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  • Why Beftival?

    A Conversation with Ine Poppe and Olga Middendorp

    Beftival is coming, and, along with our growing anticipation, we also got curious to know more about the conceptual behind the scenes of it all. What pressing societal issues gave inspiration to this...

  • 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...
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Freestyle Carpenting

    with Niels Albers

    High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...

  • Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit? Blogserie…

    #1 Leren luisteren naar niet-mensen is een politieke aangelegenheid

    In de serie ‘Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit?’ schrijf ik blogs over uitdagende theorieën uit de ecofilosofie. Ik introduceer de ideeën, ter informatie of inspiratie. Daarna zullen er...

  • The Browser Is Dead; Long Live the Browser

    The myth of the graphical browser is that it can be used universally. This browser and no other brings the Web home to you as it's meant to be. But the Web has gotten big and meets a variety of needs...

  • 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...

  • "Resilience, reality and surviving"

    Amir Qudaih about our upcoming exhibition Border Ecologies and the Gaza Strip

    “You don't really have too many people from Gaza outside here because we don't really make it out. Gaza is a very small place, it's literally three miles wide, 17 miles long. You can run it and it's...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Freestyle Carpenting

    5
    Nov 2022
    - with Niels Albers

    High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...

  • Marketing the 'Other'

    'Foreign' as a Selling point

    This blogpost attempts to situate our approach to various cuisines within a broader political context of migration and diversity. How do perceptions of ‘foriegn’ food mirror political discourses...

  • 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...

  • Diversity mission

    As a progressive public cultural institution, we find diversity, in all its facets, essential. We actively strive to raise awareness and implement a more transversal and integrated way of thinking...

  • Sweaters against Putin

    Mediamatic turns down the gas heaters for Ukraine whilst learning how to knit.

    We are dialing down our heating because we don't want to fund the Russian government with our gas money. We will all be wearing sweaters for Ukraine in an attempt to stop our dependency on natural...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Freestyle Carpenting

    27
    Sep 2022
    - with Niels Albers

    High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, 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...

  • Rattle that lock

    Looking at rats from a different point of view

    Rats are everywhere and hard to get rid of. This is probably the main reason for them being unwanted in big cities - and at the same time the best reason to rethink your own perspective: rats are...

  • Stitches, Threads and Needles

    Exploring the edges of contemporary embroidery

    From feminist empowerment and craftivism, to DIY material experimentations, embroidery is crossing boundaries left and right. Our new Radical Embroidery workshop has been inspired by a lot of...
  • Book: Critical Art Ensemble 1 Jan 1994

    The Electronic Disturbance

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Freestyle Carpenting

    8
    Oct 2022
    - with Niels Albers

    High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Het Parfum

    25
    Aug 2018
    - Smell the Future of Amsterdam

    The Navy Terrain opened up after 360 years, which means more space in the centre of Amsterdam. What can we do with this? There are many options, such as: Sports and Relaxation, Fancy Condos, Navy

  • The Sewage System as Political Infrastructure

    What can sewers tell us about the functioning of our modern democracy? About the role of technology and infrastructure in politics? The sewage system isn’t ‘just there’ as a neutral entity; instead

  • He who says Zero he who says One

    Learning-plays by Brecht performed by humans and machine

    My current research at Goldsmiths MA Critical Theory and Practice concerns FLOSS+Art and the epic theatre of Bertolt Brecht that seeks to interrogate political action in a control society.
  • Perfume Niklaus Mettler 20 Aug 2018

    Filtered Beans

    The Scent of Fancy Condos

    The qualities of cafés can tell us about the make-up of a community, a neighborhood’s ethnic composition and about the urban development of a city. Niklaus Mettler extracted the flavors of three...

  • Bis dass der Tod euch scheidet

    Het fatale huwelijk tussen RAF, Bild en BRD

    De West Duitse terroristische groepering Rote Armee Fraktion, actief tussen 1968 en 1993, bestond voor een opvallend groot deel uit jonge vrouwen. Politiek geweld was niet langer het exclusieve...

  • Why Lithuanians don't dance

    and the Austrians don't like prizes

    Awards are never fair. And they are never fun. Except maybe for those who take part and win. And even that not always. However, 5 internationally famous artists on show and 50.000 euros in prize...

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