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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Anna Lina Litz
Neurodiversity support in art education
- A/artist roundtable with Claudia van den Hoeven17Oct 2022For this roundtable, we were joined by Claudia van den Hoeven, who shared her perspective on support for neurodiverse students in art education. Claudia works at the HKU University for the Arts in...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Freestyle Carpenting
- with Niels Albers25Mar 2023High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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Proposal by: Miguel Matos, Klara Ravat
Irrational City Scents
Project Proposal
Much like the Surrealists used to do in their work originally, we want to get together and share a moment that is not guided by logic and rules. What will happen if we let go of the idea of...
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Proposal by: Margot Domart
Bionomics sound
Project Proposal: How can we contribute together in reconnecting with our surroundings in a new era?
In our western society, we learn to connect images and concepts with words. We are living in the culture of the "eye", rather than the ear. I observe an atrophy of sensual and bodily intuition. With...
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Proposal by: Sophia Schullan
Form Follows Fun
Project Proposal: Form Follows Fun – Finding Fun In Everyday Life
‘Form Follows Fun’ would be a talk hosted in the Mediamatic facilities. Its goal is not only to spread fun and entertainment but more importantly to give others the tools to create fun and...
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Proposal by: Stephanie Pau
Time Givers, by Tomato Plants et al
Project Proposal: Practicing more-than-human care
Humans are not the only entity in the world, machines and the rest of nature, too, share the same world. In the next tomato planting season (2023), I, with local tomato plants - wherever I may be
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Proposal by: Guy Vincent
Nothing Wasted
Project Proposal: Organic waste fermentation art experiment
Nothing Wasted is a compost installation that receives organic waste from the Mediamatic restaurant, as well as from the public passing by. It is treated using the bokashi method, which ferments...
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Proposal by: Sujata Majumdar, Roland van Dierendonck, Irene Nooren
Nanoplay
Project Proposal: The Society Within Us
'The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think' - Gregory Bateson Our current way of thinking does not enable us to deal with...
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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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Boerderij Pieter Bijlsma
Boerderij Pieter Bijlsma is a farm located in Nieuw-Vennep that specialises in growing ancient grains such as emmer, eirkorn, and spelt. Boerderij Bijlsma aims to return to the basics of grain...
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2022 Elise Chalcraft
How do you imitate scents from nature?
Frank speaking on NPO Radio 1 about Smelling Like Another Being
Listen to our resident parfumier Frank Bloem as he talks about his recent workshop Smelling Like Another Being , developed here at Mediamatic, on NPO Radio 1.
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Collaboration Mediamatic & UvA Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Radical Imagining of 'Just & Green' futures
- Making Utopias Real with Laura Burgers, Ivana Isailović, Usha Natarajan, Pippi van Ommen, Anouk Beckers, Margarita Nieves & Kyra Sacks20Jul 2022A limit on your energy consumption? A ban on cars? Or hamburgers for 100 euros? We like to promise each other a "just and green transition" of the economy, addressing global warming in a "fair
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Communist Carpenting
- Self-Design Enzo Mari Furniture with Enzo and Niels2Jul 2022High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Freestyle Carpenting
- with Niels Albers26Nov 2022High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Communist Carpenting
- with Niels Albers8Oct 2022High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Communist Carpenting
- with Niels Albers23Jul 2022High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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Inspiring confusion with photographs
A/artist discussion round with Marna Slappendel
Marna Slappendel is an Amsterdam-based visual artist. Since she received her autism diagnosis five years ago, she has evolved from knowing nearly nothing about it to researching and learning about...
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Using autism to imagine alternative worlds
A/artist discussion round with research duo Liminal Vision
Liminal Vision is a creative research duo consisting of artistic maker Victor Evink and film maker Emilia Tapprest. Victor is open about his autism diagnosis, while Emilia is not on the spectrum.
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Can an Artwork be Autistic?
Using keywords to identify autistic characteristics in artworks
Repetition, extreme consistency, radical truth, cataloging, systematising, questioning, over- and understimulation. All of these words are part of a list the A/artist team brainstormed last year...
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Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Vita Buivid, Conny Groenewegen, Kristin Maurer
Knit for Survival!
- Emergency sweater knitting workshop against P*t*n.14May 2022Come join Mediamatic in a series of knitting workshops and turn down your heating by starting to knit a sweater, a hat, or some fuzzy socks. So grab your warmest clothes and let's start to reduce our...
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We grew a new project nursery: Penny for your…
Project Nursery
There is something uniquely inspiring when looking into artistic processes that are still in progress: unpolished, experimental, and open-ended. Penny for your Thoughts is our project nursery
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Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Vita Buivid, Conny Groenewegen, Kristin Maurer
Knit for Survival!
- Emergency sweater knitting workshop against P*t*n.7May 2022Come join Mediamatic in a series of knitting workshops and turn down your heating by starting to knit a sweater, a hat, or some fuzzy socks. So grab your warmest clothes and let's start to reduce our...
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Proposal by: Alena Grahn
Erotic Ecology
Project proposal: Our Human Bodies
This project aims to explore the erotic in our local ecology through the senses. As we are expanding our relationship with this idea, the research will be performed as ritual. In our exploration, we...
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Proposal by: Si Knight
Multisensory Listening Rituals
Project Proposal: for Reducing Stress
As you may well have experienced, life today can be very stressful. As a result of this, many people are currently in desperate need of finding ways to reduce their stress levels. Yet contemporary...