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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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Soulpicks
Discover places loved by friends and experts.
Your collection of places loved by friends and experts. Never miss out. Find and discover memorable places you want to go to. With Soulpicks you’ll make the most of your time. Soulpicks makes it easy...
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"I steal DNA from strangers"
Heather Dewey-Hagborg creates portraits from discarded DNA.
Picasso once said that “ bad artists copy, good artists steal ”. It appears that New York artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg has taken this literally. Her project "Stranger Visions," fashions portraits...
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How about human hair for mass production?
British designer Ellie Birkhead uses local human hair to make region-specific bricks.
What if we could use human hair to replace finite materials used in building houses? Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Ellie Birkhead decided to experiment with this idea. Birkhead is the developer...
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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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Uitgevist
Volle vaart op weg naar een zeewaardig vegetarisme
Uitgevist is een culinair concept van drie mannen voor wie vegetarisch koken een tweede leven is. Robert Prins, Peter Hundepool en Sven Bergström beseffen dat het dierlijk leven in de zee uitgeput...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Uitgevist Dinner
- What happens if one takes the fish off the plate?12May 2019De zee is moe, we moeten haar rust gunnen... Is er een plantaardig alternatief voor het verrukkelijke vismenu? Vegetarisme wordt vaak gezien als 'het vlees van het bord halen', maar wat gebeurt er...
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Forever, Ink.
A new, everlasting memorial.
Morticians Mike and Kyle Sherwood launched Save My Ink Forever in 2016 when they realised that thousands of dollars of body art was literally going up in smoke.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Grow Your Own Fungi!
- with Wouter Hassing12Jul 2019It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Grow Your Own Fungi!
- Basic mushroom and biomaterials introduction21Jun 2019It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Workshop: Grow Your Own Fungi!
- Basic mushroom and biomaterials introduction24May 2019It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Children of O
4Jul 2019- Neo Futurist Dinner 10 - with Design Academy Eindhoven6Jul 2019A mythical community has inhabited Mediamatic to find solutions for the lack of usable water in Amsterdam, calling themselves the Children of O. Mediamatic's 10th Neo Futurist Dinner will playfully...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Eating of Humans
1May 2019- Neo Futurist Dinner 08 - with Gwen van der Zwan, Krisztina Czika and Bryce Steba4May 2019For the development of this 5-course Neo Futurist Dinner we invited artists Gwen van der Zwan, Krisztina Czika and chef Bryce Steba to collaborate around the theme of eating humans. This project was...
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Krisztina Czika
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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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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Beauty Kit Female Farm 0.3
11Aug 2019- Recycling the feminine living matter and bio-electricity, assuring an eco-friendly production of the best raw female fluids17Aug 2019In August this year, a group of females will take part in the third version of Beauty Kit Female Farm . The BKFF 0.3 is a seven day residency project that invites participants to undergo a long...
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Gob in the Machine
Spit and Posthumanism
I’ve spoken about spit and discovered art in which it is the primary material. It has been used as a motif and even as a cleaning fluid to restore historical works ( check out how Moma uses it to...
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Celebrating Spit
dribble, slobber, sputum, drool...
A weapon, a balm and a data bank, when used respectfully saliva brings us passion and healing.
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Mediamatic 2019
Here you will find an overview of our highlights, go here to see the full overview of our 2019 program or click here to view who we will work with this year . And more: exhibitions , presentations...
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The Urine Brick
Building the future
What is the link between pissing and building? The connection expands past port-a-loos. It's bricks. The answer is bricks.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet Margherita Soldati
- Discuss your work, ideas and obstacles with the artist30Nov 2018Margherita Soldati is an artist represented by Mediamatic. She will be a regular attendee of the Mediamatic Biotoop with scheduled consults for you to attend. Exchange your ideas and sign up for a...
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Eating the Future
Exploring food beyond the plate
Food-4-Evah explores how the human body might adapt to a world of post-processed meals. Could you get used to food from the future? In exploring this question, photographer/teacher Ursula van de...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Museum Night for the Blind & Visually Impaired
- Discover Mediamatic10Nov 2018On the 10th of November we will rediscover the museum night, with all the senses except our eyes. This evening is specially organized for people with a visual impairment. Come to Mediamatic and...
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Isabel Burr Raty
3-Package Deal kunstenaar 2018-2019
Isabel Burr Raty is a Belgian-Chilean independent filmmaker and performance artist. In her films, she brings the imaginative realisms of the eco-survivors and their subversive sense of chronology...