Art and New Technology in Amsterdam. We explore the possibilities and challenges that new technology offers art, design and society. You are most welcome to join us.
How we relate to death culturally, is reflected in the design of our cemeteries and crematoria. Death has been pushed behind the scenes for the last decades, but it appears times are changing. It seems like we are going back to memento mori moralism. Could architecture help us with this newly found…
How can one use unconventional materials and techniques to manipulate textile in a 3D shape, to create textures and patterns? During the workshop, artist Margherita Soldati will introduce you to manipulating different types of fabric and ways to create shapes, textures and patterns. You will…
Have you ever thought about what you would wear when you die? This fall, we will breathe new life into an old Dutch tradition with a series of workshops. The workshop invites participants to actively think about their passing and to design their own burial shroud. Three different textile artist…
Can you imagine making two cacti grow as one? To create your own little plant and play God? Grafting is a horticultural technique in which you join multiple plants and make them grow together. During this workshop, Martijn Baas will teach you the basics of grafting and support you in the design of…
To celebrate Evergreen, the third stunning cookbook by Danish chef, Mikkel Karstad, a 5-course plant based pop-up dinner will be cooked and presented at Mediamatic ETEN.
Using seasonal, local, homegrown, foraged, fermented and preserved ingredients, this delicious “Nordic in The Netherlands”…
The Beauty Kit Female Farm 0.3 is a long durational body art performance happening in the Sluisdeurenloods at Mediamatic Amsterdam. Together with a group of facilitators, Isabel Burr Raty will mentor a group of female participants into a bio-autonomous female farming system. To celebrate the…
