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  • Image: Mediamatic Biotoop Willem Velthoven

    Portrait of Rachel Rumai Diaz and Lelani Lewis

    Working together on the Code Noir project for Mediamatic Neo Futurist Dinner   photo by Willem Velthoven
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  • The Code Noir: A brief, yet powerful history

    Winston Churchill famously said that “those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Our upcoming NeoFuturist Dinner touches on the importance of learning from our collective...

  • The culinary journey of Code Noir

    Told by Lelani Lewis

    “Code Noir”  is a project that guides its audience along the culinary journey of the cultivation of Caribbean cuisine. The namesake of the immersive dinner is the 17th century manuscript defining the...

  • A look at the history of Caribbean cuisine

    A blog for Code Noir

    Whether culture, tradition or simple sustenance, food is a central part of human life. It also carries great symbolic value. To share a meal goes beyond the food itself; it extends to an experience...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Code Noir: Workshop

    with Lelani Lewis

  • Indigenous Period

    Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz

    My land welcomes you. The mountains told us you were coming. The trees whispered you were close. It was written in the smoke. We have been expecting you. There are no maps to lead you to what you...

  • 10 Reasons why I love you.

    How the public is involved in creating our activities and is slowly becoming our colleague.

    A talk at the "Kom je ook?" symposium on web2.0 for culture and heritage. 14 november 2008, Mediamatic at OBA Amsterdam. This is presentation is listing 10+ examples of successful public involvement...

  • 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
  • Mediamatic Biotoop, Mediamatic Eten, Dijkspark Naomi Tidball

    Food is both fuel and identity

    A blog for Code Noir

    In light of our upcoming Code Noir event, it is important to reflect on globalisation's ability to reshape food. It offers a diversity within gastronomy, and it allows for a wider availability of...
  • Venue Mediamatic Biotoop

    Weddings

    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...

  • Asian Period

    Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz

    Double the dough to hold the door to travel from India to Trinidad and Tobago. I can take a trip anytime because home is wherever Curry Channa and Tamarind Sauce coat my fingers. I know I have...

  • European Period

    Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz

    Here lies the fruit of my invaded womb. This is what is left of me. There are pieces of my body scattered around looking for its way back to a home that no longer exists. Home is now wherever you...

  • African Period

    Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz

    I come from far far away I come from conquered soil and enchanted tongues I want to tell you where I’m from But I’m not sure my body remembers I am all the lost girls searching for their bodies to...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop, Mediamatic Eten Naomi Tidball

    Skin Hunger

    Looking into the artistic imagination of our upcoming event

    In our current health-crisis, the feeling of loneliness, or the lack of physical contact can be pressing. The term 'Skin Hunger,' derives from our necessity for physical touch. We compare this need...

  • Een sterke culturele basisinfrastructuur

    Felicitaties aan nieuwe instellingen

    Op 4 juni 2020 presenteerde de Raad voor Cultuur aan minister Van Engelshoven zijn advies over de Basisinfrastructuur (BIS) 2021-2024. Met dit advies geeft de Raad de culturele sector een enorme...

  • Best of Mediamatic

    Here you can find an overview of our favorite projects made in 2020. Click here for a  summary of all our projects per year  or  our upcoming events . 
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#3/4 Geert-Jan Strengholt 1 Jan 1994

    The End of Advertising ? 1

    A round table discussion

    Point of departure for this issue of Mediamatic and the following discussion, is the preposition that advertising was one of the big arts of the 20th century. But will advertising make it into the...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Laura Ximena Triana

    The cultural influence of Tobacco

    This is a part our Olfactory History of Oosterdok

    Discover the transition of Tobacco from a cultural/historical perspective. 
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    What is a Neo Futurist Dinner?

    Neo Futurist Dinner is a programme line at Mediamatic where the world of food, art and science are brought together. During these gastronomical experiences, you will be engulfed in a multi-sensory...

  • Mediamatic Magazine 8#2/3

    spring 1995

    Home Issue: Home @ Last This issue contains a collection of strange pictures: visualisations of spaces in MediaMOO.
  • Venue Mediamatic Biotoop

    Funeral Service

    a special space for a final goodbye

    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...

  • Mapping for Tourists

    MFT resulted in Noord, an exhibition and travel guide

    Noord is the result of a project initiated by Nat Muller and Mediamatic: Mapping for Tourists. 22 artists were invited to map Amsterdam-Noord, pars pro toto for The Netherlands. The artists lived and...
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    ANP Historisch Platform 3.0

    verbindt foto's en verhalen

    Winnaar DOEN pitch Kom je ook? 1 Web 2.0 in 2008, kreeg subsidie van Stichting DOEN Het ANP Historisch Platform wordt een virtuele omgeving waar beeldverhalen ontstaan over het verleden. Het ANP...

  • Wat als Facebook je in de steek laat?

    Te veel vertrouwen in externe sociale netwerken kan schadelijk zijn. Tenzij je je vrienden ‘terugsteelt’.

    Deze week publiceerde Chris Leydon, een videomaker uit Londen, over het verlies van zijn Facebook–account . Hij weet nog steeds niet waarom het gebeurde maar zijn sociale leven en communicatie werden...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#3/4 Geert-Jan Strengholt 1 Jan 1994

    The End of Advertising? 2

    A round table discussion

    The New Social Environment WV: If you look at the way the new technologies evolve... they are moving in the direction of the social networks. I'm an almost daily user of a bbs, where people...

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