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373 words to insult a plant
In conversation with Alaa Abu Asad
Killing without thought. Just one of the phrases that is used to discuss the Japanese Knotweed. A plant that does not even deserve to be thought about. It only deserves to be killed. Artist...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Alaa Abu Asad
The Dog Chased its Tail To Bite it Off
14Apr 2023- by Alaa Abu Asad13Apr 2025On a planet where the "native" status is a rare claim, Palestinian artist Alaa Abu Asad wonders which botanical species are acknowledged as legitimate inhabitants of nation states. While others will...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Dying, Caring, Encore!
- Project Presentation with Angela Kerr, Emily Bates and Yi-Jing Chen26Jan 2023Our identity is defined by so many elements. Hair. DNA. Body. The way we think or dress. Yet, most of these are perishable. Our body becomes ashes, our hair is cut, our clothes are replaced. Those...
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Proposal by: Debra Solomon
Repair Camp
Project Proposal: Material Ecofeminism Edition (ME2)
Part summer camp, re-education camp, and rehab, REPAIR CAMP - MATERIAL ECOFEMINIST EDITION is a 7-day live-in programme for ≤12 participants designed to repair and prepare lives and institutions...
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Sieta van Horck
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Exhibition Natlab, Baltan Laboratories Paolo Cirio
Extinction Claims
17Oct 2021- By Paolo Cirio30Nov 2021The conceptual artist, Paolo Cirio created an algorithm that computes data of over 40,000 endangered species with data on fossil fuel emissions from major oil, gas, and carbon companies to calculate...
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Vicky de Visser
Artist
Vicky De Visser achieved her BA in Art History (2012) at the Catholic University of Leuven, BA in Graphic design (2016), and a Master in Audiovisual Performance Art (2018) at Sint Lucas University...
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Marketing the 'Other'
'Foreign' as a Selling point
This blogpost attempts to situate our approach to various cuisines within a broader political context of migration and diversity. How do perceptions of ‘foriegn’ food mirror political discourses...
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The Code Noir: A brief, yet powerful history
Winston Churchill famously said that “those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Our upcoming NeoFuturist Dinner touches on the importance of learning from our collective...
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Sex Work in Isolation
With the global pandemic reshaping norms of social interaction, the sex industry in the Netherlands has been put in a halt. As we create requirements on physical proximity and personal space, there...
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Fake-Eco Evaluation: Still Life at Mediamatic
Is death truly sustainable?
Death is one last action - a body left to account for. Some of us have already given it a thought, but how hard have we thought about our upcoming deaths, really? Mediamatic´s Still Life: death
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Chair of Sal(i)vation
Beyond the secret act.
Have you ever accidentally felt an old piece of gum underneath a chair while moving it? Or touched one with your knees underneath a table/desk?
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Bursting the Bubble
How bad is it for our environment?
Chewing gum may have some benefits for mankind but do we exactly know what we put in our mouth? Unfortunately, your favorite piece of gum consists of plastic.
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Tissue made by mouth & hands
Searching for undesired beauty.
For a long time, I've been annoyed by the ridiculous amount of gum sticks to the pavement. I hate it, even more, when people spit out their gum in a public space without any shame. It currently seems...
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The Chewing Gum Man
a.k.a. Ben Wilson.
Depicted as an outsider, British artist forms art with materials found under your feet. Since 1998, he paints colourful miniatures on chewing gum. Which is stuck to the pavement. He tries to embrace...
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Anne Kamps
In 2019 studeerde ik af aan de Design Academy, department food non food. Tijdens mijn studie richtte ik mij vooral op onderzoek en de vertaling hiervan naar tekst en beeld. Het boek “De Zesvleugelige...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Six-Winged Chicken and other mythical…
- by Anne Kamps1Sep 2020Where does the meat we eat actually come from? On what scale is it produced? And, what is real news and what is fake news? A few years ago, the phenomenon of the six-winged chicken was written about...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Piss Soap, the Buttplug Edition
1May 2019- by Arthur Guilleminot1May 2020Arthur Guilleminot specialises in queered approaches to common household objects and daily rituals. His work is often overtly sexual, using objects associated with the fetish and BDSM community as a...
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Organization:
Plastic Whale
Plastic Whale strijdt voor plasticvrije wateren. Zij stellen zich ten doel om bij te dragen aan oplossingen voor de plastic soep door maatschappelijk bewustzijn te creëren voor het probleem. Ze...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Life in Plastic is not Fantastic
- by iNDiViDUALS19Jun 2019On 19 June, AMFI's label iNDiViDUALS will take a critical look at fashion industry and waste production at 17:00 and at 18:30. Tickets / Facebook
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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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Dutch Pavilion Venice Willem Velthoven
Cinema Olanda at Venice Biennale
13May 2017- Nederlandse bijdrage onderzoekt postkoloniale geschiedenis van klein westers landje26Nov 2017Wendelien van Oldenborgh mocht dit jaar Nederland vertegenwoordigen in Venetië. Ze maakte een paar films over de nederlandese maatschappij aan het eind van de twintigste eeuw.
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Organization: Marie-Claire Springham
Burton Nitta
The London-based Anglo Japanese duo comprising o Michael Burton and Michiko Nitta describe themselves as “an interdisciplinary art and design studio collaborating with science and technology to...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Contemplative Bath(tub)
14Dec 2018- by Giorgio Gasco31Dec 2021With this installation Giorgio Gasco represents his internal conflict: Should a designer always choose for a sustainable completion of the design to save the planet, or does he allow himself the...