anyMeta 4.19.3 - Atom module 0.3.2 2012-02-16T16:45:39+01:00 http://www.mediamatic.net/feed/atom/18907/en Mediamatic.net Blog http://www.mediamatic.net/id/244750 2012-02-14T16:57:21+01:00 Schommelclub Party: Push Me Tender Flirt, dance and play <p>We're celebrating the closing of the Schommelclub with a weekend of partying. Costumes and cotton candy with the whole family on Sunday, but first a performance on Saturday afternoon, and some serious flirting and dancing during Push Me Tender in the evening. Calling all lovers, loners, and globetrotting hepcats - we've got two live bands, an analogue veejay, swingers dating, and an oyster bar. Please RSVP on this page.</p> <h3>Line-up</h3> <p>Because these cold nights are just simply too chilly to spend alone, we've invited two duo's to perform. Johann (aka Fyoelk) and Hannah (aka Moemlien) are Cotopaxi and improvise with found objects and acoustic instruments. Rik Mölhlmann and Gijs Deddens of Vakantie play live electronic synthesizer music. In between acts deejay Groener Gras will provide us with plenty of nice tunes, and analogue veejay Margarita Osipian will serve up some visual treats. An evening of new music, surreal swinging, and experimental dating.</p> <p>Drop by in the afternoon as well. <em>Attempt to Fly</em>, a performance by dramaturg Roos Euwe and director Céline Talens, will take place at 14.00 and 15.30. <a href="/245747">Find out more here.</a></p> <p>No longer a duo? Spend some quality family time at Schommelclub Carnival on Sunday February 19th. <a href="/244786">Click here for the program.</a></p> <h3>More information</h3> <p>Doors open at 21.30 and close around 01.00. Entrance is free for Mediamatic and Subbacultcha members. Non-members pay a small fee of € 5,-. The Van Gendthallen are situated on the Oostenburgereiland. North of the zoo (Artis) and south of the KNSM-eiland. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/241399/nl/route-naar-mediamatic-schommelclub">Visit this page for directions.</a></p> <p><em>Note: It's cold at the Schommelclub. Wear warm clothes.</em></p> Schommelclub Feest: Push Me Tender Muziek, sjansen en spelen <p>We vieren de sluiting van de Schommelclub met een weekend vol feest. Zondag carnaval voor de hele familie, zaterdagmiddag een performance, en in de avond muziek, sjansen en spelen. Voor de romantici, eenzame swingers en grijpgrage duwers hebben we twee live bands, een veejay en deejay, oesters en een dating spel. Reserveren kan op deze pagina.</p> <h3>Programma</h3> <p>Onder het mom van 'samen is alles leuker' hebben we twee duo's uitgenodigd om op te treden. Cotopaxi, bestaand uit Johann (aka Fyoelk) en Hannah (aka Moemlien), improviseren met gevonden objecten en akoestische instrumenten. Rik Möhlmann en Gijs Deddens vormen samen Vakantie, en maken elektronische synthesizer muziek. Veejay Margarita Osipian zorgt met analoge middelen voor een visueel spektakel, en deejay Groener Gras zal de avond muzikaal omlijsten.</p> <p>Kom ook 's middags langs. Dramatuurg Roos Euwe en theatermaker Céline Talens brengen zaterdagmiddag tijdens twee performances een ode aan vliegen, schommelen en spelen. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/245747">Kijk hier voor meer informatie.</a> </p> <p>Allang geen duo meer? Op zondag 19 feburari vieren we Schommelcarnaval met de hele familie. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244786/en/schommelcarnaval">Kijk hier voor het programma.</a></p> <h3>Meer informatie</h3> <p>De deuren gaan open om 21.30 en sluiten rond 01.00. Toegang is gratis voor Mediamatic en Subbacultcha leden, en € 5,- voor niet-leden. De Van Gendthallen staan op het Oostenburgereiland in Amsterdam. Tussen de Czaar Peterstraat en het Wittenburgereiland in. <a href="/241399">Klik hier voor een routebeschrijving.</a> </p> <p>Mediamatic onderzoekt op dit moment of een verhuizing naar de Van Gendthallen mogelijk is en organiseert in dat kader incidentele activiteiten in het prachtige gebouw. Hoewel de Schommelclub sluit, blijven we in de Van Gendthallen voorlopig lekker experimenteren. Houd daarom onze website in de gaten.</p> <p><em>Let op: het is koud bij de Mediamatic Schommelclub, dus kleed je warm aan.</em></p> - 4.92658 52.3724 6 ARTEFACT event sign_up_required 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/244799 2012-02-03T11:52:42+01:00 QR Code in Ministeck Handcrafted QR codes <p>Mixing the old with the new, mixing business with pleasure. Making QR Codes in Ministeck is only the first attempt to make these pesky codes physically more attractive.