Autism
Autistic ASS
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A lively evening with workshops, performances and presentations Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Zelf again
12 artists quietly pretending it's museumnacht.
During Museumnacht, 1000+ joined our artistic diagnostic tract. This night we offer the same program for professionals and those that find Museumnacht a bit too noisy!
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book: Annelies Wina Doom, Willem Velthoven, Jam van der Aa
Zelftest
Cahier voor Museumnacht 2023
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On Diagnosis and Labels
Should you want to be labeled? Why?
Every being has special qualities. Especially regarding the invisible traits, such as an extraordinary mind. It can be helpful to name them explicitly. It can be helpful to identify these traits, to...
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Saturday november 11, 2023 17:00—20:30
Zelf/Self again (the quiet version)
Museumnight program for those who find Museumnight a bit noisy.
On Saturday, Nov. 11 (6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.), there will be a special opening for people who find Museum Night a little too busy or who could no longer get a ticket for Nov. 4. Tickets Are you ever...
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exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Pet vd Luijtgaarden
11 Selected Collections
4Nov 2023- Installation by Pet van de Luijtgaarden4Feb 2024Pet collects collections, compulsively so. For Mediamatic, he presents 11 of his most beloved collections in the winter installation of the Serres Séparées. Collecting is a timeless practice. The...
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performance: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Minjoo Choi
My Shadow is part of my body
- Performance by Minjoo Choi11Nov 2023Minjoo throws clay, she hurls clay against the walls, she flings clay against the windows, and the clay falls, the clay dries, the clay is picked up again and kneaded until it can be thrown once more.
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exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ignacy Radtke
Smile Like You Really Mean It
4Nov 2023- Installation by Ignacy Radtke11Nov 2023"Smile like you really mean it!" is an investigation in emotional labour. It is most obvious in the service sector, but not only! In the simulation, the smile is put into an emotionless reality where...
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Zelf (what would you say?)
Museumnight Amsterdam 2023
Are you ever bothered by yourself? A lot or just a little? Come to Mediamatic and evaluate yourself through the works of a diverse team of artists. Hand yourself over to our experts, let them help...
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exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Jemima de Jonge
A Body of Water, Table-Scene
4Nov 2023- Video Installation by Jemima de Jonge4Feb 2024When does a sense of safety and security turn into claustrophobia and fear? When does it float back? When does it become humorous or grim? For Jemima, these tipping points are an intriguing territory...
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Freedom in Patterns
An interview with Gerard van Wolferen
We sat down with musician Gerard van Wolferen at Mediamatic ahead of his talk at our upcoming A/artist event to discuss the predictability and freedom within Gamelan music patterns . From childhood...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Playing with Ethics and Rhythm
- A/artist Meeting with Gerard van Wolferen and Astrid Poot16Oct 2023During this A / artist evening, we continued to explore the neurodivergent experience in the practice of the arts. Designer, freethinker, activist and blue collar philosopher Astrid Poot opened the...
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Long Live the Difference
Astrid Poot's perspective on autism and work
Activist, freethinker, designer, writer, maker and blue collar philosopher…Astrid Poot puts on a lot of hats, but what does she say about neurodivergence and being different?
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Explaining Humans
Camilla Pang's Manual for the Outliers
“My mother is an artist, and my father is a scientist, and being honest I am somewhere caught in between,” says Camilla Pang. As a biochemist, a writer, and an autism advocate, what does Pang catch...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
wat denk je Zelf?
- (what would You say?) Museumnight about your mind4Nov 2023Are you ever bothered by yourself? A lot or just a little? Come to Mediamatic and evaluate yourself through the works of a diverse team of artists. Hand yourself over to our experts, let them help...
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Embroidering words
How Gro Dahle writes childrens' books differently
Gro Dahle (*1962) is an author well-known in her home country Norway for publishing over sixty books, most of them poetry collections and children's books. Her work has received several literary...
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Claiming the Stage
Hannah Gadsby defies stereotypes through humour
Hannah Gadsby (*1978) is a successful Australian comedian and actor, known for her shows Nanette and Douglas , both featured on Netflix, in which she addresses topics such as trauma and abuse, as...
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The Visual Thinker
Temple Grandin explores different kinds of minds
Temple Grandin is an academic and animal behaviorist from America famous for redesigning the slaughterhouses so that cattle can be treated in a more humane way. She is also an autism spokesperson.
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Autism and Activism
Greta Thunberg's uncompromising life and work
Greta Thunberg became famous when, in 2018, she started to skip Fridays at school to instead sit in front of the Swedish Parliament in protest against politicians’ inaction in the face of the climate...
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Tools for Flourishing in Art Education (and Life)
Public A/artist symposium with Jenny Konrad
During this second public symposium on neurodivergence in art education, The Hague-based German artist and designer Jenny Konrad talked about the tools they have created to manage time, energy and...
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Feeling in Colour
Patrick Samuel as a Role Model
Patrick Samuel is a visual artist, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and autism advocate based in the UK. But what makes him a role model for neurodivergent creatives?
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Spinning as Stimming
Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Johnson as a Role Model
Ahmir Johnson (*1971), known professionally as Questlove, is an American musician, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. But what makes him a role model for...
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Authoring Autism
M. Remi Yergeau deconstructing the rhetoric of autism
As a rhetorician and as an autistic activist, M. Remi Yergeau dedicates their passion to the self-advocacy of autistic people by contesting the dominant rhetorics on autism as pathology and...
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Anna Lina Litz 29 أيار / مايو 2023
Creating Neurodivergent Community in Art…
Public symposium organised by A/artist and 'iets eten'
On the 8th of May, neurodivergent art students, educators and professional artists gathered at Mediamatic for a first symposium on neurodiversity in art education. Gerard van Wolferen and Claudia van...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself7Jun 2023Have you always been curious about giving yourself a tattoo, but are intimidated to take the first step? Fear not, because we've got you covered! Join our workshop and learn how to give yourself a...