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  •  Nature Morte
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  • Death

  • Overview of Nature Morte events

  • Book: Chuck Palahniuk

    Survivor

    by Chuck Palahniuk

    Survivor is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, first published in February 1999.

  • 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...

  • Shroud

    History and the revival

    Ever thought about what you'll wear when you're dead? In the past it was customary in our country to make your own death shroud and keep it in your linen closet because you never know. Although this...
  • Bis Repetita Placent Raymond Depardon

    BON BON Jeun L'Çonte 2009

    ".....Pardon......Man Bijte Konte......a oui biensur........" heureusement nouveau la fesse l'an de Vision ( Man bites buttock New Year) de RAYMOND MIRRER et RAYMOND DEPARDON

    Une petit persiflage de MAN BIJT KONT de NCRV television Neerlandais/ The Dutch television program Man Bijt Hond sounds like and looks like MAN BITES BUTTOCK/ So a Hommage to Raymond Depardons...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

    Resomating a Musk Rat

    What happens to our bodies after death? When choosing Resomation as a burial method, the answer is just as fascinating as it might give you the shivers. With resomation, the human body is dissolved...
  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Ashes to Ashes

    Part 1

    For many, the idea of returning our bodies to the earth is a sacred and appealing concept. Those of us with a special bond to a particular patch of earth have found ways of making this return even...
  • Book: James M. Barrie

    Peter Pan and Wendy

    Peter Pan or the Boy who wouldn't grow up

    Peter Pan and Wendy is James M. Barrie’s most famous work, first a play in 1904 and then turned into a novel in 1911.

  • Dood

    Program overview

    An interactive exploration of your identity and expression in relation to death. From abstract death portraits to death masks, from beauty to love, from guts to gills: this year our Museumnacht will...

  • Nadine Jarvis: Challenging Post Mortem Traditions

    Designer Nadine Jarvis has produced some very thought provoking art work using cremated remains. But before you say, "Oh, I've seen those paintings and glass sculptures with the ashes mixed in"...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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.
  • Book: Jonathan Safran Foer

    Extreem luid en ongelooflijk dichtbij

    Een zoektocht naar antwoorden

    Oskar Schell heeft zijn vader verloren bij de aanslagen op het WTC in New York. Hij probeert betekenis te geven aan de dood van zijn vader.

  • Gypsy Graves

    Gypsy graves have a life of their own in Portland, Oregon

    In Portland Oregon's beautiful Rose City Cemetery, there is a section of Gypsy graves. The monuments on these graves are interesting enough during most of the year because of the photographs of men...

  • 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.

  • Moulds growing on fashion

    In 1997 Belgium fashion designer Martin Margiela produced his first solo exhibition, 9/4/1615 at the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum of Rotterdam. In collaboration with a microbiologist, Margiela...

  • Eko coffin photo report

    How to fold your coffin step by step

    Discover how easy it is to put together a cardboard coffin. The Eko-Ben company from Poland demonstrates their environmentally friendly products. Mediamatic ordered a stack of cardboard coffins with...

  • 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...

  • How to Deal with Death Online

    Death on the internet

    Although most social network sites and online games today enforce extensive regulations on their members, one issue is continuously overlooked or ignored: what happens to a profile or an avatar when...

  • 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...

  • Fungal Disease

    New tank proves too cold for our African Catfish

    The fish that have been placed in the greenhouse with the last workshop unfortunately all died of a fungal disease. Last wednesday 28th may the first fish got sick and showed some cottony-white...

created Alice Gimpel modified Anne Lakeman

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