</p> <p>Always trying to make better connections between the (social) network and the physical, we immediately started our new project. See here the results of our Ministeck meeting. Try the QR Codes with the scanner on your mobile phone, and see for yourself if they work.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ministeck.de/">Ministeck</a> was invented by Helmut Gottwald in 1965. In the late 1990s it became an independent firm in Germany. If you read German, check out the <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministeck">German wikipedia page about Ministeck</a></p> <p>What other pixel techniques would be suitable for making QR–codes more attractive and durable?</p> Jolien Ruiter http://www.mediamatic.net/id/233745 ARTICLE text 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/243879 2012-01-31T17:32:40+01:00 Margarita and the Mycelium Factory My visit to the Ecovative Design headquarters <p>Finding myself on the other side of the ocean, I went to visit Ecovative Design, a sustainable materials company in upstate New York. Ecovative is the birth place of the myco-material that sparked the beginning of the <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/230477/en/paddestoelen-paradijs">Paddestoelen Paradijs</a> exhibition and the <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/search/101422/en">Mycelium Rising</a> project.</p> <p>In the words of Paul Stamets, 'mushrooms can save the world', and there's no better place to see these world saving powers than in a tucked away industrial area in Green Island, New York. With the goal of replacing everything from petroleum based plastics (like Styrofoam) to particle board (which is made using carcinogenic formaldehyde) with a renewable mycelium based material, Ecovative is harnessing all the world saving possibilities of the mushroom. Eben Bayer, the CEO of Ecovative, took us on a little tour of this rapidly expanding facility. </p> <h3>The Process</h3> <p>Having only seen the finished mycelium based materials, and some experimental prototypes, I was really excited and curious to see the whole process of making, or rather growing, this innovative material on a much larger industrial scale. </p> <p>The process begins with the collection of agricultural products, which come by the truckload from farms in the region. Each material requires its own unique mix of agricultural waste products, depending on its density, weight, and use. </p> <p>The material then goes through a steam pasteurization system which gets rid of any mold or contamination. Eben told us that the machine used to do this originally came from an old chocolate chip factory, and they re-made it into a patented pasteurizing machine. <br/> <span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244408/en/pasteurization-system-for-the-agricultural-waste"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/638/244408-400-299.jpg" height="299" width="400" alt="" title="Pasteurization system for the agricultural waste" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Pasteurization system for the agricultural waste - Mediamatic.net" href="/244408/en/pasteurization-system-for-the-agricultural-waste">Pasteurization system for the agricultural waste</a></span></span></span><br/> Looking around the factory, these 'frankenstein' machines are a common sight, with young employees building and experimenting with new machine designs using recycled materials, including bicycle wheels. </p> <p>Once the substrate (the agricultural waste base on which the mycelium will grow) is pasteurized, it is inoculated with mycelium in a clean room, and molded into a form.<br/> <span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244406/en/mold-for-mycelium-based-materials"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/388/244406-400-299.jpg" height="299" width="400" alt="" title="Mold for mycelium-based materials" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Mold for mycelium-based materials - Mediamatic.net" href="/244406/en/mold-for-mycelium-based-materials">Mold for mycelium-based materials</a></span></span></span></p> <p>These molded forms are put on racks indoors for about a week while the mycelium grows through the substrate. <br/> <span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244407/en/racks-for-molded-myco-materials"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/651/244407-299-400.jpg" height="400" width="299" alt="" title="Racks for molded myco-materials" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Racks for molded myco-materials - Mediamatic.net" href="/244407/en/racks-for-molded-myco-materials">Racks for molded myco-materials</a></span></span></span></p> <p>In the final step, the parts are popped out of their molds and dried in order to stop the growth.