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  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Space for a final goodbye

    (un)conventional rite

    All forms of life are given a place at Mediamatic. Death is inherently linked with the cycle of life. Just as nature provides room for death, so do we. We offer the opportunity to bid your deceased...
  • Sustainability
  • Death
  • Community
  • Communication
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    A place for happiness

    Getting married in your own way

    Weddings are times of joy and happiness. There is no better way to start a life together than at Mediamatic, where creativity and uniqueness are put on a pedestal. Our venue offers a beautiful...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Venue Overview

    Mediamatic Biotoop offers various inspiring spaces to rent, each with their own characteristics and capacities. Our location is  directly on the waterfront and offers a great panoramic city view. We...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Giulia Soldati, Tommaso Buresti, Willem Velthoven

    Dinner concept testing Serres Séparées

    Second test of our new dinner concept

    We are almost there! What is better than to play dress-up again! Better days are insight, we are preparing ourselves to serve again. We will open our restaurant after two months of renovation to you...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Design your own Shroud

    13
    Mar 2022
    - with Susanne Duijvestein

    Ever thought about what you will wear when you're dead? In the past it was customary in the Netherlands to make your own death shroud and keep it in your linen closet because you never know. Although...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Ticket Terms & Conditions

    You have bought a ticket to one of our events, dinners or workshops. It is unlikely, but possible, that sometimes things don't go as planned. What do we do in these cases?

  • Death of the Author, Survival of the Avatar

    Can the dead still be involved in social networking?

    There are a lot of websites that revolve around remembering the dead. For instance, Tributes is a site where you can search obituaries and make a tribute to your lost loved one; they say '60-seconds...

  • Nature Morte

    Death, Design and Sustainability

    We explore new approaches and designs for our own inevitable death with progressive funeral director Susanne Duijvestein. Lectures and workshops about architecture, rituals, life stories and the...

  • 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 Biotoop Dijkspark Nehis Osagie

    Ins & Outs / Do's & Dont's

    We are building a Pigeon Tower #1

    In this blog series we will share the findings we have discovered after every workshop. There will be many questions found here regarding the process of building the tower both from us and those who...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Design your own Shroud

    with Susanne Duivensteijn

    Have you ever thought about what you want to be wearing when you die? In this workshop we will breathe new life into an old Dutch tradition. You will be guided in the process of making your own...
  • 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Bon. now with 15% discount

    The whole month of December

    Treat your friend or loved one to a Mediamatic gift card and let them choose what they want to spend it on: educational workshops, lectures or a plant-based lunch in our restaurant.  CLICK HERE to...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Bon.

    Mediamatic gift card

    Treat your friend or loved one to a Mediamatic gift card and let them choose what they want to spend it on: educational workshops, lectures or a plant-based dinner in our Serres Séparées. * Buy your...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Magdalena Thur

    The Resomation of Fungal tissue

    Could fungi provide the future fabric for death shrouds?

    Mediamatic's search for vegan fabric that could be used in Resomation, an environmentally friendly alternative burial method, led to testing fungal material.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Dijkspark Lisa Witte

    Twijfel Zaaien zichtbaar maken

    De eerste stappen naar een betere communicatie op locatie

    Wat zien voorbijgangers als ze langs Twijfel Zaaien lopen? Valt het project hen op, begrijpen ze het en zouden ze eraan mee willen doen? Het zal niet gebeuren als Mediamatic niet goed over het...
  • Book: Chuck Palahniuk

    Survivor

    by Chuck Palahniuk

    Survivor is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, first published in February 1999.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Susanne Duijvestein

    From Pest to Soil

    Humusating a Muskrat

    Maybe you have heard about the Muskrat, an ‘invasive exotic’ that likes to chomp on 'our' Dutch dykes. It was on the 22nd of May that one found their final resting place in one of the grow beds at...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Mediamatic in twenty-six words

    21
    Mar 2019

    Information Mediamatic in keywords Open 24/7 Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijkspark 6, Amsterdam The mural is located on the windows of the Sluisdeurenloods, right next to the bridge connecting to the...
  • A Biennale Interview

    The idea of interaction

    Conversation with the curators of the Leeds pavilion

    Jon Wakeman, Karen Watson and Megan Smith explain what they are presenting in the Amsterdam Biennale 2009. The Leeds pavilion “I Am Leeds” opened Saturday 12 December together with Nicosia, Tehran
  • 1 Jan 1997

    Community with an Object

    Developing Business in Developing countries

    Mediamatic Lab built a cool web 2.0 community network for Dutch Development Aid organisation NCDO. BiD Network uses semantic web, FOAF and tagging to help entrepreneurs in developing countries build...

  • WatSpinoza? op het Damrak

    Wat is er mis met gevangenisstraf voor het gooien van kauwgom op straat?

    Op 7 mei 2009 werd de eerste WatSpinoza? vraag aan het Amsterdamse publiek gesteld. Aan het Damrak, vlak voor het Centraal Station, worden voorbijgangers gevraagd: 'Wat is er mis met gevangenisstraf...
  • Vacature Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Programma & Productie-coördinator

    Mediamatic organiseert een breed publieksprogramma met tentoonstellingen, evenementen en workshops op het snijvlak van kunst, ontwerp, duurzaamheid en biologie en neurodiversteit. We zijn op zoek...

  • Hearing (our) History - Writing the Future

    Sound Art installation inviting listeners/audience to reflect on how we turn our lived and heard experience into documentation: writing, sharing, translating into language.

    Set-Up: A quadraphonic sound installation system will be set up in Mediamatic and will play the sound piece Phonemic Resistance as well as excerpts from interviews made at the Dutch Support for...

  • Funeral Rites in Chinatown

    "The clear, melodic notes of a brass band marching along Chinatown's Stockton Avenue catch the attention of an Asian woman picking over produce at a sidewalk vegetable stand. As the band turns the...

created Margot Holtman modified Julia van der Veen

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