A soundwalk through Rotterdam imagined and created by Jorg Schellekens, with guest appearances by John Buijsman, Gerty Van de Perre and Carl Beukman.
About
A soundwalk through the city. Without a guide but with an intriguing soundtrack.
You walk a route of about an hour via an app on your phone. Various points on the route start audio fragments that guide you on your way. The soundtrack sheds new light on places where you may have been before, under the motto: Rotterdam is many cities.
But you are not in a closed bubble. The sound is made to play together with the city that is far too real to hide away. Don’t expect a symphony but a mixtape: an exciting selection of tracks that literally and figuratively take you on a trip.
The title (‘Vééls te Ècht” / “Wáááy too Real”) is a quote from “Rotown Magic” by Jules Deelder. The idea for the soundwalk was partly inspired by “The Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino.
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Credits
Concept, text, music & sound design: Jorg Schellekens, with guest appearances by John Buijsman (voice actor throughout the walk), Gerty Van de Perre (vocals and musical contribution on the Erasmusbrug segment) and Carl Beukman (music for the Stieltjesstraat segment).
Graphic design & website: Sibe Kokke (NOTDEF)
PR support: Rose-Anne van Elswijk
Made possible by generous support of the Makersloket of the Droom en Daad foundation.
Opening
14 July 2021, Rotterdam NL