<br/> <span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244565/en/ecovative-sample-materials"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/461/244565-325-400.jpg" height="400" width="325" alt="" title="Ecovative Sample Materials" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Ecovative Sample Materials - Mediamatic.net" href="/244565/en/ecovative-sample-materials">Ecovative Sample Materials</a></span></span></span></p> <h3>New Factory</h3> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244554/nl/the-new-ecovative-factory-space"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/974/244554-400-299.jpg" height="299" width="400" alt="" title="The new Ecovative factory space" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - The new Ecovative factory space - Mediamatic.net" href="/244554/nl/the-new-ecovative-factory-space">The new Ecovative factory space</a></span></span></span><br/> Arriving at a transitional time for the company, I was able to see the new, and much bigger, factory space across the street that Ecovative was just in the process of moving into. They are keeping their original space as a place to focus on research and development and design, but moving all industrial production into the new factory. </p> <h3>Research and development.</h3> <p>What began as a biodegradable replacement for polystyrene, that one-use packing material which uses vats of oil to produce and sits in landfills for millions of years, has now grown to become a potential replacement for many plastic based materials. </p> <p>At the Ecovative factory they are constantly experimenting with new kinds of fungus and working on pilot projects proposed to them by some very big companies. They have even teamed up with Ford to develop car bumpers and other car parts out of mycelium based materials, which you can read all about <a href="http://www.good.is/post/ecovative-design-partners-with-ford-to-develop-mushroom-based-car-parts/">here</a>. Many of their projects are in the experimental phases, and are still top secret, so I can't spill any information here, but trust me that there are some amazing projects brewing in the research lab. The newest issue of Wired has a very indepth <a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/02/features/we-grew-this-headline?page=all">article</a> about Ecovative, and further proves what the director of Mediamatic has been saying all along, that mushrooms are the new new media. </p> <p>Find out everything that Ecovative is up to on their <a href="http://www.ecovativedesign.com">website</a>, and if you ever find yourself in Green Island, NY, you can even go on a <a href="http://www.ecovativedesign.com/about-our-materials/tour-our-facility/">little tour</a> yourself.</p> margarita osipian http://www.mediamatic.net/id/133933 ARTICLE text 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/242253 2012-02-06T12:21:54+01:00 The Secret Art of Growing Mushrooms Learn how to make your own wood-based substrate on which to grow Shiitake mushrooms <p>There are several ways of making substrate (substrate is the growing environment for mushrooms). The three most common methods are with a compost-base, with a sawdust-or wood-chip based mixtures, and using straw. In this workshop we will make a sawdust substrate. You will take your substrate bag home after the workshop, where you can wait to see the mushrooms grow in the comfort of your own home.</p> <h3>What?</h3> <p>30 years ago the white button mushroom was the only mushroom you could find in the supermarket. A lot of things have changed in the meantime, but most people still only eat the white button mushrooms. Getting people to grow and consume all the varieties of mushrooms has been a slow process. This workshop is innovative and exciting because growing your own mushrooms is a new form of agricultural technology. </p> <p>We begin the workshop by sterilising the sawdust in a pressure cooker to get rid of the existing mold and fungus spores that are often naturally present on the wood. After we cool down the wood chips we add agra-vermiculite, gypsum and water to make the substrate mixture. Every substance is weighed and measured properly before we mix them thoroughly together