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Blaine Cook
Opening myself to the gentle indifference of the world
A craftsman of fine softwares by trade, currently living in San Francisco, California. He currently works on Odeo and Twitter. And on Jabber::Simple, FakeWeb and other projects.
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David Recordon
Hacker. Scuba Diver. Entrepreneur.
David works for Six Apart (Live Journal, Type pad, Movable Type) as Open Platform Tech lead.
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Willem Velthoven
In Heaven, there is no Information.
I'm a designer, learner and cultural enterpreneur. Director of Mediamatic Amsterdam. I'm an award winning designer and co-founded Mediamatic in 1983. I am autistic and identify as male.
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Klaas Kuitenbrouwer
probability wave
I teach, write and lecture on different aspects of interactive media and various crossroads of culture and technology. I play improvised music and develop sonic games in OORBEEK. Since 2009 I...
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Florian Thalhofer
Motorbike test rider since 2004. www.thalhofer.com
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Jakob Schillinger
Jakob Schillinger, artist and curator, has been working for the Vera List Center for Art an Politics and The Museum of Modern Art in New York. He is currently a fellow at the Independent Study...
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Alexander Galloway
Alexander R. Galloway is an author and programmer. He is a founding member of the software collective RSG and creator of the data surveillance engine Carnivore.
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Guy Debord
1931-1994
Franse situationist, filosoof, filmmaker, schrijver en cultfiguur
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Arie Altena
???^%–––!!!
"What do you do?" "Euh... I live, I read, I write..." "..." "I write about, well, art and new media and technology and how technology and culture are affecting each other – that's an interest that...
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Timo Dan Arnall
Designer, researcher
Timo Arnall is a designer working with interactive products and media. Timo leads an international research project on mobile technology, collaborates on interaction design work and lectures in...
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Nayla Chebli
Nayla Chebli (LB/NL) was born and raised in Lebanon until she was 17 years old. In 1990 she immigrated with her family to Canada, where she completed her university degree at McGill University in...
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Arjan El Fassed
co-founder The Electronic Intifada
Arjan El Fassed (PS/NL) is co-founder of the online publication The Electronic Intifada (EI), the leading Palestinian portal for information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its depiction...
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Abdelkader Benali
Abdelkader Benali (MA/NL) (1975) was born in Ighazzazen, Morocco, and has lived in The Netherlands since 1979.
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Nat Muller
Between the idea/And the reality/Between the motion/And the Act/Falls the Shadow
Is an independent curator and critic based in Rotterdam. She has held positions as project curator at V2_, Institute for Unstable Media (Rotterdam) and De Balie, Centre for Culture and Politics...
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Julian Oliver
Julian Oliver is a New Zealand born artist, free software developer, teacher and occasional writer based in Madrid, Spain.
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Michel Yammine
Michel Yammine (LB/NL) was born in Beirut and came to the Netherlands in 2004.
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Nedim Kufi
new media, 3d projects, movie maker, graphic designer and painter
Pain from painting From Need to the Painting
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Cecile Landman
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Saleh Hassan Faris
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Federico Bonelli
Philosopher
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Martin Butler
Interdisciplinary artist and stage director
Martin Butler is an interdisciplinary artist, and stage director. He was trained in Drama at Manchester University UK, and then later choreography and performance at the SNDO, in Amsterdam, in the...
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Noah Valentyn
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Marjolein Vogels
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Helga Wretman
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Aimar Pérez Galí
Movement Player
Movement player: interested in games, pedagogy, transfer of knowledge & information, relationality, happiness, sharing networks and spreading love as a weapon against consumerism, hate-based...
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Casey Reas
Processing...
Casey Reas and Ben Fry initiated Processing.org in 2001. Processing is an open source programming language and environment for creating images, animation, and interaction. In September 2007, they...
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Karsten Schmidt
Karsten Schmidt is a software developer, computational designer and artist, he also works as a researcher at MovingBrands. He develops custom tools for exploring new ways of design in it's various...
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Aaron Koblin
Aaron Koblin received his MFA from the Department of Design|Media Arts at UCLA and his BA in Electronic Art at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Utilizing a background in the computer game...
