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  • Image: Raphael Rehbach

    Duintjer CS, former home of Mediamatic

    Mediamatic worked here from june 2008 till june 2013. The offices were on the third floor (Suite 3.10), workshops on the 1st floor and the exhibition space "Mediamatic BANK" was in the...
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  • The dark side of medicine

    Dutch cocaine and opium trade

    A revised narrative in Dutch history?

  • Best of Mediamatic

    Take a look at our favourite projects from the past. Or click here for a  summary of all our projects per year  or   our upcoming events .

  • Spinoza

    Superster uit de gouden eeuw

    Er bestaat slechts één substantie, met één en dezelfde natuur Wie vrij is schrijft zichzelf de wet voor Het doel van de staat is de vrijheid

  • A Deterrence of Sight and Smell

    The gallows field of Amsterdam

    The small headland on the north side of the IJ, opposite the Oosterdok, used to be the location of the gallows field of Amsterdam. Criminals sentenced to death were executed on Dam Square, and as an...

  • Smell of the exotic

    Rare animals in Amsterdam

    The exotic animal trade: one might not think too much of its significance to our ecosystem. Yet, it is very much “alive and kicking” and becoming a real threat in the global world. Recently, the...

  • Balanophagy

    Clean Lab team lives the Balanoculture

    “Balanophagy” comes from ancient Greek and stands for the practice of eating acorns. The Clean Lab Team is working on bringing the forgotten practice back to the table.

  • The Hard Surrender of The Navy Terrain

    As someone who is not born or raised in the Netherlands, I thought the Navy Terrain was just a public park and historic museum at first. Considering the eventful history of the Navy Terrain and what...

  • Pachinko, i.a. Nishijin & Sankyo, from 1980…

    Extremely addictive

    The first Pachinko machines appeared in Japan around 1920 and were initially intended as children's toys. A decade later Pachinko became very popular among grown-ups as well. It's highly...

  • "Eau d'îles de l'Est"

    Base note of water

    This is a first part of a three-part series written by Iris van den Linden and Amber Striekwold. In this series, Iris and Amber fashions a conceptual perfume of Oosterdok. Like every perfume, their...

  • Mediamatic 2016

    So far (summer 2016) we collaborated with 100 national and international artists, designers and scientist and 63 interns to organise 19 workshops, 30 presentations and 4 new exhibitions. Scroll down...
  • Project:

    Verrijkt wandelen

    NS Wandeltochten met mobiel en sociaal internet

    Van een dubbelzijdig A4-tje naar interactieve, mobiele toepassingen met tekst, beeld, geluid en spelelementen voor dan 600.000 gebruikers.

  • Supplying the Dutch Diet Pt. 2

    Bread

    Life near the Port of Amsterdam was not only scented by colonial activities. Afterall, a huge portion of businesses ran by the docks were also to sustain a whole city of people. Having said that, the...

  • Bibliography

    Olfactory History of Oosterdok

    English bibliography ARCAM . "'s Lands Zeemagazijn".  Architectuur Centrum Amsterdam.  Accessed 11 September 2019. < https://www.arcam.nl/en/s-lands-zeemagazijn-scheepvaartmuseum...

  • "Beter geen museum, dan een slecht…

    Erik Schilp over NHM op Kom je ook? #FAIL

    “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Try better.” Met deze quote van Samuel Becket sluit Erik Schilp zijn verhaal af. Vanaf oktober 2008 vormde hij, samen met Valentijn Byvanck

  • Badlands, Atari, 1989

    A post-apocalyptic racing game

    Badlands must be one of the most fun racing games out there. The two steering wheels offer such nice game play that it's hard for anyone not to get swept up in the race. Not only do you race each...

  • Residency: Scent and Protest

    During a residency with Art Olfaction Amsterdam at Mediamatic, Cohene will explore formulas for neutralizers for scent-based crowd control methods such as 'The Skunk’. 
  • Genomineerd voor de DOEN Pitch winand singh

    Indiaspora

    trace back the route of your roots

    De migratie van Indiase loonarbeiders (en hun nageslacht) multimediaal in kaart gebracht. Indiaspora zit op het snijpunt van genealogie, social media en het wiki-model

  • Pelts and skin

    Smelly goods from New Amsterdam

    “If it was the search for a short route to Asia that brought the Dutch to North America, it was the beaver that made them stay” ( NNI, 2019 ). Like most trade network, the North American fur trade...
  • Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Simone van Fulpen 27 Jun 2016

    BEDAZZLE verwart en verblindt

    Camouflage en Razzle Dazzle

    Zondag 3 juli is de opening van BEDAZZLE op het Kunstfort

  • Those who bled for nutmeg

    The narrative contextualized within Banda Island's larger history

  • Aboard a passenger-liner-turned-hospital-ship

    The Oranje

    Smelly business did not remain in the pre-modern era. It is very much a modern phenomenon just as well. One point of interest for us scent-hunters is the MS Oranje. A 20,166-ton ship, in its hay-day...

  • Over Datum Eters

    Portretserie

    Dit is een serie portretten van Over Datum Eetclub bezoekers en hun meegenomen producten. Maak zelf ook foto's van jouw Eetclub en deel ze met ons!

  • Medusae

    Jellyfish, one of the oldest living organism in the world, has existed in the world for at least 500 million years. However, we still know so little about them! This blog is a compilation of the...

  • Jet Rocket, Sega, 1970

    Arcade flight simulator and the gem of our collection

    Jet Rocket, released by SEGA in 1970, is a flight simulator that makes use of visual techniques which were also used for military flight simulators. By playing with a real controller stick in a...

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