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  • Extra Kak #3

    The colorful bad boy of Dutch fashion takes on human waste

    In Bas Kosters' fanzine/magazine/anti-magazine Extra Kak you find content like that of no other publication. Between women pissing on Lionel Richie (hello, is it pee you're looking for?) and graphic...
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  • It's Electric!

    Electric pee in Rio de Janeiro

    Every year the city of Rio de Janeiro has to deal with the same reoccurring problem. The many people at the Carnival pee in the streets. With this in mind, AfroReggae and JWT came up with a way to...

  • About the Pis’ Project

    2014-2016

    The Pis’ Project connects urine in the arts with innovation within design, architecture and environment. After a successful two years we decided in 2017 to expand the project from urine to all human...

  • Wetlands by Charlotte Roche

    The new Covid19 restrictions means it's time for those creative hobbies to come out of the woodwork again! Or, perhaps you are looking for something creative and different... have you considered...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 2#2 Jans Possel, Willem Velthoven 1 Jan 1987

    Editorial

    If there's one trend to be observed at the video festivals of the last few months (The Hague, Ljubljana, Linz) then it's independent video's ever-growing TV ambitions. And the festivals' as well.

  • P-TREE

    The tree hugging urinal

    With public urination becoming an increasing problem, designer Sam van Veluw of AANDEBOOM has created a mobile solution for festivals and the likes.

  • The Big Blue

    Sustainable and financially profitable sanitation

    Three years ago, an off-grid closed-system toilet known as the Blue Diversion won an award in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Reinventing the Toilet"-challenge. It has also won the title of...

  • Julia's washable protective underwear

    Don't let incontinence stop you

    Adults' incontinence is a common problem which challenges one's emotional and physical well-being, and disposable diapers aren't a comfortable solution. In order to enable incontinent people to...

  • Rhythm of Life

    From the water of life

    Through the combined narratives of traditional Chinese medicine and modern technology, Thought Collider's Aqua Vita-project visualises personal metabolic development and health with the help of their...

  • Body politicx

    Witte de With, Rotterdam

    The idea, Body politics, held in Witte de With, a contemporary art-space located in the homonymous street in Rotterdam began to take form in 2005. As the curator of the exhibition was visiting...

  • Short supply

    Sustainable water systems

    When resources are scarce, improvisations are needed. A research team from TU Delft is currently researching the possibilities for sustainable water system for developing countries. Such a system...

  • Kegel and Elvie: what do these names mean?

    You can now train you pelvic floor muscles in a technologically proofed way

    In an age when exotic sports become more and more common and everyone tries out pilates, yoga and tai chi, a new frontier has been set. It goes under the label Kegel exercise (or pelvic floor...

  • When can we start to objectify our hair?

    Human Hair Transformation by Zsofia Kollar

    Zsofia Kollar is a designer who uses hair as the primary medium. The human hair has many capabilities due to their nutrients. For this collection, Zsofia experiments with the hair as an absorbent...

  • What makes urine a turn on?

    Talking about golden showers with Mistress Kalyss Mercury

    Water sports are still a taboo. You don't find many people who are willing to discuss the subject. Kalyss Mercury is an exception. Professional dominatrix for years and kink research pioneer, she has...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol.7#1 Paul Groot 1 Jan 1992

    Famous Artists School, Famous Writer Tool

    or: the hankering after a configurated system for the Apple and other rhetorical reflections

    In Mediamatic 6#1, Paul Groot reported on his first experiences with a word processor and his struggle with the McHugh. As a sequel to these first impressions, he will review here MicroSoft's Word5...
  • Project: Anna Pedersen

    GoGirl

    Don't take life sitting down

    Life's greatest adventure shouldn't be finding a bathroom. GoGirl is the feminine urination device that lets you go anywhere. Simply put, a GoGirl is a way to stand up to crowded, disgusting, distant...

  • Pissing and the public

    Most animals have excretory systems for elimination of soluble wastes. Humans are no different. While we may regard ourselves as much more evolved, in many ways we still resemble all the other...

  • Oo, Oo That Smell

    What is that distinct smell after enjoying a plate of this green veggie?

    Asparagus. A lean, green vegetable with a dramatic list of healthy benefits. Many people are aware that asparagus is heart healthy, high in antioxidants, contains characteristics to heighten your...

  • 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...

  • Gilbert & George's bodily pictures

    Spunk, blood, piss, shit, spit

    A piece about two artists who challenged taboos and social “diktats” by magnifying the sometimes disgusting materiality of the body

  • Pee lust

    Speaking of water sports – but not the summery ones

    On this blog we want to go beyond social taboos and question fixed categories, besides, of course, discussing any possible aspects regarding pee. Thus, little by little, we got there too: sexual...

  • 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.

  • Painting in pee

    Warhol's Oxidations

    Made up of soft coppery yellows, oranges, blacks and greens, the pools and drips of Andy Warhol's oxidized works represent quite a different take on the artist, than his (in)famous pop-art. The...

  • Pop-up Urinals

    Public convenience by the push of a button

    This public urinal hides in plain sight during the day, and rises for the occasion at night. With room for three, the urinal provides ample opportunity and encouragement for male citizens to do their...

  • Pissing in Perfect Cursive

    Lou Buche's Pee-Project

    What may have started as a “seriously drunk” act on a snowy Amsterdam night turned into something much more rousing. For artist Lou Buche, a quick piss stop on the trek home from a drunken night led...

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