Our exhibitions make connections between developments in new media, art and culture. The exhibitions often have strong ties to DIY culture, and visitors actively participate wherever and whenever possible.
This exhibition shows the trend to hide, alter or mask the face. A trend visible in art, fashion and the media since the turn of the century. The works on show ranges from avant-garde masks to pieces...
In September Mediamatic opened up its space to people in the Netherlands who wanted to support the protestors in Turkey. Weekly meetings resulted in the idea to turn Mediamatic's exhibition space...
A group of designers, cooks and other makers were sharing our huge, leaking, unheated space in the Van Gendthallen. This group together formed the Freezing Favela and started with weekly gatherings...
Paddestoelen Paradijs was a little patch of mushroom paradise in the center of Amsterdam. Learn how to grow and prepare your own mushrooms, and join us on fungi scavenger hunts. Explore the world of...
How do we remember and relate the protests on Cairo's Tahrir Square? Which objects trigger memories of the February Strike in Amsterdam? What do the stories circulating about Nelson Mandela's ANC...
Heden en verleden staan altijd met elkaar in verbinding. Dit is voor het Graphic Design Museum aanleiding om verbindingen te leggen tussen de geschiedenis en de toekomst van grafische beeldcultuur.
‘Me trane gaan overal: The Dushi Kimberley Experience’ took place on April 9 and 10. Opening party was on Friday April 8. The exhibition offered a unique insight into the life of Rotterdam based...
22 artists made work in and about Amsterdam-Noord. The exhibition Noord could be visited in the Mediamatic Bank . Here are some pictures of the exhibition.
Mediamatic's exhibition space was transformed into a full-blown arcade. The expanding collection of old and new games consisted of interactive installations, video arcade machines, consoles
Bring your bike for a ride through Mediamatic Bank and discover the rich culture that grew around a simple vehicle: the fixed gear bike. Sportsmen, riders, messengers, collectors, artists and other...
SjocoSjon and SFFRMKRS present a crazy circus at the Mediamatic Bank. Filled with interactive art installations. Inspired by The Jerry Springer Show, the most grotesque talkshow on screen, ever made.
An exhibition with images stories and experiences from Greenland's nature and culture, made by photographer Anya van Lit and author Joost Bottema, who traveled through this vast country together. DUS...
Greenland has a rich culture that is threatened to become extinct as a result of climate change. At least, that is the current perception outside of Greenland. But what do the Inuit think themselves?
After several months of many evenings of diverse openings, of many trips to the far corners of the world's new and not yet discovered cultural capitals, this Saturday 12th december with the...
Some nights are big, some night are bigger than others, and tonight's our biggest night so far at the Amsterdam Biennale.. This saturday night we have SIX openings, yes, six openings.... Canadian...
This Saturday evening, the Amsterdam Biennale together with Mediamatic presented the launch of Aynouk Tan's second perfume, "Skin".
This saturday night was another great and eclectic night of openings at Mediamatic. Taiwenese sexy girls behind glass, A bombardment of Milanese art mafiosi, Robots from Rome, Danish talk shows, DJ's...
Welcome to the Jungle. We got Fun 'n' and Games. Play the Pop Quiz. Your hosts for tonight are Roos and Alex.
From the far East to the far West and everything in between: this Saturday at Mediamatic the pavilions of Kobe (curated by Paul Lefevre-Venet), Porto Alegre (by Daniele Marx), Casablanca (by Aicha el...
During the Museum Night 2009 you could witness the official opening of the pavilion of Lima (Peru) at Mediamatic. Ever tried raw fish, 'cooked' in lemon vinegar, or pisco sour, the national cocktail...
On Friday the 6th of November at 20:00 hrs the Cairo pavilion 'Manuals for Failure' opened, curated by Nat Muller. The pavilion introduces four instances defying definition by Dina Danish. To...
For the opening of the third Amsterdam pavilion in the Amsterdam Biennale 2009, Aynouk Tan, fashion editor for magazines L'officiel, Glamcult, ZOO and the NRC Handelsblad, it girl, party queen, most...
Last Saturday three brand new pavilions opened their doors at the Amsterdam Biennale: Beirut, Portland and Damascus. Curated by Rani al Rajji, Matthew Stadler and Abir Boukhari. As a special opening...
On Friday the 16th of October at 20:00 hrs the Amsterdam Biennale officially took off at Mediamatic. There was a live perfomance of Firestone and DJ Margit (Tallinn), DJ Katja Novi (Tallinn
The Amsterdam Biennale 2009 presented the contemporary art scene from all over the world. More than thirty international curators from the Mediamatic network provided their view of art in their city.
the girlfriend experience was back online in peru the project where you can play online with real people... a second life for grown ups.. but much more fun... opening 22nd July 2009, 2.30 am - 6 am...
