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Bursting the Bubble
How bad is it for our environment?
Chewing gum may have some benefits for mankind but do we exactly know what we put in our mouth? Unfortunately, your favorite piece of gum consists of plastic.
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Tissue made by mouth & hands
For a long time, I'm annoyed by the ridiculous amount of gum sticks to the pavement. I hate it, even more, when people spit out their gum in a public space without any shame. It currently seems...
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Japanese Knotweed: Rethinking Invasive Species
Around the mid 1800s botanical interests in Europe were high. Searching for beautiful unique plants around the world, for study purposes or using them as ornamentals was common practice. So much that...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Opening: De Zesvleugelige Kip en andere…
- met Anne Kamps21Jun 2020Op de eerste dag van de zomer presenteren we het boek De Zesvleugelige Kip en andere fabeldieren van de voedingsindustrie van Anne Kamps. Een paar jaar geleden werd er op internet geschreven over het...
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Anne Kamps
In 2019 studeerde ik af aan de Design Academy, department food non food. Tijdens mijn studie richtte ik mij vooral op onderzoek en de vertaling hiervan naar tekst en beeld. Het boek “De Zesvleugelige...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
The Six-Winged Chicken and other mythical…
- by Anne Kamps1Mar 2020Soon at Mediamatic! A few years ago stories circulated on the internet about Six-winged chickens. For a while they seemed to exist. Various media wrote about them, with images of chickens with six...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Piss Soap, the Buttplug Edition
- by Arthur Guilleminot1May 2019Arthur Guilleminot specialises in queered approaches to common household objects and daily rituals. His work is often overtly sexual, using objects associated with the fetish and BDSM community as a...
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Organization:
Plastic Whale
Plastic Whale strijdt voor plasticvrije wateren. Zij stellen zich ten doel om bij te dragen aan oplossingen voor de plastic soep door maatschappelijk bewustzijn te creëren voor het probleem. Ze...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Life in Plastic is not Fantastic
- by iNDiViDUALS19Jun 2019On 19 June, AMFI's label iNDiViDUALS will take a critical look at fashion industry and waste production at 17:00 and at 18:30. Tickets / Facebook
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Susanne Duijvestein
Susanne Duijvestein (1986) is trained as an organizational expert and after eleven years of cooperative banking and other positions at Slow Food and the Amsterdam Economic Board made a switch to the...
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Dutch Pavilion Venice
Cinema Olanda at Venice Biennale
13May 2017- Nederlandse bijdrage onderzoekt postkoloniale geschiedenis van klein westers landje26Nov 2017Wendelien van Oldenborgh mocht dit jaar Nederland vertegenwoordigen in Venetië. Ze maakte een paar films over de nederlandese maatschappij aan het eind van de twintigste eeuw.
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Organization: Marie-Claire Springham
Burton Nitta
The London-based Anglo Japanese duo comprising o Michael Burton and Michiko Nitta describe themselves as “an interdisciplinary art and design studio collaborating with science and technology to...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Contemplative Bath(tub)
- by Giorgio Gasco14Dec 2018With this installation Giorgio Gasco represents his internal conflict: Should a designer always choose for a sustainable completion of the design to save the planet, or does he allow himself the...
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'This mug is made from recycled materials'
The Set Of Matter Varies and This is not a "VÄRDERA" by Krisztina Czika
Krisztina Czika is a Hungarian designer who has been exploring the capabilities of human hair. Currently, she’s exploring the recycling of cosmetic wax and hair through her installation ‘ The Set of...
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Open Sourcing Smell Culture
Open Sourcing Smell Culture is a year-long collaborative program between the Institute for Art and Olfaction and Mediamatic that explores alternative attribution and sharing strategies for the...
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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...
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The Ethical Way of Eating Blood
Blood Sausages by Gwen van der Zwan and John O'Shea
When tackling the ethics of food production and consumption, the notions of blood as food has always been a somewhat bloody and grim topic. Blood can be considered as the same level as meat, in a way...
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In the End, We Only Have Ourselves
Body as a Restaurant by Zane Cerpina
Time is of the essence. Human progression and technological advancements have led us to turn our world to the new age- the Age of Man; the Anthropocene. When we can no longer rely on mother nature’s...
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Humanarian-ism: The New Diet?
Imagine that you are constantly confronted with the impacts from your daily choices- the clothes you wear, or the food you eat. And maybe you may want to reconsider your choices now, perhaps opting...
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Organization:
Food Coop Noord
FoodCoopNoord is een vereniging in Amsterdam Noord. Elke week kunnen leden verse, biologische, seizoensgebonden en lokale producten bestellen, direct van de boer.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
New Year's drinks and E-Number Bingo
- Cheers to DIY food-additives5Jan 2018New year, new chances. If the food industry is allowed to mess with our food but keeps the details a secret, Cateringa & Kompanen brings the powder to the people so we can do it ourselves. Join...
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Gwen van der Zwan
Gwen van der Zwan is a Dutch, Amsterdam based multi-disciplinary artist and writer. R ecurring themes in her work include physicality, madness, absurdity of existence, technology and animal suffering.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Femmes Fontaines Consultancy Firm
- Museum Night 20174Nov 2017Female ejaculation is still a thing. Is it normal? And what is it, really? For Secretopia, Mediamatic’s program series on bodily fluids, there’s no need to agree on its composition; it’s a product of...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Talkshow Between Bed and Sacred
4Nov 2017- Museum Night 20175Nov 2017Female ejaculation is still a thing. Is it normal? And what is it, really? For Secretopia, Mediamatic’s program series on bodily fluids, there’s no need to agree on its composition; it’s a product of...