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  • Parks & The City

    Green vitamins for the working class

    The history of parks shows us the social need of green in the city. Is it still necessary to have parks, and who exactly has to fight for their existence?

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  • PARK

    Public space, Urban planning and Citizens' Revolt - Istanbul

    Why people are demonstrating in Istanbul?

  • Penguins in the park

    When a three-part documentary about penguins becomes more interesting than police brutality

    The penguin (sometimes donned with a gas mask) has become one of the many symbols of the Gezi protests. It serves as a metaphor for the anti-media sentiment among the protestors. But it has become...

  • PARK

    A public space

    Our Park project provides an open platform in the spirit of Gezi/Taksim. We come together to be together. We help each other organise events, forums, and actions. Starting Sept 16, we will transform...

  • Ayman Ramadan

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Mirrors and 40 Days : An exploration of a geographical territory as well as of the people which he finds himself living alongside.

  • Gentrification Battlefield

    The non-Noorderner is advancing in Amsterdam-Noord. Ten years ago only the occasional explorer would dare to cross the water, taking a headquarters in an old conquered warehouse on the NDSM-wharf.

  • Silent Investors

    Dear resident of Amsterdam-Noord (From here on to be called ‘silent investor’), I hereby involve you – should you be interested – in the new development of Amsterdam-Noord. From 10 september, I have...

  • Tunc Topcuoglu

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    SUPER HELAL! An online documentary about Doner Kebab.

  • JOZI(JOHANNESBURG )on MY MIND

    KWANYAMA AYIPHELI KUPHELA IZINYO LENDODA-loosely translated 'where meat does not end but man's teeth finish'

    Johannesburg the pot of many cultures. Here we come to seek Gold but nowadays we make Gold wether it be Gold teeth, Gold cultures YOU WILL BE CHANGED BY THE ENERGY OF THIS CITY The heart is still...

  • Electric Bikes 2012

    Desirable pedalassisted bicycles

    I'm not an expert but I am an amateur of fine bikes. 2012 is the year in which the first fine electric bikes are appearing. Originally, they used to be for the elderly, the disabled and the lazy. Now

  • Foundland

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Foundland find themselves inspired by the many fairytale aspects of Noord. Wandering around, they were surprised by the number of garden gnomes, fake frogs, and Indiana Jones style twists and turns...

  • Relationships: Love, prosecution + trust, despair…

    Conference Blogging from Kom Je Ook?

    Yes. I am convinced that more than 300 Dutch cultural professionals will keep their eyes open for new opportunities to communicate with me. At least, that is my aspiration after participating in the...

  • An interview with Kareem Lotfy

    Cairo, the tale of love and hate.

    Over a big plate of sushi, some green tea and lots of wasabi, we discussed Kareem's experience of Amsterdam, living in Cairo and feeling like a tourist.

  • New Moon on Monday

    DNK @ Smart Project Space – 7 april 2008

    It’s a quiet Monday night, a perfect night for the 2 Russian secret agents to go on their first assignment. Tonight our friends from DNK organize their first gig in their new-found home. From...

  • Twiske & de Zaanse Schans

    The second countryside day trip leads to nature reserve Twiske. On this ancient ground present-day activities are being organised: there are trails for horseback riding, biking, roller skating and...

  • Cape Town and other 'African' moments

    Some top 5 lists from someone in the place dubbed as 'The mother windy city'

    These extremely personal perspectives are by no means comprehensive and present only a slice of a multiplicity of slices of a city as diverse as it is fragmented. Cape Town's fraught history is worth...

  • Noord

    Exhibition and travel guide

    Together with 22 local and international artists, Mediamatic mapped Amsterdam-Noord. This resulted in an exhibition, and in the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • “Parallax”, een geheugenspel in de geest van…

    Een Mediamatic- Marienbad performance van Zhana Ivanova

    Een steeds herhaalde vraag…. Parallax, de performance van Zhana Ivanova op de Mediamatic WieSpinoza-manifestatie, is op het eerste gezicht vooral een geheugenspel. Hoofdrolspelers zijn de strak in...

  • Daqui Parece Uma Montanha / The grass is always…

    Austrian, Danish and Portuguese contemporary artists

    Curator: Luísa Santos CAM Gulbenkian, Lisbon - Hall, Level 0, Room A and Room B 5 June to 21 September 2014 http://www.cam.gulbenkian.pt/index.php?article=72669&visual=2&queryParams=orderby |asc

  • Rupert Sheldrake

    And the morphic fields

    After obtaining his PhD, Sheldrake became a fellow of Clare College, working in biochemistry and cell biology with funding from the Royal Society Rosenheim Research Fellowship. He investigated auxin

  • Mediamatic Magazine 3#2 Simon Biggs 1 Jan 1988

    World Wide Video Festival / 3. Videonale

    Recent developments in video had been marked by the fragmentation of the medium - into well defined styles and genres - the volume of production and their generally technically advanced quality. The...

  • 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...

  • Spammers

    How to take them down?

    Typically they introduce themselves as being a female figure looking for a 'friend'. They post the same (google-translated-) text on a bunch of user-profiles. It's not only irritating to users, it...

  • Project

    Shrinking Cities

    Cities are shrinking all over the world!

    Shrinking cities are a cultural challenge to us. In the Shrinking Cities project, architects, academics and artists investigate recent developments in Detroit, Ivanovo, Manchester / Liverpool and...

  • Ganzeer

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Noordelijke Character(istics): A neighborhood is defined by its inhabitants. Ganzeer puts a face to the 'hood.

created Alieke Rademaker modified Alieke Rademaker

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