROPRIATING THE PAVEMENT, RAILINGS, STEPS IN FRONT OF HOMES. THIS PARTICULAR DRAWING HAS QUITE SOME ROOMS, MAYBE IT REPRESENTS THE CITY? WHILE WE TREAT OUR HOMES AS THE STUDIO (OFFICE), YOGA SCHOOL, RESTAURANT, MUSEUM AND CINEMA, THE CITY-NATURE IS BEING TREATED AS THE SPACE OF EXTERNALISED HOME, AND THE SPACE OF DISCOVERY. THE BIRDS SCREAM, TREES RUSH THROUGH WINDOWS, PAVEMENT UNFOLDS: WE ARE (A SMALL) PART OF THIS ALL. HUMANS UNITED BY VIRUS REDISCOVER PLAYFUL AND ECOLOGICAL CAPACITY OF THE CITY - LADA HRŠAKDRIVE THROUGH - BEATRIZ RAMOPEOPLE ARE GENUINELY TRYING TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE FEEL BETTER BY MAKING THEM LAUGH - MICHELLE PROVOOSTLESS PARKED CARS - MORE SPACE - MICHELLE PROVOOSTAWARENESS OF URBAN NATURE, #NOT JUST WEEDS - MICHELLE PROVOOSTAT FIRST SIGHT THERE IS NOTHING URBAN TO THIS PICTURE, NEVERTHELESS THIS PLACE IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF AMSTERDAM’S AGGLOMERATION, SLOTERMEER, AND ENTIRELY MANMADE. THE TRICK LIES SURELY IN THE FACT THAT THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN WITH BACKLIGHT, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT ONLY THE COVID19-CRISIS HAS MADE POSSIBLE. THERE ARE NO PLANES IN THE HORIZON, NOR ‘WHITE TRACES’, YET THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF SCHIPHOL IS SITUATED JUST A FEW KILOMETERS BEHIND THE TREE LINE. THIS ABSENCE NOT ONLY IMPACTS POSITIVELY SOME PHOTOGRAPHIC STROLLING, BUT MY DAILY VISUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SKY FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS - JONAS GUIGONNATTHIS IS A TERRACE OF A CAFÉ AT THE OUDE BINNENWEG IN ROTTERDAM, ONE OF MANY PLACES WHERE THE OUTDOOR FURNITURE HAS BEEN STACKED AWAITING BETTER TIMES. WHAT I FIND FASCINATING IS THE UNINTENTIONAL SCULPTURAL QUALITY THESE STACKS HAVE; ACCIDENTAL ART. TITLE OF THIS PIECE: CHRISTO MEETS CORONA - FLOOR VAN DITZHUYZENDURING THE LAST SEVEN WEEKS I SPOTTED THREE PLANES CROSSING THE SKY OVER OUR APARTMENT. AND ONE GREY HERON. EACH TIME WAS AN EVENT. - VIENNA, SPRING 2020 - FIONA STEINERTTHE CENTER OF THE CITY BECOMES THE TERRITORY OF THE INHABITANTS AGAIN (INSTEAD OF TOURISTS) - GUDE RHEESTANDING IN LINE AT MY FAVORITE CAFE KOPISOESOE GIVES A GOOD FEELING ON SATURDAY MORNING! - SIMONE HUIJBREGTSRETURN OF THE BIRDS - SHANGHAI - HARRY DEN HARTOGA 6FT BENCH WHERE YOU CAN MEET YOUR NEIGHBOURS AT A SAFE DISTANCE - FLORIAN ECKARDTAWARENESS OF NATURE AND SURROUNDINGS - ENJOYING THE SUN DURING 'WORKING HOURS' - EWOUT DORMANPARIS WALKS - 1 KM ONE HOUR MAXIMUM - NASRINE SERAJIIN THE HAGUE THE BEACH IS DIVIDED BETWEEN SOUTH OF THE SCHEVENINGEN HARBOUR ENTRANCE, HET STILLE STRAND, AND NORTH OF THE HARBOUR, DE BOULEVARD. THIS PICTURE, MADE DURING A MORNING RUN, ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY WHERE YOU ‘NORMALLY’ ZIG-ZAG BETWEEN THE SUN-TAN-BODIES AND CONSUMING CROWDS. THE BUSY BEACH IS IN THESE TIMES EVEN MORE QUIET THAN THE OTHER SIDE. AMAZING! - MAARTEN VAN BREMEN
