#harry reijnders

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The iconic design of station Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1990. Designed by Harry C.H. Reijnders, construction was finished in 1983. Later alterations of the station layout made it quite a mess.

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[universeofgalacia]

OCs and Music (Part 1)

Misery Meat by Sodikken: Phoebe; The entire song gives major young Phoebe vibes where she'd let her classmates hurt her and cut her up for fun.

La Jolla by Wilbur Soot: Monty, possibly; I'm very specifically thinking the line "You know I've tried hard to love me, too. It always seems to fall in through."

Devil Town by Cavetown: Brea and Ammura; Very specifically the following part of the song — "I still get a little scared of something new, but I feel a little safer when I'm with you. Falling doesn't feel so bad, when I know you've fallen this way too." I think it fits their overall vibe, of Ammura making Brea feel safe enough to actually let herself fall in love and feel something good.

Frail State of Mind by The 1975: Monty; Monty is so used to being hurt, bullied, excluded, etc, that when he reaches the academy he finds himself voluntarily isolating himself despite people trying to reach out.

First Love/Late Spring by Mitski: Ammura/Brea or Adie/Yianni; Something, something, being in love for the first time (on Adie and Brea's end, mostly, given their own pasts) leading to fear because it's almost too good to be true.

Like a Child by Mother Mother: Student hangout; I'm imagining a post battle scene. They're all huddled in the common area, curled around each other, bruised and bandaged but smiling because they have each other. Cause they're still just kids.

Look Who's Inside Again by Bo Burnham: Monty; I cannot stop breaking this poor kid's heart. Anyway he's isolating himself still<3

Disobedient from Steven Universe: Brea; I think once she gets past the grief and depression of being disowned and comes to terms with her trauma, she'll be so angry that she wasted so much energy on being the 'perfect daughter' when nothing was good enough.

Ghosts over Calvary by Creeper: Harris and Wes; I refuse to elaborate, it just feels right to me.

Hatef**k by The Bravery: Harris and Wes; Again, I refuse to elaborate. Take this as you will.

God Must Hate Me by Catie Turner: Monty; I do not need to elaborate because this one is obvious. I am making him suffer.

Ibuprofen by Bears in Trees: Monty + Classmates; Fine I'll let him be happy. Let him sit on the floor surrounded by his friends, being held and loved. Also he's crying.

Lemon Boy by Cavetown: Ernestas and Nile; Grumpy sad boy and his sunshine husband/best friend.

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Diverse mensen bij het verkooppunt voor treinkaartjes bij Station Rotterdam-Zuid, 1952.

Rotterdam Zuid is een station in Rotterdam gelegen aan de spoorlijn Rotterdam Centraal - Dordrecht. De halte werd op 2 mei 1877 geopend, pas in 1958 kwam er een stationsgebouw, ontworpen door architect Sybold van Ravesteyn. In 1988 werd dit gebouw gesloopt om ruimte te maken voor de bouw van de Willemsspoortunnel. In 1993 werd een nieuw modern traversestation geopend, een ontwerp van architect Harry Reijnders die ook het datzelfde jaar geopende nieuwe station Rotterdam Blaak ontwierp.

De zijperrons worden heel weinig gebruikt, bijna alle treinen die op dit station stoppen doen dat aan het middenperron. Dit laatste is dan ook het enige met aan de zuidzijde ook een in/-uitgang.

De foto is gemaakt door de Fototechnische Dienst Rotterdam en komt uit het Stadsarchief Rotterdam. De informatie komt van Wikipedia.

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ACADEMIC BLOG POST 2- Gesamtkunstwerk and Spectacle(s)

Richard Wagner’s original concept of gesamtkunstwerk has gotten a little muddied in intention over the centuries, but I dare say the spirit of the phenomenon is alive and well. Instead of adhering to Wagner’s initial vision, I think pieces that stimulate multiple senses of the audience to elicit an awed response could be considered for the definition. Art is subjective, so far be it from me to define what can’t fit under the parameters of gesamtkunstwerk, but I’d go up to bat for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida being considered as such.

By and large, the concept of a theme park such as those which exist in some of the world’s most major cities aligns with the definition of a “total work of art”, brought on primarily by the sheer spectacle of the various Disney parks. In the case of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, specifically (hereby referred to in this post as "Harry Potter World" for the sake of being concise), immersion is an outright necessity. While I haven't heard personal recountings of character training being grueling from my friends who work in the Universal park(a divorce from the Disney practice of overworking their character actors), the sheer amount of detail in every inch of this attraction is awe-inspiring.

