Ignite Amsterdam 26

12 presentations x 5 minutes

27 mrt 2013

Apps, artists and activism: we explored all corners of everything warm and pleasant this month. Four home cooks were occupying the food court from 19:00 to 20:30. We ate home-made ravioli, Indian soul food, ossobuco and more.

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Meeting people during Ignite #26 - Erik Diekstra

Ignite

Ignite is run by locals, for locals. Fast-paced and merciless, speakers get five minutes to present, making use of twenty slides that auto-advance every fifteen seconds. All presentations are given in English.

Speakers

Douwe Schmidt

Introducing TA3M (Techno-Activism Third Mondays), an informal monthly meetup designed to connect technoactivists, hacktivists and people interested in circumvention, anti-censorship and anti-surveillance tech. That's a mouth full. Douwe of Greenhost on the how and why.

Preview of Douwe's talk on TA3M. Event will take place at Mediamatic Fabriek on March 27th. Door: Max Peeperkorn

Samira Ben Laloua

Extra Extra just might be the most classy and edgy erotic magazine and online radio out there. Find out more from creator and editor-in-chief Samira Ben Laloua.

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Cover of Extra Extra issue 1 - Extra Extra is an erotic magazine and online radio. This picture was taken from their Facebook profile. More information can be found on the Extra Extra website.

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Samira Ben Laloua talking about Extra Extra magazine - during Ignite #26 Erik Diekstra

Jorian Bekker (Strand VJ team)

Strand is Jorian, Ingo, Herman, Jolijn and Jacob. Using old VHS tapes, a circuit-bent NES and custom controllers, their visuals memorialize forgotten technologies while celebrating the power of the digital.

Roel van Summeren: SkinVision

SkinVision is an innovative mobile app that allows you to analyse and track suspicious moles and other skin conditions. A great early detection tool.

Bette Adriaanse

Bette graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Image & Language department) in 2008 and received her MA in Creative Writing from Oxford University. Her work veers between the visual and the textual. She'll tell you more tonight.

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Rus Like Everyone Else - Rus is a novel by Bette Adriaanse. Picture taken from the artist's website.

Yorit Kluitman

From 2011 to 2014 Yorit will cycle through all the municipalities in the Netherlands, and photograph his surroundings from his bike. Find out about his fascination for the graphical, seemingly two-dimensionality of the Dutch landscape that lies between towns.

Preview of Douwe's talk on TA3M. Event will take place at Mediamatic Fabriek on March 27th. Door: Max Peeperkorn

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Great food during Ignite #26 - Erik Diekstra


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favelous restaurant during Ignite Amsterdam 26 - Erik Diekstra


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Visitor of Ignite #26 in favelous restaurant - Erik Diekstra


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Cosy atmosphere in favelous during Ignite #26 - Erik Diekstra


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Shot of Favelous at Ignite Amsterdam #26 - Erik Diekstra


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Visitors of our great favelous restaurant - Erik Diekstra


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have a chat in favelous restaurant - Erik Diekstra

Ruben Jacobs & Tomm Velthuis (Radio Romantiek)

In Radio Romantiek the romantic takes centre stage. Think literature, cande light, port, maroon and hints of gold. Think Alexander Pushkin and Phil Collins making out on a furry rug. And listen to the soothing voices of Ruben and Tomm.

Roel van Summeren will present SkinVision during Ignite Amsterdam 26 at Mediamatic Fabriek on 27 March 2013. Video taken from YouTube. Door: Max Peeperkorn

Edita Karkoschka

Edita is a tightrope-walking musician, or as she would say, a MUSICIAN+. She's in three bands, and passionate about projects such as editing kids' voices into sound installations, directing social art projects, and improvising with dancers.

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Edita Karkoschka singing at Ignite #26 - Erik Diekstra

Jantine Wijnja

Find out more about Handboek Lelystad (Manual for Lelystad), a project in which Jantine asked kids to think about everyday challenges faced by civil servants.

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Spread uit Lelystad Handboek - Een project van Jantine Wijnja. Ontworpen door Roosje Klap. Foto gevonden op Klaps website. Roosje Klap,

Anke van Donkersgoed

Breekjaar is a 10-month program for young adults who are at a loss as to what they're supposed to do with their lives. Organized by 12 professionals from the fields of education and consultancy. Find out more from founder Anke.

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Great food during Ignite #26 - Erik Diekstra

Adriana Bogdanova

Adriana graduated from the Rietveld Academy in 2008. She creates cut-and-paste photographs, often exploring the thin line between the real and the unreal, the natural and the made.

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Ruben Jacobs en Tomm Velthuis @ Ignite Amsterdam 26 - Presenting Radio Romantiek During Ignite Amsterdam at Mediamatic artists, designers and other makers get 5 minutes to present their passions. The next Ignite Amsterdam will be held on April 24. Get your tickets online. 23 november in het van Loon Museum, Ruben Jacobs en sidekick Tjebbe Venema. Foto gevonden op de website van Radio Romantiek.

More information

Pre-sale tickets are €6,- until 14:00 on the day of the event. Then they go up to €8,-. Members pay €1 in the pre-sale and €3,- after. Location: Mediamatic Fabriek, VOC-Kade 10-12, Oostenburg Amsterdam. Doors open at 19:00. Dinner is served until 20:30, then the first speaker kicks off.

You can already become a Mediamatic member for €5,- a month. Kids half price. Members visit our exhibitions for free, and get unusually large discounts on our events. Just because we like seeing you around.

Subbacultcha members get in for free. Use the discount code "subb".



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