Weekend at the Favela

DIY / Eat / Play /

1 Jun 2013

Every Saturday and Sunday Mediamatic Fabriek was opened for workshops, food and other events. From 13:00 to 18:00 and sometimes later, you could drop by, rummage around, participate, watch, eat, stretch, or just hang out and listen.

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Visitors relaxing at the Favelous Kantine - Favelous is the restaurant area at Freezing Favela, a temporary city at Mediamatic Fabriek. Erik Diekstra

The program of this weekend was:

Saturday June 1

13:00 to 18:00 - Tours of the Freezing Favela.

13:00 to 18:00 - Tours of the Tostifabriek.

19:30 - Dinner at Favelous. Enjoy a luscious dinner in an adventurous bamboo-canteen.

Sunday June 2

13:00 to 18:00 - Tours of the Freezing Favela.

13:00 to 18:00 - Tours of the Tostifabriek.

13:00 to 15:00 - Sunday Brunch by Favelous. Costs: €20,- including Club Mediamatic membership.

15:00 to 17:00 - Strudel Workshop at Favelous. Costs: €20,- including Club Mediamatic membership. You will have a portion to take home.

15:00 to 17:30 - Jewelry workshop at Fools Gold. Costs: €20,- including Club Mediamatic membership. Various materials are available. If you choose an expensive material like silver, there will be a small extra charge.

Freezing Favela

Freezing Favela was a temporary city at Mediamatic Fabriek. The space is big, unheated, and the roof leaks. Designers, cooks, and other makers had claimed part of this space as their own. In the Favela you could make tosti's from scratch, bricks from old newspapers, furniture from cardboard, and prepare food with ingredients from the aquaponics farm. Favela-citizens gave workshops and organized events and meals.