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Marketing the 'Other'
'Foreign' as a Selling point
This blogpost attempts to situate our approach to various cuisines within a broader political context of migration and diversity. How do perceptions of ‘foriegn’ food mirror political discourses...
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The Code Noir: A brief, yet powerful history
Winston Churchill famously said that “those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Our upcoming NeoFuturist Dinner touches on the importance of learning from our collective...
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Sex Work in Isolation
With the global pandemic reshaping norms of social interaction, the sex industry in the Netherlands has been put in a halt. As we create requirements on physical proximity and personal space, there...
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Fake-Eco Evaluation: Still Life at Mediamatic
Is death truly sustainable?
Death is one last action - a body left to account for. Some of us have already given it a thought, but how hard have we thought about our upcoming deaths, really? Mediamatic´s Still Life: death
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Chair of Sal(i)vation
Beyond the secret act.
Have you ever accidentally felt an old piece of gum underneath a chair while moving it? Or touched one with your knees underneath a table/desk?
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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
Searching for undesired beauty.
For a long time, I've been 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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The Chewing Gum Man
a.k.a. Ben Wilson.
Depicted as an outsider, British artist forms art with materials found under your feet. Since 1998, he paints colourful miniatures on chewing gum. Which is stuck to the pavement. He tries to embrace...
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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...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
De Zesvleugelige Kip en andere fabeldieren van de…
- met Anne Kamps21Jun 2020Op de eerste dag van de zomer verschijnt 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 Dijkspark
The Six-Winged Chicken and other mythical…
- by Anne Kamps1Sep 2020A 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 wings. Whether this...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Piss Soap, the Buttplug Edition
1May 2019- by Arthur Guilleminot1May 2020Arthur 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 Dijkspark
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 Dijkspark
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...