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Feeding your Ghost: a Fictional Self-ritual
with Lin Wen-Hsuan & Lin Szu-Han
As an extension of the exhibition Ghosts in the Foreign Land , this food-related workshop reimagines the cultural memory of the Penghu bîng-kun-toh through a fictional self-ritual. In this contemporary interpretation, each participant simultaneously embodies both the worshipper and the…
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Queer Offline Club - 3rd Edition
🏳️🌈 Queer Offline Hangout | Amsterdam
By popular demand, we are bringing 🌈 QUEER OFFLINE CLUB hangout to Mediamatic Art Centre again! Lock your phone away and enjoy spending time at this awesome location on the water facing Nemo museum. Swap phone time with real-time, be present and connect with like-minded people - free of digital…
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Speculative Sensations
How can we communicate with beings who may not share our senses?
During our second edition of the Aromathèque, we will dive deep into the topic of speculative fiction. What does this word, which you see more and more being used, imply? What does it have to do with feminism, and are there tactile, fragrant, or taste elements to it? Tickets
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Ghosts in the Foreign Land 鬼地方計畫
This exhibition investigates the unique cultural phenomenon in Penghu, Taiwan: the Bîng KunToh (Underworld-Army Table), a ritual held during Ghost Month to honor foreign spirits. Szu-Han Lin together with 7 Taiwanese and Dutch artists, explore the profound influence of foreign spirits on local…
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...Others Drink Through Their Mouths
The time has come to say goodbye to Silke Riis’ installation Some Breathe Through Their Butts - after all, we all know that sea cucumbers breathe through their anuses by now, right? To mark a full year of cucumber creatures inhabiting the bathrooms of Mediamatic, we’d like to invite you to the…
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Mayo Mayo Mayo
Are fries meant to spoon mayo?
What does the island of Menorca have to do with it? Why are we Dutch ridiculed for using mayonnaise on French fries by John Travolta in Pulp Fiction? Why is a store-bought mayonnaise a good solution for head lice? Together with sensory food designer Laila Snevele, and olfactory artist Frank Bloem…