Katendrecht’s Breath: A Meditation on Aliveness

Our work begins with a question: Is there one Katendrecht, or does it shift, appearing uniquely across time, perspectives, and people? To explore this enigma, we interweave diverse research approaches, culminating in a living, breathing entity: a sensory tapestry reflecting Katendrecht’s essence. Fragments gathered on-site, unstructured and raw, were reassembled into breathing creature, a porous, rhythmic surface inspired by the surrealist concept of exquisite corpse.

An aesthetic body that can be heard, seen, and felt. Because to sense breathing is to encounter life in its most complex form.

Katendrecht’s breath is no more metaphor; it consists of dust, voices, streets, people, and histories. By making this breath tangible, a perceivable body of sound, vision, and touch, we illuminate how each city breaths and embodies life in its own singular way.