and add water to the mixture. Once the substrate is ready, we add the mushroom spawn (Shiitake) and put the finished mixture in special filter bags and seal them. Instructions on how to take care of your mushrooms once you've taken them home will be given during the workshop. </p> <h3>Information and cost</h3> <p>The workshop takes place at Mediamatic BANK on Saturday January 28 from 13:00 to 18:00. Participation costs € 35 and you can use this page to buy a ticket. For questions, please contact <a href="mailto:&#100;&#101;&#98;&#111;&#114;&#97;&#104;&#64;&#109;&#101;&#100;&#105;&#97;&#109;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#46;&#110;&#101;&#116;">&#68;&#101;&#98;&#111;&#114;&#97;&#104;&#32;&#77;&#101;&#105;&#98;&#101;&#114;&#103;&#101;&#110;</a>. Our workshop regulations are found <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/page/138886/en">by clicking this link</a>.</p> - 4.89207 52.3631 8 ARTEFACT event sign_up_required workshop 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/242965 2012-01-26T10:51:25+01:00 Dutch Premiere of Of Amsterdam Documentary: Being a foreign artist in the Netherlands <p>Six foreign artists tell their stories about living and pursuing their dreams in Amsterdam. After the official premiere in Lisbon, Of Amsterdam will premiere in the Netherlands. The night will start with a performance by Natalia Domínguez Rangel and Mariangela Tinelli. Please RSVP on this page.</p> <h3>Of Amsterdam</h3> <p><em>Of Amsterdam</em> touches on questions of politics, education, and immigration. Director Catarina Neves Ricci (born in Portugal, but Amsterdam-based) worked together with artists such as Hugo Morango (Portugal), and Natalia Domínguez Rangel (Colombia).</p> <p>&quot;We don't make art to earn money. We make art because we have to make it.&quot; - <em>German jewelry designer Jeannette Jansen in </em>Of Amsterdam<em></em></p> <h3>More information</h3> <p>Doors open at 19:00. Program starts at 20:00. Tickets are 5,-. Location: Mediamatic Bank, Vijzelstraat 68 Amsterdam. Please RSVP at the top of this page.</p> - 4.89207 52.3631 8 ARTEFACT event screening sign_up_required 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/240859 2012-01-31T15:22:01+01:00 Ignite Amsterdam 14 12 presentations x 5 minutes <p>With our eye on the Global Game Jam happening at the end of the month, we invited a few young, experimental game designers to share their latest projects. Furthermore, we're diving into (Dutch) design and, of course, fungi. Drop by for your monthly dose of bite-sized enlightenment. Please RSVP on this page.</p> <h3>Ignite</h3> <p>Ignite is run by locals, for locals. Fast-paced and merciless, Ignite evenings are fun, thought-provoking nights, full of fresh ideas and clever insights. Speakers get five minutes to present their idea. They make use of twenty slides that auto-advance every fifteen seconds. Ignite serves as a platform for locals to connect offline and have a drink together. All presentations will be given in English.</p> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244467/nl/ignite-14"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/132/244467-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Ignite 14" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Ignite 14 - Mediamatic.net" href="/244467/nl/ignite-14">Ignite 14</a></span></span></span></p> <h3>Speakers</h3> <h5>Roel Roscam Abbing / Micha Prinsen</h5> <p>A few months ago two designers uploaded parts of a rifle to Thingiverse, a site founded by Makerbot to share 3D projects. Bypassing their no-weapons policy, one of the parts they uploaded is the only part you need to have a license to buy (in the US). Enticed by the questions this raised, Roel and Micha started their own research into the limits of open source. What about open source drugs? </p> <h5>Rami Ismail and Laurens de Gier</h5> <p>Rami and Laurens will present Glitchhiker, winner of the 2011 Global Game Jam Nederland (jury + audience award). In Glitchhiker the player wasn't the only one who had lives: the game did too. Every time a player died, the game lost a life. The more lost lives (the game started off with 100), the more distorted the game became, until it finally died. It cannot be played anymore. But it's still nice to look at. </p> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/243006/nl/the-game-glitchhiker-winner-of-the-2011-global"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/753/243006-400-315.jpg" height="315" width="400" alt="" title="The game