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  • 373 words to insult a plant

    In conversation with Alaa Abu Asad

    Killing without thought. Just one of the phrases that is used to discuss the Japanese Knotweed. A plant that does not even deserve to be thought about. It only deserves to be killed. Artist...
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  • Blog Leyang Fu

    (Re)naming a Plant – the Magic in a Name

    To many, calling a name equals casting a spell, as names are often assigned with magic or spiritual power. Such belief spreads widely geographically among different tribes. In modern days, we know...

  • Understanding Japanese knotweed

    In conversation with Virgile Durando

    Virgile Durando is a product/material designer and researcher from France. He is our current artist in residency, presently working on collecting and developing knowledge regarding the re
  • Proposal by: Sophia Schullan

    Form Follows Fun

    Project Proposal: Form Follows Fun – Finding Fun In Everyday Life

    ‘Form Follows Fun’ would be a talk hosted in the Mediamatic facilities. Its goal is not only to spread fun and entertainment but more importantly to give others the tools to create fun and...
  • Japanse Duizendknoop Festival '23

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  • Japanse Duizendknoop Festival '23

    Oogst de plant voorzichtig!

    Zo voorkom je onbedoelde verspreiding

    Ontdek hoe je de Japanse duizendknoop kunt gebruiken, of bestrijden. Leer hier hoe je deze eetbare en medicinale plant, die boordevol kwaliteiten en voordelen zit kunt oogsten zonder dat ie wortel...

  • Across the Multiverse

    Chris Martin's poetic way to a neurodiverse future

    Chris Martin is a poet and an educator. What's unique in his practice that resonates with our attention to autistic minds and neurodiversity? 

  • If you can't beat it, eat it!

    What we can learn from the fate of the passenger pigeon

    Flocks clouded the sky and cast a dark shadow over the land, stealing hours of daylight and sometimes days on end. This is not an exaggerated Hitchcock scene from ‘The Birds’ but rather a common...
  • Japanse Duizendknoop Festival '23

    Programma - lief je gast

    Alle  exposities ,  workshops en events die gedurende het festival plaatsvinden.
  • book: Critical Art Ensemble 1 jan 1994

    The Electronic Disturbance

  • Strong like a Weed

    How Pop-Culture Can Teach Us Resilience

    There is an intriguing connection between Jujutsu Kaisen's hero, Itadori Yūji, and the notorious Japanese Knotweed. Discover the hidden meaning behind this name doppelganger!

  • WatSpinoza?

    Publieke discussie in Amsterdam, Kocaeli, online

    WatSpinoza? wakkert de publieke discussie aan door vragen te stellen gebaseerd op Spinoza's gedachtegoed. We formuleerden de vragen met schrijver/filosoof Dirk van Weelden, en plaatsten ze in de...
  • Event: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Kinky Confessions

    12
    sep 2025
    - Yes I have sinned, please forgive me!

    Confessions can be relieving, empowering, and cathartic, even creating a communal moment. Step aside from the constraints and expectations of modern society and join Dante Woods on a path of fetish...
  • Mediamatic Eten Luna Thissen

    The Dog Dinner v0.8

    17
    jan 2023
    - Canine & Homo Sapiens

    Mediamatic has joined forces with academic and artist Eva Meijer to organise a dinner experience for dogs and their human companions. This is a report about our first internal beta test edition that...
  • Festival: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Japanese Knotweed Festival

    Under European regulations, invasive exotic species are allowed to be radically eradicated. The City of Amsterdam, for example, is allocating 8 million euros to aggressively destroy Japanese knotweed.
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  • Proposal by: Leo Kay

    The Acid House Of Ideas

    Project Proposal: Bread, microbial and plant agency, fermentation, human evolution and collective ritual.

    A month-long participatory exhibition centered around the building of a model house of ergot-inoculated rye bread; exploring the recent history of human alienation from the land; the creative...

  • Witness the rapidly growing Japanese Knotweed in…

    The Japanese Knotweed Festival is coming up, and what better way to kick it off than by celebrating our own Japanese knotweed at Mediamatic? In merely 4 weeks, this plant can grow up to 1.5 meters

  • Xenophon: a Multi-species Romance Through Smell

    Research Residency Siobhán McGibbon

    During her time on residency at Mediamatic, McGibbon researched, experimented and developed new skills in storytelling and means of expression through scent. As a world-builder, the artist was...

  • Rooted Reflections

    A conversation with Alaa Abu Asad, Asli Hatipoglu, and Uno Fujisawa

    In their preparation for the 17th edition of the Neo Futurist Dinner “Knots, Weeds & Roots”, I sat down with artists Alaa, Asli, and Uno in order to discuss a bit more about what they have planned...
  • Proposal by: Debra Solomon

    Repair Camp

    Project Proposal: Material Ecofeminism Edition (ME2)

    Part summer camp, re-education camp, and rehab, REPAIR CAMP - MATERIAL ECOFEMINIST EDITION is a 7-day live-in programme for ≤12 participants designed to repair and prepare lives and institutions...
  • Proposal by: Lucia Babina

    Nodes

    Project Proposal: An international mutual aid hospitality network and practice for mid-career artists: menopausal women, queer and more-than-strange humans

    The NODES PROJECT is an artistic output focused network of inhabited homes/live-work spaces providing hosting for artists who, due to the precarious conditions we experience in our careers, require...
  • Proposal by: Natascha Nanji

    Welcome to Studio Swan

    Project proposal: An interpersonal, speculative fiction proposition

    Welcome to Studio Swan is a speculative proposition that asks what conditions would be appropriate for us to temporarily become with plant or animal? And why would this be something desirable or...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#1 Paul Groot 1 jan 1992

    Famous Artists School, Famous Writer Tool

    of:Het verlangen naar een geconfigureerd systeem op de Apple en andere retorische overwegingen

    In Mediamatic 6#1 deed Paul Groot verslag van zijn eerste ervaringen met een Wordprocessor en zijn strijd met de McHugh. Als een vervolg op die eerste indrukken recenseert hij hier MicroSofts Word5...
  • Proposal by: Lianca Van der Merwe

    ASD: Alternative Sensorial Dimensions

    Project Proposal: We don't know as much as we think we do

    We all have blind spots due to our culture, upbringing and even the language we speak. In addition, our brains are unswervingly selective organs that de-emphasise certain stimulus, like the noise...

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