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Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen
Bouw je schuiltent
- Prepping doe je zelf!19Jun 2015Prepping workshops op het Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen in het thema van de tentoonstelling Gimme Shelter.
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Fashionable pee: cleaning, dyeing, and tanning
A short story about the ways fabrics were processed in the past
Do you long for white, soft and bright clothing and always try to get hold of the best cleansers? Maybe the solution is easier and cheaper than you think. Can you guess what this solution is? If you...
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Tolhuistuin
Masterclass for performers
4Jun 2015- by performance artist Olivier de Sagazan7Aug 2015Apply now for an extraordinary masterclass by Olivier de Sagazan at Festival WhyNot!
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Urine and philosopher's stone
How the search for gold led alchemists to discover something else
For centuries alchemists and magicians were racking their brains over the riddle of philosopher’s stone - a mysterious substance that is able to turn basic metals into gold. One of the legends ran...
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Love spell, magic bottle and ballistic firepower
Surprising uses of urine in medieval age
Without a flushing tank at their service, medieval people had to interact with their urine much more often than we do. Immediate proximity to the material inspired in our ancestors some mind blowing...
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Lachgas wordt steeds populairder
Het gebruik van lachgas neemt toe, maar er zitten een aantal potentieel gevaarlijke bijwerkingen. Lees er hier meer over.
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Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Simone van Fulpen 27 Jun 2016
BEDAZZLE verwart en verblindt
Camouflage en Razzle Dazzle
Zondag 3 juli is de opening van BEDAZZLE op het Kunstfort
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Vespasian and universal bleach
Where does the expression “Money doesn't stink” come from?
While urine-diverting toilets are hitting the headlines as a wonder of innovative technology, collecting urine from public lavatories was a common thing in ancient Rome. Demand for the product was so...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Using Urine in Smarter Ways
- Pis’talk 1: Hugo Cortial, André Marques Arsénio and Janna Coomans30Apr 2015You never really get to talk about piss, do you? Well, at Mediamatic, we do. Kicking off the first Pis’talk, a series of lectures that explore urine in a broad cultural and contextual sense. The...
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Janna Coomans
PhD Candidate at the Centre for Culture and History of the University of Amsterdam.
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Pliny's panacea
The ancients and pee
From time immemorial, urine fascinated mankind. People ascribed to it's magic powers, using it to bleach hair, boost crops, perform curses, seduce, and whatnot. Pliny the Elder's "Natural History"...
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iMAL
Exhibition: Welcome to the Future!
19Mar 2015- Belgian exhibition takes on the revolution of the floppy disc and the CD-Rom26Apr 2015In 2015 iMAL in Brussels will present a series of exhibitions, workshops and symposiums on Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age, in collaboration with PACKED, Centre of Expertise in Digital Heritage.
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Welcome to the future past!
Mediamatic part of Belgian exhibition.
In 2015 iMAL in Brussels will present a series of exhibitions, workshops and symposiums on Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age, in collaboration with PACKED , Centre of Expertise in Digital Heritage.
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Fountain
From urinal to inspiration
Fountain. What image is cultivated in your mind after reading this word? Perhaps a beautiful multi tier structure, spewing a hypnotic flood of water centered in a botanical park. Or maybe a more...
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The dilemma of the modern artist
From Manet to Warhol
In the essay Myth of Artisthood, that our project is based on, the famous Dutch art critic, Camiel van Winkel is dividing all the artists in three different types: Romantic, Modernistic and the Beaux
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Vrijheidsmaal Dijksgracht
- We lusten de vrijheid rauw5May 2015The fifth of May is the liberation day of the Netherlands, the whole country is celebrating. On this occasion, the inhabitants and the institutions of the Dijksgracht invite you to their street...
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Hotel Maria Kapel
Opening Plosive Blows
28Mar 2015- Lauren Gault18Apr 2015Tijdens haar residency bij Hotel Maria Kapel onderzocht Lauren Gault de term ‘terroir’; een term die normaal gesproken gebruikt wordt bij de beschrijving van wijn om deze een bepaalde ‘tijd’
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Pis’
In art history
From ancient to contemporary art, urine in art depicts both the micro-narratives of personal stories and the meta-narratives of the ever evolving world. The depiction and relation to urine and...
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Rembrandt
and the pissing farmer's wife
Many an artist throughout time has touched upon the subject of piss within their works. One of the most notable of these is perhaps Rembrandt van Rijn.
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Ugne
I am a Master's student at Leiden University specialising in Museum Studies.
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Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
Love in Nature
- De hortus Amsterdam14Feb 2015Waar zou de mensenliefde zijn zonder planten?! Sinds mensenheugenis worden planten gebruikt om de liefde een handje te helpen. Liefdesdrankjes, zinnenprikkelende vruchten, alles is mogelijk. Wist u...
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Valerie
Ik studeer Nederland-Duitsland-Studies (in Duitsland) en ben momenteel uitwisselstudente aan de VU.