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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Heterotopia, 1 year walking
- with Joseph Marzolla and Melanie Bonajo20Oct 2019Artist Joseph Marzolla is currently working on his Heterotopia project for which he uses walking as an artistic practice, to finalise the writing of a book and the making of a film. He left his home...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
The Male Haze
- Odorama 34 - with Boris Raux, Marcello Aspria, Emily Burdfield Steel and Frank Bloem24Oct 2019Does a 'real man' smell like a fresh forest or dark leather, like in the Axe commercials? Boris Raux, Marcello Aspria, Dr. Emily Burdfield Steel, and Frank Bloem will discuss the scent of...
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Orion College
Orion biedt kinderen en jongeren met speciale onderwijsbehoeften in Amsterdam goed (voortgezet) speciaal onderwijs met passende zorg of ambulante begeleiding waardoor zij de best mogelijke kans van...
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Aboard a passenger-liner-turned-hospital-ship
The Oranje
Smelly business did not remain in the pre-modern era. It is very much a modern phenomenon just as well. One point of interest for us scent-hunters is the MS Oranje. A 20,166-ton ship, in its hay-day...
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A mélange of foul odours
The smell of discovery
One of the main purposes of the Oosterdok was the building of ships. For a short while in history, before the English took that questionable title, the Dutch were the largest colonial power in the...
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Those who bled for nutmeg
The narrative contextualized within Banda Island's larger history
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Finissage Beauty Kit Female Farm 0.3
- with Isabel Burr Raty18Aug 2019The Beauty Kit Female Farm 0.3 is a long durational body art performance happening in the Sluisdeurenloods at Mediamatic Amsterdam. Together with a group of facilitators, Isabel Burr Raty will mentor...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Open Friday Tour
26Jul 2019Every Friday at 16:00, come explore Mediamatic as part of our Weekly Free Friday Tour. Get a glimpse inside our various labs and sensorial exhibitions. Free Entrance ( RSVP )
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Previous Odorama's
Whether derived from nature, or chemically constructed, odourant molecules have the ability to profoundly effect our behaviour, emotions and associations. At Odorama we’ll actively engage with our...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Resomation, Saponification and Taxidermy
- Still Life 02 - with Sabrina Franken, Amber Veel, Liza Witte and Susanne Duijvestein26Jun 2019Looking for a more eco friendly alternative for burying or cremating a dead body? How about dissolving it? Alkaline hydrolysis – also known as water cremation, aquamation or resomation - was...
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"I steal DNA from strangers"
Heather Dewey-Hagborg creates portraits from discarded DNA.
Picasso once said that “ bad artists copy, good artists steal ”. It appears that New York artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg has taken this literally. Her project "Stranger Visions," fashions...
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How about human hair for mass production?
British designer Ellie Birkhead uses local human hair to make region-specific bricks.
What if we could use human hair to replace finite materials used in building houses? Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Ellie Birkhead decided to experiment with this idea. Birkhead is the developer...
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Dutch Pavilion Venice
The Measurement of Presence
11May 2019- Venice Biennale 2019 Dutch Pavilion by Iris Kensmil and Remy Jungerman24Nov 2019By Caroline Prisse and Willem Velthoven — Curated by Benno Tempel of Gemeente Museum den Haag, this editions' Dutch presentation focuses on Black modernism and black feminism
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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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Uitgevist
Volle vaart op weg naar een zeewaardig vegetarisme
Uitgevist is een culinair concept van drie mannen voor wie vegetarisch koken een tweede leven is. Robert Prins, Peter Hundepool en Sven Bergström beseffen dat het dierlijk leven in de zee uitgeput...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Uitgevist Dinner
- What happens if one takes the fish off the plate?12May 2019De zee is moe, we moeten haar rust gunnen... Is er een plantaardig alternatief voor het verrukkelijke vismenu? Vegetarisme wordt vaak gezien als 'het vlees van het bord halen', maar wat...
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Forever, Ink.
A new, everlasting memorial.
Morticians Mike and Kyle Sherwood launched Save My Ink Forever in 2016 when they realised that thousands of dollars of body art was literally going up in smoke.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Grow Your Own Fungi!
- with Wouter Hassing12Jul 2019It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Grow Your Own Fungi!
- Basic mushroom and biomaterials introduction21Jun 2019It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Workshop: Grow Your Own Fungi!
- Basic mushroom and biomaterials introduction24May 2019It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
The Children of O
4Jul 2019- Neo Futurist Dinner 10 - with Design Academy Eindhoven6Jul 2019A mythical community has inhabited Mediamatic to find solutions for the lack of usable water in Amsterdam, calling themselves the Children of O. Mediamatic's 10th Neo Futurist Dinner will...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
The Eating of Humans
1May 2019- Neo Futurist Dinner 08 - with Gwen van der Zwan, Krisztina Czika and Bryce Steba4May 2019For the development of this 5-course Neo Futurist Dinner we invited artists Gwen van der Zwan, Krisztina Czika and chef Bryce Steba to collaborate around the theme of eating humans. This project was...
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Krisztina Czika
Krisztina Czika was born and raised in Hungary before she moved to the Netherlands to complete her studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. During her studies she was researching materials and it soon...
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Literally, Renaissance
Flowers thought long dead can be smelled again, thanks to a collaboration of scientists and artists. But what does this mean for us?
“Is death permanent?” is a big question, very interdisciplinary. But between philosophers, artists, IT professionals, and scientists, it’s one that being chipped down into small, manageable questions.