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  • The evolution of a brand

    Conversation with Sabine Delafon, curator of the Milan pavilion

    For the Amsterdam Biennale performance artist Sabine Delafon created a special exhibition with her Sabine Delafon Corporation. It opens on Saturday 21 November at Mediamatic from 20:00 hrs, along...
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  • 2010

    Living on the edge

    Interview with Caroline Woolard, curator of the Brooklyn pavilions

    For her second pavilion in the Amsterdam Biennale, Caroline Woolard curated Temporary Services into the Brooklyn Pavilion. They organized a one-off newspaper, focusing on art labor and economics in...
  • 2010

    Tearing down the wall

    Daniële Marx about the the physical and mental wall of Porto Alegre

    Curator Daniele Marx shows works from Brazilian artists in her pavilion in the Amsterdam Biennale, that opens the 14th of November.

  • Is it a man or a woman?

    Pedro Meyer’s fascination for nudes, hermaphrodites and transvestites

    Brazilian artist Pedro Meyer doesn't just paint nude women. With his painting-installation “Transvestite Bathroom” he plays with the notions of seduction and strangeness. The Rio de Janeiro pavilion...

  • Creators of social value

    Conversation with Erik Pold, travel-guide and curator of the Copenhagen pavilion

    Danish artist Erik Pold interviewed four people from the cultural underground in Copenhagen for his CPH TLK project. This Saturday the 21st of November at 20:00 hrs Erik's Copenhagen pavilion opens...

  • A temple for the male muse

    7 questions for Olga Jitlina

    Olga Jitlina and Katja Sokolova are curators of the St. Petersburg pavilion that opens Saturday 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic, at 20:00 hrs. The woman has been a muse for...

  • The pavilion as a sculpture

    Turkish artist Suat Öğüt speaks about Turkey and his striking Istanbul-pavilion

    Turkish-born artist Suat Öğüt wants to do it differently than the other curators. He makes a sculpture out of his cardboard cube that has also a practical function. The Istanbul pavilion opens...

  • Truths and stereotypes

    Interview with Kaspar Wimberley and Susanne Kudielka from the Stuttgart pavilion at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009

    Saturday 5 December at 20:00 hrs the Stuttgart pavilion opens in the Amsterdam Biennale 2009. Stuttgart doesn't have a very good reputation. Curators Susanne and Kaspar explain why.

  • Mapping for Tourists

    MFT resulted in Noord, an exhibition and travel guide

    Noord is the result of a project initiated by Nat Muller and Mediamatic: Mapping for Tourists. 22 artists were invited to map Amsterdam-Noord, pars pro toto for The Netherlands. The artists lived and...

  • 'Het gaat om het gevoel dat je verkoopt'

    Interview met Aynouk Tan, modejournalist en Amsterdamse gids van het Travel project

    Journalist en mode-icoon Aynouk Tan presenteert zaterdag haar eerste geur tijdens de opening van haar Amsterdamse paviljoen op de Amsterdam Biënnale 2009. De show heeft een dubbelzinnig tintje. 'Ik...

  • WatSpinoza? op het Damrak

    Wat is er mis met gevangenisstraf voor het gooien van kauwgom op straat?

    Op 7 mei 2009 werd de eerste WatSpinoza? vraag aan het Amsterdamse publiek gesteld. Aan het Damrak, vlak voor het Centraal Station, worden voorbijgangers gevraagd: 'Wat is er mis met gevangenisstraf...
  • A Biennale Interview

    The idea of interaction

    Conversation with the curators of the Leeds pavilion

    Jon Wakeman, Karen Watson and Megan Smith explain what they are presenting in the Amsterdam Biennale 2009. The Leeds pavilion “I Am Leeds” opened Saturday 12 December together with Nicosia, Tehran

  • Visual Identity

    Georgia

    Here you'll find the Mediamatic Huisstijlhandboek (styleguide) with some good examples, and insightful remarks. Based the works of Abel van Gijlswijk, Mediamatic's star designer. Few key points to...

  • Dutch Design Awards

    Infographics campaign against the culture cuts nominated

    Our 2011 campaign against the culture cuts has made it to the Dutch Design Awards finals. Other nominees are amongst others Lernert & Sander and Metahaven. The winners will be announced on October...

  • Kunstformen For Sale!

    Haeckel posters and shirts available

    Brighten up your walls and wardrobe with Kunstformen Der Natur from German biologist Ernst Haeckel. From Radiolaria to jellyfish, in black and white or brightly colored. All 100 large scale posters...

  • Kom Je Ook leren feesten?

    KJO Nacht met workshops van o.a. N8, 5DaysOff en de Nachtburgemeester

    Kom Je Ook Nacht op 6 juli gaat over functioneel feesten. Dit keer geen dagprogramma met lezingen, maar een avondje workshoppen met creatieve evenementorganisatoren uit het culturele veld. Keynote...

  • 'Our meat is the best of the world, and the herbs…

    Interview with Anne Sofie Hardenberg, culinary ambassador to Greenland

    Anne Sofie Hardenberg knows everything about Greenlandic food and herbs. At Kaffemik 2 she gives cooking lessons and talks about her personal history as a daughter of an Eskimo mother and a Danish...

  • 'Alles moet nog gedaan worden'

    Gesprek met Eliana Otta, vertegenwoordiger van Lima op de Amsterdam Biënnale 2009

    Het kunstleven in Lima is rijk en gevarieerd, maar desondanks hebben kunstenaars het erg moeilijk. 'Alles hangt af van individuele initiatieven.'

  • Amsterdam Biënnale 2009

    Opening Friday 16 October at 20.00 hrs

    The Amsterdam Biennale 2009 is the first ‘crowd sourced’, ‘user generated’ biennale in the world. More than 30 curators from the Mediamatic Travel network present contemporary art from their city.

  • Jerry Springer: fascinerend of weerzinwekkend?

    Interview met SjocoSjon, bedenker en curator van 'The Great Jerry Springer Rodeo'

    SjocoSjon vertelt over zijn fascinatie voor de schaamteloosheid van Jerry Springer, films van Paul Verhoeven en MTV-clips.

  • Practising the impossible

    Gesprek met Dina Danish, die vrijdag 6 november het Caïro-paviljoen opent op de Amsterdam Biënnale 2009

    Multimedia-kunstenaar Dina Danish werd geboren in Caïro, maar woonde en studeerde lange tijd in de Verenigde Staten. Haar expositie "Manuals for failure" toont vier werken die op een humoristische...
  • Previously on view in the Amsterdam Biennale: Caroline Woolard

    Brooklyn Pavilion, NY

    October 17 - November 2009

    From October 17 until the end of November, curator Caroline Woolard presents the first Brooklyn Pavilion with 'Security Lifestyle' by Adriana Young. More information is here: www.betterthanliving.com...
  • Previously on view in the Amsterdam Biennale: Kai-Ting Lin, XAN

    Taipei Pavilion

    Beauties behind the glass box, selling Bīnláng 檳榔 (Betel nuts)

    Together with four other cities, Taipei opened its pavilion on Saturday 14 November 2009 with the presentation of a Taiwanese tradition: the betel nut beauties. Until 3 January 2010 in the Amsterdam...
  • Previously on view in the Amsterdam Biennale: Photobooth-Picture

    Copenhagen Pavilion

    Social Constructionist travel guide & talkshow

    Performance artist Erik Pold is representing the Danish capital at the Amsterdam Biennale from Nov 21 2009 till Jan 3 2010. He shows the video CPH TLK, which he made especially for the Biennale and...

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