Figure 1: The centrepiece of the Harry Potter World park

A little closer to home (for now) is the less grotesquely expensive Harry Potter Warner Bros Tour on the outskirts of London-- still utterly consumerist in concept, but immaculately crafted.

Figure 2: Diagon Alley in the Universal Studios Tour

While I have no plan to build a massive handcrafted homage to Harry Potter, I think keeping in mind what gesamtkunstwerk entails in this day and age is still a good idea. While this phenomenon is, again, highly consumerist in nature, it brings a lot of children joy and wonder. In physical spaces as well as digital ones, I would love to inspire a similar sense of awe through my own work. For now, I'll have to stick to visual mediums, but Wagner's initial gesamkunstwerks were such as well, so the sky's the limit.

Additionally, I suspect (as an American) that the sheer popularity of Harry Potter World is motivated in small part due to the novelty of a walkable, "European" space. Of course, there isn't a real city in the whole of the real continent of Europe so immaculately and in-authentically decorated, but the phenomenon truly is notable in such a car-dependent community.

Disclaimer that I do not agree with the personal views of the author of the Harry Potter series, and actively disavow transphobia in every form.

Bibliography

Godwin, V. (2017). Theme park as interface to the wizarding (story) world of Harry Potter. Transformative Works and Cultures, 25. doi:https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2017.01078.

Shaun (2022). Harry Potter. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1iaJWSwUZs&ab_channel=Shaun [Accessed 19 Oct. 2023].

Warner Bros. Studios ed., (2018). Diagon Alley in Warner Bros. Studios. [Digital Photography] Digital. Available at: https://media.timeout.com/images/105171327/750/422/image.webp [Accessed 19 Oct. 2023].

‌ Waysdorf, A. and Reijnders, S. (2016). Immersion, authenticity and the theme park as social space: Experiencing the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 21(2), pp.173–188. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877916674751.

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Amsterdam, NH

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Library Update

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The Way We Enjoy Entertainment: Transmedia Storytelling

According to Korea Tourism Organization in 2016 there are 295.000 Indonesian tourist who went to Korea. This number is 50% higher than the year before. As cited from Visit Korea website for Indonesia, there are three reasons of this increasing (1) less MERS cases, (2) People tend to perceive that Asian country are much more saver due to the terrorism attack in Paris lately, and (3) is the influence from Hallyu wave that once again swept the world in 2016 by the huge success of Descendants of The Sun. Here is the video of Enjoy Your Creative Korea Ads for 2016 Visit Korea. This ads is tarted by Song Joong Ki as 2016 korean Tourism Ambassador (whom also started in Decendants of The Sun).

Hallyu wave is proven effective as the strategy that lead to the increasing tourist coming to Korea. Korea’s Tourism campaign this year  is Imagine Your Korea, Creative Korea whose ambassador is no other than Song Joong Ki (lead actor of Decendant of The Sun). Some of Korean famous tourism destination are Namsan Tower, Nami Island (the island where Winater Sonata drama taken place), Jeju Island, The Palace. This site is often found as shooting places for many dramas and movies. Beside places, Korea also sell their music tourism, where they have K-Pop Hollogram Concert, and many other things. 

Hallyu Wave, has shown how people maximize their experience of consuming story from drama, film, or music by going to the places that pictured in there. This phenomenon of maximazing entertainment experience through various media including places is what Jenkins said as transmedia storytelling which he explained as “represents a process where integral elements of a fiction get dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels for the purpose of creating a unified and coordinated entertainment experience.” Korea sure does using its entertainment industry to drive its tourism.

Korea Cultural Industry is not merely about music  and drama which goal is to shift the trend from western and Japanese to the them. Instead Korea surely realize that music and drama have been universal language that is easily accepted and consumed. Through these understanding Korea put their cultural industry into their international politics strategy. When people may just think that Boyband and Girlband only dancing around the stage, they forget the fashion, new music genre, shooting sites that grown accordingly and the whole new world which set as a holistic story of how Korea is. In this part Korea succeed in familiarizing its name in the world.

