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  • Work Dress

    For barter only

    Between an apron and a tool belt, this dress is made for work and can only be obtained by bartering. The Work Dress has been bartered with people in exchange for a website, photo sessions, research...

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  • 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...

  • Mediamatic Fabriek

    Hairdresser

    Swap a haircut

    At the swapping-hairdresser you could get your hair cut once in a while, in exchange for whatever the hairdresser sees fit. Make a deal and get a new coupe. Are you a hairdresser? You were able to...

  • Cincinnati Time Store

    History of swapping

    Offcorse, swapping is a very old habit. But the first (conceptual) swap shop operated from May 18, 1827 until May 1830 and was very successful.

  • Performance:

    Beambtenbar

    Social payment system

    A beambte (Dutch) is an employee serving in a lower civil service position. At the Beambtenbar, simply getting a beer requires an excessive amount of administration and negotiation, almost comparable...

  • Buy Nothing - Swap Clothing

    Sunday, November 25, 14:00 - 17:00

    This weekend honours universal Buy Nothing Day and what better way to celebrate than to fuel a barter system and avoid money all together? Winter is showing its ugly head again and all of us could...

  • STRO

    Social Trade Organisation

    Social TRade Organisation STRO is één van de weinige organisaties ter wereld die alternatieven voor het geldsysteem ontwikkelt.

  • Project: Carolina Caycedo

    Day to Day

    Personalized exchanges

    Artist Carolina Caycedo trades personal possessions and services. She creates art that discusses concepts of boundaries such as those between producers and consumers, professionals and amateurs

  • Pebbles

    Pebbles hier, pebbles daar

    Verhuizen, boeken, kleding, schilderen, speelgoed, postzegels, laminaat leggen, massagecursus, alles samen ruilen.

  • Buy Nothing New

    Buy nothing new en ontdek wat je al hebt

    Een bewustwording van onze bezittingen.

  • Buurtouders Nederland

    platform voor oppas

    Buurtouders Nederland maakt het voor ouders mogelijk om op elkaars kinderen te passen. Het is een praktisch voorbeeld van ruilen in het dagelijks leven.

  • Ruilen Events

    These are our past Ruilen [rœylə(n)] events.

  • Brei, haak en craft helpdesk

    The Knitbitch verleent eerste hulp bij brei- en haak problemen

  • Swop:art

    Achieving zero waste and non-consumption featuring art swop.

  • Project: Caroline Woolard

    Cigarette Barter in WWII Berlin to America

    A selection from the Barter Archive of Caroline Woolard

    Is mutual determination a threat? Barter Archive is an archive of barter imagery, exchanged stories, comic books, economic textbooks, barter manuals, and reciprocity agreements.

  • Swap till you drop

    Physical, Interactive and Online Swapping

    Swap Shops and more

  • Project: Antonio Vega Macotela

    Time Divisa

    Fulfilling wishes of prisoners for their artworks

    Time Divisa (2006-2010) is a project by Mexican artist Antonio Vega Macotela, that explores the possibility of replacing money with a time-sharing system. It consists of 365 individual exchanges with...

  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#3/4 Jürgen Zilla 1 Jan 1994

    The Music T-Shirt

    Mass Phenomenon and Object of Self-Mystification

    This is just the theme for spring and summer. As soon as the thermometer reaches 20, layers of clothing disappear and the t-shirt re-emerges, occasionally a delight for the eye, but more often than...

  • Katja Novitskova 17 Oct 2011

    New Order: a list of Usefull and Useless…

    Links, images, videos and other materials enough to immerse any outsider into energy-based realities of our existence and potential collapse

    This info-matter stream is a collection of things we keep finding online in relation to the main themes of New Order project. Mostly they are about energy, ecology and 'green' economy. Some of it is...

  • Noppes.nl

    Niet voor niks wel voor noppes

    Als grootste ruilnetwerk van Amsterdam een 'collega' van onze swapshop.

  • Reclames, hartstikke overbodig

    Reclames waar zijn ze eigenlijk goed voor? Ze laten je weten wat er waar in de aanbieding is, maar wel met het doel dat je nog wat extra’s koopt in deze winkel. Dit gebeurt vaak doordat je met een...

  • Arabic Basics voor El Hema

    (voorstel)

    Proposal for a mix of Arabic and western clothes for El Hema. If you have recommendations or suggestions for missing items; LET ME KNOW!!

  • 'Truc Troc'

    Moneyless

    Artists and art lovers meeting each other and making interesting swap deals.

  • One red paperclip

    14 successful trades

    A Canadian man who began to swap one paper clip and ended up with a house.

  • Project: Matthijs de Bruijne

    Medium for Exchange

    The project Medium for Exchange by Matthijs de Bruijne started in Copenhagen in the pavilion House in Park. This very beautiful pavilion was made out of aluminum boxes and was located in the Ostre...

created Jolien Ruiter modified Aleksandra Kalashnikova

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