For 5 years, I lived in Kanaleneiland, Utrecht. Considered Utrecht's most 'problematic' neighborhood, its middle chunk consisting of eight apartment buildings was awaiting demolition and was subsequently turned into temporary student/artist housing  that ran from 2010 until late 2015.  A kind of short-term gentrification, effectively creating a bubble that only skirted the neighbourhood that it was in, fittingly called Eiland8.

I SPY I SPY is a visual journey through this bubble with it’s sounds, music and images resulting in a mosaic of memories of its now former residents.

The music, sounddesign, poetry and scenes were all sourced from people who lived there. 

I SPY I SPY was part of the “Dromen In Beton” exhibition of Centraal Museum in Utrecht, and was also exhibited at Central Station Utrecht at it’s opening.

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