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  • 666: welcome recognition

    Dutch arts council (Raad voor Cultuur) recommends substantial raise in Mediamatics public funding for 2009—2012

    We were very happy and proud to read the advice about our plans for the coming 4 years. The Arts council of the Netherlands praises our current practice and recommends that the ministry of culture...
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  • Mediamatic’s Ghanaian Teddy Bear coffin

    A documentation of our coffin order at eShopAfrica.com!

    For the Ik R.I.P. exhibition, Mediamatic decided to order a custom-crafted coffin in Ghana. Our graphic designer Anuschka Linse came up with a beautiful sketch of her ideal coffin, in the shape of a...

  • Leren van andermans fouten

    Verslag van Kom je ook? 6 - Oops

    De zesde editie van het symposium Kom je ook? had het thema ‘Oops’. Sprekers gaven eerlijke en scherpe analyses van door hen gemaakte fouten. Een tweet van Zonja op de back channel vat het samen:...

  • Mediamatic ontvangt opnieuw subsidie!

    Het Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur (SfA) presenteerde donderdag 10 mei 2012 de uitslag van de meerjarige subsidievoorzieningen, met goed nieuws voor Mediamatic. We kunnen hierdoor een belangrijk...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#3/4 Willem Velthoven 1 Jan 1994

    Editorial

    The Eighth Art

    This issue of Mediamatic is based on the assumption that advertising was one of the great arts of the twentieth century.

  • Build Room for the Future of Art!

    Prof. Dr. Toby Kiers’ testimony to the Amsterdam City Council

    Amsterdam is discussing a reorganization of its Art Funding. The proposal is to divide the "important" infrastructural organizations from all the other ones by delegating the funding to the local...

  • www.ikrip.nl

    What shall we do with your online profile when you die?

    Simultaneously with the opening of the Ik R.I.P. exhibition, Mediamatic Lab launched a new website: www.ikrip.nl. On this website you have the chance to decide how you want your profile to look after...

  • Infographics: Are the budget cuts necessary or…

    The Dutch budget for arts & culture institutions is relatively small. The above average cuts will produce below average results.

    In 2011 the budget is € 490 million to support the cultural infrastructure. That sounds like a lot, but it is only a third of what we spend on holidays. It's 1,5% of the annual costs of the State...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Mediamatic Eten, Dijkspark Naomi Tidball

    Food is both fuel and identity

    A blog for Code Noir

    In light of our upcoming Code Noir event, it is important to reflect on globalisation's ability to reshape food. It offers a diversity within gastronomy, and it allows for a wider availability of...

  • QR Code in Ministeck

    Handcrafted QR codes

    Mixing the old with the new, mixing business with pleasure. Making QR Codes in Ministeck is only the first attempt to make these pesky codes physically more attractive.

  • HEMA doet ElHEMA!

    Warenhuisketen biedt Suikerfeest–seizoensassortiment 2 jaar na opening ElHEMA project van Mediamatic.

    Een mooi voorbeeld van hoe de kunst voorloopt op maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen. In 2007 introduceerde Mediamatic ElHEMA , de arabische variatie op de hollandse HEMA. 2 jaar later zet de...

  • In Memoriam Videokunst

    An Instructive Exhibition

    Video Art has passed on. It will be laid to rest in the next few months by the Cardinal of the West German faithful, DR. WULF HERZOGENRATH, assisted by that relative novice DR. EDITH DECKER. The...

  • IN YOUR FACE

    Waarom slaan beter werkt dan schoppen

    Aandacht is goed te vergaren door gebruik te maken van het wondermiddel formaat. Een helikopter vult nou eenmaal een groter gedeelte van je netvlies dan een olijf. Maar als alles wordt opgeschaald

  • spectres?

    Mediated mourning rituals and the cultural acceptance of death

    The following is an excerpt from my MA thesis entitled 'Praise the media!' in which I look at examples of mourning rituals, namely the LCD embedded gravestone, through the looking glass of media...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 2#2 Jans Possel, Willem Velthoven 1 Jan 1987

    Editorial

    If there's one trend to be observed at the video festivals of the last few months (The Hague, Ljubljana, Linz) then it's independent video's ever-growing TV ambitions. And the festivals' as well.

  • Webby Official Honoree for Mediamatic.net

    15 April 2009 — Today Mediamatic has won a 'Webby Honoree' in the category Cultural Institutions. www.mediamatic.net is the website of the Mediamatic foundation, a social network and a dating site...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Laat de crisis onze kunst niet verschralen

    Artikel van de wethouders van Groenlinks

    http://tweedekamer.groenlinks.nl/node/44905

  • Mediamatic has moved to DijksPark in 2014!

    to Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam

    As of December 1st, Mediamatic moved to their new location on Dijksgracht 6. On this beautiful spot near the waterside (within walking distance from Central Station!) we will continue and intensify...

  • Nan is Dood

    Nan Hoover is op 9 juni 2008 in Berlijn overleden. Ze was ziek. We zullen haar missen. Als kunstenaar. Als mentor. Als vriend.

  • Winnaars DOEN Pitch Kom je ook?5

    Op dinsdag 1 juni presenteerden zeven pitchers tijdens Kom je ook?5 hun plan voor de DOEN pitch. Archief Paradiso won de juryprijs. Nederland volgens ooggetuigen won, na een spannende nek aan nek...

  • Any Media Workshop @ IDFA 08

    21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 November 2008

    The first workshop day started off with a keynote-lecture by Cassian Harrison about his work with the BBC-series "Britain from Above". The 5-part TV-series uses GPS-data to visualize daily life in...

  • Memento mori profiel

    Van online profiel naar herdenkingsplek

    Met het maken van een online profiel op Mediamatic.net, Hyves of Facebook proberen veel mensen expressie te geven aan hun individuele identiteit. Er kan allerlei persoonlijke informatie worden...

  • Open Field

    A cultural commons project in the spirit of gift economy

    Open Field is an open air summer gathering in the big green yard of the Walker Art Center

created Willem Velthoven modified Willem Velthoven

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