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Hicham Khalidi
Hicham Khalidi is an artistic entrepreneur and curator of contemporary art and music.
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Jans Possel
founder / director
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Paul Keller
Paul Keller is director of Kennisland, an Amsterdam-based think tank focussing on new forms of innovation for a more open and inclusive society. Paul works with governments, cultural heritage...
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Tarek Atoui
Electro-acoustic musician and artist
Tarek Atoui was born in Lebanon in 1980 and moved to Paris in 1998 where he studied contemporary and electronic music at the French National Conservatory of Reims. He worked in the Netherlands as co
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Mounira Al Solh
Mounira's work, included in the New Museum Triennial 'The Ungovernables', deals with socio-political and cultural aspects of the lives of Lebanese immigrants. She works from Beirut and Amsterdam.
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Organization:
pal west
Modemerk door en voor jongeren
zie ook www.paulwest.nl/
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Huda Smitshuijzen Abifares
Typographer, graphic designer, researcher and writer.
Working with whatever means and talent I have to make design a meaningful and positive part of people's lives (specially in the Arab world).
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Tarek Atrissi
www.atrissi.com
Founder and principal of Tarek Atrissi Design (www.atrissi.com)- Multidisciplinary design studio based in Hilversum, The Netherlands.
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Maaike Gottschal
Hello, I'm an independent art and design producer and the coördinator of Rotterdam Artist in Residence. As cultural producer I was involved in Mediamatic's EL HEMA and the sneaker workshops for kids...
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Kristin Maurer
What do I do?
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Abrar Al-Musallam
Im a student at the American University in Dubai, and I will be doing my internship at Mediamatic this summer, working on El Hema project.
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Najah Aouaki
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Bernardo Gaeiras
designer, ex-FabLab Project Assistant
Designer, products industrial objects interiors systems stuff From Oct till March 2008 was the FabLab@Mediamatic Project Technician. Graduated from Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam in 2006 at the...
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Dorinde de Tempe
I'm fascinated by identity and prejudice, which once made me choose for Middle East studies, and which provides me my theoretical framework. In my art work everything comes together again. Who are...
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Dawn Hourigon
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Azmi Latif
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Sana el G
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Maria Hakim
graphic designer
I am in Amsterdam to work on the El Hema project. I am a student Graphic Design in Beirut, Lebanon
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Raya Tueny
Storytelling for brands: graphic design and narrative environment. Founder of Made for Beirut
I am in Amsterdam to work on the El Hema project. I am a student graphic design in Beirut, Lebanon
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Zelda Beauchampet
Product and jewelry design
Regenboerka, een praktische toepassing van de boerka voor het Hollandse klimaat.
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Marieke Bijster
photography/film
Independent creative adviser and producer in photography and visual communication. Always looking for new projects!
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Pascal Zoghbi
Type Designer and Typographer
Pascal Zoghbi Biography: When setting up to establish 29Letters type foundry in 2013, Lebanese designer and educator Pascal Zoghbi aspired to explore the diversity and potential of the Arabic script.
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Annelies de Bruine
www.lookaround.be/elhema
My drive is fuelled by progress and innovation. I enjoy being part of a creative team developing new technologies. I am a global citizen and I care about the world around me.
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JoAnn DeLuna
Journalist
I'm a freelance journalist from the U.S. I'm writing articles regarding the process of getting the El Hema exhibition completed in Amsterdam.
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Minke Kampman
korte inleiding,
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Etty Elbaz Griffioen
Artist, live & work in Amsterdam.
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dawn hourigan
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Marukh Bibi Ahmad Sadiq
KiranArt.nl
That's me!
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Anny Sheikh
I feel very much involved when it comes to social and actively engages in several projects! Last year several Fashion projects has come to my attention, so the fashionline of el Hema is another...
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max kisman
Word and Image
Max Kisman (NL, 1953) is a graphic designer, illustrator, type designer and animator and a pioneer in digital technology in the 80s, with an internationally acclaimed practice.
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Jochem Ruijgrok
Graphic Designer, Photographer,... but mostly more.
