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From the 1st of July 2008

Our great new exhibition space is located in the old bank store on ground floor (Vijzelstraat 68).
And our office is located at Vijzelstraat 72, 3rd floor, suite 3.10.
Phone numbers and other contact details are unchanged.
Our mail address remains: Postbus 17490, 1001 JL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

For the Interactive Dance Film Workshop @ Cinedans a group of 16 international film makers, choreographers and dancers met in Amsterdam for 5 days to get in touch with the latest edition of the Korsakow System. Korsakow is an application used to create databased interactive films, with huge visual possibilities. As film maker and trainer in this workshop David Hinton pointed out: Film is capable of complexity in time, but not in space. Korsakow is capable of complexity in time AND space!

To be able to contextualize the workshop project not only on the screen, but also in a wider physical context, Dirk van Oosterbosch gave an inspirational introduction on sensor based electronics on Wednesday. He showed different possibilities of input, working with various sensors connected to an Arduino and a hacked keyboard, that connected the input to the running Korsakow project.

On the first day lectures were held by David Hinton about the relations between choreography and film and the development of dance films. Simon Fildes discussed his HyperChoreography project, that explores the crossroads between dance film and hyper media. The latest project inspired by the notion of HyperChoreography is Move-Me by Simon Fildes and his partner Katrina McPherson. In a sort of video booth, users can select a little choreographic score of several well known choreographers, that they can than perform t...

Rules for participating in the distributed library can be found here

“The deadlock between Minister Plasterk and the Raad voor Cultuur on the development of an infrastructure for the arts will lead to a step back instead of forwards. While we want to innovate and develop,” states Willem Velthoven, director of Mediamatic. “I do not want to revert to 2003. Though that is what the result of all this is threatening to be. We are not going to wait around and will concentrate on the core issues. Our own library will become a luxury we cannot afford,” according to Velthoven.

That is why Mediamatic is calling on the public to come and care for the library themselves. They are calling on everyone to come and collect the books, magazines and multimedia. That can be done on Saturday, June 28th from 16:00 to 21:00 and on Sunday June 29th from 12:00 to 17:00, in the office of Mediamatic in the Post CS building, Oosterdokskade 5, fifth floor. There will also be music and a book bar.

The only condition that comes with the free books is that the person needs to register (for free) on the Mediamatic website. And that he or she must promise to lend the book to another member if she or he requests it. Thus we create a distributed library. The books and the new owners will remain accessible through the Mediamatic website....

De crematieplechtigheid vindt op maandag 16 juni om 17.30 uur in Berlijn plaats, in het Haus der Begegnung, Fürstenbrunner Weg 10-12.

Op vrijdag 20 juni om 17.00 uur is er een herdenkingsbijeenkomst in het Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, Keizersgracht 264, Amsterdam.

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With TokTek, DJ Sniff (NL/JP) + Fedde ten Berge (NL), OneManNation (SG/NL) + Richard Scott (UK), DNK-Friday DJ Unit (The Real Master Fader, Mr Fooo, The Snail, guest DJ Minty Fluttershy) and The paradigm of Intuitive Science, a Kirlian performance by Melanie Bonajo (NL) and Kinga Kielczynska (PL).

What is wrong with STEIM? Both the Amsterdam Kunstraad as the Raad voor Cultuur have advised to discontinue structural finance for STEIM. That means that the financial foundation needs to be entirely rebuilt. As far as we are concerned, STEIM is an important part of the basic cultural infrastructure. STEIM fulfills a necessary LAB function in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the rest of the world.

- Tom Verbruggen alias TokTek makes spectacular compositions with joysticks, laptops and many self made instruments. He will take you to a world where images have no meaning.

- DJ Sniff (Takuro Mizuto Lippit) is one of the best turntablists in the world. To him the turntable is the ultimate autonomous instrument. Seeing and hearing him will acutely make you a Sniff-fan for life.

- One Man Nation brings forth his own brand of music, visuals and performance art as the various disciplines amalgamate smoothly into the musical flow of improvises beats and samples to create his desolate soundtrack. Controlling his computer via various hardware controllers, you are promised a very physical and present performance.

- The DNK-Friday DJ Unit plays the ...

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Mediamatic voldoet aan de criteria die de subsidieregeling hanteert voor een ontwikkelinstelling. De instelling heeft een duidelijk accent op experiment en ontwikkeling. Verdieping en ontwikkeling van het e-cultuurterrein in relatie tot (ontwikkelingen in) de maatschappij staan hierin vaak centraal.
Mediamatic heeft een toegankelijk, zichzelf enigszins relativerend, beleidsplan geschreven. In het brede pakket aan activiteiten gaan experiment en publieksbereik hand in hand. De Raad is van mening dat Mediamatic een actief medialab is. Zo is het niet alleen zichtbaar in de e-cultuursector op zich, maar ook in de samenleving. Dankzij een duidelijke visie zijn de producten en projecten van de instelling scherp gekozen en bovendien worden ze vakkundig uitgevoerd. Wat Mediamatic aan research doet, brengt het ook naar buiten.
Mediamatic ontwikkelt nieuwe vormen van participatie en laat zich hierbij niet leiden door de techniek maar door (de vraag van) het publiek. Door de focus op daadwerkelijke participatie krijgen de plannen en projecten inhoudelijk handen en voeten, met een vanzelfsprekende inbedding van inter- en multiculturele issues. De resultaten van Mediamatic zijn publiek toegankelijk in de vorm van tentoonstellingen, workshops en andere openbare evenementen. Publieksbereik staat bij de instelling hoog in het vaandel. Bij Mediamatic worden de onderwerpen, de projecten en het publiek erg goed op elkaar afgestemd. Hierdoor worden soms honderd...

Leah Buechley, who designed the sewable version of the Arduino microcontroller, is fascinated with materials, and especially with using them for interactive projects close to her body. She was in Amsterdam for one day, and during that day she presented a circus of some of the cooler sensors and actuators she has been working with lately. Stretch, bend and press sensors, conductive thread, velcro and rubber, and much more.