Wall art at blind side wall of Nighttown - West Kruiskade
In my post from September 18, Murals in Rotterdam (http://wp.me/sunIp-murals), I promised to search for old photos of murals or graffitis in Rotterdam. So here it is: again some pictures of wall art of the past. I already knew how fleeting this form of art is but after some research I found out that my memory is fleeting too… Let me try to explain. Before it was called WATT, there was a club called Nighttown. Off course I remember this, who doesn’t? But who remembers the drawings on the side wall? And who remembers how the club was called before it became Nighttown. For this blog I tried to find out who created mural and why. During my research I found an old picture from 1988, showing the wall and I found out that the club previously was called Arena. I had forgotten that!
Although grafitti and murals are often temporarily, this particular painting shows us that temporarily does not have to mean a short period of time. I made this photos in January 2006 and I found a photo in a book from 1988. I can’t remember when the mural was removed, but I guess it was in 2008, when WATT first opened it’s doors, so it has lasted at least for two decades!
On the wall were 100 images. One of the images shows a telephone and a phone number. I Googled the number and found out that it’s the phone number of Aktiegroep Oude Westen, a neighbourhood organisation, that most likely has commissioned the painting of the wall. (http://www.aktiegroepoudewesten.nl) Because today is Sunday, I can’t ring them to ask them who made it, but if you feel like calling them after reading this blog, feel free to do so!
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