by Machteld Aardse & Femke Kempkes

A community analogue light artwork, performing urban memory.

the Bergen - one of Eindhoven’s oldest neighbourhoods. Aardse and Kempkes bring given stories of two streets to life, projecting them as cut-out icons onto the façades of homes. They worked closely with the community through a series of site specific workshops. Residents brought cherished objects, photos, or copies to the sessions. Stories and memories ranges from a train that once ran through the Kleine Berg to beautiful anecdotes. Machteld and Femke transformed these souvenirs into visual pieces, displayed one by one on 38 overhead projectors along Heilige Geeststraat and Prins Hendrikstraat. In collaboration with the residents and poet Merel Morre, from the collection Zie Binnenzijde 2024

Everything comes and goes; life is in constant motion. During GLOW, the residents, their stories, and their lives come together in a string of light art. These light images reflect the urban memory, symbolising the essence of a place. What you witness is a cadence of memories.

In collaboration with the residents and poet Merel Morre, from the collection Zie Binnenzijde 2024