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Why Beftival?
A Conversation with Ine Poppe and Olga Middendorp
Beftival is coming, and, along with our growing anticipation, we also got curious to know more about the conceptual behind the scenes of it all. What pressing societal issues gave inspiration to this...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Self-Design Enzo Mari Furniture
- with Niels Albers27Nov 2021High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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Rattle that lock
Looking at rats from a different point of view
Rats are everywhere and hard to get rid of. This is probably the main reason for them being unwanted in big cities - and at the same time the best reason to rethink your own perspective: rats are...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Self-Design Enzo Mari Furniture
- with Niels Albers22Jan 2022High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Frank Bloem, Lydia Schouten, Olga Middendorp, Nelke Mast, PISSWIFE
Feminism
- Odorama 46 with Pisswife, Olga Middendorp, Nelke Mast, Lydia Schouten and Frank Bloem18Nov 2021Let's dive into the relationship between smell and female empowerment. BEFtival curator Olga Middendorp and multi-disciplinary artist Nelke Mast wonder why vagina smell is still a taboo. Performance...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Self-Design Enzo Mari Furniture
- with Niels Albers25Sep 2021High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Self-Design Enzo Mari Furniture
- with Niels Albers28Aug 2021High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Self-Design Enzo Mari Furniture
- with Niels Albers12Jun 2021High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
T - Self-Design Enzo Mari Furniture
- with Niels Albers1Jan 4300High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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The Sewage System as Political Infrastructure
What can sewers tell us about the functioning of our modern democracy? About the role of technology and infrastructure in politics? The sewage system isn’t ‘just there’ as a neutral entity; instead
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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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How national is food culture?
A case study of regional food practices in Turkey
We often distinguish food cultures by assigning them a national name. However, national territories are rarely homogenous and, many times, various food cultures exist within the same country. This...
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A look at the history of Caribbean cuisine
A blog for Code Noir
Whether culture, tradition or simple sustenance, food is a central part of human life. It also carries great symbolic value. To share a meal goes beyond the food itself; it extends to an experience...
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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...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Pride
18Jul 2020- MediaMasquerade & Queer Currents2Aug 2020There is no parade this year, but we still think it is important to celebrate identity in all its facets. That is why Mediamatic has a program during the pride week that gives an ode to the...
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Diversity mission
As a progressive public cultural institution, we find diversity, in all its facets, essential. We actively strive to raise awareness and implement a more transversal and integrated way of thinking...
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Een sterke culturele basisinfrastructuur
Felicitaties aan nieuwe instellingen
Op 4 juni 2020 presenteerde de Raad voor Cultuur aan minister Van Engelshoven zijn advies over de Basisinfrastructuur (BIS) 2021-2024. Met dit advies geeft de Raad de culturele sector een enorme...
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Simone Weil
De filosofische marsman
Simone Weil (1909-1943) was activist en een politiek filosoof die religie, haar lichaam en de maatschappij probeerde te doorgronden. Haar werk wordt door verschillende auteurs 'autistisch...
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Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit? Blogserie…
#1.1 Thuisopdracht: Het Parlement der Dingen
Mediamatic mist alle enthousiaste, nieuwsgierige en leergierige bezoekers ontzettend! Ook kunnen we ons goed voorstellen dat het thuis doorleren en samenwerken best uitdagend kan zijn... De...
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Laura Burgers
Laura Burgers studeerde Rechten en Frans in Amsterdam, Parijs en New York. In 2016 startte ze een promotieonderzoek aan de rechtenfaculteit van de Universiteit van Amsterdam, naar de democratische...
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Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit? Blogserie…
#1 Leren luisteren naar niet-mensen is een politieke aangelegenheid
In de serie ‘Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit?’ schrijf ik blogs over uitdagende theorieën uit de ecofilosofie. Ik introduceer de ideeën, ter informatie of inspiratie. Daarna zullen er...
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Mary Mazziotti
I am a self-taught visual artist working primarily in hand-embroidery on textiles with a special interest in “memento mori”, a genre that reflects on the impermanence and fragility of life, nations...
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Masuma Halai Khwaja
Masuma is a multi-disciplinary artist. Her art practice revolves around weaving cultural political and historical perspectives along with personal experiences and individual stories. Currently for...
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Maartje Terpstra
Education
In Februari, March and April 2020 I help with developing the educational program at Mediamatic. I study Arts, Cognition and Criticism and my main research interest lies with ecological art in its...