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  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Anna Lina Litz

    Neurodiversity support in art education

    17
    Oct 2022
    - A/artist roundtable with Claudia van den Hoeven

    For this roundtable, we were joined by Claudia van den Hoeven, who shared her perspective on support for neurodiverse students in art education. Claudia works at the HKU University for the Arts in...
  • discussion
  • society
  • Autism
  • Education

  • Book Club: Visual Thinking

    A/artist roundtable about Temple Grandin's newest book

    Temple Grandin is a famous American academic, animal behaviourist, and autism spokesperson. Her new book, 'Visual Thinking', published in October 2022, is the latest in her series of books exploring...

  • Making 'Penny for your Thoughts' more accessible

    A/artist roundtable about funding applications

    During this roundtable, we talked about Mediamatic's open call for project proposals, 'Penny for your Thoughts' . What thoughts do the neurodiverse artists around the table have about the application...

  • Words, randomness and rules

    A/artist roundtable with Arjan van Amsterdam

    Arjan van Amsterdam is an artist and graphic designer based in Amsterdam. During this round table discussion, he introduced us to his work, from his application to the Gerrit Rietveld Academy up...

  • Tools for Flourishing in Art Education (and Life)

    Public A/artist symposium with Jenny Konrad

    During this second public symposium on neurodivergence in art education, The Hague-based German artist and designer  Jenny Konrad talked about the tools they have created to manage time, energy and...

  • For the Love of The Object: Design in the…

    A/artist roundtable with Marjanne van Helvert

    Marjanne van Helvert is a designer, researcher and writer based in Amsterdam. Her focus is on the injustices that permeate the fashion and design world, and the possibilities of creating more just...
  • A lively evening with workshops, performances and presentations Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Zelf again

    12 artists quietly pretending it's museumnacht.

    During Museumnacht, 1000+ joined our artistic diagnostic tract. This night we offer the same program for professionals and those that find Museumnacht a bit too noisy!

  • The Ins and Outs of Stimming

    Sensing Self through Movement roundtable

    Before the public event Sensing Self through Movement , we invited our three speakers for a roundtable dinner with the A/Artist team and artists from our network. We talked about a number of topics...
  • Book: Annelies Wina Doom, Willem Velthoven, Jam van der Aa, Marcel Sturing

    Zelftest

    Cahier voor Museumnacht 2023

  • The Idea Becomes the Machine that Makes the Book

    A/artist roundtable with Annelies Wina Doom

    During our latest A/Artist discussion round, artist Annelies Wina Doom took us on a journey through her art work "Please do not touch, even clean hands can cause damage", from its conception to its...
  • 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...

  • Claiming the Stage

    Hannah Gadsby defies stereotypes through humour

    Hannah Gadsby (*1978) is a successful Australian comedian and actor, known for her shows Nanette and Douglas , both featured on Netflix, in which she addresses topics such as trauma and abuse, as...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    ijKruid

    Starting from Dijkspark, we're mapping the plants in the city

    A big variety of plants is growing around our Biotoop, from healing to toxic, from dark green to purple. You can visit the Dijkspark at any moment.

  • Can an Artwork be Autistic?

    Using keywords to identify autistic characteristics in artworks

    Repetition, extreme consistency, radical truth, cataloging, systematising,   questioning, over- and understimulation. All of these words are part of a list the A/artist team brainstormed last year...

  • The Visual Thinker

    Temple Grandin explores different kinds of minds

    Temple Grandin is an academic and animal behaviorist from America famous for redesigning the slaughterhouses so that cattle can be treated in a more humane way. She is also an autism spokesperson.

  • Was Hildegard von Bingen Autistic?

    A summary of 'Ruminations on Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) and autism' by Patricia Ranft

    Hildegard of Bingen was a 12th century German nun, and one of the most influential women of her time. She wrote several scientific treatises, composed music, and invented her own language, all of...

  • Robin Waart is an artist who makes books who…

    A/artist roundtable with Robin Waart

    Robin Waart is an Amsterdam–based artist. During our discussion round he let us browse through six of his printed projects. They are collections of movie stills and book pages that deal with themes...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Alaa Abu Asad

    The Dog Chased its Tail To Bite it Off

    14
    Apr 2023
    13
    Apr 2025
    - by Alaa Abu Asad

    On a planet where the "native" status is a rare claim, Palestinian artist Alaa Abu Asad wonders which botanical species are acknowledged as legitimate inhabitants of nation states. While others will...
  • Proposal by: Sophia Schullan

    Form Follows Fun

    Project Proposal: Form Follows Fun – Finding Fun In Everyday Life

    ‘Form Follows Fun’ would be a talk hosted in the Mediamatic facilities. Its goal is not only to spread fun and entertainment but more importantly to give others the tools to create fun and...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Building Aquaponic Systems

    with Saro van Cleynenbreugel

    Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Radical Embroidery

    with Desirée Hammen

    Do you think embroidery is reserved to stitching flowers? Or that you can only embroider on fabric? In the last decades, embroidery has evolved from a traditionally feminine and domestic practice to...
  • Festival: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Japanese Knotweed Festival

    Under European regulations, invasive exotic species are allowed to be radically eradicated. The City of Amsterdam, for example, is allocating 8 million euros to aggressively destroy Japanese knotweed.
  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Foraging for Mental Health

    with Lynn Shore

    Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Boro Stitching

    with Emma Fukuwatari Huffmann

    Are you looking for ways of caring and diversifying your wardrobe? Come and join Emma Fukuwatari Huffman to learn a mending technique inspired by Boro, a traditional Japanese mending style born out...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Weimin Zhu

    Playful Jewelry for the Inner World

    26
    Aug 2022
    31
    Dec 2024
    - Exhibition by Weimin Zhu

    'Playful Jewelry for the Inner World' is a collection of silver jewelry that invites the wearer to move meditatively. The rhythmic movements bring you closer to your inner world, make you more aware...

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