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  • ikCoffin

    An Ik R.I.P. project

    Mediamatic transformed the ikCam into an ikCoffin for the Ik R.I.P. exhibition . Visitors were invited to be photographed as corpses. It was very simple: you stepped into the coffin, closed the lid...

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  • rfid
  • Death
  • Self
  • New media
  • Technology
  • Heaven
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  • 12 Aug 2001

    ikCam

    Interactive tool to visualise social networks

    Make a portrait or take a snapshot with your — new — friend. The ikCam directly publishes the picture on your profile.

  • Mediamatic’s Ghanaian Teddy Bear coffin

    A documentation of our coffin order at eShopAfrica.com!

    For the Ik R.I.P. exhibition, Mediamatic decided to order a custom-crafted coffin in Ghana. Our graphic designer Anuschka Linse came up with a beautiful sketch of her ideal coffin, in the shape of a...

  • www.ikrip.nl

    What shall we do with your online profile when you die?

    Simultaneously with the opening of the Ik R.I.P. exhibition, Mediamatic Lab launched a new website: www.ikrip.nl. On this website you have the chance to decide how you want your profile to look after...

  • Dead links

    Despite what the title of this article suggests, these links do go somewhere!

    Here you find a collection of links to websites that somehow are related to the topic of death. Leave a comment if you have other good suggestions.

  • Innovation award for Mediamatic

    ikTag and Interactive Social RFID Games

    Tonight Mediamatic, together with a team of over 35 artists and designers won a silver SpinAward. With the ikTag & Interactive Social RFID Games ( www.mediamatic.nl/iktag ) Mediamatic won in the...

  • Hackers Camp Day 4

    Day 2 ended @ 2 in the morning and Day 3@ 3 in the morning, the longest night so far. Will Day 4 beat the record? All projects are progressing and looks like our teams will meet their deadlines. Last...

  • SpinAward 2008 Nomination

    ikTag and Hackers Camp 2008 (Interactive Social RFID Games).

    Mediamatic has been nominated for a SpinAward 2008 in the category Best Innovation, for the IkTag & Interactive Social RFID Games . This means this work is amongst the best interactive work produced...

  • the videobooth tunnel

    Some test done with the video booth tunnel set up, including one-way mirror, camera, laptop, screen, lights, tunnel, curtains.

  • Rhythm of Life

    From the water of life

    Through the combined narratives of traditional Chinese medicine and modern technology, Thought Collider's Aqua Vita-project visualises personal metabolic development and health with the help of their...

  • Hackers Camp Day 5

    Time is running out. There’s some stress in the air and the language is getting slightly heavier. All the projects should be build and running by tomorrow. Participants went home around 2 in the...

  • A community of the dead

    A conversation with Elizabeth Heyert

    Mary Caparitia Bush is ready to go to the party. She is wearing a stunning black sequin dress with a pattern of white leaves. Lace gloves and a pink hat with a flower complement the look. Mary’s hair...

  • Mediamatic Off-Line Vol. 10#3 Arie Altena 1 Jan 2001

    An inescapable sense of confinement

    For a better World is not a pleasant CD-ROM. That is hardly surprising, given its deadly serious theme - that of self-immolation.

  • Hackers Camp Day 2

    Sunny Day 2 started with a meeting exploring potential project ideas. Out of 15 original ideas a bunch seem to be the most promising. The ones that generate the most enthusiasm from team members...

  • De ikTag en andere RFID-tags

    Wat kan je allemaal gebruiken als RFID-tag?

    In de zomer van 2008 introduceerde Mediamatic de karakteristieke roze ikTag, waarmee je in de Mediamatic tentoonstellingen telkens weer iets nieuws kan doen in de ikCam photobooth. Je tag is...

  • spectres?

    Mediated mourning rituals and the cultural acceptance of death

    The following is an excerpt from my MA thesis entitled 'Praise the media!' in which I look at examples of mourning rituals, namely the LCD embedded gravestone, through the looking glass of media...

  • The Deadline Cometh

    Dev Camp Day 5

    The last day has begun and things are starting to heat up. With physical mock-ups of the installations scattered through the space it's time to stop building prototypes and start constructing the...

  • Boy with Toy

    A fascination with technology

    From my early childhood I have been fascinated with technology. When I was only 4 years old, my uncle gave me a "motortje", a little electro engine screwed to a small wooden board with some gears...

  • Workshop: Tanja Baudoin, Michel Langendijk

    Workshop Coffin for your Beloved

    Work together with a contemporary artist

    A coffin with poetic ribbons, graffiti or textile? A robe or something more conceptual? As part of the Ik RIP exhibition on death and self-representation Mediamatic organized workshops for surviving...

  • Memento mori profiel

    Van online profiel naar herdenkingsplek

    Met het maken van een online profiel op Mediamatic.net, Hyves of Facebook proberen veel mensen expressie te geven aan hun individuele identiteit. Er kan allerlei persoonlijke informatie worden...

  • 1 Jan 2004

    Interactive Video at World Wide Video Festival

    Workshop in Amsterdam for European Video Artists from 10 to 14 June

    Five intense days of exploring, discussing and building interactive video projects with international video artists during the World Wide Video Festival in Amsterdam from 10 to 14 June 2004. Get...

  • Hackers Camp Day 3

    Although Day 2 ended @2 in the morning, Day 3 started with a coffee as early as 9:30. All concepts are ready. Basic framework and code are in place. Most of the equipment and material is purchased...

  • Jakob Schillinger 1 Jan 2003

    Streaming

    Korsakow

    By launching www.lovestoryproject.com Florian Thalhofer (inventor of the Korsakow System) introduces a long anticipated feature of the Korsakow System: The author of a Korsakow Project is now able...

  • ...and beyond workshop

    The workshop of fashion designers ...and beyond is aimed at working together on a shroud for the deceased. On this shroud drawings will be applied with stitches, as a final farewell and in memory of...

  • Eko coffin photo report

    How to fold your coffin step by step

    Discover how easy it is to put together a cardboard coffin. The Eko-Ben company from Poland demonstrates their environmentally friendly products. Mediamatic ordered a stack of cardboard coffins with...

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