Carmen Verduyn x Bildung Academy x Gemeente Eindhoven: Stadsmakers International
We arrive with suitcases full of vowels and pockets filled with "excuse me, I'm new here, I think I might be lost?" Scouting around maps that don't show beloning, only streets. Thankfully Eindhoven doesn't ask for perfect Dutch, we live in the type of city only asks, "Will you show up?" "Will you commit to make somthing with us?" Thats why 'StadsMakers' isn't a title or just a project name, it's a verb, a heartbeat, a bunch of strangers turning into "see you next week friend!" From the centre's rhythm called SPOOOD where food and sports are combined as a handshake, the place where sweat meets spice, and eventhough you cannot lean on the table tennis top, you can lean on the SPOOOD community to provide connection trough competition, It's the same in Gestel, more then 100 sign-ups from neighboors who would like to join on the plat date day, to be a kid again. No networking, no integ...
