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Spinning as Stimming
Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Johnson as a Role Model
Ahmir Johnson (*1971), known professionally as Questlove, is an American musician, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. But what makes him a role model for...
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Anna Lina Litz 29 mei 2023
Creating Neurodivergent Community in Art…
Public symposium organised by A/artist and 'iets eten'
On the 8th of May, neurodivergent art students, educators and professional artists gathered at Mediamatic for a first symposium on neurodiversity in art education. Gerard van Wolferen and Claudia van...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself7jun 2023Have you always been curious about giving yourself a tattoo, but are intimidated to take the first step? Fear not, because we've got you covered! Join our workshop and learn how to give yourself a...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself3jun 2023Have you always been curious about giving yourself a tattoo, but are intimidated to take the first step? Fear not, because we've got you covered! Join our workshop and learn how to give yourself a...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself17mei 2023Have you always been curious about giving yourself a tattoo, but are intimidated to take the first step? Fear not, because we've got you covered! Join our workshop and learn how to give yourself a...
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Organisatie:
Artistic Research Foundation
Meeting and working place for neurodivergent artists and thinkers
An open initiative in Amsterdam (IJburg) where artists and thinkers exchange and collaborate. They organise informal meetings every Thursday and have a workshop space with facilities like photo...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Anna Lina Litz, Nesie Wang
Plants are it!
- A/artist roundtable about the Mind Garden project13mrt 2023The Mind Garden project aims to create inclusive garden spaces for storytelling beyond negative labels associated with mental diversity. For this roundtable, we invited three guests to share insights...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself20mei 2023Have you always wanted to tattoo yourself, but are intimidated to take the first step? This workshop will provide all tools and knowledge you need to leave Mediamatic with a tattoo given to yourself...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself28mei 2023Have you always wanted to tattoo yourself, but are intimidated to take the first step? This workshop will provide all tools and knowledge you need to leave Mediamatic with a tattoo given to yourself...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself3mei 2023Have you always wanted to tattoo yourself, but are intimidated to take the first step? This workshop will provide all tools and knowledge you need to leave Mediamatic with a tattoo given to yourself...
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a/Artist Role Models
Here we highlight remarkable neurodivergent people who, because of their work and life, we consider role models for our practice. It's a growing collection.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself29apr 2023Have you always wanted to tattoo yourself, but are intimidated to take the first step? This workshop will provide all tools and knowledge you need to leave Mediamatic with a tattoo given to yourself...
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Isabelle Kappetein
Diversity and Inclusivity Specialist at Miro
Isabelle Kappetein is a " Diversity and Inclusivity Specialist at Miro, Cultural Psychologist, Celebrating (Neuro)Diversity ".
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Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens , Anna Lina Litz
(Neuro)diversity and Inclusivity at Miro
- A/artist Round Table with Isabelle Kappetein27feb 2023For this round table, Isabelle Kappetein talked about her work as a Diversity and Inclusivity Specialist at Miro. "Miro empowers remote, in-office, and hybrid teams to communicate and collaborate...
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The Links between Tattoo Culture and Autism
Beautiful stimming; the experience of getting a tattoo and giving a tattoo as an autistic person
Our latest interest within the A/artist Project is researching the link between the tattoo culture and autism. The idea came up when I mentioned in my interview at Mediamatic that I am enthusiastic...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Linking Tattooing with Autism
- A/artist Round Table13feb 2023We've found a positive correlation between tattooing and autism and want to deepen our knowledge about it. I'll share my research on the experience of giving and getting a tattoo as an autistic...
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Annelies Wina Doom, Sandra Ruiz Castroviejo, Willem Velthoven 5 nov 2022
Pigeon Photo Booth
During Museum Night the 'pigeonafying' process was documented in the pigeon photo booth. After becoming a full-fledged pigeon people came for a portrait, where they were photographed in their...
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Proposal by: Stephanie Pau
Time Givers, by Tomato Plants et al
Project Proposal: Practicing more-than-human care
Humans are not the only entity in the world, machines and the rest of nature, too, share the same world. In the next tomato planting season (2023), I, with local tomato plants - wherever I may be
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Shields and Shelter
A/artist roundtable with Kristin Maurer
During this roundtable, long-time Mediamatic collaborator Kristin Maurer presented her design research about making a public swimming pool into a more accessible and comfortable space for people...
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Hoe identificeer je jezelf?
Iedereen kan er wat aan hebben om de juiste woorden te vinden voor hun identiteit. Je ontdekt wie je bent en kan dat benoemen op een manier die goed voelt. Dan kan je die kennis op je eigen manier...
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Inspiring confusion with photographs
A/artist discussion round with Marna Slappendel
Marna Slappendel is an Amsterdam-based visual artist. Since she received her autism diagnosis five years ago, she has evolved from knowing nearly nothing about it to researching and learning about...
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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...
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2022 Mediamatic Biotoop Aya Koné
Sculpting with Mycelium
Making a Fertile Figure from Mycelium and Myco-Clay
RECIPE Fresh mycelium base for foundational structure Rotten mycelium overlay to sculpt detail Gloves to protect from splinters Optional: Toothpicks to stab parts together that simply won’t stick
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Mediamatic Biotoop Anna Lina Litz
Een gesprek over autisme en fondsen werven
- Hoe kunnen kunstfondsen beter toegankelijk worden voor neurodiverse aanvragers?28feb 2022Op maandag 28 februari kwamen voor het eerst sinds de vorige zomer weer kunstenaars uit het netwerk van Mediamatic samen om te discussiëren over het onderwerp kunst en autisme. De avond begon met een...