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apis mellifera on a XIX century British urinal

A Victorian urinal target dating back at least as far as the 1880s features a bee

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37 Pavilions

First ‘user generated’ biennale

Here we have collected the proposals for the city pavilions in the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 that were sent to us by the curators. We also show what each pavilion looks like after it was built. Find...
Level 3: Consoles

Interactive entertainment computers

Atari, Commodore, Sega and more. These are the consoles on display in the Arcade exhibition. This level was opened on January 22nd 2011.
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...
On bees and piss

riddle answer

Why is a honey bee like a men's urinal? Have you guessed the riddle yet?
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Bart Ellenbroek

Building a geodesic dome

My experiences during my third week at Mediamatic

Exploring the possibilities of a geodesic dome built from mycelium.
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.
MB Vectrex, 1982

Game: Mine Storm

The Vectrex is a real collectors item. It consists of a mini arcade cabinet-like screen and a rectangular console that could be stored away inside the cabinet. The first ones were produced by General...
Everything is going to be alright

Another piece for our Mushroom Design collection

Italian designer Emmanuel Babled is exhibiting in these days his new collection in Zurich where we can find a couple of new objects for our Mushroom Collection. In particular, designboom highlight...
Atari Jaguar, 1993

Game: DOOM

The Jaguar is a 64-bit video game console, released in 1993 by Atari. Although it wasn't a big success (only 80 games were released for this little machine), it's important in that it was Atari's...
Ingeborg Houwen 1 Jan 2001

Diagram A Speech-in-Space Act 1.1

Science Fiction Performance Drama (Part 1 of 5)
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Conny Groenewegen

Fashion Machine Factoids

Why we have to Cut the Crap

A million microplastics per washing, 6000 sweaters, and 570 square meters of knitting. The fashion industry is a beautiful but polluting business. Designer Conny Groenewegen sets out to visualize...
Ingeborg Houwen 1 Jan 2001

Diagram A Speech-in-Space Act 2

Science Fiction Performance Drama (Part 3 of 5) Act 2 'de strooi al'
Ingeborg Houwen 1 Jan 2001

Diagram A Speech-in-Space Act 3

Science Fiction Performance Drama (Part 4 of 5) Akt 3 'Ver niet e ging'
Ingeborg Houwen 1 Jan 2001

Diagram A Speech-in-Space Act 4

Science Fiction Performance Drama (Part 5 of 5) Akte 4 '(geen titel)'
Kompromat Blog Katja Sokolova, Andrei Tchernikov

Raving in Rags

@ ikikik (me me me!) opening

"Je kijkt zo zuur naar m'n haute couture" sings a popular Dutch band "Jeugd van Tegenwoordig". Mediamatic and Andrea Crews look down on high fashion too. We're done with Versace and Dolce&Gabbana.
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten

Open Ateliers 2006

Ateliers van de Rijksakademie.

Bezoek de ateliers van de Rijksakademie en bekijk het werk van kunstenaars in hun atelier.
El HEMA in Den Haag

Nieuwe tijdelijke winkel in het centrum van de stad

El HEMA, een concept ontwikkeld door Mediamatic Amsterdam in 2007, werd een instant-hit. De El HEMA werd daarna geadopteerd door Kosmopolis. Na Rotterdam bezocht te hebben, is de El HEMA nu te vinden...
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), 1991

Game: Super Mario World

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is a 16-bit video game console. It was first released in 1990, and was Nintendo's second home console, following the NES. The SNES controller featured...
SNK Neo Geo, 1990

Game: Baseball Stars Professional

The Neo Geo was a video arcade machine and 16-bit video game console released by the Japanese company SNK. When it first hit the American market it was priced at a staggering $649.99. Proud owners...
Sega Master System, 1986

Game: Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker

The Sega Master System (SMS) is an 8-bit video game console released by Sega. Worldwide thirteen million copies of this machine have been sold. It's based on the SG-1000 Mark III (1985). The SMS...
An interview with Engy Aly

"There are much, much more Arabs and Muslims than I have ever seen in my life outside of an Arabic country."

July 2010. Engy has been living and working in Amsterdam-Noord for a few weeks. She was kind enough to share her first impressions, and tell us a little bit about her background.
Grow your clothing

Bio-Couture : bacterial-cellulose textile is the fashion of the future

What could be a more sustainable way of dressing up than growing your own cloths made from a totally organic material? This is the aim of an interesting experimental project called Bio-Couture...
Ingeborg Houwen 1 Jan 2001

Diagram A Speech-in-Space Act 1.2

Science Fiction Performance Drama (Part 2 of 5)
Wearable Fluids: Turning the Body Inside Out

Body Fluids by Zane Cerpina

What if you were able to wear some of your most intimate bodily fluids, such as menstrual blood, breast milk or semen, as jewellery? Visual artist Zane Cerpina created a collection of jewellery made...

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