This is our team
We work, organize, learn, produce, think and discover.
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Willem Velthoven
Founder, helper and learner
Ik ben een van de oprichters van Mediamatic (in 1983). Willem@mediamatic.nl / phone +31681150608
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Jans Possel
Director
Ben een van de oprichters van Stichting Mediamatic en startte in 1985 samen met Willem Velthoven Mediamatic Magazine. Ik houd me vooral bezig met het organiseren van tentoonstellingen en evenementen.
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Anne Lakeman
Event and Programme Manager
At Mediamatic I am responsible for guiding and programming the event series and workshops. My main interest is (interdisciplinary) collaborations, people and the stories they carry. After...
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Sjoerd Houben
Office / Venue Manager
After graduating from art school (MA Photography), I went looking for a new interesting environment. I found it at Mediamatic, where there's always something interesting happing. With a...
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Anne Hofstra
Concept developer
Writer and experience designer, currently researching sustainability narratives, and finding ways to challenge them.
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Tobias Servaas
Communications Manager
After studies in architecture, classical guitar and philosophy, I am happy to now dedicate my love for language to Mediamatic. I am passionate to facilitate those people who pour creative ideas in...
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Kamiel Rongen
Artist and musician, he is known for his dreamlike and colorful videos, shot entirely in a fish bowl.
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Tommaso Buresti
Chef Mediamatic ETEN
Italian chef Tommaso Buresti grew up in the kitchen of his father's restaurant. He has been cooking for as long as he can remember and loves to experiment with food.
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Giulia Soldati
Designer and food researcher Mediamatic ETEN
Italian designer and food researcher, currently based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Daniël Smit
Handyman
Born in Beiroet but raised in Amsterdam. I started my work life as a handyman with my mother, afterwards I attended engineering school and switched to a combination of the Rietveld and woodworking...
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Branko Kleynen
Strategic marketing intern
Branko is a Belgian Communication Management student with an interest in international relations on a business level. Connecting international communities is a life goal for him. He has graphic...
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Wisam Ali Mohammad
Photography Intern
I am Wisam Ali. 21years old. From Yemen. I study photography and at the moment I'm doing an internship at Mediamatic.
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Iines Råmark
Workshop Intern
I'm originally from Finland, but have lived in various different countries since - and am now based in Amsterdam. My background is also varied, including anthropology, documentary filmmaking and...
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Jo-Lene Ong
Curator, Olfactory History of Oosterdok
Jo-Lene Ong is currently working as curator of the Olfactory History of Oosterdok project at Mediamatic and co-curator of visual arts and theory at Other Futures (2020), a multidisciplinary festival...
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Laura Ximena Triana
Research Assistant for Olfactory History of Oosterdok
I am a PhD researcher in the Faculty of Humanities at UvA. My research focuses on Amerindian (indigenous) communities in Colombia and Latin America and their experiences of transforming their...
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Irina Ridzuan
Research Assistant for Olfactory History of Oosterdok
Research Assistant for Olfactory History of Oosterdok
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Eva van Rossum
Research Intern
After finishing a bachelor in Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and graduating an Art and Research programma at the Rietveld, I am currently doing a research internship here at Mediamatic.
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Gintare Abariunaite
Intern Programming & Events
Currently I am studying International Media and Entertainment Management where I found myself passionate about events. What I love about events so much? I love planning and organizing, being creative
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Nehis Osagie
Intern Cleanlab
My name is Nehis , I was born and raised in Amsterdam and currently 21 years of age. Right now I am studying Biology which is one of my biggest passions. The other one is design and after my...
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Kaia Kinkel
Aquaponics Intern
My name is Kaia ! The picture does a pretty good job of wrapping up the things in life that give me joy, it is of my little brother and I taking a hike in the national forests in Eugene, Oregon...
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Vera Catalano
Aquaponics Intern
My background is in environmental science and I am currently finishing a master in environmental management at the University of Amsterdam. My other passions are psychology and philosophy. I am very...
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Amalia Calderón
Research intern
I am a poet and artistic researcher based in Amsterdam. After graduating law & sociology, I pursued first a masters in the sociology of gender and sexuality, and now a research masters in...
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Cemre Deniz Kara
Cemre Kara is a Turkish artist, currently studying at the Artscience Interfaculty at The Royal Academy of Arts, in The Hague, in The Netherlands. She works at the intersection of art and technology.
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Eloise Peredruk
Research Intern
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Jocelin Tjandra
Secretopia Research
I am a graduate with an interest in the relationship between gender and sexuality.
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Mara van der Blonk
Data Manager / Communication intern
My name is Mara! At MediaMatic I will be responsible for maintaining the “digital heritage department”. I'm really looking forward to dive in the archives and connect the past with the present!
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Abbie Moran
Photography Intern
My name is A bbie ! I am originally from the US and lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Besides photography I love to travel and experience different cultures and playing music. I play 5 different...