A look back at POW! WOW! Rotterdam 2021

What a week it was.

We collaborated with Nul Teen Art to give upcoming local to give young local talent like Kiara & Essie a platform. We celebrated the city of Rotterdam with the biggest solo mural yet by its unofficial visual ambassador Ox-Alien. We affirmed the history of monumental bridge De Hef and what it personally means to people through a beautifully moving portrait of its last bridgekeeper by MOTS. We shared our stage with with sculptural artists for the first time, in an expertly curated exhibition by Onno Poiesz. We were warmly welcomed into the Hefpark, an absolutely inspiring maintained by neighborhood residents, for our evening artist talks, writers bench and spoken word performance.

And we simply had a ton of fun with a group of incredibly friendly, open and creative artists from all over the world. There were tacos, drinks, a whole lot of paint, used to create art that will hopefully leave everybody in its surroundings with a smile for many years to come. It would be impossible to list all of the heartwarming moments we were treated to during POW! WOW! Rotterdam 2021, but somehow, filmmaker Eddie Contento of Rauwkost Collective managed to capture a lot of the spirit behind them in the aftermovie we now proudly present.

Take a look, and thanks for going on this journey with us.