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  • Image: Anna Meijer

    Kids swinging in the Van Gendthallen

    Oostenburgereiland Amsterdam. Research for Mediamatic Schommelclub, the first in a series of activities exploring the Van Genthallen and Mediamatic's possible move there. Onderdeel van Mediamatic...
  • Nostalgia
  • schommelen
  • schommelclub
  • zweven
  • plezier
  • mediamatic

  • Sega Mega Drive, 1988

    Game: Sonic the Hedgehog

    The Sega Mega Drive is a fourth-generation video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988. It wasn't until the Mega Drive was released in the US (1989) under the name Genesis that sales really...
  • Project: Berit Soolsma, Marije van Veen

    Archief Paradiso

    Van onzichtbare versplintering naar interactieve roman

    Winnaar juryprijs DOEN Pitch, tijdens Kom je Ook? 5. Zij volgden hun DOEN Clinic bij Mediamatic Een interactief archief maakt het muzikaal erfgoed van Paradiso van een onzichtbare versplinterde...

  • Amiga CD32, 1993

    Game: Lemmings

    The Amiga CD32 was the first 32-bit CD-ROM based video game console. It was released by Commodore. Despite being a very powerful machine, way ahead of its time, the CD32 was never a big success. Some...

  • Read about our history, the Mediamatic staff, the things we've done, where we're going, and what the media has written about us.

  • Heaven Scent

    You can now resurrect the unique smell of your deceased loved one, for $600.

    So we’ve seen  smell dating . But it turns out that is just the first whiff of what’s to come in terms of   personal odour and relationships. French company Kalain now offers a service that promises...

  • Mediamatic ontvangt opnieuw subsidie!

    Het Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur (SfA) presenteerde donderdag 10 mei 2012 de uitslag van de meerjarige subsidievoorzieningen, met goed nieuws voor Mediamatic. We kunnen hierdoor een belangrijk...

  • Mediamatic T-shirt

    Black on black

    The Mediamatic T-shirt is for sale and pretty. It's quite comfy, runs a bit small, and is printed on 100% organic cotton using only green energy from wind and solar power. Suitable for Georgia

  • Gum Beading

    An experiment with personal associations.

    A minty experiment in which various chewing gums produced transform into an almost wearable piece of jewellerey. 

  • Visual Identity

    Georgia

    Here you'll find the Mediamatic Huisstijlhandboek (styleguide) with some good examples, and insightful remarks. Based the works of Abel van Gijlswijk, Mediamatic's star designer. Few key points to...
  • 1 Jan 1992

    Mortal Kombat, Midway, 1992

    So real it hurts!

    The flyer for Mortal Kombat sported the daunting but promising text “So real it hurts!” The digital graphics combined with the rampant, bloody scenes turned Mortal Kombat into one of the most popular...

  • Redolent of the Past

    Smell, Memory and Affect

    The viscerality and embodiedness of olfactory experience are unrivaled by other senses. We introduce to you the role of smell in the formation and recall of memories and its affective powers in our...

  • Chewellery

    What happens if jewelry designers get their hands on chewing gum?

    While Ted Noten emphasizes the act of chewing and is convinced that our mouth is also capable of creating art. Corrina Goutos finds an innovative technique to use this atypical material for jewellery.
  • Question:

    Which ideas are so dangerous they should be kept…

    This is a question that occupied Spinoza’s thoughts on a daily basis. He was convinced that he and his friends were not safe and had to fear for their lives if his writings would be published under...

  • COPY About Mediamatic

    Read about our history, the Mediamatic staff, the things we've done, where we're going, and what the media has written about us.

  • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), 1983

    Game: Super Mario Bros.

    The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit video game console. It was released in North America, Europe and Australia in 1984.
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 0#0 Willem Velthoven, Jans Possel 1 Jan 1985

    Editorial

    Since Nam June Paik invented Video Art in the beginning of the sixties, more and more artists have made use of electronic media. Until about 1975 often as an extension of the conceptual and...
  • 11-5-2011

    Mediamatic blijft in de Vijzelstraat

    Duintjer CS open tot zomer 2013

    Amsterdam 11 mei 2011: De sluiting van Duintjer CS, het voormalige ABN AMRO hoofdkantoor aan de Vijzelstraat, wordt 2 jaar opgeschort. Dit bericht kregen de 179 huurders vanochtend van...

  • 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...

  • Gumversation pieces

    Something to sink my teeth in.

    My remembrance after I bought Chewing Gum Rolls. This chewing gum type immediately sparked my creative juices and linked the shape with those old letter tapes. This kickstarted the idea of providing...
  • Question:

    Why is it a crime to kick a dog, but not to eat a…

    People take for granted using all plants and animals as they wish. Based on which arguments do some limit themselves in that respect? 

Cows are holy in India, we reject the eating of cats and dogs

  • Vitrine measurements

    2D + 3D

    What do the vitrines look like if you put them in a two-dimensional file?

  • Joodse Huizen

    herdenking van Joods Amsterdam

    Het project ‘Joodse Huizen’ verbindt Amsterdammers van nu met de Amsterdammers van toen. Zij geven een gezicht aan de namen van alle in de oorlog omgekomen Joodse Nederlanders. Op 4 mei 2011 werden...

  • Hyper Sports, Konami, 1984

    Olympic athlete of stature

    Pushing buttons or rolling the trackball as quick as possible, in Hyper Sports (the follow-up of the slightly more popular Track & Field) the player slips into a high class olympic athlete. On this...

  • 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...

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