Re:Parallax was one of the main parts of the interactive exhibition WatSpinoza? . It is a stop-motion re-enactment of Zhana Ivanova's Parallax performance with you and other people from Amsterdam as...
Met interactieve tentoonstelling WatSpinoza? wil Mediamatic de publieke discussie aanwakkeren door in het openbaar lastige en controversiële vragen te stellen.
What happens to your online profile after you die? Do you want it to remain online, so friends can leave a message in your memory? Or do you prefer having it deleted, so no confusion can arise about...
Women who want to be men, men who want to be women and everything in between. Mediamatic's exhibition Kiki on Steroids! was an intimate exploration of the world of transgenderism and self
Martin Butler's The Girlfriend Experience was staged at For God's Sake! / Pixxelpoint festival in Slovenia. The Girlfriend Experience attracted worldwide attention when it was presented for the first...
Friday October 17 Mediamatic celebrated the opening of the new exhibition Kiki on Steroids!, about transgender and selfrepresentation on the internet. With over 350 visitors it was a big success.
ikikik! (me me me!) was all about DIY Fashion and showing yourself on the internet. An exhibition / upcycling / catwalking / photoshoot / coworking and storysharing fest that made you feel & look...
This night was a night of fashion, art, activism and performance with artists, stylists, video directors, DJ's, happenings and video clips by Andrea Crews .... at the opening of Me! Me! Me! Fashion.
Mediamatic offered the visitors of Art Amsterdam and the Temporary Museum Amsterdam a free place to sleep and 5 days of performances and workshops for everybody. Your hostesses were Melanie Bonajo...
Martin Butler's The Girlfriend Experience was staged at the European Media Art Festival in Osnabruck, Germany (read more on EMAF website ). The Girlfriend Experience attracted worldwide attention...
Looking for a new friendship, cultural dipping or creative impulse? Curious about other people and cultures? Then Gastarbeider (Immigrant) Dating was something for you! From January 27th to the 16th...
"I realize that slowly I have become the representative of my country to all my friends in the Netherlands. Therefore I invited a group of 11 artists to join my project, most of them are none...
For 4 days long everyone was able to enjoy a live evolving audio collage consisting of interviews, commentary, music and fun. The Audio-streaming was running all through the day and night with both...
By means of dynamic interaction both indoors and outside in the public sphere and a growing presentation in the exhibition space, Gil & Moti tended to generate an informal critical discussion with...
Zhana Ivanova and friends set out to make a film tribute to one of her favourite Bulgarian movies, TOPLO (1978). As her cast she invited all the Bulgarians she could find. The Mediamatic visitors did...
During the “Gastarbeider Dating” (Guestworker Dating) exhibition at Mediamatic, Kyoko Inatome and Emiko Chujo presented “Japan, New & Old, In & Out”. A meeting point with a series of performances and...
Nostalgia and Chaos was an installation that showed different aspects of contemporary Argentinean cultural production. It was also part of Mediamatic's Gastarbeider dating series.
Our International Marriage Agency and Consulting Service was open for women and men from Wed to Sun from 4 to 8 p.m. Experienced professionals were there to answer all your questions. Every day we...
Ever wanted to read a book on psychogeography, but didnt get the chance because the book was too heavy and too big? This evening we offered you a solution: with the booklaunch of 'The Pocketguide to...
During PICNIC 07 you could play with several new cultural tools using RFID. Ten new RFID prototypes were developed during the Mediamatic RFID & Physical Computing Hackers Camp that started on 22...
Mediamatic and the Liminal Institute presented a reprise of Martin Butler's project 'The Girlfriend Experience' at the cross media conference Picnic 07 in Amsterdam. On September 26, 27 & 28 Butler...
The final date for entries to the designcompetion was the 25th of October 2007.
What would an Arabic Hema look like? Halal sausage? Arabic chocolate letters? Affordable high quality headscarves? 3 Arabic scarfs (kaffia) for the price of 2? Tunics or djellabas? School...
DNK and Mediamatic invited you to CELEBRATE the closing of the DNK season and the start of summer.
Graphic Design students went all second life with Conversations falling from the sky - confessions of a submissive avatar - 'Der Lauf der Prims' - the evolution of a fashionable newbie - and much...
Een avond met onderzoek naar alternatieve interfaces ontwikkeld door Rietveldstudenten Unstable Media/Interaction Design.
Germans think that showing the national flag is sinister. World Cup football in 2006 brought about a notable change. Germans overcame — temporarily — their fear of the association with right-wing...