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David Schocken
An energetic creative thinker, a producer, and an international story teller
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Raouf Mousad Basta
I was born in the Sudan . My father was an Egyptian protestant priest. part of my high education was in Egypt. I studied Journalism in Cairo , and Theater In Poland and worked in Baghdad and Beirut.
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dj safri
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Organization:
The Khatt Foundation
Network for Arabic Typography
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Farida Nouna
27 years old, currently owns an independent fashion label, MORECULT, together with Thomas van Gelder
EVOLUTION OF A NEW BRAND Starting at the end of 2006 MORECULT was first known as CollectionArab. Known for their outspoken Arabic designs, they started of with tee's and hooded sweaters. The new...
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Thomas Van Gelder
Graphic Designer / Creative Director
32 years of age, born and raised in The Netherlands, currently owns a small fashion label MORECULT together with his compagnon Farida Nouna
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Peter Bilak
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Saba Habta
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Nienke Brokke
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Edwin van den Dungen
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Alexa Tang
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Ginta Tinte
www.gintatinte.info
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Danal
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Joey Kops
New: www.joeydavidkops.com Old: www.like.nl
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Nadya Peek
Ex-Editor
Girls are the new boys.
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Idan Hayosh
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Koen Nutters
Musician
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Bianca Manzana de Augustin
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Sam de Groot
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Veronique de Koning
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Marta Krechlova
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Ayelet Levin
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Lu Liang
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Kai-Ting Lin
Made in Taiwan.
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Mads Ludvigsen
Rietveld graduate 2008
Stone skipper
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Katrine Menne
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Eline Mul
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Ibrahim Öztas
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Alex Shoukas
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Semuel Souhuwat
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Cecile Tafanelli
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Per Tornberg
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Inci Arici
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Denny Backhaus
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Merel van den Berg
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Goda Budvytyte
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Donat Caduff
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Sarah Charalambides
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Claudia Doms
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Thijs Gadiot
Graphic Engineer / Physical Computing
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Erik Haberfeld
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Luisa Heinrich
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Mikk Heinsoo
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Ayumi Higuchi
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Kumi Hiroi
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Ozkan Kipici
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Christiaan Koch
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Katrine Nihn
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Sanne van den Goor
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Margaret Warzecha
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Edo Paulus
www.eude.nl
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Iva S.
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The Philosopher
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Annouk Post
Projectleader Bint El Dunya / Developing new projects
At Mediamatic I will be working on the Bint el Dunya project and developing new projects.
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Nicolas Nova
Nicolas is a researcher at Media and Design Lab (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) working on interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of gaming platforms and spatial environments...
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Giles Lane
Proboscis is an artist-led studio which combines artistic practice with commissioning, curatorial projects, design and consultancy. Collaboration is at the core of our creative practice and ethic:...
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Sascha Pohflepp
Sascha Pohflepp is an artist, designer and writer, born in Cologne, Germany.
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Krystian Woznicki
Born 1972 in Kłodzko, Polen. He has worked as a journalist in the field of culture, society and the Internet at Japan Times and Wired Japan, as a correspondant of Spex and Telepolis in Japan, and as...
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Maartje Nevejan
regisseur van Couscous&Cola en Couscous Global!
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Susanne Lederle
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Magdalena Taube
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Anne Schreiber
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Juliane Henrich
Writer, Photographer, Filmmaker
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David Linton
David Linton produced the music for Protocol of Desire by Martin Butler and Renée Copraij (2006).
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André Avelãs
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Christopher Helt
a.k.a. DJ Pis
Mijn naam is Christopher Helt. Ik werk een dag per week bij Mediamatic. Verder schrijf ik voor het muziektijdschrift Gonzo en zet ik me in voor kunst- en djcollectief 'Kapel voor de Moderne' .
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Bong-Ra
Bong-Ra is the performing name of Dutch breakcore musician Jason Kohnen from Utrecht. He has been active under this name since 1997, before that he played bass-guitar in a stoner-metal-band Celestial...
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Organization:
DNK-Amsterdam
DNK-Amsterdam is a concert series for modern music, in all it's different forms. They are are located in Smart Project Space in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Concerts from September to June; every...
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Anastasia Makropoulou
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tal amitai
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Matt Biddulph
I'm based in London. I'm a software designer and creative technologist.
