LIFE closed permanently in May 2022. Information hereunder is for for the record, since you were interested enough to get this far.
LIFE is a living room for ‘portative works’: books, jewellery, and small-scale objects by artists; and artworks by people who may not consider themselves artists. LIFE is concerned with the things people make that are not often given emphasis in their professional practice, rather, with the useful-everyday, small experimentations and tokens of gift-economy among fellow makers.
LIFE is a project initiated by artist Ash Kilmartin, with the help of many friends. The space is housed alongside Wilfried Lentz in the M4H/Delfshaven area of Rotterdam.
Opening hours:
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 14:00-18:00 during exhibitions
Keileweg 14a
Rotterdam 3029BS
The Netherlands
Access:
We're 600m from Marconiplein Metro/Tram/Bus station.
There's free parking right outside.
Nearby, it's also worth checking out:
The Voedseltuin - community garden
Buurman - materials and workshop
Wijnkoperij Domaine Z
A big ol' Praxis - directly across the road, big garden section too
For snacks and drinks in the general area:
Tandir (best pide!), Schiedamseweg 165 B, 3026 AL
Shaami Huis, Schiedamseweg 38B
Roopram Roti, Mathenesserplein 89
Injera Habesha, Hudsonplein 7B
Riky's Place snackbar, Westkousdijk 10
Weelde, Marconistraat 39
Wilfried usually has stroopwafel :)
The LIFE logotype is Brazil, a free font designed by David Bennewith that's based on some beaut bathroom graffiti. The rest is a kind of Garamond.
Read an interview with Pernilla Evans on Metropolis M (June 2021)
Read about LIFE in an interview with Richard Foster at WORM (June 2020)
Read a review of Petter and Bernd's show on the NRC (May 2020)
In 2021, LIFE received support from Gemeente Rotterdam; and Stichting Droom en Daad for exhibitors' fees and even some running costs. In 2020, LIFE was kindly supported by CBK Rotterdam (Center for Visual Arts Rotterdam) to pay fees to exhibiting artists. The use of our space at Keileweg is possible through the generosity of Wilfried Lentz.
