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AlbertoAn interview with Tunc Topcuoglu
Connecting high and low culture through kebab.
Tunc Topcuoglu on the importance of roots, and being an outsider. "No longer trapped in a specific identity, you are forced to…
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Mapping for Tourists
MFT resulted in Noord, an exhibition and travel guide
Noord is the result of a project initiated by Nat Muller and Mediamatic: Mapping for Tourists. 22 artists were invited to map…
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An interview with Joop de Boer
Bridges, wrestling and hardcore music.
A closer inspection of the various subcultures in Amsterdam-Noord.
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CasparAn interview with Kaweh Modiri
My Burglar and Me
As a Rietveld student Kaweh's apartment was burglarized and his most valuable possessions were stolen. After finding out who did it,…
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Culture
A taste of culture in Noord
North was considered a cultural wasteland for a long time, but not anymore! Ever since the NDSM shipyard went bankrupt 1984, an…
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Organisation:Amsterdam
KijkRuimte
a cultural research platform in Amsterdam North
KijkRuimte is a new cultural research platform in Amsterdam Noord. It is a house situated in the middle of a residential area where…
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Travel guide
Noord
A subjective travel guide to The Netherlands
This is the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands. It is about Amsterdam-Noord. We made this guide during the summer of 2010…
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An interview with Mahmoud Hamdy
Physical and mental distance
While healing himself with healthy tomato juice, Egyptian artist Mahmoud speaks about integration, swings, and why Noord needs…
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JustinAn interview with Engy Aly
"There are much, much more Arabs and Muslims than I have ever seen in my life outside of an Arabic country."
July 2010. Engy has been living and working in Amsterdam-Noord for a few weeks. She was kind enough to share her first impressions,…
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An interview with Foundland
"In Noord it's still possible to find weirdness and irregularities."
Ghalia Elsrakbi, Lauren Alexander and Dirk Vis explain how they deal with populisme and the fairy tale creatures they come across in Noord.
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EvelynNoord
Exhibition and travel guide
Together with 22 local and international artists, Mediamatic mapped Amsterdam-Noord. This resulted in an exhibition, and in the…
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Project proposals
Participating artists and the design team
Mapping for Tourists resulted in Noord. These pages are snapshots of the artists' progress, as documented in July of 2010. Visit…
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NDSM, or the resurrection of the shipbuilding industry leftovers
The Noord participants explore Amsterdam Noord
Our guests discussed Amsterdam's cultural life with Eva De Klerk. They talked about gentrification and the future of Amsterdam Noord.
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SarahAn interview with Sarah van Sonsbeeck
"Noord's potential for new developments has only risen."
A look at how space and power are intrinsically connected to Amsterdam Noord's massive development.
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Noord
Pars pro toto for The Netherlands
During the summer of 2010, 22 artists made work in and about Amsterdam-Noord. This resulted in an exhibition, and in the first…
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WillemNoord is exceptionally normal
Introduction to Noord
This is the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands. It is about Amsterdam-Noord. We made this guide during the summer of 2010…
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An interview with Lynn Amhaz
Homesick for Noord
We met with Lynn Amhaz, who is part of the Mapping for Tourists travel guide design team.
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Second Plenary Meeting
July 27, Noord hq.
Egyptian artists, Lebanese designers, and local experts and editors talk about their work. The perfect way to stay updated on the…
