Writing

373 words to insult a plant

In conversation with Alaa Abu Asad

Killing without thought. Just one of the phrases that is used to discuss the Japanese Knotweed. A plant that does not even deserve to be thought about. It only deserves to be killed. Artist...

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Matilda Mulder

The Dog Chased its Tail To Bite it Off

14
Apr 2023

18
Jun 2023
- by Alaa Abu Asad

On a planet where the "native" status is a rare claim, Alaa Abu Asad wonders which botanical species are acknowledged as legitimate inhabitants of nation states. While others will forever remain...

Temple Grandin

Academic, Author and Autism Spokesperson

Temple Grandin (*1947) is an American academic and animal behaviorist. She is famous for her design for a more animal friendly slaughterhouse. She is also an autism spokesperson and, being autistic...

Proposal by: Paolo Bosca

Food Utopias

Project Proposal: A different geography of taste

Food Utopias is a performative and theoretical research which investigates the power exercised by map on space, specifically in gastronomy. We use maps every day. The most common maps see the world...

Proposal by: Lianca Van der Merwe

ASD: Alternative Sensorial Dimensions

Project Proposal: We don't know as much as we think we do

We all have blind spots due to our culture, upbringing and even the language we speak. In addition, our brains are unswervingly selective organs that de-emphasise certain stimulus, like the noise...

Sept '22 - Feb '23 Ariana Amirhosseini

Ariana Amirhosseini

Exhibition assistant

Architect, researcher, spatial and experience designer

Stella Bergsma

Writer & Artist

Stella Bergsma is a writer, opinion maker and frontwoman of the band Einsteinbarbie . In 2014 her collection Cupcakes with poems and song lyrics was published by Lebowski publishing house and...

Stage

Stage: Social Media & PR

Vertel over de wereld van kunst, biologie en lekker eten

Voel jij je helemaal thuis in de wereld van social media, heb je een liefde voor kunst en cultuur, en weet jij als geen ander hoe je storytelling inzet om een groter publiek te bereiken? Dan zijn wij...

March - July 2021

Jessica Cohen

Events & Programme Assistant

My name is Jess, I'm from London and whilst at Mediamatic I was working towards my MA in Comparative Cultural Analysis at the UvA. After studying Art History at the University of Edinburgh, I have...

Take a seat and lean in: The poetry of Code Noir

Reflecting on representation and language with Rachel Rumai Diaz

Following the end of the Code Noir dinner series, I had a chat with Rachel Rumai Diaz-- the spoken word artist behind the poetry that breathed life into the culinary journey of our latest Neo

Bibliography

Olfactory History of Oosterdok

English bibliography Allen , Catherine. “To be Quechua: The Symbolism of Coca Chewing in Highland Peru”. American Ethnologist , 8, no. 1 (February 1981): 157-171. doi:10.1525/ae.1981.8.1.02a00100.

Ibo Bakker

Ibo Bakker is an illustrator, painter, and writer of (children’s) books. In addition, Ibo is active as a musician, actor and composer. He is part of the Gurdjieff Quartet.

Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Perfumed Words

19
Oct 2017
- Odorama 19 - with Han van der Vegt, Bas Belleman, Sander Bink, Marcello Aspria and Anna de Waard

Poetry and literature have a lot in common with perfumes and scent compositions. Scents, like stories, evolve over time and trigger emotional states and memories. Like time-based narratives, they...

Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Das Magazin

Das Mag Festival x Marijke Schermer

20
May 2017
- Leesclub over Marijke Schermer's Noodweer

Tijd om je leesbril op te zetten! Das Mag and Mediamatic nodigen je uit voor Das Mag Festival 2017, waar de pareltjes van de Nederlandse literaire wereld gevierd worden. Bij Mediamatic zal Marijke...

Internship

Internship: Communication

Promote art projects about biology, science and gastronomy

Would you like to be part of an organization that is committed to innovation and development in the field of art, sustainability, and society? Mediamatic has place for a communication strategist who...

Marion Etman

Tawa Tawa adviseert en ondersteunt maatschappelijke organisaties. Zij biedt groepstraining Fondsenwerving en training op maat

Stagiaires communicatie

Zowel communicatie als online communicatie stagiaire gezocht

Per januari 2013 zijn wij op zoek naar twee stagiaires voor de afdeling communicatie (Bij voorkeur: fulltime voor 6 maanden). Zowel communicatie als online communicatie.

Dominique Almeida

StudioCK9 artistSpace for critique, artprojects, curatorial strategy and social design

You can start me on any news/art/cultural/social topic and exchange your views... I like to share and develop thoughts with you, to confront and question, and create new meaning.

Bart Louwman

Ik heb popconcerten georganiseerd, een cafebedrijf gerund en ben beroemd en berucht geweest als de zingende haringboer van het Parade Festival. Als pensionado actief in het bestrijden van de...

Iris van der Burgh

oog voor eigen-wijsheden

EIGEN W !!S in training, advies, communicatie

Arnoud Odding

O dubbel d

Oprichter en directeur van het organisatiebureau O dubbel d dat zich aanvankelijk specialiseerde in de realisatie van tentoonstellingen en prijsvragen. Gaandeweg de jaren negentig werden deze...