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.
A mythical community has inhabited Mediamatic to find solutions for the lack of usable water in Amsterdam, calling themselves the Children of O. Mediamatic's 10th Neo Futurist Dinner will playfully explore the effects of climate change on our eating culture and our relationship to water. …
This time at Odorama, we’ll have a chance to talk about something sexy, something cool, something functional, and something luxurious - leather.
With a lot of different speakers lined up, this Odorama will get into the secret smell of leather, its symbolism in the fetish community, its use in…
Looking for a more eco friendly alternative for burying or cremating a dead body? How about dissolving it? Alkaline hydrolysis – also known as water cremation, aquamation or resomation - was originally marketed as a way to rapidly decompose animal bodies and now in Canada, parts of the US and…
In 2022, a large exhibition will take place in Amsterdam about the Olfactory History of Oosterdok, the eastern part of the old harbour of the city. Related to this exhibition, Mediamatic is issuing an open call for art and design projects that merge history and smell in new and interesting ways.
In Catastrophic times… Can the orgasmic body be a source for sustainable electricity production? Can the cavities that make up the landscapes of the human sexual organs be a territory for agricultural development? Can sex hormones offer alternative components for psychopharmacology and recreational…
No distractions such as plates or cutlery, the only thing that matters tonight is a direct relationship with your food. A multi-sensory experience in seven courses, that’s what food designer Giulia Soldati and chef Tommaso Buresti present during A La Mano: The Spring Edition. Your senses will be…
