Share the Vibe

My granddad was a glassblower who worked at Philips. And now my house is right by Strijp-S. It just makes me so proud. And when my Frisian girlfriend comes over and makes some comment about how ugly it all is, well, that really gets to me. Once you realise where it all comes from, you see how very valuable it is.
It is good to see how everyone is doing what they can to help make Eindhoven better, to see the people living here all work together. And how the city has stayed close to itself. A city full of real characters who are here to stay, who are part of what makes the town unique. People who are here temporarily add a nice vibe, too, but I’m looking for that stable factor.

I hope I don’t outgrow Eindhoven, I hope it will continue to offer me a challenge. Right now I have every reason to believe it will. For my work I travel all around the world, and no matter how lovely the places are that I visit, I love coming home. I love to ride my bike to my studio and to see the same guy walking his dog every day. Now all I can do is hope I can keep my Frisian girl here with me.

“I can just feel the city’s inspiring past all around me.”

I was born just outside Eindhoven and when I was a kid my mother would take me to the Big City. It was something so wonderful and thrilling to come here. Now I am part of that same city and I’ve been given the opportunity to give something in return. To create an ode in all freedom. My portrait of the city.

For a brief moment I toyed with the idea of making a really slick film with all the characteristic elements. PSV, the mayor in a nice shirt. But this calls for something personal, something that really represents me. And it’s the people. I had eighteen wonderful faces to work with for a whole day, which meant I had to make a selection of what to capture. And I had a whole team of professionals at my disposal, they all volunteered to help. So many beautiful people, the whole thing just begs to be turned into a longer version.

Conceived and directed by:
Mike Roelofs – www.mikeroelofs.eu

Camera:
Richard Spierings – www.richardspierings.com

Editing:
Teun van Beers

Grading:
Wouter Kooken – www.wouterkooken.com

Music:
Greg Goa – www.marketsound.ca

Set assistant:
Koos van Mierlo

Mike Roelofs

Mike Roelofs, 1981, trained at the Fotoacademie in Amsterdam and graduated in 2007. His self-initiated projects, including his graduation project, have all been socially motivated. His first book, Resilience, was published in 2008. Roelofs works on a range of self-initiated projects and since 2009, he has also been working for De Volkskrant. Initially hired to do official portraits, his commissions now stretch to include reports on climate change shot abroad. Nine out of ten commissions are portrait related, ranging from photography to video. Since 2010 Roelofs has operated from a studio at the former church 4Apostelen on the Bergmannstraat in Eindhoven, the home base for Roelofs and his assistants and trainees.

“I can just feel the city’s inspiring past all around me.”

Mike Roelofs

Yorit Kluitman

"This Share The Vibe is a tribute to the nineties."

Roel Deden

What also characterizes Envisions is the focus on materials. For Roel they are the starting point of this Share the Vibe.

Barbara Medo

"In the Share the Vibe you see different buildings being built and the city slowly changing."

Damon van Drimmelen

"This Share the Vibe is a tribute to spaciousness and light.

Chaos Films

"Eindhoven is like a high speed train, it's much faster than it's competition"

Jess Oberlin

'If you’re longing for something, why not create it yourself? Wherever you are. And this is definitely the case in Eindhoven!'

Tom Elswijk

"one thing is certain; You will always be welcome here"

EJJI

“What makes Eindhoven great for me is that there is a lot happening that is not visible at first. It’s there, but you can't see it. Just like the vibes in the video.”

Stephan Velema

“Er is iets interessants gaande in Eindhoven. Je ziet veel jongens die hun sporen hebben verdiend in de underground nieuwe verbindingen leggen met mainstream podia en modern theater.”

Naresh

‘Cooking is like making a present with which you can make someone happy’

Bert-Jan Woertman

Talent, knowledge, cooperation, trust - these are the ingredients of the magic potion of Brainport Eindhoven

A.S.O. Productions

“You rarely see anyone cycle through a red light here. That says something about how relaxed people are, it’s great.”

Dutch Invertuals

"Eindhoven feels as if it is still under construction. That provides the space and the freedom to do your own things, to go your own way, to develop your own identity."

Edhv

"Eindhoven is a great city to be in dialogue with"

Ivo Schoofs

‘Science and technology are abundant here. It stimulated my fascination for natural and physical phenomena such as gravity, movement, heat, light, lighting and friction.’

Niels Groenendijk

“No matter where you go, when you return to Eindhoven, there is some special energy that hardly any other city possesses. A unique factor.”

The Ruggeds

Ton Mikkers

“Design and technology meet here in Eindhoven. The result is an environment which is bursting with energy.”

What If Collective

"you can find creative people with all sorts of expertise”

Blickfanger

“Here in the city there is so much to show people and so much to be proud of.”

Floris Vos

“My focus is now entirely on Eindhoven. That’s going to be our new permanent location.”

HeyHeydeHaas

"Actually, it couldn’t be simpler: everything is possible, always. Especially here."

OddOne

“You can feel the buzz in this city growing all the time. But this is only just the beginning.”

Marcel de Buck

“The city provides me with a certain kind of sustenance. Without it, I get lonely.”

Creative Guts

“Together we give direction to the city’s development.”

Johan Moorman

“Eindhoven, that’s me. It’s all of us. It’s within us.”

Raw Color

“We made a conscious decision to stay here, to be part of the city’s ongoing endeavour.”

Bart Hess

“This town is an ideal base from which to start conquering the world.”

Niels Hoebers

“I can think of no other city that could offer me everything I have found here.”