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    Malak Helmy, Tales around the Pavement

    Tales around the Pavement 2007/2008. Interactive art project in downtown Cairo. Picture by Tarek Hefny, found on the Nafas website.
  • Urbanism
  • Evil Clown
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  • mapping
  • mapping for tourists
  • mapfest
  • Storytelling

  • Mapping for Change will start early!

    Map Fest evening 1, July 9. Food at 17.30 — Presentations at 18:15 — Football at 20:30

    Due to a great performance by eleven sweaty Dutch men, we will start the evening a bit earlier than planned. This way you get the best of both worlds: engaging speakers presenting great mapping...
  • Tolhuistuin (cultural organisation)

    Soundtrack City

    Sound walk through North

    Soundtrackcity is an invitation toto go and rediscover the city through walks soundtrack created by artists in collaboration with local communities. On July 25 at 14:30 starting from Tolhuistuin a...

  • First names Map Fest confirmed

    Joining us on July 6 are Annelys de Vet, Malkit Shoshan and Wietske Maas.

  • An interview with Ayman Ramadan

    "Everything that is forbidden back home, is allowed here."

    July 2010. Ayman, one of the Noord participants, chats with us about the power of rain, and explains what it is he likes about Amsterdam-Noord so much.

  • The design work kicks off!

    June 2010. Mapping for Tourists design update 2

    Following an initial research and brainstorm session that attempted to answer the question: “what is a conventional travel guide and how is it formatted?” the design team gave a presentation on June...

  • Houses in Amsterdam Noord completed

    The Noord participants are settling into their temporary homes.

    It took a while, but we found the perfect Noord homes for our guests. Some were in better shape than others, but they all now sport comfy beds, a stocked kitchen, and plenty of working space.

  • Noord (Mapping for Tourists) dinner at…

    Willem was taking a few weeks off so we had a dinner...

  • Mapping for Tourists

    MFT resulted in Noord, an exhibition and travel guide

    Noord is the result of a project initiated by Nat Muller and Mediamatic: Mapping for Tourists. 22 artists were invited to map Amsterdam-Noord, pars pro toto for The Netherlands. The artists lived and...

  • Project proposals

    Participating artists and the design team

    Mapping for Tourists resulted in Noord. These pages are snapshots of the artists' progress, as documented in July of 2010. Visit the Noord web space for the final results.

  • Ganzeer

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Noordelijke Character(istics): A neighborhood is defined by its inhabitants. Ganzeer puts a face to the 'hood.

  • Travel Guides

    Noord design update 1: preparations.

    Travel guides according to Wikipedia, and our first impressions of existing travel guides. An ongoing research.

  • An interview with Kaweh Modiri

    My Burglar and Me

    As a Rietveld student Kaweh's apartment was burglarized and his most valuable possessions were stolen. After finding out who did it, Kaweh's anger quickly turned into inspiration. He decided to make...

  • An interview with Lynn Amhaz

    Homesick for Noord

    We met with Lynn Amhaz, who is part of the Mapping for Tourists travel guide design team.

  • Report: Map Fest evening 1

    July 6, 2010. Mapping for Change at Mediamatic Bank

    Map Fest kicked off with an evening on Mapping for Change . Speakers were Malkit Shoshan, Annelys de Vet, Christian Nold and Wietske Maas. The host of the evening was independent curator Nat Muller.

  • Melle Smets

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    "A shortcut to Holland". The suburbs you find throughout The Netherlands all look exactly the same. Melle will create a tour in Noord through the suburbs of The Netherlands.

  • Mahmoud Hamdy

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Amsterdam Noord as a test lab. The more Mahmoud analyzes and explores Noord, the more he realizes that it are the conceptions and opinions people from the city center have about Noord that shape the...

  • Kareem Lotfy

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Kareem is going to tell stories about his stay in Noord.

  • Golfstromen

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Joop and Jeroen are looking into Noord's subcultures by examining posters, flyers and stickers in the public space. Their research into wrestling fanatics and hiphop crews continues online.

  • An interview with Kareem Lotfy

    Cairo, the tale of love and hate.

    Over a big plate of sushi, some green tea and lots of wasabi, we discussed Kareem's experience of Amsterdam, living in Cairo and feeling like a tourist.

  • Second Plenary Meeting

    July 27, Noord hq.

    Egyptian artists, Lebanese designers, and local experts and editors talk about their work. The perfect way to stay updated on the making of the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • Printed travel guide

    for free available at the Noord exhibition

    September 10, 2010 the travel guide was launched. The Noord travel guide was distributed as a supplement of Het Parool. The printed version is available at the Noord exhibition till November 9, 2010.

  • Ayman Ramadan

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Mirrors and 40 Days : An exploration of a geographical territory as well as of the people which he finds himself living alongside.

  • How to... make a nice profile

    Recommendations for new Mediamatic colleagues

    Dear colleagues, We all have profiles on the mediamatic.net website. your professional contacts look at that page first when they are working with you. Therefore it is essential that your profile...

  • Tunc Topcuoglu

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    SUPER HELAL! An online documentary about Doner Kebab.

created Evelyn modified Evelyn

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