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  • Image: Erik Diekstra

    Talks during Slum Sessions #13

    This picture was taken at Mediamatic Fabriek during Slum Sessions #13, part of Freezing Favela.
  • Urban Agriculture
  • Urbanism
  • Civilization

  • Pigeon Fertilizing Tower

    Bringing pigeons' fertilization power back into the cycle of life by collecting their shit in a pigeon tower made from recycled paper.

  • Mediamatic Fabriek

    Our location from 2011 till 2014

    Mediamatic has moved on average every 3 years. Mediamatic is a gallery, project space, aquaponics farm and cafeteria. In December 2011 we moved part of our activities to the Van Gendthallen on...

  • Pretty Nice Stuff

    Not everything must be perfect

    We are two Amsterdam-based “artists” named Laurens and Thijs. We do concepts, illustration, design, editorial work, and we silkscreen t-shirts under a label called Pretty Nice Shirts. For the...

  • Freezing Favela Area Map

    The favela is slowly being divided

    During Slum Sessions #5 each proposal took part in a game, with Play The City, to claim their space in the Freezing Favela by placing models inside a maquette of the Mediamatic Fabriek . This is the...
  • Book: Christopher Alexander 1 Jan 1977

    A Pattern Language

  • Rules of play

    Gametime

    These are the rules we used during Slum Sessions #5 to find out who can go where, with Play the City.

  • Mediamatic has moved to DijksPark in 2014!

    to Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam

    As of December 1st, Mediamatic moved to their new location on Dijksgracht 6. On this beautiful spot near the waterside (within walking distance from Central Station!) we will continue and intensify...

  • Spinoza

    Superster uit de gouden eeuw

    Er bestaat slechts één substantie, met één en dezelfde natuur Wie vrij is schrijft zichzelf de wet voor Het doel van de staat is de vrijheid

  • The White Trash Factory

    First sip of vodka

    In collaboration with Alexander Krone (Denmark) and André Avelãs (Portugal) our favela started producing white spirits out of organic trash collected from the neighbourhood. During Slum Sessions #2...

  • 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...

  • Marineterrein

    The Marineterrein is located on the city island of Kattenburg on the east side of the center of Amsterdam.  The doors of the site opened to the public in 2015 and a varied collective of about fifty...

  • Piss or get off the pot!

    New perspectives for the greenhouse: thinking about an Anthroponic system

    It's a rich solution, we produce it, sometimes it's inside us and sometimes it's not - and it connects us all, from the tiniest insect to the mastodontic blue whale. Is it blood? No, it's urine! Let'...
  • 27 m2 / 5- 20 p.

    Tuinkamer

    Colorful space with relaxed atmosphere

    The Tuinkamer is a beautiful space with lots of light. This space is suitable for workshops, meetings and presentations.

  • The Hard Surrender of The Navy Terrain

    As someone who is not born or raised in the Netherlands, I thought the Navy Terrain was just a public park and historic museum at first. Considering the eventful history of the Navy Terrain and what...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Bart Ellenbroek

    Geodesic dome research

    Testing sizes, entrance and connectors.

    Here is a first look intro the research and testing process of the mycelium geodesic dome project.
  • Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS

    Over Datum Eetclub 1

    Shells and Crusts with Tinda van Smoorenburg

    The first in our series of weekly dinner parties kicked off on Tuesday July 19th to a hungry crowd filling Mediamatic bank. It resulted in the successful resistance against the demonization of...

  • SAVE THE WORLD

    Door TINKEBELL. i.s.m. Mediamatic

    TINKEBELL. geeft met twaalf wereldverspreide interventies inzicht in situaties die kunnen ontstaan wanneer ons wereldbeeld in andere culturen wordt geplaatst. Hiermee stelt zij onze (hulp)norm ter...
  • 2009 Guy Königstein

    Family Stories

    A literal representation of the thread of life.

    Family Stories is comprised of two stop motion films focused on the shifting dynamics of family history and family relationships.

  • Noord

    Exhibition and travel guide

    Together with 22 local and international artists, Mediamatic mapped Amsterdam-Noord. This resulted in an exhibition, and in the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.
  • Project: Nienke Rooijakkers, Sergio Gridelli

    Vergeten veldjes

    over braakliggend bouwterrein en hoe stadsbewoners dat eigenzinnig naar hun hand zetten

    Dit project is in april 2010 gestart met subsidie van Stichting DOEN Fotograaf Sergio Gridelli en regisseur Nienke Rooijakkers volgen een jaar lang vijf braakliggende veldjes in de stad Amsterdam...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#2 Dirk Van Weelden 1 Jan 1993

    The Decay of Communication

    If the electronic revolution soon succeeds, the world will be an electronic mirror cabinet and every individual a will-less, perfectly cybernetically functioning monad, predicts H.P. Jeudy in his...

  • Fitna

    How to make a Sorry movie.

    1. Get your camera, use your webcam, take you mobile and say: 'I am sorry'. 2. Publish the film on Youtube , and/or on Vimeo , Myspace or any place 3. Call your film Fitna Sorry Geert Wilders 4. Add...

  • Unrestrained Flag Fest

    The beginning of Vergessene Fahnen

    "In the first place, the countless banners, flags, pennants, streamers, scarves and hats, the many creations of 'partyotism' have given expression to what can be mainly observed in young people

created Erik Diekstra

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