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...
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Design your own Shroud

26
jan 2020
- with Margherita Soldati

Have you ever thought about what you would wear at your funeral? This fall, we will breathe life into a Dutch tradition with a series of workshops. The workshop invites participants to actively think...

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: Mediamatic Biotoop, Sluisdeurenloods, Mediamatic Biotoop

Public taking in the details of the Resomation…
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...

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