Autism
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Explaining Humans
Camilla Pang's Manual for the Outliers
“My mother is an artist, and my father is a scientist, and being honest I am somewhere caught in between,” says Camilla Pang. As a biochemist, a writer, and an autism advocate, what does Pang catch...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Self
- Neuro Museumnight4Nov 2023Do you ever feel bothered by yourself? A lot or just a little? Come to Mediamatic to assess yourself together with a diverse team of artists. Surrender, let our experts help you and maybe you'll win...
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Embroidering words
How Gro Dahle writes childrens' books differently
Gro Dahle (*1962) is an author well-known in her home country Norway for publishing over sixty books, most of them poetry collections and children's books. Her work has received several literary...
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Claiming the Stage
Hannah Gadsby defying stereotypes through humour
Hannah Gadsby (*1978) is a successful Australian comedian and actor, known for her shows Nanette and Douglas , both featured on Netflix, in which she addresses topics such as trauma and abuse, as...
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The Visual Thinker
Temple Grandin as a Role Model
Temple Grandin is an academic and animal behaviorist from America famous for redesigning the slaughterhouses so that cattle can be treated in a more humane way. She is also an autism spokesperson.
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Autism and Activism
Greta Thunberg's uncompromising life and work
Greta Thunberg became famous when, in 2018, she started to skip Fridays at school to instead sit in front of the Swedish Parliament in protest against politicians’ inaction in the face of the climate...
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Tools for Flourishing in Art Education (and Life)
Public A/artist symposium with Jenny Konrad
During this second public symposium on neurodivergence in art education, The Hague-based German artist and designer Jenny Konrad talked about the tools they have created to manage time, energy and...
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Feeling in Colour
Patrick Samuel as a Role Model
Patrick Samuel is a visual artist, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and autism advocate based in the UK. But what makes him a role model for neurodivergent creatives?
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Spinning as Stimming
Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Johnson as a Role Model
Ahmir Johnson (*1971), known professionally as Questlove, is an American musician, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. But what makes him a role model for...
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Authoring Autism
M. Remi Yergeau deconstructing the rhetoric of autism
As a rhetorician and as an autistic activist, M. Remi Yergeau dedicates their passion to the self-advocacy of autistic people by contesting the dominant rhetorics on autism as pathology and...
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Anna Lina Litz 29 May 2023
Creating Neurodivergent Community in Art…
Public symposium organised by A/artist and 'iets eten'
On the 8th of May, neurodivergent art students, educators and professional artists gathered at Mediamatic for a first symposium on neurodiversity in art education. Gerard van Wolferen and Claudia van...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself7Jun 2023Have you always been curious about giving yourself a tattoo, but are intimidated to take the first step? Fear not, because we've got you covered! Join our workshop and learn how to give yourself a...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself3Jun 2023Have you always been curious about giving yourself a tattoo, but are intimidated to take the first step? Fear not, because we've got you covered! Join our workshop and learn how to give yourself a...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself17May 2023Have you always been curious about giving yourself a tattoo, but are intimidated to take the first step? Fear not, because we've got you covered! Join our workshop and learn how to give yourself a...
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Organization:
Artistic Research Foundation
Meeting and working place for neurodivergent artists and thinkers
An open initiative in Amsterdam (IJburg) where artists and thinkers exchange and collaborate. They organise informal meetings every Thursday and have a workshop space with facilities like photo...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Anna Lina Litz, Nesie Wang
Plants are it!
- A/artist roundtable about the Mind Garden project13Mar 2023The Mind Garden project aims to create inclusive garden spaces for storytelling beyond negative labels associated with mental diversity. For this roundtable, we invited three guests to share insights...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself20May 2023Have you always wanted to tattoo yourself, but are intimidated to take the first step? This workshop will provide all tools and knowledge you need to leave Mediamatic with a tattoo given to yourself...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself28May 2023Have you always wanted to tattoo yourself, but are intimidated to take the first step? This workshop will provide all tools and knowledge you need to leave Mediamatic with a tattoo given to yourself...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself3May 2023Have you always wanted to tattoo yourself, but are intimidated to take the first step? This workshop will provide all tools and knowledge you need to leave Mediamatic with a tattoo given to yourself...
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A/artist Role Models
Here we highlight remarkable neurodivergent people who, because of their work and life, we consider role models for our practice. It's a growing collection.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Nesie Wang, Anna Lina Litz
Neurodiversity in Art Education
- A/artist Roundtable27Mar 2023For this roundtable, we discussed how we can make art institutions more accessible to neurodivergent students. Musician, educator and autism advocate Gerard van Wolferen shared his experiences with...
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@delirious.tats
Stick and Poke Tattoo Enthusiast
@delirious.tats is a stick and poke tattoo enthusiast.
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AI, autism and creativity - does it matter if…
- A/artist roundtable about Lynn’s diagnostic interview with ChatGPT30Jan 2023A few months ago, A/artist colleague Lynn Clemens published a blogpost about her experimental diagnostic interview with the AI text generator ChatGPT. She concluded that despite the limitations that...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself29Apr 2023Have you always wanted to tattoo yourself, but are intimidated to take the first step? This workshop will provide all tools and knowledge you need to leave Mediamatic with a tattoo given to yourself...