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  • Happy beginning

    “I found the gastarbeider of my life! Thank you Mediamatic”

    Without drawing too much attention to it, Mediamatic started beta testing its on line dating service as a companion project to the Gastarbeider Dating series of social sculptures. In a few days
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  • Gallery Willem Velthoven

    The Cosplay Show Portrait Gallery

    A few of the participants

    15 portraits of dutch cosplayers. For the full set of 50 cosplayers that I portrayed at Animecon 2006, see: this Flickr set .

  • Fitna the Movie

    We’re tired of waiting. So, let’s do it ourselves! Sorry!

    There is this not-so-intelligent Dutch politician that attracts attention by doing populist provocations. His name is Wilders. Geert Wilders. He is scared of aliens and especially of muslim aliens.
  • Willem Velthoven 7 Oct 2006

    Je herkent de Battle Royale personages makkelijk…

    Cosplay in Nederland

    Kattenoren zijn een beetje kinderachtig. Veel cosplayers kijken daar meewarig naar. Elfenoren ook trouwens. Te makkelijk, te simpel. Een echte cosplayer maakt zelf een compleet kostuum en fabriceert...

  • HEMA doet ElHEMA!

    Warenhuisketen biedt Suikerfeest–seizoensassortiment 2 jaar na opening ElHEMA project van Mediamatic.

    Een mooi voorbeeld van hoe de kunst voorloopt op maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen. In 2007 introduceerde Mediamatic ElHEMA , de arabische variatie op de hollandse HEMA. 2 jaar later zet de...

  • Yay! El HEMA nominated for Dutch Design Prizes!

    Vote for us if you like El HEMA

    We're very proud that we have been nominated for the Dutch Design Prizes. We're also on the shortlist for the Audi(ence) prize. And that's where you, dear reader, come in... You can vote for El HEMA...
  • 2 april 2008

    El HEMA on the Road

    Kosmopolis adopteert El HEMA

    De tentoonstelling en winkel El HEMA reist in 2008 met Kosmopolis door Nederland. Het multimediale platform Kosmopolis maakte vandaag bekend dat zij de El HEMA adopteert. De El HEMA is in mei te zien...

  • SpinAward 2008 Nomination

    ikTag and Hackers Camp 2008 (Interactive Social RFID Games).

    Mediamatic has been nominated for a SpinAward 2008 in the category Best Innovation, for the IkTag & Interactive Social RFID Games . This means this work is amongst the best interactive work produced...

  • Trade Art for Art and Food for Barbies

    This Sunday at Ruilen we have two very different swap events. In one area, there will be an Art for Art trade . The event will offer a less conventional way of dealing art, where collectors and...
  • Stage

    Stage: Haeckel Erfgoed

    Wil jij ons helpen om voor het digitaal en analoge erfgoed van Ernst Haeckel te zorgen en zijn missie voort zetten? Ernst Haeckel is een inspiratiebron voor ons. Meer dan een eeuw geleden scoorde hij...

  • Leren van andermans fouten

    Verslag van Kom je ook? 6 - Oops

    De zesde editie van het symposium Kom je ook? had het thema ‘Oops’. Sprekers gaven eerlijke en scherpe analyses van door hen gemaakte fouten. Een tweet van Zonja op de back channel vat het samen:...

  • Mediamatic wins Dutch Design Prize 2007 for El…

    Category 'Visual Identity'

    This weekend El HEMA got awarded a Dutch Design Prize! Not the audience prize (we were second there) but the prize for "Visual Identity". Jans Possel and Willem Velthoven went on stage to receive...

  • Kunstformen For Sale!

    Haeckel posters and shirts available

    Brighten up your walls and wardrobe with Kunstformen Der Natur from German biologist Ernst Haeckel. From Radiolaria to jellyfish, in black and white or brightly colored. All 100 large scale posters...
  • Review workshop Russian Brides Gijs Rood

    How to become a Gentleman

    Het is nog rustig op de woensdagavond in de exporuimte van Mediamatic. Zojuist is het startschot gegeven door twee Russische kunstenaars voor de vijf dagen durende expositie Russian Brides. In het...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Willem Velthoven

    Keep Out!

    march 2020 Corona Closure | Help to Flatten the Curve!

    We are ok but our exhibits and our bar/restaurant are closed until further notice. This started on Sunday march 16, 2020. We'll stay closed for public at least till April 6 whilst following the Dutch...

  • Runaway van Kanye West

    Vanessa Beecroft als het geheim wapen van een nieuwe regisseur

    Eigenlijk is Kanye Wests videoclip "Runaway" vooral sterk in alles wat er niet te zien is. Kanye is de regisseur, tegelijk de hoofdrolspeler en zo meer, maar let op, bij de aftiteling staat Vanessa...

  • Innovation award for Mediamatic

    ikTag and Interactive Social RFID Games

    Tonight Mediamatic, together with a team of over 35 artists and designers won a silver SpinAward. With the ikTag & Interactive Social RFID Games ( www.mediamatic.nl/iktag ) Mediamatic won in the...

  • Gimmick!

    Succesfull or useless

    Gimmick! is a book by famous dutch autor Joost Zwagerman which he wrote in 1989. This book represents the world of a small group of succesfull artists living in Amsterdam in the glamorous 80s.

  • The Self and Solo Sex

    Celebrating International Masturbation Month

    Sexual discovery and self-pleasure, that’s what May is about. This month we honour solo sex and break the stigma surrounding human sexuality, masturbation and self-love.

  • 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...

  • 'Het gaat om het gevoel dat je verkoopt'

    Interview met Aynouk Tan, modejournalist en Amsterdamse gids van het Travel project

    Journalist en mode-icoon Aynouk Tan presenteert zaterdag haar eerste geur tijdens de opening van haar Amsterdamse paviljoen op de Amsterdam Biënnale 2009. De show heeft een dubbelzinnig tintje. 'Ik...

  • Converting classic strada hub to fixed gear with…

    The elegant, durable and safe way to keep your back wheel when converting a road bike to fixed

    “Who wants to take Erwin’s old bicycle out of the hall before we put with the garbage?” was the message of my neighbor Maria. It turned out to be a really nice Colnago Mexico road racer from the 1980'...

  • Any Media Workshop @ IDFA 08

    21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 November 2008

    The first workshop day started off with a keynote-lecture by Cassian Harrison about his work with the BBC-series "Britain from Above". The 5-part TV-series uses GPS-data to visualize daily life in...

  • ...And so the story ends

    A happy ending: the result of Kevin’s research on the Mediamatic Dating site

    From February to July 2009 Kevin Breed conducted a research of Mediamatic's Dating site . Kevin approached the Dating site both as a work of art and as a research tool to investigate its relation to...

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