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  • Nose Nostalgia

    The Science Behind Fragrant Flashbacks

    Why does the scent of freshly cut grass spark vivid images of childhood memories on your elementary school yard? Why does a whiff of the perfume of a woman in passing transports you briefly into the...

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  • Subliminal Scents

    There is a reason your favourite store smells like it does

    Ever left a supermarket with a loaf of bread you didn't need? Because it smelled so great you just had to get a fresh baguette? It is a sign of a magical sales tool: sensory marketing.

  • LongingForSight

    a work of variant degrees

    concept- Avi pitchon- In a tradition of postmodern critique and in inspiration from Jacques Lacan, we ask what is it that the seen is hiding, and what blindspots are created, intentionally or...

  • And so the story begins...

    Overview of my first activities for the dating project

    This article is the first part of the dating chronicles, where I report the findings of my research on Mediamatics dating site. It describes the first events and work that I have done for it.

  • Smells like ... Microbes?

    Your perfume may soon be produced by bacteria

    The traditional perfume industry is strongly linked to the availability of specific odorants. As their harvest is depending on weather conditions and is therefore uncertain, scientists came up with a...

  • The Psychology of Smell: RESULTS

    Findings of Prof. Dr. E.P. Köster

    Results of the experiment on the memory of incidentally learned odours presented in two artistic vessels at the beginning of the Odorama talk May 12th, 2016.

  • The birth of Mediamatic Magazine

    An interview with Willem Velthoven and Jans Possel.

    To get a feel of Mediamatic Magazine and how it all started, we asked Jans Possel and Willem Velthoven some questions about the beginning of Mediamatic Magazine and the changes it went trough all the...

  • Dementia...its a bit of a bugger!

    Dementia will be an inevitable part of old age for many of us.

    Expressions of angst surrounding old age dementia seem to be based on the premise that to lose some bodily functions will never be so bad, so devastating as to lose one's mind. Watching my fathers...

  • Zanussi Ping-o Tronic, 1975

    Game: Pong

    The original Pong (Atari) consisted of a black and white television set and the coin system from a coin operated washer. The coins were collected in a milk carton that had been cut open. It was an...

  • Working at Mediamatic

    My first week

    Me Describing my first week working at Mediamatic.

  • Atari Jaguar, 1993

    Game: DOOM

    The Jaguar is a 64-bit video game console, released in 1993 by Atari. Although it wasn't a big success (only 80 games were released for this little machine), it's important in that it was Atari's...

  • Sega Master System, 1986

    Game: Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker

    The Sega Master System (SMS) is an 8-bit video game console released by Sega. Worldwide thirteen million copies of this machine have been sold. It's based on the SG-1000 Mark III (1985). The SMS...

  • (Artists) Talking Back To The Media

    Back in time to the first year of Mediamatic Magazine

    1985 was an important year for Mediamatic Magazine as for Dutch new media art in Amsterdam.

  • Verzet sloop Ringersfabriek groeit

    Behoud van de Ringersfabriek is volgens de Historische Vereniging Alkmaar (HVA) van essentieel belang om het stadsgezicht aantrekkelijker te maken en het gebied aan de andere kant van het kanaal...

  • DOEN Pitch van ANP Historisch Archief

    Voorstel voor een community als plek waar jong en oud samen een stuk geschiedenis van Nederland in beeld brengen!

  • SNK Neo Geo, 1990

    Game: Baseball Stars Professional

    The Neo Geo was a video arcade machine and 16-bit video game console released by the Japanese company SNK. When it first hit the American market it was priced at a staggering $649.99. Proud owners...

  • Sega Mega Drive, 1988

    Game: Sonic the Hedgehog

    The Sega Mega Drive is a fourth-generation video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988. It wasn't until the Mega Drive was released in the US (1989) under the name Genesis that sales really...

  • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), 1983

    Game: Super Mario Bros.

    The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit video game console. It was released in North America, Europe and Australia in 1984.

  • Bewijs

    Pic because it happened

    My resistance; this piece is about was against homophobia and agression. I stepped in a quarrel between phobic guys and a gay neighbour. This was the result: concussion and a blue face for two months.

  • A must-smell exhibition at VU

    Aromatic Art (Re-)constructed: In Search of Lost Scents

    Co-curated by the mind behind our Odorama series, Caro Verbeek, the exhibition entitled Aromatic Art (Re-)constructed: In Search of Lost Scents on view in the main building of VU is an extensive...

  • Redolent of the Past

    Smell, Memory and Affect

    The viscerality and embodiedness of olfactory experience are unrivaled by other senses. We introduce to you the role of smell in the formation and recall of memories and its affective powers in our...

  • Amiga CD32, 1993

    Game: Lemmings

    The Amiga CD32 was the first 32-bit CD-ROM based video game console. It was released by Commodore. Despite being a very powerful machine, way ahead of its time, the CD32 was never a big success. Some...

  • (IN)VISIBLE. Learning to Act in the Metaverse

    Sonvilla-Weiss Stefan (IN)VISIBLE – Learning to Act in the Metaverse Publisher: Springer Wien/New York About this book: Now that humans seem to have arrived at the end of their campaigns of discovery

  • Psilocybe cubensis

    The magic mushroom

    Psilocybe cubensis is a species of psychedelic mushroom whose principal active compounds are psilocybin and psilocin . Commonly called shrooms, magic mushrooms, golden tops, cubes, or gold caps, it...

  • Game over and over and over and over and (over de…

    (and over) Empathie

    Ik deed mijn handschoenen aan, links gevolgd door rechts. Ondertussen beet ik op mijn lippen, die droog waren van de kou. Ik stond even stil om te kijken hoe laat het was. Een vrouw met kort zwart...

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