Participating Artists Press Agency
“Migrationpapa”
Saturday 29th of January 2022 – page 7
On a Monday morning in November 2010, six photographers in five cities around the world take their cameras to urban neighbourhoods where newcomers arrive. The photos flow into the PAPA website like a wave moving around the world. First from Bangladesh, five hours later from Rotterdam and Lagos – cities in the same time zone. Detroit and São Paulo complete the group another seven hours later. From the first week the photos and captions were projected on the windows of the cultural centre at the entrance to the neighbourhood in Rotterdam. The same will happen in other cities. In this way the inhabitants of the various newcomers neighbourhoods not only get a fresh perspective on their own lives but they also get to see how newcomers in other cities live. Migrationpapa is a PAPA project for Kosmopolis Rotterdam with the generous support of Hivos
Saturday 6th of November 2010
Rotterdam -
Every few other days the shopowner drives 850 from Rotterdam to Poland to buy the meat, vegetables and other Polish groceries. The shop closes at ten in the evening. When…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
Our work was shown on location for six weeks from the end of November 2010 till half January 2011.
Sandra Smets, art critic in NRC newspaper Cultural Supplement…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
Tensions are not necessarily bad. In fact they are good not bad I think. How to balance between the positive and the negative apsects of the rapid change in amounts…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
Six o'clock in the morning the pub next to the Metro station is serving coffee for the ‘bosses’ I think. In the cold night minivans and cars arrive to pick…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
Erwin, the nice guy that I met in the street the other day introduced me to Eric. Eric is a very dedicated Tarwewijker who actively interacts when things happen that…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Sao Paulo -
When someone goes to a place, he carries with him things he likes. When he arrives, there are things there that he learns. This paper is written in Japanese or…
Ines Correa –
Migrationpapa
Sao Paulo -
This chinese born in Brazil lives in Liberdade. She’s adapted to the Brazilian way of life. When I was shooting, a brazilian man that was going through said to me:…
Ines Correa –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
Cycling through the Tarwewijk in the dark I start to recognize people and they start to recognize me. Margot, a slim lady asking for money, being homeless. In fact she…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
The state and the civilian both do put great effort in exploring ways to improve the conditions for living. Sometimes succesfull, many times not so much. To many rules and…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
Athur cannot walk but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t make himself usefull. Every morning he gets up at 5 . Collects the free newspapers in the metro station. The minibusses with…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
This kapsalon, the Dutch word for barbershop in the Dordtselaan is called Adem, which means breath in Dutch. In Arabic it is the mens name. The barbershop is filled with…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
There are many shops in shops. That keeps the costs low for everyone. Some of the owners sit, talk and drink Fanta and Cola at the end of the day…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Sao Paulo -
Change always happens, the hard or soft way. Learn of that that’s what you need to think about.…
Ines Correa –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
This shop sells outfits for Hindu weddings. The bride, groom and guests can buy their dresses, jewellery, shoes and handbags in this colourful shop. There is a wide variety of…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
An attempt to get it all into one picture, the tensions between the state and the civilian and between the individual and the collective/community.…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
The text on the window puzzled me. Kapsalon (Barbershop) Halal specialist? How on earth can yo combine a kapsalon/barbershop with a snackbar for shoarma, pizzas and other specialities? I knew…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
As Erwin and his family prepare a remigration to Surinam they have started to pack stuff in boxes to send of to Surinam through one of the businesses in shipping…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Sao Paulo -
Detail from the front door of the block of flats where the MST – Movimento dos Sem Teto/ Homeless Movement Downtown São Paulo is hosted. Homeless people struggling to obtain…
Ines Correa –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
A lot of effort has been made to improve the neighbourhood. Especially drugs abuse and criminality connected to that gave the Tarwewijk a very bad reputation. Streets with rows of…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Sao Paulo -
“Rua Mauá" used to be a street in “Cracolândia". It is close to “Estação da Luz” (train station and subway), and “Sala São Paulo” (one of the finest theaters -…
Ines Correa –
Migrationpapa
Sao Paulo -
Day off, or not. There are millions unemployed people in Sao Paulo streets.…
Ines Correa –
Migrationpapa
Sao Paulo -
Regardless of the time, being homeless in a big city affects a person’s body.…
Ines Correa –
Migrationpapa
Sao Paulo -
This is a church that korean made in “Bom Retiro” - Korean Peace Presbyterian Church. This neighborhood is always in change. First came the italians (1920), second the jews (after…
Ines Correa –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
This shop in religious art is run by a second generation Surinam couple. They do offer services for a small compensation in: astrological predictions, readings, hand palm reading, reiki and…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa