Remastered is opening this week beneath the Erasmus Bridge: a new hotspot where you can stand amidst giant projections of moving artworks. We were given the chance to pop along for a sneak peek.

An attraction, an experience or a museum: actually, none of these words quite captures the essence of it. Remastered is an adventure. It’s like getting on a rollercoaster, watching a 3D film, marvelling at a museum and letting your hair down at a festival. The whole experience lasts one hour. Our tip: afterwards, take a seat on a bench in Het Park or along the quay to let it all sink in.  

Six rooms

Remastered is divided into six different areas. You start and finish in the lobby, which features a large interactive LED screen. The countdown clock in the top right-hand corner tells you when the show is about to begin: when the time comes, you’ll enter the attraction along with seventy other visitors. 

And that’s certainly how it feels as you walk through the first few corridors: as if you’re queuing for a rollercoaster at an amusement park. Once you’ve walked under the waterfall, the real adventure begins. You find yourself in a beautiful, interactive underwater world. Thousands of little fish are swimming around here. If you hold out your hand, the school swims off in another direction. The clownfish, the Nemos, actually swim towards you when you reach out to them. The coral moves with you too, and a large whale swims past.

From this tropical sea, you step into a lift – and this one isn’t like a normal lift either. You shoot up into the sky at breakneck speed and emerge above the clouds, amongst the birds. Abeltje 2.0. In yet another room, you find yourself amidst a contemporary, digital version of Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights. Kanye West as a sort of wizard, a dancing mushroom from Mario and much more. There is so much to see in the triptych that you never tire of looking at it. 

Festival vs. museum

And that’s not all! All these rooms are just the prelude to the main event. The sixth room is Remastered, and you’ll be spending quite a while in here. As you step inside, you find yourself surrounded by hundreds of moving and ticking clocks counting down to the start of the performance. From that moment on, you won’t know where to look, there’s so much beauty to take in. And to listen to, because the wonderful electronic music will have you dancing straight away. 

In an indescribable way, works by Dutch masters pass by. We now have another Tower of Babel in Rotterdam. And during the Van Gogh display, it feels as though you’re in a soft, fluffy space you just want to lie down in. The finale is dedicated to Mondrian, and it really is a spectacular piece. A dance festival is nothing compared to this. Next, you find yourself speechless at the foot of the Erasmus Bridge. Can we have another go?