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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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AlbertoSecond 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…
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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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Lynn
Lara
EngyTravel Guides
Noord design update 1: preparations.
Travel guides according to Wikipedia, and our first impressions of existing travel guides. An ongoing research.
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DidoAn interview with Kareem Lotfy
Cairo, the tale of love and hate.
Over a big plate of sushi, some green tea and lots of wasabi, we discussed Kareem's experience of Amsterdam, living in Cairo and…
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JustinLynn Amhaz's Religious Experience
A tale from Noord.
Religion certainly means two different things in Lebanon and The Netherlands. Lynn Amhaz was given a taste of the latter on her…
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WaëlArabising El Hema
The metamorphosis of the contemporary Hema to an Arabic modern El-Hema
Taking a step further in developing its brand, Hema seems to be smoothly introducing its new simplified logo on the products. 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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Khatt projects
We live to work!
Here is an overview of our projects past, present and future.
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The design work kicks off!
June 2010. Mapping for Tourists design update 2
Following an initial research and brainstorm session that attempted to answer the question: “what is a conventional travel guide…
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An interview with Ganzeer
About Amsterdam-Noord and the perception of time
Ganzeer is an Egyptian artist and one of the Mapping for Tourists (now Noord) participants, working on the creation of an exhibition…
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An 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 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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MichelSpinAward 2008 Nomination
ikTag and Hackers Camp 2008 (Interactive Social RFID Games).
Mediamatic has been nominated for a SpinAward 2008 in the category Best Innovation, for the IkTag & Interactive Social RFID…
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Mediamatic Alumni
Old friends and casual acquaintances
These are a few of our former colleagues. Some of them worked with Mediamatic for years, others for a short period of time. This…
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Noord
22 artists made work in and about Amsterdam-Noord. The exhibition Noord could be visited in the Mediamatic Bank. Here are some…
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In 2010 we worked with these people
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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.
