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Part 2 — Stichting Timer: The foundation in progress

The light touches his work while the city stays raw around it.

Part two of a two part reflection on legacy, creativity and the work that continues

After TRACK 2025, a different kind of conversation began. It was no longer about a performance or a season, but about how the story of Timer could continue in a way that reflects who he was and what moved him. His work was never only about form. It carried the rhythm of his life, the moments of falling, getting up and finding direction again. What seemed unfinished to others often held meaning for him. That sense of movement is part of what gives his work its depth.

From that idea grew the first steps toward Stichting Timer. The foundation is being developed by our family and the people who stood close to him. The aim is to create space where people can explore what drives them from within, just as Timer did in his creativity and in the love he shared with us. The focus is on strength, direction and the inner anchor that helps you move through both flow and difficulty.

In this early phase, there are ongoing conversations with a leading space within Rotterdam’s hip hop and street culture. It is a place where people work who have known Timer since the nineties and who witnessed his development from close by. The responses have been warm, although the practical and financial steps still need attention. If this collaboration takes shape, it would be a meaningful location for a first presentation of the foundation in progress. Not as a launch, but as a moment where the city, the culture and the people who knew him come together in a natural way.

The foundation will focus on three directions. The first is keeping Timer’s values alive: creativity, perseverance and the love for the people around you. The second is creating space for others to discover their own anchor, through workshops, programs and support for makers and non makers. The third is preserving his artistic legacy. This includes the archiving of murals, sketchbooks, stories and other work, so that everything comes together in one place where his presence remains visible and tangible.

This next chapter is still taking shape, but the intention is clear. It is about honoring the story behind the work and offering others the space to find their own.

If you want to know more about the foundation or feel connected to the work we are building, you can reach out to me directly via info@timerofficial.nl

Part 1 — Track 2025: A retrospective

Part one of a two part reflection on Timer and the city that shaped him

TRACK 2025 ran at Theater Rotterdam from 10 to 14 September 2025 and turned the building into a two hour walk through movement, sound and city life. It was never meant to be a standard theater visit. The route moved through corridors, studios, stairwells and the streets outside, where dance, music, fashion and performance appeared without warning. The program was shaped by artistic director Alida Dors and co produced by Tjon Rockon.

One of the quiet threads running through the experience was a tribute to Timer, the Rotterdam street artist whose clocks and raw line work shaped the visual rhythm of the city. Timer was my brother, Gregory Oron. He grew up in the hip hop and graffiti scene of Rotterdam and left a mark that still moves through the city long after he passed away in November 2024.

Dors brought together a group of artists who offered an early look at the season ahead. Choreographers Alice Ripoll and Cheroney Pelupessy, theatermaker Dionne Verwey, the collective Grande Loge and musician Kay Slice each carried their own artistic language. Together they created an evening that felt layered and open, as if the building itself was speaking through them.

The theme, Sample, Scratch and Rewind, reflected the way hip hop treats memory and time. Earlier works returned in new forms, future ideas appeared as fragments and influences from different continents and generations blended into a single route.

TRACK 2025 acknowledged Timer through digital clocks placed along the route. They appeared without explanation, echoing the way his tags once lived in Rotterdam: visible to some, unnoticed by others, always part of the landscape.

“It is a subtle nod to Timer,” co producer Tjon Rockon said at the time. “You move through the building and then out into the city. Along the way you see clocks. Some people notice them, others walk past. That is how his work existed here. Everywhere, but not always seen. At the start of the route there is even a moment where we talk about time itself.”

The entire run sold out quickly. For those who walked the route, the experience became more than a preview of a new season. With distance, it reads as an early public moment of recognition for an artist whose influence continues to grow.

TRACK 2025 became the point where a quiet tribute opened the door to a larger conversation about legacy, memory and the place Timer holds in the city.

This reflection continues in Part 2, where the story moves toward Stichting Timer.