We regularly organise roundtables and public events with neurodivergent artists and researchers from our network since 2021. More events are under planning, please subscribe to our mailing list and keep an eye on updates in a/Artist blog!
All over the world stories of scary monsters are used as precautionary tales for children. And yet many fairytales teach us that what society deems monstrous is often more misunderstood than evil.
We enter into conversation with author and visual artist Sytske van Koeveringe. In her new book Meeloper ('Tag-along'), she explores the meaning of work. Why is work inseparable from our lives and...
During evenings about autism, the emphasis is often on what doesn’t go well or isn’t easy. Jam van der Aa , as an artistic researcher and someone with firsthand experience, drew on the latest brain...
Silke Riis and Jemima de Jonge both create works using very humble materials. Silke is fascinated by biology and creates wondrous worlds out of clay, latex and pigments. Jemima on the other hand is...
Waiting rooms are often a place of discomfort, annoyance and embarrassment. Yvonne Dröge Wendel’s cuddly objects turn your stay into a voyage of discovery. Meanwhile, Vera Lelie is surprised by the...
On Saturday, Nov. 11 (6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.), there will be a special opening for people who find Museum Night a little too busy or who could no longer get a ticket for Nov. 4. Tickets Are you ever...
Are you ever bothered by yourself? A lot or just a little? Come to Mediamatic and evaluate yourself through the works of a diverse team of artists. Hand yourself over to our experts, let them help...
During this A / artist evening, we continued to explore the neurodivergent experience in the practice of the arts. Designer, freethinker, activist and blue collar philosopher Astrid Poot opened the...
We are happy to announce a new season of A/artist public events which will kick off on the 18th of September. Through these events, w e'll be continuing to explore the neurodivergent experience in...
The Hague-based German artist Jenny Konrad will talk about the agenda tools they have created to manage time, energy and stimulation. The presentation will be followed by roundtable discussions...
During the roundtable on Monday 17 April, Nesie Wang talked about how autism shapes her thoughts and expressions in her photography practice. Nesie joined Mediamatic for an internship as A/artist...
For 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...
The 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...
For this round table, Isabelle Kappetein talked about her work as a Diversity and Inclusivity Specialist at Miro. "Miro empowers remote, in-office, and hybrid teams to communicate and collaborate...
We've found a positive correlation between tattooing and autism and want to deepen our knowledge about it. I'll share my research on the experience of giving and getting a tattoo as an autistic...
A 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...
On Monday 16th of January, the A/artist team will host another round table. On this night, we have the pleasure to host Marjanne van Helvert. Read about how the evening went here .
On Monday the 16th of May we will again come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, the artist Annelies Wina Doom will talk about her work 'Please do not touch, even...
Monday the 28th of November at 19:00 Arjan van Amsterdam shares some of his work during the next round table session. He presents a selection of his work in which he explores how the use of text can...
On Monday the 31st of October we come together for another dinner and roundtable discussion at Mediamatic. This time, we want to talk about 'Visual Thinking', the new book by well-known autistic...
For this roundtable, we were joined by Claudia van den Hoeven, who shared her perspective on support for neurodiverse students in art education. Claudia works at the HKU University for the Arts in...
On Monday the 3rd of October we come together for another dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, we return to our practical discussion about changes organisations can make to become...
Animator Peter Wassink joined us at the A/Artist roundtable to talk about his work on the film Mind my Mind (2019) by director Floor Adams. Mind my Mind delves into the mind of Chris, a man...
Three artists share their perspective on work that involves motion and the mind. With the A/artist program, we're exploring neurodiverse experience in the practice of the arts. We discover the power...
On Monday the 22nd of August we come together for another dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, long-time Mediamatic collaborator Kristin Maurer presents her work on architecture
On Sunday the 7th of August, we visited the former monastery Priorij Emmaus near Utrecht, designed by the architect Jan de Jong in the style of the Bossche School. During a guided tour through the...
During this A/Artist discussion round, analyst Sven (name changed for privacy) and designer Arjan van Amsterdam gave a presentation about a very timely topic: non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. We...
On Monday the 11th of July we gathered again for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, the topic of discussion was what we can learn from monasteries as the earliest form of...
On Wednesday the 29th of June we came together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. Robin Waart gave a presentation about his work with the printed medium and the challenges that come...
On Monday the 13th of June we will come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, Amsterdam-based visual artist Marna Slappendel will give a presentation about her work and...
On Monday the 30th of May we will again come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, research duo Liminal Vision will talk about their collaborative world-building...
On Monday the 11th of April we will again come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, the topic of discussion is whether we can use a list of criteria to 'diagnose' an...
On Monday the 21 of March we came together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. An artist from our network gave a presentation about her method of creating drawings of her daily running...
On Monday the 28th of February artists from the Mediamatic network gathered to discuss the topic of art and autism for the first time since last summer. The evening started with artist Laura (name...
Asefeh Tayebani will give a lecture about her work Precious Burden, in which she shares a glimpse of what it means to be autistic through a set of objects. After the presentation, you can experience...