It's Happening Now! was an unpredictable evening with more than 20 artists who still believe a Happening does stand a chance. With performances and contributions of Alexandra Bachzetsis, Marc Bijl
During the exhibition Vergessene Fahnen (Forgotten Flags) we served Weißwurst from Schwandorf, Brezel from Stuttgart, mustard by Haendelmayr en real Dutch radisch for 5 euro. And Naabecker beer from...
Martin Butler presented four human avatars to play with. You could log in at home with your character of choice. You could direct the avatar, explore the space and challenge him or her. The avatars...
During The Girlfriend Experience everyone got the opportunity to DINE with the avatars. Their favorite food was right there in the Analog Villa: DIY SUSHI, a concept by Debra Solomon . No more...
Deze vrijdag avond bestond uit Bong-Ra, David Linton (NY), Andre's Absinth bar, the Avatar sound mix, DIY sushi, DJ Christopher en de Open DI Night.
Two things were on the programme this night: You could sing along with harpists Maximilian Ehrhardt and Anastasia Makropoulou. There were 30 songs to choose from and everyone was welcome to present...
On this day we prepared those present for Valentine's day 2007. During the Pre-Valentine Skills Special we focussed ourselves on updating our flirting techniques, led by flirtmanagement.com . This...
On this wonderful evening we gave the opportunity to make your own sock puppet and discover more about your non-verbal flirting skills. After making a sock for ourselves, we met other socks and...
On this evening artist and origamist Stephanie Pan taught you how to create almost anything out of a couple of sheets of paper and a bit of patience.
Two of the most innovative DIY robot builders, Christain Faubel and Ralf Schreiber talk about their work.
Mediamatic organized a one or two- day workshop on how to design and solder autonomous robots.
On this beautiful, yet quite chilly night Mediamatic organized a Freestyle ikebana competition for absolute beginners! The Flower and Plant music was selected by dj Andre and it was the last chance...
The physical and the digital world are fusing, according to Julian Bleecker. The virtual life is becoming entangled with the real life, and the other way around. This Blogjects lecture showed us all...
Night Garden, sub-technical indoor garden, links new technology, next nature, contemporary art and its consumption. And you can have a really great dinner as well! Open Thurs / Frid / Sat from 6 - 11...
40 years of visual narrative- an overview of the beautiful layered image rolls/ scrolls of Tjebbe van Tijen. Mediamatic hosted this exhibition with long and also very interesting panoramas telling...
As a part of the exhibition Scroll, Mediamatic presents a visual lecture by Tjebbe van Tijen.The presentation was focussed on animation and story telling; the visual narrative media.
On this night we had a selection of the most inspiring anime from Japan. Three films were shown in our exhibition space, each with a different theme.
This was a showcase of the most important Cosplay movies, held on multiple nights. Who (or perhaps what) were the heroes of those dressed up like futuristic beings? We gave you the opportunity to...
A 24/7 shopwindow exhibition in Mediamatic's groundfloor gallery of over 40 of the best Dutch cosplay costumes. All costumes are based on existing manga, anime or videogame characters and made by the...
15 portraits of dutch cosplayers. For the full set of 50 cosplayers that I portrayed at Animecon 2006, see: this Flickr set .
This event was inspired by the White Nights occurring in northern countries at the end of June, when it never gets dark. This natural phenomenon influences the mind, changing perception of our most...
Placing a ready made animation in Mediamatic's project space, Rozendaal moved the ready made genre into the virtual realm. It was up to the viewer to decide if he or she wanted it there or not...
What happens when Serbian artist Bogomir Doringer exploits stereotypical Eastern European identity and becomes a thief? Chair Missing gave a clear and interesting answer to this question. The opening...
Bigger 2 featured blog war toys made out of propaganda soy, food supplements to stay alive while gaming, digital blood, a twisted history of Romanian music, Bucharest fanboy culture and the...
Throughout June 2006, five young artists played in and with Mediamatic's project space. The project started off with one artist, with another joining every week. The first artist was Tunc Topcuoglu...
An exhibition modelled after Jean-Luc Godards film from 1963. With work by Yoko Ono, Marlene Dumas, Vittorio Santoro, Lars Eijssen and many others.
Kraakgeluiden on Tour with Office-R, Bas van Koolwijk and Martijn Tellinga
Finissage Party - Practicum 06a Final Event. We looked back on five weeks of Practicum 06a, with food, recorded material, films, performances and various concerts.
It was the fourth night of practicum 06a. Tonight was all about the Sonic Acts N event Warm Up and Cool Down Party. Featuring Morten J. Olsen, Fredrik Hana, Anders Hana, Camilla Milena Feher, Sylvi...
