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  • Willem Velthoven 1 Jan 2011

    The Porn Rule

    Media advice for repressive regimes

    During the past months we had many discussions about media censorhip and blocking by repressive regimes. It occurred to me that amazingly large parts of the population in their countries know so well...

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  • It is too much. Stop killing and destroying…

    Israel should stop NOW. The international community should stop Israel NOW.

    August 1, 2006. It's three weeks now that the state of Israel is involved in this "war". The Israeli government says they are forced to do this. It is necessary to achieve "security" for their...

  • Fitna the Movie

    We’re tired of waiting. So, let’s do it ourselves! Sorry!

    There is this not-so-intelligent Dutch politician that attracts attention by doing populist provocations. His name is Wilders. Geert Wilders. He is scared of aliens and especially of muslim aliens.

  • Noord is exceptionally normal

    Introduction to Noord

    This is the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands. It is about Amsterdam-Noord. We made this guide during the summer of 2010 with a group of editors and a team of 22 artists from Egypt, the...

  • 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...

  • Fitna

    How to make a Sorry movie.

    1. Get your camera, use your webcam, take you mobile and say: 'I am sorry'. 2. Publish the film on Youtube , and/or on Vimeo , Myspace or any place 3. Call your film Fitna Sorry Geert Wilders 4. Add...

  • Let's all go Dutch

    Eat bacon pancakes with sugar syrup, talk politics at parties and always start your conversations with a question. What does it mean to be Dutch, exactly? Is it possible to become, or stop being...

  • 10 Reasons why I love you.

    How the public is involved in creating our activities and is slowly becoming our colleague.

    A talk at the "Kom je ook?" symposium on web2.0 for culture and heritage. 14 november 2008, Mediamatic at OBA Amsterdam. This is presentation is listing 10+ examples of successful public involvement...

  • “I don’t think the world is waiting for t–shirts…

    Interview with Nadya Peek

    This month at Mediamatic Nadya Peek is heading a series of workshops about wearable technology; technology applied to clothing. Participants will be working on their own garments, to make it beep...

  • Infographics: Are the budget cuts necessary or…

    The Dutch budget for arts & culture institutions is relatively small. The above average cuts will produce below average results.

    In 2011 the budget is € 490 million to support the cultural infrastructure. That sounds like a lot, but it is only a third of what we spend on holidays. It's 1,5% of the annual costs of the State...

  • 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...

  • Shoppen met Mirjam

    Online verkiezing van de mooiste nieuwe aanwinst

    Winnaar pitch tijdens KJO1 - Web 2.0 Het Tropenmuseum wil zijn bezoekers mee laten beslissen over welke nieuwe aankoop de collectie gaat verrijken. Via een internetverkiezing, gekoppeld aan een...

  • Dutch Design Awards

    Infographics campaign against the culture cuts nominated

    Our 2011 campaign against the culture cuts has made it to the Dutch Design Awards finals. Other nominees are amongst others Lernert & Sander and Metahaven. The winners will be announced on October...

  • Thank you

    Everyone who helped put Noord on the map

    Our project team, the artists and designers, sponsors, friends, Noorderlingen and other informers.

  • 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...

  • A home for gnomes

    Pervasive gnoming hits Hacker Camp 2009

    What is it that makes the common garden gnome the stickiest RFID idea of the year? No matter how much hilarity or derision they provoke, the gnomes just won't go home.

  • Stichting DOEN

    Wat doet de DOEN pitch op Kom je ook? en wat heb je er aan?

    Het kunst- en cultuurpubliek verandert. Het publiek voor de traditionele kunst vergrijst en een potentieel nieuw publiek voelt zich niet altijd aangetrokken tot de instellingen die kunst op...

  • Minutes before midnight

    At Social RFID Hacker Camp 2009, Day 5

    Over the past five long days the hackers have clocked up around 75 hours of hacking. With the clock ticking to the midnight deadline how are the teams bearing up, mentally and physically? See how...

  • A Biennale Interview

    The idea of interaction

    Conversation with the curators of the Leeds pavilion

    Jon Wakeman, Karen Watson and Megan Smith explain what they are presenting in the Amsterdam Biennale 2009. The Leeds pavilion “I Am Leeds” opened Saturday 12 December together with Nicosia, Tehran

  • 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.

  • Mediamatic dating

    Mooi en innovatief?

    Tussen alle dating drukte in de media en op internet, kan er op de site van Mediamatic ook gedate worden. Maar wat is de meerwaarde van Mediamatic dating? Hoe speels, mooi en innovatief Mediamatic...

  • You like this! & verantwoordelijkheid.

    Uitting doormiddel van externe middelen & de vervagende grens tussen digitaal en analoog.

    Je moet jezelf onderscheiden van de rest. Op de een of andere manier moet dat. Als westers mens wil je nu eenmaal aan de rest laten zien wat ze aan je hebben. Dat is niet nieuw, dat was altijd al zo.

  • Stage Community-ontwikkeling

    Nieuwe modellen voor inkomen en betrokkenheid in de culturele sector

    Geïnteresseerd in de (veranderende) rol van de burger in de culturele sector? In hoe culturele instellingen door middel van lidmaatschappen hun achterban kunnen ontwikkelen? Huiver jij van het woord...

  • Media make normal people like me ANGRY

    Actually, de Volkskrant had an exellent "comic war" analysis by green left MP Naima Azough. The image was put right above it. In all it's daemonising glory. A shouting islamic man in black religious...

  • Mediamatic Off-Line Vol. 10#3 Mathilde ter Heijne 1 Jan 2001

    A collective Psychosis?

    Interview

    Mathilde ter Heijne interviews German psychoanalyst Gertrud Hardtmann, October 13, 2001

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