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Sasker Scheerder
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Lotte Meijer
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Sander Leemans
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Selby Gildenmacher
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Nathalie Bruijs
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Debra Solomon
Artist
In 2004 Debra Solomon (US/NL) began publishing her independent research on culiblog.org on food, food culture, and the culture that grows our food. Her recent work includes a series of temporary...
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Mediamatic Post CS
Office and exhibition space 2004 - 2008
Mediamatic moved into Post CS in 2004. We moved out in July 2008.
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Ulay
www.ulay.net
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Bogomir Doringer
Artist
Bogomir Doringer was born in Belgrade. At the moment living in Amsterdam.
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Alexandra Bachzetsis
Performance Artist
For her previous performance Musical, she played with the codes within classical music and researched the musicals of the 1930's.
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Marc Bijl
Art-Activist who has a tattoo on his belly that says: "Deze buik is mede mogelijk gemaakt door het Fonds voor Beeldende Kunst"
''The nation had been flirting with forms of Götterdämmerung, with extremes of vocabulary and behavior and an appetite for violent resolutions.''
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Cyrus Frisch
Cyrus Frisch makes movies and imitates prescious real life situations on stage.
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Stefanos Tsivopoulos
Videos and video-installations about social, individual and interactive aspects of architecture.
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Mr and Mrs Cameron
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L.A. Raeven
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Tarik Sadouma
"Whatever you get to work with, you add layers of meaning to it. You modify and manipulate the message."
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Arnoud Holleman
schrijver/kunstenaar
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Lily van der Stokker
"I am a beauty specialist. I have commissioned myself to research happiness and friendliness in my artwork, and with that I take a stand against irony and cynicism"
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Louwrien Wijers
"Throughout the years I have talked to great minds and have brought them together, for instance in Art meets Science and Spirituality in a changing Economy"
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Rob Malasch
Founder of Indomania and Serieuze Zaken Studioos.
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Nezaket Ekici
artist
Nezaket Ekici uses social and cultural quotidian experiences in her work. That context is absorbed to create a performance that uses the body as symbol, in interaction with technology and the...
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Junko Murakawa
Tame jutsu by Junko Murakawa
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Style Free
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Lies Vanborm
Vlaams Theater Instituut
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Tina Bleuler
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Neil Sieling
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Jamie King
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Martijn de Waal
I am a writer, researcher, curator and consultant based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. My main area of interest is the role of digital media in society.
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Friedrich Kirschner
drinks your milkshake
Friedrich Kirschner (D) is an animator and software developer working with realtime 3D environments and funny interfaces.
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Daniël van Gils
is an independent game designer & developer
DANIEL VAN GILS (NL) is an independent gamedesigner & developer. Since 1997 he has been working in the field of interactive media, thus accomplishing a vast experience in the field of game...
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Irene Nooren
Former Fablab manager
Ik hou van interdisciplinaire projecten, de brug tussen technologie en maatschappij, kunst en wetenschap.
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Rein Jansma
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Mirthe Blussé
Art | Design
Multidisciplinary artist Mirthe Blussé lead the Urban Typography Workshops and the Fablab Workshop on Spacial Typography at Mediamatic.
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Koray Tahiroglu
Koray Tahiroglu is an artist-researcher who is experimenting on generative musical improvisation and human musical interaction at Mlab /UIAH.
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Ava Fatah gen. Schieck
Senior Research Fellow the Bartlett school of Graduate Studies
Ava is primarily interested in exploring the relation between new technology and architecture in particular within the historic context. She is a registered Architect (Germany) with years of...
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Just van den Broecke
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Organization:
Nieuw Ensemble
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Luna Maurer
Please draw me a sheep.
design media graphic interaction play performance artist www.poly-luna.com www.poly-xelor.com
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Wael Morcos
Fresh graduate with a B.A. in Graphic Design from NDU (Notre Dame University), Lebanon. Emphasis in typography and motion graphics. MISTD
As a fresh graduate with a B.A. in Graphic Design from NDU (Notre Dame University), Lebanon, Wael was part of the 2007 El Hema design team. He graduated with emphasis in typography and motion...