Glitchhiker, Winner of the 2011 Global Game Jam Nederland, found on Global Game Jam" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - The game Glitchhiker, Winner of the 2011 Global Game Jam Nederland, found on Global Game Jam - Mediamatic.net" href="/243006/nl/the-game-glitchhiker-winner-of-the-2011-global">The game Glitchhiker, Winner of the 2011 Global Game Jam Nederland, found on Global Game Jam</a></span></span></span></p> <h5>Anne van Diepeningen</h5> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244639/nl/anne-van-diepeningen-at-ignite-14"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/283/244639-400-265.jpg" height="265" width="400" alt="" title="Anne van Diepeningen at Ignite 14" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Anne van Diepeningen at Ignite 14 - Mediamatic.net" href="/244639/nl/anne-van-diepeningen-at-ignite-14">Anne van Diepeningen at Ignite 14</a></span></span></span></p> <p>Before Anne started working for the CBS (Fungal Biodiversity Centre), she did research into the Podospora anserina, a fungus that ages. She found that there are certain conditions that can be altered so that the fungus' lifespan can be stretched from 3 weeks to 3 years. With one disadvantaged: it can no longer reproduce. </p> <h5>Jeroen Glas</h5> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244638/nl/jeroen-glas-at-ignite-14"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/008/244638-400-284.jpg" height="284" width="400" alt="" title="Jeroen Glas at Ignite 14." playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Jeroen Glas at Ignite 14. - Mediamatic.net" href="/244638/nl/jeroen-glas-at-ignite-14">Jeroen Glas at Ignite 14.</a></span></span></span></p> <p>Light plays a big role in Jeroen's work, unsettling the relation between analogue and digital, simultaneously creating and disrupting illusions. Here to tell us more about his recent projects. </p> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/243007/nl/lichtinstallatie-trappenhuis-rcg-siependaal-tiel"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/856/243007-266-400.jpg" height="400" width="266" alt="" title="Lichtinstallatie Trappenhuis RCG Siependaal Tiel, Door Jeroen Glas, in opdracht van Pro Persona. Gevonden op zijn website" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Lichtinstallatie Trappenhuis RCG Siependaal Tiel, Door Jeroen Glas, in opdracht van Pro Persona. Gevonden op zijn website - Mediamatic.net" href="/243007/nl/lichtinstallatie-trappenhuis-rcg-siependaal-tiel">Lichtinstallatie Trappenhuis RCG Siependaal Tiel, Door Jeroen Glas, in opdracht van Pro Persona. Gevonden op zijn website</a></span></span></span></p> <h5>Niels Bakkerus</h5> <p>Niels playfully inserts illustration and typography into public space, brightening up streets, signs, and billboards. Based in Eindhoven, he's made the trip out west to show you some of his favorite work.</p> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244463/nl/niels-bakkerus"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/352/244463-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Niels Bakkerus" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Niels Bakkerus - Mediamatic.net" href="/244463/nl/niels-bakkerus">Niels Bakkerus</a></span></span></span></p> <h5>Joana Ozorio de Almeida Meroz</h5> <p>Joana just started her PhD research into the construction of the contemporary Dutch design canon. Where does this label come from? What criteria does a product have to have, for it to be labeled Dutch Design, and what are the consequences of doing so? </p> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244636/nl/joana-ozorio-de-almeida-meroz"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/303/244636-400-271.jpg" height="271" width="400" alt="" title="Joana Ozorio de Almeida Meroz" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Joana Ozorio de Almeida Meroz - Mediamatic.net" href="/244636/nl/joana-ozorio-de-almeida-meroz">Joana Ozorio de Almeida Meroz</a></span></span></span></p> <h5>Champagne Valentine</h5> <p>Amsterdam-based art collective Champagne Valentine has reinvented the digital, proclaiming there can be love in zeros and ones. Blurring the boundaries between art and advertising, they've worked with the likes of Wieden+Kennedy, Tate Modern, Bernard Wilhelm, and Tim Burton, creating (among others) websites, music videos, and interactive installations. </p> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><object