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  • Bert Sliggers

    Art historian and curator

    Bert Sliggers was curator of Teylers Museum for much of his life and thus responsible for a large number of exhibitions and accompanying books. As guest curator he is now associated with the Museum...

  • Beftival
  • Body
  • eroticism
  • curation
  • pornography
  • Sex
  • This Pussy Has Claws

    Vagina Dentata Myths of Empowerment and Horror

    Who would have thought that apart from lips, vaginas and mouths share even more? Vagina dentata, Latin for toothed vagina, bears the idea that a vagina with teeth or claws can devour a man. She can...

  • Bef-tival Explained

    beffen: verb, to lick pussy

    Going down on, eating pussy, carpet munching, muff diving, cunnilingus; these are some of the ways we refer to the act of female oral sex. But something seems to be missing from our sexual vocabulary.

  • Why Beftival?

    A Conversation with Ine Poppe and Olga Middendorp

    Beftival is coming, and, along with our growing anticipation, we also got curious to know more about the conceptual behind the scenes of it all. What pressing societal issues gave inspiration to this...

  • Space Seeds and Milk

    Milky Way by Maija Tammi

    What do you see when you picture outer space? Endless emptiness, dark and frozen, as far as the eye can see, but scary-exciting because you know there is infinitely more of it beyond your field of...

  • Internship

    Research Internship: Secretopia

    Research on the wonders of bodily secretions in art and science

    Secretopia is Mediamatic’s inquiry into human secretions through art, science and design. After exploring the potential of urine in The Pis’ Project, we decided to expand the programme to all sorts...

  • Chiesetta della Misericordia Willem Velthoven

    When the body says Yes

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    - Dutch contribution to the Venice Biennale 2022

    Melanie Bonajo: "It is essentially a cuddle space which centralizes the clitoris as the epicentre of social design and a place for worship"

  • Sexualitech

    Exploring erobotics, digisexualities and the future of sex

    The study of e robotics and digisexuality explores the intersections between sexuality and technology and how tech is evolving our understanding of t ouch, intimacy and sex.

  • Striptopia

    A strippers solution

    The shady and old-fashioned atmosphere of a strip club attaches a stigma to the role of the stripper. The disregard towards the work is wrapped up in the stench of cigarettes and stale beer that...

  • The Self and Solo Sex

    Celebrating International Masturbation Month

    Sexual discovery and self-pleasure, that’s what May is about. This month we honour solo sex and break the stigma surrounding human sexuality, masturbation and self-love.

  • Zorgies

    Not your typical Zoom meeting...

    Digital technology has never been so important to human intimate connection and sexuality. The virus has accelerated the validity of trends towards tech-enabled intimacy; including VR porn, sex with...

  • 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.

  • Beftival Program

    An overview of all exhibitions, performances, workshops and events that are part of Beftival.

  • Distant Secretopias

    Rethinking intimacy in isolation

    During times of quarantine and social distancing, we face an unprecedented shift in society that highlights the volatile nature of what makes us social beings. We encounter new challenges in the...

  • Beftival Photo Gallery

    A collection of photos from Beftival

  • Isolation PORN

    Sex, self-pleasure and fetish in isolation

    How has being stuck at home forced you to innovate? Are you finally writing that novel, baking that perfect loaf of banana bread, attending your 100th Zoom meeting? Have you thought about making a...

  • Smell Dating

    Sniff out your true partner

    Love is a reaction, and smells are really just floating chemicals. Knowing this, it makes sense to build a dating agency around the idea that scent is a larger factor in attraction than physicality.

  • Wetlands by Charlotte Roche

    The new Covid19 restrictions means it's time for those creative hobbies to come out of the woodwork again! Or, perhaps you are looking for something creative and different... have you considered...

  • Regulated Sex

    Sex advise from the National Institute for Health and Environment

    Just when we thought the 1.5 meter rule had completely fucked up our sex lives, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport released a set of rules and regulations for safe sex. Solo sex or sex with...

  • Pissing in Perfect Cursive

    Lou Buche's Pee-Project

    What may have started as a “seriously drunk” act on a snowy Amsterdam night turned into something much more rousing. For artist Lou Buche, a quick piss stop on the trek home from a drunken night led...

  • MarsMellow

    A happy, creative & curious soul......searching for exciting new colours to stimulate creativity...

    ..follows

  • Mariette Hermans 13 Dec 2004

    Overvolle Estafette 2004 een groot succes!

    Altijd open voor verandering

    Op 16 november 2004 organiseerde Netwerk CS in samenwerking met de Nederlandse Museumvereniging, Interculturele Programma's haar derde Estafette in hotel/discotheek Arena.

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    The Beauty Dinner: the Recipes

    How to continue treating your skin at home

    Thank you to everyone who participated in The Beauty Dinner, created by artists Margherita Soldati, Krisztina Czika and chef Alice Héron. As we mentioned, we want you to be able to relive the dinner...

  • The Dirt We Carry

    Self Portrait by Amanda Cotton

    For three months, Amanda Cotton documented her life using her face wipes for her ‘Self Portrait’ . These face wipes not only show the removed makeup, but also the dirt and oil that is inevitably...

  • Book Edo Smitshuijzen 1 Jan 2008

    Arabic Type Specimen Book

    Finally, there will be an overview of Arabic type on the market.

created Iliana Metaxa modified Iliana Metaxa

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