Field trip to Rotterdam Port
As part of ongoing artistic research at the Port of Rotterdam, I organised a field trip with artists, cultural workers and the University of Amsterdam. We travelled by foot, coach and boat through the largest globalised shipping and logistics hub in Europe. We explored pollution and waste processing at the Maasvlakte beach, and wandered through terminals handling cargo, dry bulk and petrochemicals.
We engaged with the site with audio recorders, notes and shared discussion in order to learn more about how our resources circulate, and the political and environmental costs of globalisation.
In collaboration with University of Amsterdam’s Political Ecologies: Supply Chain Criticism group, with researchers Jeff Diamanti and Miriam Matthiessen.
