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    Willem Getting Involved !

    Knitting doesn't have to be hard. In knitting for Survival meetings, you don't have to be an experienced needle worker at all. We'll provide beginner tools and instructions next to the most advanced...
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  • 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...
  • 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...

  • Infographics: Are the budget cuts necessary or…

    The Dutch budget for arts & culture institutions is relatively small. The above average cuts will produce below average results.

    In 2011 the budget is € 490 million to support the cultural infrastructure. That sounds like a lot, but it is only a third of what we spend on holidays. It's 1,5% of the annual costs of the State...
  • 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...

  • Marketing the 'Other'

    'Foreign' as a Selling point

    This blogpost attempts to situate our approach to various cuisines within a broader political context of migration and diversity. How do perceptions of ‘foriegn’ food mirror political discourses...
  • 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...

  • A look at the history of Caribbean cuisine

    A blog for Code Noir

    Whether culture, tradition or simple sustenance, food is a central part of human life. It also carries great symbolic value. To share a meal goes beyond the food itself; it extends to an experience...

  • How national is food culture?

    A case study of regional food practices in Turkey

    We often distinguish food cultures by assigning them a national name. However, national territories are rarely homogenous and, many times, various food cultures exist within the same country. This...
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Freestyle Carpenting

    with Niels Albers

    High 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...
  • 2022 Elise Chalcraft, Willem Velthoven

    Sweaters against Putin

    Mediamatic turns down the gas heaters for Ukraine whilst learning how to knit.

    We are dialing down our heating because we don't want to fund the Russian government with our gas money. We will all be wearing sweaters for Ukraine in an attempt to stop our dependency on natural...
  • 2022 Iliana Metaxa

    Getting intimate through stitches

    Meet Desirée Hammen

    Are you curious to know more about our new workshop, Radical Embroidery? We talk with workshop tutor Desirée Hammen, an Eindhoven-based fashion designer and artist who specialises in embroidery.

  • Why Beftival?

    A Conversation with Ine Poppe and Olga Middendorp

    Beftival is coming, and, along with our growing anticipation, we also got curious to know more about the conceptual behind the scenes of it all. What pressing societal issues gave inspiration to this...
  • 2022 Iliana Metaxa

    Stitches, Threads and Needles

    Exploring the edges of contemporary embroidery

    From feminist empowerment and craftivism, to DIY material experimentations, embroidery is crossing boundaries left and right. Our new Radical Embroidery workshop has been inspired by a lot of...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Mediamatic Eten, Dijkspark Naomi Tidball

    Food is both fuel and identity

    A blog for Code Noir

    In light of our upcoming Code Noir event, it is important to reflect on globalisation's ability to reshape food. It offers a diversity within gastronomy, and it allows for a wider availability of...
  • 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...

  • Rattle that lock

    Looking at rats from a different point of view

    Rats are everywhere and hard to get rid of. This is probably the main reason for them being unwanted in big cities - and at the same time the best reason to rethink your own perspective: rats are...
  • 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
  • Press release

    Hema threatens with legal action

    because of the El Hema exhibition

    EXTRA: Mediamatic will meet with the Hema B.V.'s Director of Marketing on Friday the 27th of July. In a letter postdated the 23rd of July 2007, the Hema has changed their tone of voice ('The Hema...

  • Wat is een dashcam en waarvoor kan ik ze…

    Lees hier wat een dashcam is en waar je ze voor kunt gebruiken!
  • Willem Velthoven 7 Oct 2006

    Je herkent de Battle Royale personages makkelijk…

    Cosplay in Nederland

    Kattenoren zijn een beetje kinderachtig. Veel cosplayers kijken daar meewarig naar. Elfenoren ook trouwens. Te makkelijk, te simpel. Een echte cosplayer maakt zelf een compleet kostuum en fabriceert...

  • Mediamatic protesteert in stijl op Uitmarkt

    "Minister en Kamer: houdt Mediamatic niet klein"

    31 augustus 2008. Protest van Mediamatic tijdens de Uitmarkt met de Burka Big Band van Sietske Tjallingii en de lompen Fashion show met Martin Butler en Andrea Crews . Inzet: zorgen dat het positieve...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Alessandra Avanzi

    Ancient Egypt and the culture of perfume.

    The use of smelly components in Egyptian daily life: Kyphi, incense and other perfume.

    Incense was considered the “Fragrance of the Gods” in Ancient Egypt. Making incense meant in a mysterious way creating the body of the gods and communicating with them.   Do you know that the...
  • Mediamatic Magazine 2#4 Willem Velthoven 1 Jan 1988

    Pump up the Picture

    ...This is a journey into Sound. A journey which along the way will bring you new colour new dimension new value ... ...When all is ready I throw this switch... Bomb that bass I'm Nin' Alou... you...

  • Mediamatic Off-Line Vol. 10#3

    For a Better World - winter 2001

    Following on from Cesare Davolio's Annunciation (on the Red Brigade's kidnapping and eventual execution of the Italian politician Aldo Moro), this is the newest contribution to our irregular series...

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