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Rachel Rumai Diaz
Rachel Rumai Diaz is a writer, poet, performance artist, teacher and artivist. Being fluent in English, Spanish, Dutch and Spanglish she intertwines languages to create poetry that triggers...
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Lelani Lewis
Lelani Lewis, a chef, food stylist, and culinary activist, creates inspiring audience experiences with her innovative and vibrant approach to food. Growing up in South London with Grenadian and Irish...
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2020 Tobias Servaas, Queer Currents
Queer Currents
Mediamatic is the stage for three panel discussions and an exhibition of Queer Currents, a wave of queer expressions in preparation for the Gay Pride.
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Queer Currents 2020: Inclusive Space
- Queering Intersectionality in The Critical Visitor20Jul 2020How to open up the institutions of museums and archives for outsider voices? The Critical Visitor research project looks into the hotly debated issues of diversity and inclusion in the fields of...
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Queer Currents 2020: Meet the Next Generation
- Vijf 'Pink Seniors' over roze ouder worden18Jul 2020Roze senioren, LHBTI-ouderen... Twintig jaar geleden bestonden deze termen nog niet. Maar de huidige generatie 65-plussers is trots op haar roze identiteit en is zeker niet van plan deze op hogere...
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Queer Currents 2020: Queer Manifesto Reading
- A collective reading of the Queer Nation Manifesto by Girls Like Us22Jul 2020Girls Like Us is currently working on their first non-magazine publication: a collection of Queer & Feminist manifestos, edited by Liz Allan. In preparation for this project, they invite you to join...
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Queer Currents: Such Delicate Tenderness
- Een tentoonstelling van Bas Kosters20Jul 2020Bas Kosters is Nederlands extravaganste queer fashion designer. Maandag 20 juli exposeert hij bij Mediamatic met erotische werken over mannelijkheid en homoseksualiteit. "Such Delicate Tenderness"...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
MediaMasquerade X Open to All
- A unique new approach to self expression through dressing and masking25Jul 2020MediaMasquerade is a series of workshops to celebrate all identities. Gender clown Taka-Taka and designer Niki Milioni invite those of all ages to explore new forms of expression through fashion
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
MediaMasquerade X Kids
26Jul 2020Come play, create, and perform with us! Taka and Niki invite children to imagine new forms of expression through dressing up and roleplaying. Get your tickets here !
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Pride
18Jul 2020- MediaMasquerade & Queer Currents2Aug 2020There is no parade this year, but we still think it is important to celebrate identity in all its facets. That is why Mediamatic has a program during the pride week that gives an ode to the...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Values for Survival
- Presentation of the first results within the complementary research program of the Dutch contribution to the 17th Architecture Biennale of Venice14Jul 2020In these strange times, in which our daily life has changed radically, it has become clear that we must jointly look for new ways and values to shape our lives. In Values for Survival, the social and...
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A place for happiness
Getting married in your own way
Weddings are times of joy and happiness. There is no better way to start a life together than at Mediamatic, where creativity and uniqueness are put on a pedestal. Our venue offers a beautiful...
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Diversity mission
As a progressive public cultural institution, we find diversity, in all its facets, essential. We actively strive to raise awareness and implement a more transversal and integrated way of thinking...
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Een sterke culturele basisinfrastructuur
Felicitaties aan nieuwe instellingen
Op 4 juni 2020 presenteerde de Raad voor Cultuur aan minister Van Engelshoven zijn advies over de Basisinfrastructuur (BIS) 2021-2024. Met dit advies geeft de Raad de culturele sector een enorme...
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Nehis Osagie
CleanLab Assistant and Mycelium Researcher
My name is Nehis , I was born and raised in Amsterdam and currently 21 years of age. Right now I am studying Biology which is one of my biggest passions. The other one is design and after my...
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Space for a final goodbye
(un)conventional rite
All forms of life are given a place at Mediamatic. Death is inherently linked with the cycle of life. Just as nature provides room for death, so do we. We offer the opportunity to bid your deceased...
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Mara van der Blonk
Data Manager / Communication intern
My name is Mara! At MediaMatic I will be responsible for maintaining the “digital heritage department”. I'm really looking forward to dive in the archives and connect the past with the present! Let’s...
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Ticket Terms & Conditions
What do you agree with when you buy a ticket?
1. General ticket conditions We have house rules . Buying a ticket means that you agree with these house rules. By ticket we mean any admission ticket to Mediamatic. This can vary from a ticket...
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History
Inner workings and previous experiments
Chef Tommaso Buresti and food designer Giulia Soldati started their journey in the kitchen of Mediamatic when they presented A La Mano, as an edition of our Futurist Dinner series in September 2018.
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Let's start this
My first two weeks
De eerste twee weken stage. Dag één, hoe verliep dit? Mijn weg banend door het labyrint van koterij en kunst-tentoonstellingen kwam uit op het kantoor. Na even onwennig rondkijken vond ik mijn plaats...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Laura Ximena Triana
The cultural influence of Tobacco
This is a part our Olfactory History of Oosterdok
Discover the transition of Tobacco from a cultural/historical perspective.
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Daniël Smit
Handyperson
Born in Beirut but raised in Amsterdam. I started my work life as a handyman with my mother; afterwards, I attended engineering school and switched to a Rietveld and woodworking school. I like to...
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The Magic of Cacao
Of flowers, rituals, and sensations
The origins of chocolate -this sublime natural creation- are traced back to the Ulua river valley in Honduras around 1100 BCE (Norton, 2008). The Olmec community or their descendants provided the...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Lenteviering
- Met Leoniek Bontje, Hanneke Marseille, Rob van den Ban21Mar 2020We nodigen je uit voor onze buurt lenteviering. Op 21 maart kun je bij ons genieten van een drankje en meer leren over de planten die beginnen te groeien op de Dijksgracht. We hebben plantenbordjes...