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  • Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS Willem Velthoven

    No, No, No! Nonono! Clown Re-Torture

    13
    May 2009
    28
    Jun 2009
    - Calling all clowns and torturers

    Mediamatic is inviting makers to recreate Bruce Naumans seminal work Clown Torture (1985) in the Mezzanine space of Mediamatic Bank. Choose your media!
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  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Lynn (she/they) Clemens

    Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind

    7
    Jun 2023
    - Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself

    Have you always been curious about giving yourself a tattoo, but are intimidated to take the first step? Fear not, because we've got you covered! Join our workshop and learn how to give yourself a...

  • The Links between Tattoo Culture and Autism

    Beautiful stimming; the experience of getting a tattoo and giving a tattoo as an autistic person

    Our latest interest within the A/artist Project is researching the link between the tattoo culture and autism. The idea came up when I mentioned in my interview at Mediamatic that I am enthusiastic...

  • Mediamatic Off-Line Vol. 10#3

    For a Better World - winter 2001

    Following on from Cesare Davolio's Annunciation (on the Red Brigade's kidnapping and eventual execution of the Italian politician Aldo Moro), this is the newest contribution to our irregular series...

  • Take a seat and lean in: The poetry of Code Noir

    Reflecting on representation and language with Rachel Rumai Diaz

    Following the end of the Code Noir dinner series, I had a chat with Rachel Rumai Diaz-- the spoken word artist behind the poetry that breathed life into the culinary journey of our latest Neo

  • 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...

  • Mushrooms are taking over the Dutch media

    “Scientists, designers and dreamers are working on a revolution”.

    For the last couple of months Motherboard, the technological arm of Vice have been on board to interview designers, scientists and mycelium experts about their work with fungi. The result is...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Casting Doubt

    15
    May 2015
    31
    Dec 2024
    - by Masha Ru en Jasmin Moeller

    Are you fundamentally lonely? Do you break taboos? Join us and start Casting Doubts (Twijfel Zaaien) in Amsterdam's newest hotspot: Dijkspark. Thirty questions about life and art lead you along the...

  • The artistic/autistic: The work of Bruce Nauman

    Bruce Nauman once famously said: “If I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art.” Living a retreated life on his ranch in New Mexico, Nauman’s work...
  • 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...

  • Jerry Springer: fascinerend of weerzinwekkend?

    Interview met SjocoSjon, bedenker en curator van 'The Great Jerry Springer Rodeo'

    SjocoSjon vertelt over zijn fascinatie voor de schaamteloosheid van Jerry Springer, films van Paul Verhoeven en MTV-clips.

  • 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...
  • Press release

    Hema threatens with legal action

    because of the El Hema exhibition

    EXTRA: Mediamatic will meet with the Hema B.V.'s Director of Marketing on Friday the 27th of July. In a letter postdated the 23rd of July 2007, the Hema has changed their tone of voice ('The Hema...
  • Willem Velthoven 7 Oct 2006

    Je herkent de Battle Royale personages makkelijk…

    Cosplay in Nederland

    Kattenoren zijn een beetje kinderachtig. Veel cosplayers kijken daar meewarig naar. Elfenoren ook trouwens. Te makkelijk, te simpel. Een echte cosplayer maakt zelf een compleet kostuum en fabriceert...

  • QR Code in Ministeck

    Handcrafted QR codes

    Mixing the old with the new, mixing business with pleasure. Making QR Codes in Ministeck is only the first attempt to make these pesky codes physically more attractive.
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Teun Castelein

    Rederij Lampedusa

    11
    Sep 2015
    - Refugee boat in recreational boating

    Amsterdam has a new shipping company; Rederij Lampedusa, located in the harbor of Mediamatic. The shipping company consists of a fleet of two North African boats, which were used by refugees to cross...
  • 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...

  • An interview with Kaweh Modiri

    My Burglar and Me

    As a Rietveld student Kaweh's apartment was burglarized and his most valuable possessions were stolen. After finding out who did it, Kaweh's anger quickly turned into inspiration. He decided to make...

  • Little Dog, Big Bite

    I was walking, stoned, through my favorite park when a little Chihuahua dog started to chase me. It chased me, snarling and yapping, for a couple of blocks as I tried valiantly to resist the urge to...

  • 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...

  • Happy beginning

    “I found the gastarbeider of my life! Thank you Mediamatic”

    Without drawing too much attention to it, Mediamatic started beta testing its on line dating service as a companion project to the Gastarbeider Dating series of social sculptures. In a few days
  • Mediamatic Magazine 3#4 Willem Velthoven 1 Jan 1989

    In Memoriam Videokunst

    An Instructive Exhibition

    Video Art has passed on. It will be laid to rest in the next few months by the Cardinal of the West German faithful, DR. WULF HERZOGENRATH, assisted by that relative novice DR. EDITH DECKER. The...
  • 2006 Mediamatic Foundation Sissel Tolaas

    The Smell of FEAR

    Installation

    Always wanted to know what agony smells like? And how to recognize a flurry of panic? Professional provocateur Sissel Tolaas bottled fear. Scratch 'n sniff!

  • Non - Recommended Blog: Neandernews

    Credit where credit's due. Even when it's a right wing blogger.

    Danish imams lobbyed with spiritual leaders in arabic countries to protest against the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten publishing cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. They used more than the...

  • Het Arabische alfabet

    Alif Baa Taa

    Het Arabische schrift speelt een belangrijke rol in El HEMA, oorspronkelijk bedacht als begeleiding bij "Typographical Matchmaking" een project van de Khatt (spreek uit Gatt) Foundation . De...

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