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  • Image:

    Skull

    Door Jan Fabre . Keverschildjes, kunststof, vogel, 2010. Afbeelding gevonden op Tropenmuseum website . De cyclus van ‘geboorte – leven – dood – wedergeboorte’ staat centraal in het werk van Jan Fabre.
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  • Death
  • Fine Art
  • 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...
  • Project geselecteerd om te pitchen tijdens Kom je Ook Ida van der Lee

    Allerzielen Alom

    de doden niet verzwijgen maar vieren om wie ze waren en wat ze te vertellen hebben

    De dood is in onze samenleving verweesd geraakt. De verhalen en herinneringenvan de doden gaan verloren omdat in onze cultuur eigentijdse rituelen ontbreken. Met Allerzielen Alom herneemt kunstenaar...

  • 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.

  • Miktor & Molf workshop

    Coffin for your beloved

    Together with the relatives Miktor & Molf work on a coffin that will be a homage to the deceased. As a starting point the family members bring along an archive of images of the loved one.

  • Voorbij de rechthoek

    Beeldend kunstenaar Francesco Angelo Marchi

    Op de onzekere grens tussen beeldhouw- en schilderkunst, maak ik reliëfs van gezaagde en beschilderde houtplaten. Het zijn hybriden die hangen aan de muur als schilderijen, maar daaruit met hun...

  • 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...

  • Zedz workshop

    Coffin for your beloved

    Together with the relatives Zedz designs a coffin that expresses the individuality of the loved one.

  • Etalagemoorden

    Over gladde koppen en het feit dat de guillotine nog in werking lijkt te zijn.

    Mistroostig word ik van de talloze onthoofde paspoppen in mijn blikveld. Ik begrijp het niet, waarom al die doden in etalages? Is DEATH SELLS de nieuwste leus? Sigaretten verkopen beter sinds erop...

  • Birds, guns and shadows from afterlife

    A visit to the 3rd moscow biennial

    Forget the crisis, the cold and the autumn depression. In Moscow, contemporary art is booming. In the first 2 days, only the main venue of the Moscow biennial had over 10000 visitors. Kompromat was...

  • Literally, Renaissance

    Flowers thought long dead can be smelled again, thanks to a collaboration of scientists and artists. But what does this mean for us?

  • Niels 'Shoe' Meulman

    Coffin for your beloved

    In his own calligraffiti-style, Niels 'Shoe' Meulman writes words on the coffin that describe the personality of the deceased. He doesn't work in the format of the workshop, but takes the assignment...
  • Previously on view in the Amsterdam Biennale: Katja Sokolova, Olga Jitlina

    St. Petersburg Pavilion

    Thank Adam

    Open from 5 December 2009 - 3 January 2010 in the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. While visiting Ancient department of the Hermitage, we suddenly noticed that there was some strange energy...

  • Workshop Melanie Bonajo

    Coffin for your beloved

    For Melanie Bonajo designing the coffin is a communal process with much room for rituals and stories about the deceased.

  • Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS

    Exhibition space 2008 - 2011

    Mediamatic is an Art Centre based in Amsterdam. From July 2008 till 2011 our exhibition space, Mediamatic Bank, has been situated at Vijzelstraat 68 in Amsterdam. Here we put on events, exhibitions

  • Allerzielen Alom

    kunst tot herdenken

    Vieren van het geleefde leven Vroeg of laat krijgt iedereen te maken met het mysterie van de dood. Wanneer iemand doodgaat van wie we houden, is er eerst vooral rouw. Pas later beseffen we dat we...

  • 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...

  • ...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...

  • 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...

  • Edwin Oudshoorn workshop

    Coffin for your beloved

    Edwin Oudshoorn works on a coffin that is covered with multiple fabrics that each signify a memory of the loved one.

  • Nan is Dood

    Nan Hoover is op 9 juni 2008 in Berlijn overleden. Ze was ziek. We zullen haar missen. Als kunstenaar. Als mentor. Als vriend.

  • The Travelers by Elizabeth Heyert

    The fotoseries The Travelers by Elizabeth Heyert consists of portraits taken after death in Harlem New York. Photographed against a black background, using the techniques of making formal portraits...

  • Why Lithuanians don't dance

    and the Austrians don't like prizes

    Awards are never fair. And they are never fun. Except maybe for those who take part and win. And even that not always. However, 5 internationally famous artists on show and 50.000 euros in prize...

  • 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...

  • 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...

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