Willem Velthoven with a bunch of dry Japanese knotweed - Willem chose the Japanese knotweed.
I'm a designer, learner and cultural enterpreneur. Director of Mediamatic Amsterdam. I'm an award winning designer and co-founded Mediamatic in 1983. I am autistic and identify as male.
At Mediamatic foundation, a art centre in Amsterdam, I'm co-responsible for general management, curatorial strategy and art direction.
In Almere lives the largest Suriname community in the Netherlands. In this Volkstuin they bring their native crops and grow them under the glass, where the climate reaches the optimum conditions for...
Our latest interest within the A/artist Project is researching the link between the tattoo culture and autism. The idea came up when I mentioned in my interview at Mediamatic that I am enthusiastic...
Marjanne van Helvert is a designer, researcher and writer based in Amsterdam. Her focus is on the injustices that permeate the fashion and design world, and the possibilities of creating more just...
Arjan van Amsterdam is an artist and graphic designer based in Amsterdam. During this round table discussion, he introduced us to his work, from his application to the Gerrit Rietveld Academy up...
Temple Grandin is a famous American academic, animal behaviourist, and autism spokesperson. Her new book, 'Visual Thinking', published in October 2022, is the latest in her series of books exploring...
During this roundtable, we talked about Mediamatic's open call for project proposals, 'Penny for your Thoughts' . What thoughts do the neurodiverse artists around the table have about the application...
Dit is de poster die we maakten voor het Duizenknoopfestival in 2023. De verhoudingen van deze poster zijn bepaald door de digitale schermen van J.C.Deceaux in de stad.
Willem chose the Japanese knotweed.