During the third week of the N Collective doing their thing, visitors were able to see: James Beckett, Koen Nutters, Thomas Dypdahl, Morton J. Olsen and The Friendly Boys
Installation Gig Night During the exhibition Practicum 06a, the hangout space for artists and musicians, the N Collective was organizing a series of concerts every Friday evening.
For a period of six weeks, Mediamatic's exhibition space was taken over by the N Collective, an international network of artists, experimental musicians and composers. Especially for this purpose...
A project by Maurice Nio and Paul Perry. Participating Artists: Kasper Andreasen & Tine Melzer / Henk Bultstra & Jaakko van ‘t Spijker (SPUTNIK) / Elma van Boxel & Kristian Koreman (ZUS) / Sung Hwan...
Martí Guixé and Mediamatic invited you to the FOOD FACILITY, a conTEMPORARY eatery for those dining in a restaurant comfort with a living room mentality.
After Dinner concert in Mediamatic's Food Facility. With the N collective makin' some fine experimental tunes for everyone who visited. incl. the Trophybeaters.
42 Museums participated during the Museum N8, but you could've skipped them all and just come to see us... We had food by Marti Guixe, music by Mr and Mrs Cameron (Arling & Cameron/ Terrorgruppe...
Herczka presented his monumental 12-meter wide videofilm, and in the proces of visually remapping time and space created a thing of extreme beauty.
In his six larger than life photographs Shunji Hori created a binary super reality that is fantasy, idealism and reality at the same time.
Playing FLICKR is a public space installation by Mediamatic on the 11th floor of the PostCS building in Amsterdam.
asecretservice.org A project by Sasker Scheerder and Olaf Matthes. Mediamatic and Sasker Scheerder take SAFETY very SERIOUSLY. The increasingly popular exchange of sensitive digital information...
A 60 minute nocturnal performance by Martin Butler, read by Henk van Engelen, Katarina Mella, Marieangela Tinelli and Martin Butler.
For one week in May, the diners in Restaurant 11 will be confronted with the photos the users of Playing FLICKR select. By sending a keyword through SMS, users can request all photos on the flickr.
The second Mediamatic exhibition on the ground floor of the Post CS building is about flickr.com, the photo sharing website developed by Ludicorp. Until the 18th of June.
Architecture and urban planning are often abused to maintain or aggravate unfair political, economic or social situations. This was clearly the case in the Israeli governments design for the future...
A hopeless evening of action in which no less than twelve performance artists expressed their strong craving for authenticity.
In November 2003 Mediamatic started a new series of projections on Mediamatic Supermarkt.
The Autonomous Applications Believe exhibition showed work by Yariv Alter Fin and Nezaket Ekici.
The history of artistic performances contains a long list of ingredients and props, but as far as I know talcum/baby powder has never been used before.
Between December 14 and January 25 the My%Desktop exhibition by JODI (Joan Heemskerk and Dirk Paesmans) was to be seen at Mediamatic Supermarkt .
Maurer United Architects presented the Colabar Concept at Mediamatic Supermarkt from October 11 until November 23, 2003
From 13th July to 24th August inclusive, Mediamatic Supermarkt is presenting an exhibition by Women on Waves, with new installations by Willem Velthoven, the WoW mobile abortion clinic by Atelier van...
About the longing for a Gourmet Cycling Lady clad in a Burqua. In five parts and a multicultural postscriptum.
"Endorphin Experience" - "Bifurcation and Beyond" - "It takes a strong man to be a strong woman..." all describe elements of Debra Solomon's Ladies Gourmet Cycling project.
From the 17th of January until the 2nd of March Mediamatic presented three installations and five one-channel videoworks by Meggie Schneider (D, 1963).
a performance by Natasha Asmanidou, Voin de Voin, Tania Theodorou, Karin and Angelos Bratis.
Even leek het alsof je niet aanwezig was op de plek waar je je toch werkelijk bevond.
Exhibition showing two installations: Tickle Salon by Erwin Driessens & Maria Verstappen and Dream Diary by Angelos Bratis.
In November 2002 Mediamatic started a series of projections on Mediamatic Supermarket.
Interactivity was the most dangerous sign of the last decade.
Vals kader op zo'n moment (...) vraag je je af wat al die mensen in dat beeld te zoeken hebben... Tentoonstelling met foto's van Giselle de Oliveira Macedo en videowerk Nira Zait.
She is leaning on the window, motionless, her right hand flat against the glass, her head bent slightly downwards.
The dreadful threat of folklore... The first exhibition in the Mediamatic Supermarkt was a multi-disciplinary group show.