Tag Archives: Art
Ending the residency…
Ellen Holleman and Sarah Spanton have now completed this one-month residency in Poelenburg, Sarah returns to the UK, today, Friday the 1st March. The experience of living and working here in Poelenburg has been very stimulating in terms of our … Continue reading
Place Capital and solving the riddle of what value lies in community?
Last week Sue Ball asked us whether we had solved the riddle of what value lies in community? We can categorically say we haven’t reached any conclusions on this one. But we think that the concept of Place Capital could … Continue reading
Seeking resilient communities; depicting trust, talent and social networks
Whilst exploring the concept of what is valuable, we feel that the nature of ‘trust’ is a significant value in this project. As we read Social Capital for Starters, the building of social capital starts with the building of trust: … Continue reading
Conversations in Poelenburg
Last week we tried hard to meet with inhabitants of ‘our’ building. This has been more difficult than we had hoped. People are very friendly but unwilling to spend much time with us. Which is understandable in a way: insecurity … Continue reading
Hé buurman – mensen maken dit gebouw waardevol
Many of the blocks of flats in Poelenburg are recognised by both the agencies managing them and the residents themselves, as not up to modern standards. And large-scale renovations were planned, however these have recently been cancelled leaving residents at … Continue reading
Values and potentials in Poelenburg – grow your own local economy
We found a blog from Projects for Public Space (PPS), that is particularly interesting for our residency. It speaks about ‘local opportunities’ and how you ‘can’t buy a new economy’. This blog explains very nicely just what we are aiming … Continue reading
Living on Heukelsstraat
We’ve been walking and cycling around Poelenburg, getting to know the area the tHUISbasis residency is taking place in. Here are some photos of the neighbourhood: Image credits: Sarah Spanton
Thinking about Open-Source Placemaking
Poelenburg is a district of the city of Zaandam that has fallen foul of the credit crunch, in that the whole area was due for regeneration, but due to financial crisis, this has all been put on hold for the … Continue reading
Ellen and I began the tHUISbasis residency yesterday. We met with two of the other artists on the programme; musician and composer Claudia Rumondor and visual artist Carla Hoekenga – who updated us on how the tHUISbasis project has been … Continue reading
tHUISbasis – valuing the neighbourhood
Waarde in de Wijk / Value In The Neighbourhood brings together dialogue, research and case studies relating to arts, cultural and regeneration projects and social activism which explore how communities are working together to resolve urban living issues of our … Continue reading
Waarde in de Wijk / Value In The Neighbourhood 