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AIR x Operator - Rotterdam Architecture Month 2024

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In the second of four podcasts in collaboration with AIR, Thys Boer from N8W8 joins host Eva van Breugel to talk about the progress that has been made since last year's architecture month with regards to nightlife in Rotterdam. Herman van Dongen joins to talk about Alexanderlaan 37, and Mike van Staten talks about Save Museumpark and skating in Rotterdam overall.

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AIR x N8W8 x Operator - Rotterdam Architecture Month 2024 - 13th June 2024

In the first of four podcasts in collaboration with AIR, host Eva van Breugel talks about this year's architecture month with Jolanda van Dinteren and Pieter Custer. Annemartine van Kesteren joins to talk about 'Craving for Boijmans.

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AIR x Operator - Rotterdam Architecture Month 2024 - 6th June 2024

Elke stad heeft ‘vrijplaatsen’ nodig, open ruimtes die niet tot op de laatste vierkante meter zijn volgeprogrammeerd maar juist de ruimte bieden om ze telkens opnieuw  in te nemen, te interpreteren en te programmeren. Het landgoed Land van Hoboken ging in 1924 over in de handen van de stad. Voorwaarde was dat het zou worden gebruikt voor functies die de gemeenschap dienden. Sindsdien verrezen er scholen, een ziekenhuis, musea, een park, en een depot. 

Architecture City #14 neemt het gebied vanuit verschillende perspectieven onder de loep: sociaal, historisch en ontwerpend. Is iedereen hier nog wel welkom? En hoeveel ruimte biedt het Museumpark nog voor ongeprogrammeerde activiteiten? Kunnen we de historische ontwikkelingen die het Land van Hoboken heeft doorgemaakt nog zien en ervaren? En wat zijn de effecten van een overdaad aan grootstedelijke ambities op het ontwerp? Architecture City gaat in gesprek met ontwikkelingspsycholoog, journalist en initiatiefnemer van Tussenstad, Leeszaal West en Recht op de stad, Joke van der Zwaard; met architect,  eco-sociaal designer en ontwerper van de Tijd Toren, Alexandra Sonnemans; en met ontwerper van textiel, landschap, tentoonstellingen en ontwerper van het Museumpark, Petra Blaisse. Live op 20 juni om 10:00 uur vanuit het Henketpaviljoen.

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Architecture City [14] - Het Museumpark - 20th June 2024

Rounding off Operator’s residency at Rotterdam Architecture Month, Culture Radio returns with a special edition on the Rotterdam housing crisis.

Broadcasting live from Boijmans van Beuningen, Eva van Breugel from Architecture Instituut Rotterdam joins Seb and Cara with two guest speakers: Dr Michelle Provoost and Mustapha Eaisaouiyen.

Michelle is an architectural historian, co-founder of Crimson Historians & Urbanists and member of the Dean Team at Rotterdam’s Independent School For The City. She will discuss the history of the housing crisis and explain how we arrived at the current situation.

As a former member of the Tweede Kamer, Mustapha has worked at the very forefront of the crisis. He will share his thoughts and experiences, as well as explain his connection to activist group Recht op de Stad and no doubt give inspiration to us all to fight to make Rotterdam a fairer and more affordable city.

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Culture Radio By Operator [17] - 27th June 2024 - Rotterdam Architecture Month

IFFR is in full swing so it’s time for another Culture Radio special!

Two special guests join us this month: Cara speaks to film critic, IFFR programmer and professor of Film History and Theory at Aalto University, Olaf Möller, about this year’s Cinema Regained - one of our favorite recurring programmes at the festival. The conversation heads from Spaghetti Westerns, pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema, Sergei Parajanov, to making friends with archives, cinema in Japan, India, and Iran… a must listen for any cinephiles curious about a programmer’s process. 

And Seb sits down with Sharon Rijsenburg to talk about her film, ‘Bubbling Baby’. The documentary tracks the cultural significance of the much loved Dutch-Caribbean musical genre, particularly amplifying women’s voices and a feminist perspective.

Seb asks Sharine about the experience of making the film, watching your own movie in a theatre for the first time and the pressures of winning the RTM pitch award.

Photo: Bubbling Baby

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Culture Radio by Operator [22] - 2nd February 2025 - IFFR Special

Seb and Cara dedicate this episode of culture radio to Rotterdam’s web of DIY bookstores, publishing collectives, writers & zine-makers.

