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Terrorism gives power
to the Government...
On Wednesday the 9th of February, a benefit was held for Steve Kurtz, the artist from the Critical Art Ensemble who was arrested under suspicion of bioterrorism. He had a lab in his house where he...
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De Balie
Art is not Bioterrorism
9Feb 2005A benefit for Steve Kurtz, the leader of the Critical Art Ensemble, who has been arrested for potential bioterrorism activity.
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Joods Historisch Museum
Jewgeni Chaldej
18Mar 20055Jun 2005Wereldberoemd is de foto die hij op 2 mei 1945 maakte: een Russische soldaat plant de Rode vlag op het Rijksdaggebouw in Berlijn.
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De Appel
On Patrol
28Jan 200520Apr 2005Wire tapping scandals and hidden cameras, private bodyguards and government security sevices, safe houses and compulsory identity cards for everyone over 14, they all came at us these last years.
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lecture: Casco
COP TALK
24Mar 2005De Britse kunstenaar Chris Evans gaf in Casco een lezing over zijn nieuwe project ‘RECRUITING!’ en lichtte dit toe in de context van zijn verdere artistieke praktijk.
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Workshop Archive Italy
Advanced Interactive Film Workshop
11Jul 200415Jul 2004In cooperation with Documentary in Europe, Mediamatic is organizing the first Advanced Interactive Film Workshop on the 11 to the 15 of July 2004 in Bardonecchia, Italy.
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Malkit Shoshan
Designer, architect and lecturer
Malkit Shoshan is the founding director of the architectural think-tank FAST: Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory . In 2021, Shoshan won The Silver Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale...
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One Land, Two Systems
Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory (FAST)
FAST is dedicated to exposing the global abuses of ideological planning, as found in Israel’s ‘unrecognised’ villages like Ein Hud, and to offering alternative solutions.
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De Balie
A Tale of two Villages
6Feb 2005At the 6th of February at 2pm the winners of its international architecture competition will be announced, in conjunction with a public discussion about planning and human rights in Israel
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exhibition: Mediamatic Post CS
Planning as a Criminal Act
6Feb 200520Mar 2005Architecture and urban planning are often abused to maintain or aggravate unfair political, economic or social situations. This was clearly the case in the Israeli governments design for the future...
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Galerie de Expeditie
Joe Scanlan
22Jan 20055Mar 2005The centerpiece of the show will be a queen bed made entirely by hend
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De Unie
Wethouders met een Missie
19Jan 2005Het tweede debat in de reeks Wethouders met een Missie gaat over de maatschappelijke functie van sport. Maatschappelijke Problemen als de multiculturele samenleving, de individualisering; ze komen...
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Paradiso
The biggest visual power show
20Jan 200520Jan 2005Een intellectuele show vol kritische en inspirerende 5 minuten statements over het beeld van de volgende natuur
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Bazart
Ultra Violence
11Dec 2004Legowelt, Rene Noir, Semtex en Kip
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Theo van Gogh
Loud mouthed right-wing movie and tv director from the Netherlands. Chain smoker. Killed by muslim extremist in 2004 for making a critical movie about womans' repression under islam. The good thing...
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Theo van Gogh, Submission Part 1
Theo van Gogh was killed for hurting religious feelings. Some people believe that hurting feelings justifies simply butchering someone. This is contrary to any notion of civilization. No matter...
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Mediamatic Off-Line Vol. 10#3
For a Better World - winter 2001
Following on from Cesare Davolio's Annunciation (on the Red Brigade's kidnapping and eventual execution of the Italian politician Aldo Moro), this is the newest contribution to our irregular series...
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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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Kristin Maurer
What do I do?
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Osama Bin Laden
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Fransien van der Putt
writer and dramaturge, radiomaker and mixer
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Jürgen Habermas
Philosopher and sociologist
Jurgen Habermas is widely considered as the most influential thinker in Germany over the past decade [1970-80]. As a philosopher and sociologist he has mastered and creatively articulated an...
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot (Frankrijk, 1934) werd in de jaren '50 beroemd als actrice en sexy stoeipoes. Tegenwoordig is ze vooral bekend als dierenrechtenactiviste. Mede dankzij haar sterke lobby ging in...
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Baruch Spinoza
a.k.a. Benedictus
Hello people of the new millennium, My name is Baruch Spinoza and I like to think a lot. I'd love to share my thoughts with you but I'm still a bit scared to get them out in the open. You know, with...