Science and Charity, Barcelone, 1897

Pablo Picasso

Oil on Canvas

Doodskleed

De geschiedenis en de heropleving

Ooit nagedacht over wat je zult dragen als je dood bent? Vroeger was het in ons land gebruik om je doodshemd zelf te maken en te bewaren in je linnenkast, voor je weet maar nooit. Hoewel deze...

Afbeelding:

Girl in a White Kimono

by George Hendrik Breitner

Girl in a White Kimono is an 1894 oil painting by George Hendrik Breitner. The subject of the painting is the sixteen-year-old Geesje Kwak, of whom Breitner made a series of photographs and paintings...
Afbeelding: Mediamatic Biotoop Alice Gimpel

Participant designing their shroud on paper
Afbeelding:

A typical resomation chamber

Bio cremation or resomation is based on a process called alkaline hydrolysis. The corpse is placed in a chamber that is filled with 95% water and 5% alkali that is then heated to around 160°C or 320...
Afbeelding:

Ancient Egyptian mural depicting women smelling…

Mural paintings from the New Kingdom period that are showing how Egyptians are wearing perfume cones on their heads during the feast.
Afbeelding: Mediamatic Biotoop Chiara Barraco

Spectrum Crops

Artist Diana Scherer researches the impact of colour on plant development in her new Spectrum Crops project initiated at Mediamatic.
Afbeelding: Mediamatic Biotoop Anisa Xhomaqi

Hard Water

Zeger Reyers proudly showing up his work Hard Water at Mediamatic. Want to hear him talk about it live? There's monthly meet-ups in which you can aks all your questions to the artist. Check out...

Design by Mediamatic - Powered by Ginger