Cara meets with Moose M. Goosen (@moshin) from and so on books (@and_so_on_books) to discuss the importance of community in bookstores, finding first edition Valerie Solanas in a kringloop in the Netherlands, and finding kindred spirits among DIY bookstore culture in Rotterdam over the past few years.

Seb is joined by Lianne Enkhuizen from The Base Bookspace (@thebasebookspace) live in the studio to talk about her love of literature, platforming black authors, thoughts on representation and marketing in the book publishing industry, and how to run a nomadic bookstore.

Cara also speaks with Ash Kilmartin (@ask_kilmartin) from Short Pieces That Move! (@shortpiecesthatmove), photographed here by Bart Lunenburg. SPTM! are a reading and writing group as well as a DIY publishing house with an emphasis on collective learning and permission-giving: the permission to experiment, sometimes for the first time, with writing, and to work with or against English as a material. Ash & Cara discuss the links between independent radio & book-making culture and the importance of accessibility in publishing (aka how to make the best book for the lowest price) 📚

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Culture Radio by Operator [23] - 2nd March 2025

Culture Radio returns with a record store special! Seb H. riding solo today, tune in for extended interviews with the teams behind beloved Rotterdam record stores Clone & Offbeat. We hear Nathan & Jelmer’s staff picks from the first quarter of 2025, plus an in-depth chat about the shifting landscape of electronic music. And as Offbeat celebrate their second anniversary, Chris and Boaz talk about the journey so far, how Discogs has changed the game and the crazy world of Record Fairs.

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Culture Radio by Operator [24] - Record Store Special - 31st March 2025

Recorded live at Time is the new space during Motel Mozaique Festival 2025

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Culture Radio by Operator [25] - 18th April 2025 - MOMO'25 Special

Culture radio returns today with a special episode on last month’s Nous’klaer festival.
For this edition we set up a mini studio on the festival site and recorded interviews with five participating artists. Tune in at 13.00 to hear words of wisdom from Nicola Cruz, Hervé, Nelly, Slikback and Oberman. A big shout out to the whole team behind the festival for another killer edition. We can’t wait to see what comes next!

The tracks included in today’s episode are:

Nicola Cruz - Cryptic Nature
Nicola Cruz - Tudo e ilusao
Kid Who - Warez House
Shoal - Last Piece
Slikback - Revolve
Lenxi - Nothing More Than A Memory

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Culture Radio by Operator [26] - 17th July 2025 - Nous'Klaer Special

Show #12

…..What to do, where to go and what to listen to..join us as we discuss the latest gigs in and around Rotterdam, the best records of the moment and maybe some musical history!

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CRE91 Songs First [12] - 1st August 2019

We’re very glad to welcome you to a new edition of The Perfect Night. This time we’re streaming live from the exhibition “Street Dreams”. Our first guest plays a big role in our city: Aruna Vermeulen, one of the guest curators of the exhibition, and also the general director of het HipHopHuis. She's accompanied by Shehera Grot. Your host: Samira Ben Messaoud.

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CRE92 The Perfect Night "Street Dreams" w/ Aruna Vermeulen & Shehera Grot - 13th September 2019

For our second talk, we have movie director Victor D. Ponten and fashion-stylist / creative-director Isis Vaandrager. Still live and direct from Kunsthal x Operator: The Perfect Night.

Hosted by Samira Ben Messaoud.

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CRE93 The Perfect Night "Street Dreams" w/ Victor D. Ponten & Isis Vaandrager - 13th September 2019

Our third and last guest of the evening is Guillaume Schmidt, the co-founder of streetwear store & label Patta Amsterdam. Host: Samira Ben Messaoud.

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CRE94 The Perfect Night "Street Dreams" w/ Guillaume Schmidt - 13th September 2019

Culture radio, Thomas Fonville in gesprek met Lise Sore over haar werk en het kunstenaarschap. In het werk van Lise Sore speelt het verstillen van een moment vol emotie een belangrijke rol. In grote, realistische zelfportretten op kaasdoek probeert ze het ongrijpbare tastbaar te maken.

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CRE95 Thomas Fonville w/ Lise Sore - 24th September 2019

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We broadcast a variety of live shows, from music to science and sports, featuring international DJ's, artists and guest speakers weekly since 2017. We are committed to support emerging talents and to engage the local community and beyond. Our main goal is the overall cultural development through diverse initiatives.

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