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  • Kalu's dans met materie

    Nnena Kalu (1966) is een maker die vanwege haar bijzondere manier van omgaan met de wereld, over een unieke, bijzondere en hypnotiserende kunstpraktijk beschikt. 

  • Autism
  • Performance
  • In gesprek met de zee

    Beeldend kunstenaar Peter Matthews toont hoe je kunt praten met de oceaan

    Ondergedompeld in de zee ontwerpt Matthews majestueuze zeegezichten. Door zijn werkt geeft de 'Mystical Waterman' een glimps van het bewustzijn van de oceaan.

  • De Eend

    Hoe ervaart een autistische vrouw het leven? Op die vraagt geeft performance poeet Rhiannon Lloyd-Williams een bijzonder antwoord. Haar debut theaterstuk geeft een glimp in haar eigen beproevingen

  • Anna Berry's ademruimte

    Anna Berry is een maker die door middel van haar kunstpraktijk de constructie van de realiteit onderzoekt en tevens ondermijnt. In haar werk staat de gemarginaliseerde stem centraal. 

  • De autist die een diervriendelijk slachthuis…

    Ze behaalde een PhD in dierwetenschappen en ontwierp dankzij haar autisme een veel beter model voor slachthuizen. Temple Grandin is volgens velen een van de meest opmerkelijke autisten op aarde.  Zie...

  • Dunbar's Theater van het Zelf

    Een toneelstuk van delen

    Met haar schilderijen, mobilen en collages deconstrueert en approprieert Pum Dunbar het concept van het zelf. Het zelf, volgens Dunbar, wordt nooit 'zelf' een zelf maar ontstaat in samenwerking met...

  • The Idea Becomes the Machine that Makes the Book

    A/artist roundtable with Annelies Wina Doom

    During our latest A/Artist discussion round, artist Annelies Wina Doom took us on a journey through her art work "Please do not touch, even clean hands can cause damage", from its conception to its...

  • We Are All Human

    Een artistiek onderzoek naar verbonden onverbondenheid

    Modeontwerper en beeldend kunstenaar Jade van der Mark (1990) onderzoekt via haar ontzagwekkende portretten de relatie die mensen hebben met elkaar. 

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Linh Nguyen

    "But you don't look autistic at all" Book Review

    I finished Bianca Toeps’ “but you don’t look autistic at all” book on a sunny, but cold afternoon. 

  • Book Club: Visual Thinking

    A/artist roundtable about Temple Grandin's newest book

    Temple Grandin is a famous American academic, animal behaviourist, and autism spokesperson. Her new book, 'Visual Thinking', published in October 2022, is the latest in her series of books exploring...

  • Gender-biased research

    Can women be autistic?

    Two weeks into my research and I'm falling down a rabbit hole. Admittedly, before diving into this project, I have little to no knowledge about autism.  Then with the amount of bombarded information...

  • Was Hildegard von Bingen Autistic?

    A summary of 'Ruminations on Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) and autism' by Patricia Ranft

    Hildegard of Bingen was a 12th century German nun, and one of the most influential women of her time. She wrote several scientific treatises, composed music, and invented her own language, all of...

  • Words, randomness and rules

    A/artist roundtable with Arjan van Amsterdam

    Arjan van Amsterdam is an artist and graphic designer based in Amsterdam. During this round table discussion, he introduced us to his work, from his application to the Gerrit Rietveld Academy up...

  • Processing Stimuli through Drawings

    A/artist discussion about art, self-perception and inclusion

    Visual artist Ida (name changed for privacy) gave a presentation about her work and her artistic process. Ida's work consists of drawings of impressions from her daily runs, which she constructs...

  • 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...

  • The Links between Tattoo Culture and Autism

    Beautiful stimming; the experience of getting a tattoo and giving a tattoo as an autistic person

    Our latest interest within the A/artist Project is researching the link between the tattoo culture and autism. The idea came up when I mentioned in my interview at Mediamatic that I am enthusiastic...

  • Using autism to imagine alternative worlds

    A/artist discussion round with research duo Liminal Vision

    Liminal Vision is a creative research duo consisting of artistic maker Victor Evink and film maker Emilia Tapprest. Victor is open about his autism diagnosis, while Emilia is not on the spectrum.

  • Inspiring confusion with photographs

    A/artist discussion round with Marna Slappendel

    Marna Slappendel is an Amsterdam-based visual artist. Since she received her autism diagnosis five years ago, she has evolved from knowing nearly nothing about it to researching and learning about...

  • 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...

  • Is ChatGPT autistic?

    A Diagnostic Interview with an AI

    My autistic friends love using ChatGPT ; an AI that generates text. Is it possible that ChatGPT is autistic? In this blog post, I aimed to diagnose ChatGPT with autism spectrum “disorder”.

  • Making 'Penny for your Thoughts' more accessible

    A/artist roundtable about funding applications

    During this roundtable, we talked about Mediamatic's open call for project proposals, 'Penny for your Thoughts' . What thoughts do the neurodiverse artists around the table have about the application...

  • 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...

  • For the Love of The Object: Design in the…

    A/artist roundtable with Marjanne van Helvert

    Marjanne van Helvert is a designer, researcher and writer based in Amsterdam. Her focus is on the injustices that permeate the fashion and design world, and the possibilities of creating more just...

  • Artikel A/artist meeting in autisme magazine #04…

    "Met een inclusieve houding hoef je niet eens te weten of iemand autist is"

    Autisme Magazine van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Autisme, NVA Interview met Gerard van Wolferen en Willem Velthoven, verschijningsdatum 20 december 2023. 

  • The Ins and Outs of Stimming

    Sensing Self through Movement roundtable

    Before the public event Sensing Self through Movement , we invited our three speakers for a roundtable dinner with the A/Artist team and artists from our network. We talked about a number of topics...

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