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  • Image: Thomas Thwaites

    A holiday from being human (GoatMan) by Thomas…

    A picture from A holiday from being human (GoatMan) by Thomas Thwaites . During this project, he tried to become a goat in order to escape the fear inherent in being human. He ended up in the Alps
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  • We all know turtles and kangaroos - but what…

    A reinterpretation of Camille Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals

    “We cannot describe the cries of admiring joy let loose by an enthusiastic public. In the immense oeuvre of Camille Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals is certainly one of his magnificent...

  • Let's stitch!

    From sewing to species: An interview with Inge Naaimachines

    During Dutch Design Week we will be collaborating with various artists, makers and scientists. Inge Naaimachines is a creative business based in Eindhoven who will be providing the sewing machines to...

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    Research, updates and interviews for Inhuman Carnaval

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  • Biodiversity Meets Fashion

    Amsterdam Fashion Academy x Mediamatic

    The city of Amsterdam, a metropolitan with the largest city population in the Netherlands, has always been a center for fashion, music festivals, and diversity. The city is characterized as “slightly...
  • Proposal by: Viviana Selene M. Calderon de la Barca

    Inclusive Patching.

    Project proposal: Textile & Sustainability

    It's not news. We're running out of time to save our natural world and resources. So this two in one, workshops + inclusive and diverse get togethers, aim to be informa(c)tive and inspiring to spread...

  • Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno

    Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno exhibited in Nature's Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Invention .  Nature's Toolbox  is an exhibition exploring the wonders of biodiversity. The exhibition perceives...
  • Becoming magnesium Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Fredrik Link

    Becoming magnesium

    Through scrunching & draping tinfoil: can I transform into magnesium?

    Through researching costume ideas for the Inhuman Carnaval, I came across the mineral magnesium. The rock and metal like texture reminded me of the scrunched up tin foil around the sandwiches my mum...

  • Take a seat and lean in: The poetry of Code Noir

    Reflecting on representation and language with Rachel Rumai Diaz

    Following the end of the Code Noir dinner series, I had a chat with Rachel Rumai Diaz-- the spoken word artist behind the poetry that breathed life into the culinary journey of our latest Neo
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Aya Koné

    Sculpting with Mycelium

    Altijd al willen ruiken naar een ander wezen? Dit artikel onderzoekt geur als vermomming. En hoe je neus een van je krachtigste zintuigen is.

    Frank Bloem is parfummaker en geurontwerper. Vanaf 2014 stapte hij over van beeldende kunst naar geur. In 2016 resulteerde dit in de financiering van The Snifferoo. “Wist je dat een jonge...
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda

    Romantic Ruin

    Dec '21

    Winter is knocking on our door and the Tumulus vegetation is preparing to hibernate.  This patch of nature is still holding its green for the most part but some plants have decayed to fall colours...

  • 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Design your own Shroud

    with Susanne Duivensteijn

    Have you ever thought about what you want to be wearing when you die? In this workshop we will breathe new life into an old Dutch tradition. You will be guided in the process of making your own...
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda

    Hermit Hut II: Ruin

    Jan '22

    ruin - n-   late Old English, "act of giving way and falling down", from Latin  ruina  "a collapse, a rushing down, a tumbling down.” - Online dictionary of etymology 
  • Proposal by: David Kerssens Goedhart

    Machine No.1

    Project proposal: Een wolk vliegen begeleiden

    Een installatie waarbij in een verder lege ruimte met behulp van een machine een wolk vliegen van A naar B wordt begeleid zonder fysiek contact te maken.  

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Sculpting Textiles

    with Margherita Soldati

    How can you use unconventional materials and techniques to manipulate textile in shapes, textures and patterns? During the workshop, artist Margherita Soldati will introduce you to manipulating...

  • Grow your clothing

    Bio-Couture : bacterial-cellulose textile is the fashion of the future

    What could be a more sustainable way of dressing up than growing your own cloths made from a totally organic material? This is the aim of an interesting experimental project called Bio-Couture...

  • Save Your Pearly White Teeth

    Human Ivory by Lucie Majerus

    Ivory as a material from animal tusks might still be a luxury material. But it’s controversial aspect makes it distasteful and old fashion. Instead of valorising ivory tusks as a prized possession

  • Mycelium insulation panels

    First experiments

    This mycelium panel was made out of wheat husks and Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) as biological binding agent, grown for three weeks at 25ºC and 85% of relative humidity.

  • A Short Introduction to Interdisciplinary Artist…

    It’s difficult to introduce Sonja, because there is no one specific word that can define her profession. Her work does not fit easily into standard categories: it includes art objects, living...

  • Trans links

    Some links for, about and related to transgenderism

    In connection to Mediamatic's exhibition Kiki! On Steroids, an exhibition about gender, identity, the internet, play, self-representation, community, transformation and more.

  • Mushrooms are taking over the Dutch media

    “Scientists, designers and dreamers are working on a revolution”.

    For the last couple of months Motherboard, the technological arm of Vice have been on board to interview designers, scientists and mycelium experts about their work with fungi. The result is...
  • Proposal by: Angela Kerr

    Forests of Remembrance

    Project Proposal: Could the dearly departed save the planet?

    As human beings, we honour our dead with rites, tombs and vigils, statues and cenotaphs, processions, pyres and rituals. Our instinct to respectfully bid farewell cuts across cultures, place and time.

  • Wat is een dashcam en waarvoor kan ik ze…

    Lees hier wat een dashcam is en waar je ze voor kunt gebruiken!

  • Kristel Peters

    Growing shoes with Mycelium

    Researcher Kristel Peters explores the possibilities of combining traditional shoe material with fungi.

created Julia van der Veen modified Anne Hofstra

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