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  • Image: Andrei Tchernikov

    Katja Sokolova- a happy gastarbeider in Holland

    on her way to becoming Dutch, weaponed with pumps and a fake Louis Vuitton bag.
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  • Kompromat Blog Katja Sokolova, Andrei Tchernikov

    Raving in Rags

    @ ikikik (me me me!) opening

    "Je kijkt zo zuur naar m'n haute couture" sings a popular Dutch band "Jeugd van Tegenwoordig". Mediamatic and Andrea Crews look down on high fashion too. We're done with Versace and Dolce&Gabbana.

  • 'Het gaat om het gevoel dat je verkoopt'

    Interview met Aynouk Tan, modejournalist en Amsterdamse gids van het Travel project

    Journalist en mode-icoon Aynouk Tan presenteert zaterdag haar eerste geur tijdens de opening van haar Amsterdamse paviljoen op de Amsterdam Biënnale 2009. De show heeft een dubbelzinnig tintje. 'Ik...
  • Gallery Willem Velthoven

    The Cosplay Show Portrait Gallery

    A few of the participants

    15 portraits of dutch cosplayers. For the full set of 50 cosplayers that I portrayed at Animecon 2006, see: this Flickr set .
  • Willem Velthoven 7 Oct 2006

    Je herkent de Battle Royale personages makkelijk…

    Cosplay in Nederland

    Kattenoren zijn een beetje kinderachtig. Veel cosplayers kijken daar meewarig naar. Elfenoren ook trouwens. Te makkelijk, te simpel. Een echte cosplayer maakt zelf een compleet kostuum en fabriceert...

  • El HEMA at Roots Festival

    Inspiration for el HEMA at Roots festival

  • Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS

    AMFI graduate show 2011:::Made in Amsterdam

    Ji Xiao-Wen, Thais Scormin, Judith Buil, Sanne Haselager and Hanneke Luning will be showing you their graduation collection. Xiao-Wen is inspired by historical Dutch dress, while Thais prefers to...
  • Mediamatic Magazine 2#4 Willem Velthoven 1 Jan 1988

    Pump up the Picture

    ...This is a journey into Sound. A journey which along the way will bring you new colour new dimension new value ... ...When all is ready I throw this switch... Bomb that bass I'm Nin' Alou... you...

  • It makes death look okay!

    3D at the Ik R.I.P. opening

    3D paid a visit to the Ik R.I.P. opening. See what he experienced. Review taken from the 3D List: Week # 21 Subscribe for this weekly email service at sos.kunst [at] gmail.com

  • It's not hard to be nice

    20 years Stifo party@De Duif 18 April

    Tonight Kompromat is going to rock out at the 20th anniversary of the Dutch Cultural Broadcasting fund. All producers of cultural vibes- filmmakers, rock stars, artists and wannabes are going to be...

  • Andy Smith

    The face of the AndyFace

    Andy Smith is a Flock / Jaiku / Symbolic Table developer who has an interesting hobby. He calls himself Andy “Bad Motherfucker Smith"
  • Project: Carina van Kraay, Amal Alhaag

    Metro54

    innovative urban arts & culture

    Metro54 organiseert multidisciplinaire events die de nieuwste ontwikkelingen laten zien binnen de muziek, taal, lifestyle en kunst uit de (Europese) stedelijke jongerencultuur. Metro54 gaat...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#3/4 Jürgen Zilla 1 Jan 1994

    The Music T-Shirt

    Mass Phenomenon and Object of Self-Mystification

    This is just the theme for spring and summer. As soon as the thermometer reaches 20, layers of clothing disappear and the t-shirt re-emerges, occasionally a delight for the eye, but more often than...
  • Interactive installation Sean Follmer, Luís Brandão, Fábio da Costa

    Untitled Sock Project 2010

    Dev Camp '10 project

    This installation was built during Dev Camp '10. It is a project that was developed by Pol Pla and Sean Follmer (both hailing from Boston, Massachusetts) in cooperation with the Portuguese duo Luís...

  • Birds, guns and shadows from afterlife

    A visit to the 3rd moscow biennial

    Forget the crisis, the cold and the autumn depression. In Moscow, contemporary art is booming. In the first 2 days, only the main venue of the Moscow biennial had over 10000 visitors. Kompromat was...

  • Arabic Basics voor El Hema

    (voorstel)

    Proposal for a mix of Arabic and western clothes for El Hema. If you have recommendations or suggestions for missing items; LET ME KNOW!!

  • Save Your Pearly White Teeth

    Human Ivory by Lucie Majerus

    Ivory as a material from animal tusks might still be a luxury material. But it’s controversial aspect makes it distasteful and old fashion. Instead of valorising ivory tusks as a prized possession

  • Been there, got the techie T-shirt

    Social RFID Hacker Camp 2009

    Hacker (dress) code update

  • Grow your clothing

    Bio-Couture : bacterial-cellulose textile is the fashion of the future

    What could be a more sustainable way of dressing up than growing your own cloths made from a totally organic material? This is the aim of an interesting experimental project called Bio-Couture...

  • El HEMA in Den Haag

    Nieuwe tijdelijke winkel in het centrum van de stad

    El HEMA, een concept ontwikkeld door Mediamatic Amsterdam in 2007, werd een instant-hit. De El HEMA werd daarna geadopteerd door Kosmopolis. Na Rotterdam bezocht te hebben, is de El HEMA nu te vinden...
  • Paul Groot 1 Jan 2004

    De Morgen

    Lars Eijssen's De Morgen (the Morning) as a variation of Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue's music video.

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Conny Groenewegen

    Fashion Machine Factoids

    Why we have to Cut the Crap

    A million microplastics per washing, 6000 sweaters, and 570 square meters of knitting. The fashion industry is a beautiful but polluting business. Designer Conny Groenewegen sets out to visualize...
  • Kompromat Blog Katja Sokolova

    11 trains, 4 towns and 3 days

    Manifesta 7 Professional preview , July 17-19

    Instead of a political hot spot, the one and only European nomadic biennial takes place in a tourist paradise of Trentino/South Tyrol this time. Many Dutch people went there to escape from the rain...
  • Kompromat blog

    Secret agent Sokolova

    is temporary out of service

    The spy who came in from the cold is going back there. Her government is calling her. She may return soon. Or never. Kompromat is closed for the time being. Tomorrow never dies.

  • Happy beginning

    “I found the gastarbeider of my life! Thank you Mediamatic”

    Without drawing too much attention to it, Mediamatic started beta testing its on line dating service as a companion project to the Gastarbeider Dating series of social sculptures. In a few days

created Katja Sokolova modified Katja Sokolova

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