width="400" height="300"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12106639&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" /> <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12106639&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="300"></embed> </object><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Tim Burton Spot by Champagne Valentine - Mediamatic.net" href="/243011/nl/tim-burton-spot-by-champagne-valentine">Tim Burton Spot by Champagne Valentine</a></span></span></span></p> <h5>Adriaan de Jongh</h5> <p>Adriaan and Bojan Endrovski recently started up a game studio called Game Oven. Their first game, <em>Fingle</em> (iPad-twister for your fingers), is set to be released on January 12. Here to share their plans for the future.</p> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/id/244647"><!-- ERROR: no icon found for thg id 244647 unknown --></a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - (nomen nescio) - Mediamatic.net" href="">(nomen nescio)</a></span></span></span></p> <h5>Bonno van Doorn</h5> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/243005/nl/the-most-important-things-are-not-things-by-bonno"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/929/243005-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="The most important things are not things by Bonno van Doorn, found on his website" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - The most important things are not things by Bonno van Doorn, found on his website - Mediamatic.net" href="/243005/nl/the-most-important-things-are-not-things-by-bonno">The most important things are not things by Bonno van Doorn, found on his website</a></span></span></span><br/> While Bonno tries to free himself of limiting thoughts when creating new work, his mother has trouble naming and remembering things due to dementia. <em>The most important things are not things</em> is the result of spending two weeks together, making and looking and art, trying to connect despite Bonno's mom's illness. </p> <h5>Marianthi Tatari</h5> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244637/nl/marianthi-tatari-at-ignite-14"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/625/244637-400-261.jpg" height="261" width="400" alt="" title="Marianthi Tatari at Ignite 14." playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Marianthi Tatari at Ignite 14. - Mediamatic.net" href="/244637/nl/marianthi-tatari-at-ignite-14">Marianthi Tatari at Ignite 14.</a></span></span></span></p> <p>Marianthi is an architect at UNstudio, a buro based in Amsterdam, Shanghai and Hong Kong. She's here to give a presentation on the Ultra High Performance observation tower, the result of a study into the optimal application of Ultra High Performance Concrete. </p> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/243180/en/design-for-an-observation-tower"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/946/243180-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="Design for an observation tower" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Design for an observation tower - Mediamatic.net" href="/243180/en/design-for-an-observation-tower">Design for an observation tower</a></span></span></span></p> <h5>Jan Willem Bosman Jansen</h5> <p><em>TerraBites</em>: vegetarian croquettes made from oyster mushrooms that grow on the remains of coffee leftovers. This concept by Jan Willem, owner of GRO | Green Recycled Organics, has been nominated for the Horecava Innovation Award 2012.</p> <h5>Jaap Gerretsen</h5> <p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/244455/nl/jaap-gerretsen-presents-qlvr-s-work"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/329/244455-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Jaap Gerretsen presents Qlvr&#039;s work" playable="1"/> </a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Jaap Gerretsen presents Qlvr's work - Mediamatic.net" href="/244455/nl/jaap-gerretsen-presents-qlvr-s-work">Jaap Gerretsen presents Qlvr's work</a></span></span></span> </p> <p>Qlvr creates educational apps for children. Creative director Jaap Gerretsen is here to explain how you get from concept to app, and what it takes to make something interesting.</p> <p>___</p> <h3>More information</h3> <p>Doors open at 8pm, the first speaker kicks off at 8.30pm. Location: Mediamatic Bank, Vijzelstraat 68 Amsterdam. Tickets €2,- for members, €7,- for non-members. If you don't have a membership card, you can buy one at the door for €5,-. It's valid for a month.</p> - 4.89207 52.3631 8 ARTEFACT event sign_up_required 1