Collectieve Conversatie

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An Artist in Residence Project

Interviews conducted by Jeroen Van Caneghem

 

Between city, port, and hinterland, in the vicinity of the iconic Langerbrugge electricity plant, the layered art project KONNEKTOR finds its ground. KONNEKTOR began with summer residencies in 2020, where 13 artists drew on the local history, social fabric, and eclectic landscape ecology for their research and projects.

For Langerbrugge, the establishment of the power plant marked not only the onset of the industrial revolution but also all the transformations it entailed, including population growth. This expansion led to significant socio-spatial changes and dynamics, manifested in the creation of the Tuinwijck, a velodrome, a casino, a canteen, and numerous cafés.

As one of the artists in residence at KONNEKTOR, I developed the project Collective Conversation, which involved collecting objects and family photos from residents, along with recordings of their personal stories and memories related to Langerbrugge/Kerkbrugge and the electricity plant. These narratives reveal both individual memories and the shared history of the community.

These materials form the basis of an installation where visitors can explore photographs and objects while listening to the residents’ voices, experiencing the dialogue between private and collective memory, sound, and light.

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