Korea telling the stories of their people, and nations through the dance movement, through the drama series, and through the married of korean and western music. Drama has been a tool that being used not only to introduce Korean film industry but also its cultural richness. Korean cuisines for example always being a part that is shown in korean drama and movie. In result audience who watch it become more and more familiar with Kimchi, Korean Fried Chicken, Ramyoen, Toppoki and many more. This hallyu wave, resulted the growing number of Korean reastaurant in many countries. 

Not only that these days, Korea is campaigning for Muslim Friendly Korea. As they realize the anthusiasm of Muslims to Korea. Here is one of the campaign video

Reijnders et al (2015) said that this phenomenon of people travelling places because of media that they consume; music, film, literature and more is called as Media Tourism. The study of media tourism is increased since the growing number of this kind tourism. The hallyu wave is one of the proof, and  many others like New Zealand as the shooting place of The Lord of The Rings. Then, Hollywood as the movies industry center, or Disney World, or Potterland.This are all the tourism sites that grown from story that we watch, read or listen to. The result of this is that more people are willing to experience the media that they consume through various media channel. The story of Winter Sonata  isn’t only enjoyed through its drama episodes, but dispersed into the placed of its scence taken which become tourism destination. Reijnders et al (2015) explain that people act this way because they have imagination and this imagination is used when they access others media, inclue places. This is exactly what Kore Tourism Organization said in their brand identity as captured in the screen shoot here :

This explain why a story could be extended into games, films, theme park even something that doesn’t related to the story anymore could still be another experience for us as consumer. For example as K-Pop Lovers a person might travel all the way to Korea, to visit Namsan Tower to experience the vibes of Korea. This Korea is something that they imagine and enjoy while consuming Korean Entertainment.

This entertainment is a form of transmedia  that we as consumers access through various media, eventhough the content may not directly told through the media we access. I my self, experience it as I follow many accounts in social media about Korean Drama. I use soompi Forum for following the information about the Korean Actor I am interested in. I also read www.dramabeans.com for the recaps of the drama I’ve watched. This all is my way to extend and fullfill my imagination of the story that I enjoy. I also write this in full article here. 

It was also the same like all the Harry Potter fans arround the world. They read the books, watch the movie, went to the Hogwarts Theme Park, but the wond and the cloth. Visit potterland webs, and even decorate their birthday or wedding that way.  As we now see that we use various plarforms in order to satisfy our need of information and experience on certain things.

Source :

Reijnders, Stijn., Bolderman, Leonieke., Es, Nicky Van., dan Waysdorf, Abby. (2015). Locating Imagination: An Interdiciplinary Perspective on Literary, Film, and Music Tourism. Tourism Analysis, Vol.20 pp. 333-339. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/108354215X14356694891979

http://www.visitkorea.or.id/bbs/board.php?bo_table=news_release&wr_id=85&page=3 

http://www.visitkorea.or.id/bbs/board.php?bo_table=video&wr_id=38

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Jeroen Meijer

[obsessedbyneon]

Photographs I took during the years of Station Sloterdijk. Designed by Harry Reijnders, 1983. Added to the trainstation in the 1990s is the metrostation (white)

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[rotterdamvanalles]

Diverse mensen bij het verkooppunt voor treinkaartjes bij Station Rotterdam-Zuid, 1952.

Rotterdam Zuid is een station in Rotterdam gelegen aan de spoorlijn Rotterdam Centraal - Dordrecht. De halte werd op 2 mei 1877 geopend, pas in 1958 kwam er een stationsgebouw, ontworpen door architect Sybold van Ravesteyn. In 1988 werd dit gebouw gesloopt om ruimte te maken voor de bouw van de Willemsspoortunnel. In 1993 werd een nieuw modern traversestation geopend, een ontwerp van architect Harry Reijnders die ook het datzelfde jaar geopende nieuwe station Rotterdam Blaak ontwierp.

De zijperrons worden heel weinig gebruikt, bijna alle treinen die op dit station stoppen doen dat aan het middenperron. Dit laatste is dan ook het enige met aan de zuidzijde ook een in/-uitgang.

De foto is gemaakt door de Fototechnische Dienst Rotterdam en komt uit het Stadsarchief Rotterdam. De informatie komt van Wikipedia.

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Rotterdam, ZH

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Rotterdam, ZH

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Rotterdam, ZH

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Rotterdam, ZH