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  • Perscentrum Nieuwspoort

    Premsela Debat - Rijksvormgever

    15
    Dec 2006
    - Noodzaak of nonsens

    In het heetst van de verkiezingsstrijd nodigt de Premsela Stichting u uit voor een debat over de noodzaak van een rijksadviseur vormgeving.
  • Politics
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  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Bahia Shehab

    Al-Rihla (The Journey)

    1
    Dec 2016
    31
    Dec 2024
    - Mural by Bahia Shehab

    Mediamatic and Framer Framed invited Lebanese-Egyptian street-artist Bahia Shehab to create a brand new graffiti wall at Mediamatic Biotoop right next to our terrace. In order to celebrate her...
  • Frascati

    Crisis in Frascati

    Strategieen van de kunstenaar

    Frascati roept in maart de crisis uit. We breken de theatermuren open en slepen de wereld naar binnen. Wat brengt de dag vandaag? We zien valutaduikvluchten, macht & paniek. We horen een roep om...

  • Krakersmonument

    Jeremiah Day / SMBA in het kader van MyNameIsSpinoza

    In samenwerking met het Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam realiseert kunstenaar Jeremiah Day (VS, 1974) zijn concept voor ‘Krakersmonument’, een kustwerk in de openbare ruimte.

  • The Code Noir: A brief, yet powerful history

    Winston Churchill famously said that “those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Our upcoming NeoFuturist Dinner touches on the importance of learning from our collective...

  • El HEMA

    2007 - 2008

    Imagine an Arabic Hema store. From the 25th of August 2007 to 6 January 2008 Mediamatic presented a design contest, an exhibition, workshops and shop night salons about El HEMA. In oktober 2008 and...
  • Book: Critical Art Ensemble 1 Jan 1994

    The Electronic Disturbance

  • Typographic Matchmaking in the City Public…

    Symposium – Film screening – Book launch Location: De Balie, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam Language: English Free Entrance. Reservation is required. RSVP: khatt.foundation@gmail.com The event will consist of...

  • The Definition of Conceptual

    somewhat of a review concerning a debate on the value of concept.

    In the invitation Premsela sent out for their New Year's reception was the following: "Concept and Conceptual; the most used and especially abused words in the jargon of art, design and architecture.

  • 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...

  • Terrorism gives power

    to the Government...

    On Wednesday the 9th of February, a benefit was held for Steve Kurtz, the artist from the Critical Art Ensemble who was arrested under suspicion of bioterrorism. He had a lab in his house where he...
  • 2006 Arjen Mulder, Maaike Post

    The City of Homeless Pigeons

    Early in the mornings that spring, we always sat waiting until the curtain opened and the father fed the son his porridge. In the light of the kitchen lamp the little boy sat waiting in his high...
  • 2006 Tim Etchells

    The City of Untried Chemistry

    He went through her things many times after she disappeared, but if at first he was hoping to find a sign post to her whereabouts, it was soon just his habit. Looking was a late-night searching for...
  • 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...
  • 2006 Tom McCarthy

    City of Cards

    We had decided that I should arrive by sea. Amsterdam has always been a port, so entering it this way had a certain logic, given my brief. It was anything but practical, though: from Turin I had to...
  • Frank Mohr Instituut

    Future's past: re-imaging art and media

    1
    Jan 2006

    The start of an ongoing series of public lectures.
  • Mercedez Bunz 1 Jan 2001

    Extensions, Boundaries & Double Crossings

    Or: We Don't Trust Anybody. Shadowing Theory and Technology Constructing Subjects

    Bunz's text will focus on the different ways in which the word 'and' formats the relation between reality - which means us, the humans - and the computer. Her ambition is to demonstrate that the 'and'...
  • article on time kay patru

    the Double

    non-linear human perception

    an interpretation of the real double theory
  • Pop-Up Cafe

    The Last Sweat Party in the Pop-Up basement

    The Pop-Up Café is a temporary exhibition that will take place from June 6 until August 2 at Meneer de Wit Gallery in Amsterdam. Created by Eline Mul and Karolien Buurman, it's a place that looks and...

  • 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...

  • The Typographic Matchmaking Project: Developing…

    Willem Velthoven interviewing the Typographic Matchmaking Type Designers: Nadine Chahine, Gerard Unger, Tarek Atrissi, Peter Bilak, Pascal Zoghbi, Lucas de Groot, and Lara Assouad Khoury.
  • The Hague, The Netherlands

    TodaysArt 2008 Festival in The Hague

    International Festival for Adventurous Creativity

    Every year, for one weekend, the TodaysArt Festival transforms the city centre of The Hague into an inspiring stronghold of creativity and audiovisual experiences. This year, over 200 artists will...

  • The Typographic Landscapes of the Arab World

    Research on Aesthetic Trends and Legibility

    Tarek Atrissi’s will present a research on aesthetic trends and design conventions in the Arab world, through the analysis of selected current practices in Arabic type design, corporate identities

  • TODAYSART 2011

    Festival beyond art

    TODAYSART is a festival in The Hague organized by The Generator, which profiles itself in Art, Music and Technology.

  • The Mobile City

    A conference on Locative Media, Urban Culture and Identity

    The Mobile City conference 27 & 28 February 2008 NAi (Netherlands Architecture Institute) Rotterdam, The Netherlands "The Mobile City" is a two-day conference about locative & mobile technologies

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