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  • Talking in Arabic

    I often meet people from “my part of the world” here in Amsterdam Noord. But we don’t always have a lot in common.
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  • Crossing the Water

    I flew into Amsterdam from Noord Copenhagen in the middle of the night on July 3rd. Someone from Mediamatic picked me up from the train station and took me to the flat where I'd be staying. Amsterdam...

  • The Bike Thief

    I was out at night, spray-painting my graffiti work in my neighborhood. It was about 3 am and I was dressed all in black so as not to draw attention to myself, when all of a sudden a huge man came...

  • Miscommunication

    After a few days in Amsterdam, I was on one of my daily walks when I came across my friend and colleague from Cairo, Osama, who was out on his bike taking pictures of the city. We decided to stop for...

  • Cultural Misunderstanding

    I don’t watch football, and this includes the World Cup. On the night of the finals, I heard a huge ruckus in front of the apartment—screaming, fireworks, cheers, music. Great, I thought, the...

  • Little Dog, Big Bite

    I was walking, stoned, through my favorite park when a little Chihuahua dog started to chase me. It chased me, snarling and yapping, for a couple of blocks as I tried valiantly to resist the urge to...

  • Smells

    One of the artists here, Ahmed, is also from Egypt, and one day he invited me to walk with him to a nearby park. I love this park and come here often; it is huge, quiet, and I can collect plenty of...

  • Biking and the Kindness of Strangers

    I am not a habitual bike rider, but as I said before, Amsterdam is the city of bikes, and we were all provided with one by Mediamatic. In addition to my daily walks, I decided to give bike riding a...

  • Kindergarten

    There’s a garden underneath my apartment balcony where kids play all day long. Their shrieks, cries and laughter can be pleasant enough in small doses, but after a while it grates on the nerves.

  • This one’s on me

    I met up with an artist here in the neighborhood who had previously done a residency at Townhouse, my gallery back in Cairo. We decided to go out for a beer, and were practicing his (rather limited...

  • Ayman Ramadan

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Mirrors and 40 Days : An exploration of a geographical territory as well as of the people which he finds himself living alongside.

  • 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...

  • Bakkar

    Hidden Noord

    Kareem went underground.
  • 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...

  • 10 Reasons why I love you.

    How the public is involved in creating our activities and is slowly becoming our colleague.

    A talk at the "Kom je ook?" symposium on web2.0 for culture and heritage. 14 november 2008, Mediamatic at OBA Amsterdam. This is presentation is listing 10+ examples of successful public involvement...
  • Book: Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

    Saga

    Star Wars Meets Game of Thrones

    Brian K. Vaughan's first creator-owned work to be published through Image Comics.

  • Aanjagen van verandering

    Aletta's Back-in-a-Bite

    Afgelopen vrijdag was het zover. Evelyn de Roos ging samen met haar collega's van het instituut voor vrouwengeschiedenis (Aletta) aan de slag tijdens hun DOEN Clinic, de prijs die ze won met haar...

  • Bored in Noord

    When I first arrived in Amsterdam, I was intrigued by the local perception of Amsterdam Noord. It seemed to me that, although Noord was only a short ferry ride away from the centre, Amsterdammers are...

  • Shoppen met Mirjam

    Online verkiezing van de mooiste nieuwe aanwinst

    Winnaar pitch tijdens KJO1 - Web 2.0 Het Tropenmuseum wil zijn bezoekers mee laten beslissen over welke nieuwe aankoop de collectie gaat verrijken. Via een internetverkiezing, gekoppeld aan een...

  • Stichting DOEN

    Wat doet de DOEN pitch op Kom je ook? en wat heb je er aan?

    Het kunst- en cultuurpubliek verandert. Het publiek voor de traditionele kunst vergrijst en een potentieel nieuw publiek voelt zich niet altijd aangetrokken tot de instellingen die kunst op...

  • Thank you

    Everyone who helped put Noord on the map

    Our project team, the artists and designers, sponsors, friends, Noorderlingen and other informers.

  • Dutch blog on art, communication and daily life

    weekly

    http://www.emilykocken.nl/blog/

  • Political map of Noord

    The Netherlands has a remarkable political system, allowing many parties to participate. The latest elections took place in June 2010 and featured eighteen parties! The people of Noord typically vote...

  • An interview with Kareem Lotfy

    Cairo, the tale of love and hate.

    Over a big plate of sushi, some green tea and lots of wasabi, we discussed Kareem's experience of Amsterdam, living in Cairo and feeling like a tourist.

created Caspar Menkman modified Anne Margriet van Dam

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