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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Resomating a Musk Rat
What happens to our bodies after death? When choosing Resomation as a burial method, the answer is just as fascinating as it might give you the shivers. With resomation, the human body is dissolved...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Susanne Duijvestein
From Pest to Soil
Humusating a Muskrat
Maybe you have heard about the Muskrat, an ‘invasive exotic’ that likes to chomp on 'our' Dutch dykes. It was on the 22nd of May that one found their final resting place in one of the grow beds at...
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Overview of Nature Morte events
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Nature Morte
Death, Design and Sustainability
We explore new approaches and designs for our own inevitable death with progressive funeral director Susanne Duijvestein. Lectures and workshops about architecture, rituals, life stories and the...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Composteren
- Still Life 01 - met Susanne Duijvestein, Stichting Metamorfose en Rowin Snijder22أيار / مايو 2019Wat als je na dit leven voeding kunt zijn voor nieuw leven? Dat verarmde bodem weer vruchtbaar wordt? En planten, bomen, micro-organismen en kleine diertjes gedijen dankzij jouw restanten? In april...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Resomation, Saponification and Taxidermy
- Still Life 02 - with Sabrina Franken, Amber Veel, Liza Witte and Susanne Duijvestein26Jun 2019Looking for a more eco friendly alternative for burying or cremating a dead body? How about dissolving it? Alkaline hydrolysis – also known as water cremation, aquamation or resomation - was...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Expeditie Oosterdok, 100 jarig bestaan OBA
- Doe mee aan de open tour, maak je eigen doodskleed of leer over het maken van parfum19أيار / مايو 2019Mediamatic opent op 19 mei haar deuren voor de bezoekers van Expeditie Oosterdok! Vandaag kun je gratis meedoen aan een van onze open tours en kun je workshops volgen over het maken van parfum of het...
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Susanne Duijvestein
Susanne Duijvestein (1986) is trained as an organizational expert and after eleven years of cooperative banking and other positions at Slow Food and the Amsterdam Economic Board made a switch to the...
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Literally, Renaissance
Flowers thought long dead can be smelled again, thanks to a collaboration of scientists and artists. But what does this mean for us?
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Emilie van Spronsen
Emilie graduated in 2015 as an Industrial Design Engineer at TU Delft. She explores the existing interactions between people, products and materials.
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De Balie
(On)gezonde angst
- Controle over de dood16Jun 2015Dankzij de moderne geneeskunde - het slikken van pillen en talloze medische ingrepen - kunnen we het moment van overlijden steeds langer uitstellen. Ook wanneer we ongeneeslijk ziek zijn is de...
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De Balie
(On)gezonde angst: De preventieparadox
7Jun 2015De preventieparadox' is de tweede aflevering in een drieluik over de rol van angst en risicomijding in de zorg.
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KISS ME DEADLY
26Jun 2014- Vintage, Vice & Tabloid Photographs7Sep 201426.06 - 07.09.14 Cops, Killers, Crooks, Crashes and Bettie Page. Great books too!
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Catfish Holiday
European catfish move to summer residence
Our second attempt to populate the greenhouse fish tank after a false start.
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Fungal Disease
New tank proves too cold for our African Catfish
The fish that have been placed in the greenhouse with the last workshop unfortunately all died of a fungal disease. Last wednesday 28th may the first fish got sick and showed some cottony-white...
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biccibawa
Contemporary Glass Jewellery in Amsterdam
"everything in moderation, including moderations."
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De Balie, Amsterdam
The Last Image
- “Sometimes the show begins after it finishes” (Rabih Mroué)20Mar 2014Over de dood door het oog van de lens
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De Balie, Amsterdam
The Last Image
- Shooting Bullets Shooting Images12Mar 2014Over de dood door het oog van de lens
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Fries Museum
Welke ziektes lagen op de loer in de Gouden Eeuw
- Bijzondere hoorcolleges voor kinderen24Nov 2013Wil jouw kind altijd alles weten? Geef hem of haar dan op voor de MuseumJeugdUniversiteit!
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Roffa Mon Amour
Rooftop Cinema Festival
7Aug 2013- Five nights of world cinema and more11Aug 2013The old train station at Hofplein in Rotterdam will serve as a pop up cinema for this rooftop cinema festival, catering to a legion of film fans also interested in taking part in nights themed...
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Etalagemoorden
Over gladde koppen en het feit dat de guillotine nog in werking lijkt te zijn.
Mistroostig word ik van de talloze onthoofde paspoppen in mijn blikveld. Ik begrijp het niet, waarom al die doden in etalages? Is DEATH SELLS de nieuwste leus? Sigaretten verkopen beter sinds erop...
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Prevention rather than cure
Old saying true for us
Fish are like humans. They have all kinds of slumbering diseases and they have an immune system that helps them defeat the pathogens. Just like us.
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Stadsarchief Amsterdam
In Memoriam
- Tentoonstelling Stadsarchief10Feb 2013De gedeporteerde en vermoorde Joodse, Roma en Sinti kinderen 1942-1945
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Disaster Strikes
- Power outage kills babies while oysters fruit23Dec 2012Last thursday our 1000 catfish fingerlings arrived and now two of our towers are inhabited by the little creatures. In the night of saturday22—sunday23 there was a power outage. More than 250 baby...