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  • Joy in the Cemetery

    Cemeteries are more about the living than the dead.

    I like to attribute the whole “cemeteries are scary places” trope to romantic and gothic literature as well as horror movies. I don’t think cemeteries are inherently scary, or sad, or haunted - and...

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  • Death
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  • Fear
  • Shroud

    History and the revival

    Ever thought about what you'll wear when you're dead? In the past it was customary in our country to make your own death shroud and keep it in your linen closet because you never know. Although this...

  • Spinoza te gast bij Ik R.I.P.

    Filosoferen over de dood

    De Ik R.I.P. expositie laat zien hoe verschillende kunstenaars zich hebben laten inspireren door de dood. Focus van de tentoonstelling is de relatie tussen de dood, identiteit en zelfexpressie.

  • Fitna the Movie

    We’re tired of waiting. So, let’s do it ourselves! Sorry!

    There is this not-so-intelligent Dutch politician that attracts attention by doing populist provocations. His name is Wilders. Geert Wilders. He is scared of aliens and especially of muslim aliens.

  • حديقة تولهاوس

    إذا مرّ كل شيء على ما يرام فإن حديقة «تولهاوس» ستصبح في خريف 2011 مجمعًا ثقافيًّا متكاملاً ومفتوحًا في وجه العامة.

  • "That is SO pre hypertext..."

    VJ culture in the Netherlands

    If one would look at VJ culture in just any club or festival in the Netherlands, one could conclude that there is no real thriving culture that goes paired with the jerky and repetitive images that...

  • Dead links

    Despite what the title of this article suggests, these links do go somewhere!

    Here you find a collection of links to websites that somehow are related to the topic of death. Leave a comment if you have other good suggestions.

  • Let's all go Dutch

    Eat bacon pancakes with sugar syrup, talk politics at parties and always start your conversations with a question. What does it mean to be Dutch, exactly? Is it possible to become, or stop being...

  • ikCoffin

    An Ik R.I.P. project

    Mediamatic transformed the ikCam into an ikCoffin for the Ik R.I.P. exhibition . Visitors were invited to be photographed as corpses. It was very simple: you stepped into the coffin, closed the lid...

  • We’re serious about mocking!

    On the theory of carnival

    Whether at the Rio Carnival in Brazil, the Mardi Gras in New Orleans or the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival - Carnival is celebrated all over the world. In fall 2021, Mediamatic will also join the...

  • Unrestrained Flag Fest

    The beginning of Vergessene Fahnen

    "In the first place, the countless banners, flags, pennants, streamers, scarves and hats, the many creations of 'partyotism' have given expression to what can be mainly observed in young people

  • Project geselecteerd om te pitchen tijdens Kom je Ook Ida van der Lee

    Allerzielen Alom

    de doden niet verzwijgen maar vieren om wie ze waren en wat ze te vertellen hebben

    De dood is in onze samenleving verweesd geraakt. De verhalen en herinneringenvan de doden gaan verloren omdat in onze cultuur eigentijdse rituelen ontbreken. Met Allerzielen Alom herneemt kunstenaar...

  • Kompromat blog

    Secret agent Sokolova

    is temporary out of service

    The spy who came in from the cold is going back there. Her government is calling her. She may return soon. Or never. Kompromat is closed for the time being. Tomorrow never dies.

  • Literally, Renaissance

    Flowers thought long dead can be smelled again, thanks to a collaboration of scientists and artists. But what does this mean for us?

  • Birds, guns and shadows from afterlife

    A visit to the 3rd moscow biennial

    Forget the crisis, the cold and the autumn depression. In Moscow, contemporary art is booming. In the first 2 days, only the main venue of the Moscow biennial had over 10000 visitors. Kompromat was...

  • Happy beginning

    “I found the gastarbeider of my life! Thank you Mediamatic”

    Without drawing too much attention to it, Mediamatic started beta testing its on line dating service as a companion project to the Gastarbeider Dating series of social sculptures. In a few days

  • Kompromat Blog Katja Sokolova, Andrei Tchernikov

    Raving in Rags

    @ ikikik (me me me!) opening

    "Je kijkt zo zuur naar m'n haute couture" sings a popular Dutch band "Jeugd van Tegenwoordig". Mediamatic and Andrea Crews look down on high fashion too. We're done with Versace and Dolce&Gabbana.

  • book: Peter Reichel 1 Jan 1991

    Der Schöne Schein des Dritten Reiches

  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), 1991

    Game: Super Mario World

    The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is a 16-bit video game console. It was first released in 1990, and was Nintendo's second home console, following the NES. The SNES controller featured...

  • Mediamatic Off-Line Vol. 11#2 Esma Moukhtar

    Another Claudie Day

    Claudie de Cleen

    Could the girls get up first and put on their coats? As soon as the headmaster utters the word I feel a tingle in my stomach. 'The girls', that sounds delightful. I think he is in love with the girls

  • How to make drawings with the Prophet Muhammad

    Stay-out-of-trouble tips for the ignorant Cartoonist...

    It's not so difficult to avoid making images of Muhammad and still have clear and effective visual communication.

  • 2 april 2008

    El HEMA on the Road

    Kosmopolis adopteert El HEMA

    De tentoonstelling en winkel El HEMA reist in 2008 met Kosmopolis door Nederland. Het multimediale platform Kosmopolis maakte vandaag bekend dat zij de El HEMA adopteert. De El HEMA is in mei te zien...

  • Hermann Nitsch @ Incubate Tilburg

    De Day After

    De geur van het bloed dringt zich nog steeds aan me op. Gisteren was ik bij de performance van Hermann Nitsch op het Incubate Festival in Tilburg. Het was een ervaring die me nog lang bij zal blijven.

  • Beauty Parlour

    In the Spring of 2008 almost every Thursday evening was dedicated to public research meetings called Beauty Parlours...

  • 1 Jan 2004

    Korsakow Workshop Cinedans 2004

    a post workshop report

    What happens when you live in and for a Korsakow project?

created Sabina Sancu modified Branko Kleynen

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