Rotterdam Special: Stadsidentiteit v.s. #citymarketing

This promotional film offers a snapshot of Rotterdam in 1997, the year the city launched its campaign to become European Capital of Culture. 

City poet Manu encounters Pergola, a temporary pavilion in Rotterdam’s Museum Park, explores its architecture and ecology, and reflects on his own relationship with the city. 

Heerlen has long struggled with an inferiority complex. By giving international street artists a platform, the city is working on a new image. But what place is there left for homegrown artists?