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  • Image: Natlab Anisa Xhomaqi, Iris Woutera

    Deform, a performance by Iris Woutera

    Sensory and spatial artist Iris Woutera participates in the opening of the Inhuman Carnaval progam at Dutch Design Week 21'. In her performance titled Deform she engulfs herself in a material...
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  • Inhuman Carnaval Blog

    Research, updates and interviews for Inhuman Carnaval

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  • We all know turtles and kangaroos - but what…

    A reinterpretation of Camille Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals

    “We cannot describe the cries of admiring joy let loose by an enthusiastic public. In the immense oeuvre of Camille Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals is certainly one of his magnificent...

  • Let's stitch!

    From sewing to species: An interview with Inge Naaimachines

    During Dutch Design Week we will be collaborating with various artists, makers and scientists. Inge Naaimachines is a creative business based in Eindhoven who will be providing the sewing machines to...

  • Biodiversity Meets Fashion

    Amsterdam Fashion Academy x Mediamatic

    The city of Amsterdam, a metropolitan with the largest city population in the Netherlands, has always been a center for fashion, music festivals, and diversity. The city is characterized as “slightly...

  • Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno

    Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno exhibited in Nature's Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Invention .  Nature's Toolbox  is an exhibition exploring the wonders of biodiversity. The exhibition perceives...
  • Annelies Wina Doom, Sandra Ruiz Castroviejo, Willem Velthoven 5 Nov 2022

    Pigeon Photo Booth

    During Museum Night the 'pigeonafying' process was documented in the pigeon photo booth. After becoming a full-fledged pigeon people came for a portrait, where they were photographed in their...
  • Proposal by: David Kerssens Goedhart

    Machine No.1

    Project proposal: Een wolk vliegen begeleiden

    Een installatie waarbij in een verder lege ruimte met behulp van een machine een wolk vliegen van A naar B wordt begeleid zonder fysiek contact te maken.  

  • Becoming magnesium Mediamatic Biotoop Fredrik Link

    Becoming magnesium

    Through scrunching & draping tinfoil: can I transform into magnesium?

    Through researching costume ideas for the Inhuman Carnaval, I came across the mineral magnesium. The rock and metal like texture reminded me of the scrunched up tin foil around the sandwiches my mum...
  • F O R U M

    El HEMA forum

    Op 24 augustus 2007 opent de El HEMA tentoonstelling. Dit is de online ontmoetingsplaats voor deelnemers aan de voorbereidingen.
  • Persbericht 29 oktober 2007

    El HEMA verlengd tot januari 2008

    Stemmen voor de El HEMA publieksprijs tijdens Museumnacht

    De tentoonstelling El HEMA wordt verlengd t/m 6 januari 2008. De EL HEMA trok tot nu toe bijna 30.000 bezoekers. De El HEMA is geopend op woensdag t/m zaterdag van 12.00 tot 2o.00 uur en op zondag...

  • El HEMA at Roots Festival

    Inspiration for el HEMA at Roots festival

  • Mycelium insulation panels

    First experiments

    This mycelium panel was made out of wheat husks and Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) as biological binding agent, grown for three weeks at 25ºC and 85% of relative humidity.
  • 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.

  • 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...

  • Grow your clothing

    Bio-Couture : bacterial-cellulose textile is the fashion of the future

    What could be a more sustainable way of dressing up than growing your own cloths made from a totally organic material? This is the aim of an interesting experimental project called Bio-Couture...

  • Mushrooms are taking over the Dutch media

    “Scientists, designers and dreamers are working on a revolution”.

    For the last couple of months Motherboard, the technological arm of Vice have been on board to interview designers, scientists and mycelium experts about their work with fungi. The result is...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Sculpting Textiles

    with Margherita Soldati

    How can you use unconventional materials and techniques to manipulate textile in shapes, textures and patterns? During the workshop, artist Margherita Soldati will introduce you to manipulating...
  • Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS

    AMFI graduate show 2011:::Made in Amsterdam

    Ji Xiao-Wen, Thais Scormin, Judith Buil, Sanne Haselager and Hanneke Luning will be showing you their graduation collection. Xiao-Wen is inspired by historical Dutch dress, while Thais prefers to...

  • Opening van Rariteitenkabinet BORIS

    the human mind undressed

    Kledingcollectie van Jacob Kok tijdens de opening van Rariteitenkabinet BORIS.

  • A Short Introduction to Interdisciplinary Artist…

    It’s difficult to introduce Sonja, because there is no one specific word that can define her profession. Her work does not fit easily into standard categories: it includes art objects, living...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Design your own Shroud

    with Susanne Duivensteijn

    Have you ever thought about what you want to be wearing when you die? In this workshop we will breathe new life into an old Dutch tradition. You will be guided in the process of making your own...

  • Kristel Peters

    Growing shoes with Mycelium

    Researcher Kristel Peters explores the possibilities of combining traditional shoe material with fungi.

  • When can we start to objectify our hair?

    Human Hair Transformation by Zsofia Kollar

    Zsofia Kollar is a designer who uses hair as the primary medium. The human hair has many capabilities due to their nutrients. For this collection, Zsofia experiments with the hair as an absorbent...
  • Previously on view in the Amsterdam Biennale: Hugo Herrera Tobón, Natalia Domínguez Rangel

    Bogotá Pavilion

    The Bogota pavilion by curators Hugo Herrera Tobon and Natalia Domínguez Rangel opens 5 December 2009 in the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic and on view until January 3, 2010. With artists...

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