A/artist Events
We regularly organise roundtable discussions with autistic artists and researchers from our network since 2021. Public events are under planning, please keep an eye on updates in A/artist blog!
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Mediamatic Biotoop Nesie Wang
Looking via the Brain not the Eye
- A/artist Roundtable17apr 2023For the next roundtable on Monday 17 April, Nesie Wang will talk about how autism shapes her thoughts and expressions in her photography practice.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Nesie Wang
Neurodiversity in Art Education
- A/artist Roundtable27mrt 2023For the next roundtable, we will discuss how we can make art institutions more accessible to neurodivergent students. Musician, educator and autism advocate Gerard van Wolferen will share his...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Anna Lina Litz, Nesie Wang
Plants are it!
A/artist roundtable about the Mind Garden project
The Mind Garden project aims to create inclusive garden spaces for storytelling beyond negative labels associated with mental diversity. For this roundtable, we invited three guests to share insights...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Linking Tattooing with Autism
- A/artist Round Table13feb 2023We've found a positive correlation between tattooing and autism and want to deepen our knowledge about it. I'll share my research on the experience of giving and getting a tattoo as an autistic...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens , Anna Lina Litz
(Neuro)diversity and Inclusivity at Miro
- A/artist Round Table with Isabelle Kappetein27feb 2023For this round table, Isabelle Kappetein talked about her work as a Diversity and Inclusivity Specialist at Miro. "Miro empowers remote, in-office, and hybrid teams to communicate and collaborate...
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AI, autism and creativity - does it matter if…
- A/artist roundtable about Lynn’s diagnostic interview with ChatGPT30jan 2023A few months ago, A/artist colleague Lynn Clemens published a blogpost about her experimental diagnostic interview with the AI text generator ChatGPT. She concluded that despite the limitations that...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Marjanne van Helvert on Objectophilia
- A/artist roundtable16jan 2023On Monday 16th of January, the A/artist team will host another round table. On this night, we have the pleasure to host Marjanne van Helvert.
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Text-based art with Arjan van Amsterdam
- A/artist round table28nov 2022Monday the 28th of November at 19:00 Arjan van Amsterdam shares some of his work during the next round table session. He presents a selection of his work in which he explores how the use of text can...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Visual Thinking
- A/artist roundtable and book club31okt 2022On Monday the 31st of October we come together for another dinner and roundtable discussion at Mediamatic. This time, we want to talk about 'Visual Thinking', the new book by well-known autistic...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Anna Lina Litz
Neurodiversity support in art education
- A/artist roundtable with Claudia van den Hoeven17okt 2022For this roundtable, we were joined by Claudia van den Hoeven, who shared her perspective on support for neurodiverse students in art education. Claudia works at the HKU University for the Arts in...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Making art funds more accessible
- A/artist Roundtable3okt 2022On Monday the 3rd of October we come together for another dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, we return to our practical discussion about changes organisations can make to become...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Mind my Mind with Peter Wassink
- A/artist Roundtable19sep 2022Animator Peter Wassink joined us at the A/Artist roundtable to talk about his work on the film Mind my Mind (2019) by director Floor Adams. Mind my Mind delves into the mind of Chris, a man...
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A/artist presentation and discussion Mediamatic Biotoop
Sensing Self through Movement
- With Weimin Zhu, Ludmila Rodrigues and Jenny Konrad5sep 2022Three artists share their perspective on work that involves motion and the mind. With the A/artist program, we're exploring neurodiverse experience in the practice of the arts. We discover the power...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Architectural anxiety with Kristin Maurer
- A/artist roundtable22aug 2022On Monday the 22nd of August we come together for another dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, long-time Mediamatic collaborator Kristin Maurer presents her work on architecture
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Buitenplaats Doornburgh
Excursion: Buitenplaats Doornburgh
- A/artist excursion and guided tour7aug 2022On Sunday the 7th of August, we visited the former monastery Priorij Emmaus near Utrecht, designed by the architect Jan de Jong in the style of the Bossche School. During a guided tour through the...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
NFTs and crypto
- A/artist Roundtable25jul 2022During this A/Artist discussion round, analyst Sven (name changed for privacy) and designer Arjan van Amsterdam gave a presentation about a very timely topic: non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. We...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Autism and monasteries
- A/artist Roundtable11jul 2022On Monday the 11th of July we gathered again for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, the topic of discussion was what we can learn from monasteries as the earliest form of...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Books, balance, and consistency
- A/artist roundtable with Robin Waart29jun 2022On Wednesday the 29th of June we came together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. Robin Waart gave a presentation about his work with the printed medium and the challenges that come...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Street photography with Marna Slappendel
- A/artist Roundtable13jun 2022On Monday the 13th of June we will come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, Amsterdam-based visual artist Marna Slappendel will give a presentation about her work and...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Imagining alternative worlds with Liminal Vision
- A/artist Roundtable30mei 2022On Monday the 30th of May we will again come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, research duo Liminal Vision will talk about their collaborative world-building...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
“Please do no touch...“ with Annelies Wina Doom
- A/artist Roundtable16mei 2022On Monday the 16th of May we will again come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, the artist Annelies Wina Doom will talk about her work 'Please do not touch, even...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Keywords to describe 'autistic art'
- A/artist Roundtable11apr 2022On Monday the 11th of April we will again come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, the topic of discussion is whether we can use a list of criteria to 'diagnose' an...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Processing stimuli through Drawings
- A/artist Roundtable21mrt 2022On Monday the 21 of March we came together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. An artist from our network gave a presentation about her method of creating drawings of her daily running...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Anna Lina Litz
Een gesprek over autisme en fondsen werven
- Hoe kunnen kunstfondsen beter toegankelijk worden voor neurodiverse aanvragers?28feb 2022Op maandag 28 februari kwamen voor het eerst sinds de vorige zomer weer kunstenaars uit het netwerk van Mediamatic samen om te discussiëren over het onderwerp kunst en autisme. De avond begon met een...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Precious Burden
- Presentatie en expositie opening Asefeh Tayebani11dec 2019Asefeh Tayebani geeft een presentatie over haar werk Precious Burden, waarin ze aan de hand van een set objecten een glimp deelt van wat het betekent om autistisch te zijn. Na de presentatie kun je...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
First Autistic Artist Project Meet-up
- Informal round-table discussion19jul 2021The first Monday meet-up was scheduled for the 19th of July, 2021, in the form of an informal round table discussion. This meeting had 7 participants, with 2 researchers (Anna and Sanne), and 3...