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Message from the Supervisory Board
A new era for Mediamatic
Dear visitors, artists, friends, colleagues, stakeholders, critical observers, fans, sponsors, supporters and all others involved.
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Standing with the People of Palestine and Israel
We are very worried about the current aggression in the Middle East. And we are sadly disgusted with the violence. Stop and find a solution please.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Who's Afraid of Cardboard and Clay?
- a/Artist talks by Jemima de Jonge and Silke Riis15Jan 2024Silke Riis and Jemima de Jonge both create works using very humble materials. Silke is fascinated by biology and creates wondrous worlds out of clay, latex and pigments. Jemima on the other hand is...
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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!
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On Diagnosis and Labels
Should you want to be labeled? Why?
Every being has special qualities. Especially regarding the invisible traits, such as an extraordinary mind. It can be helpful to name them explicitly. It can be helpful to identify these traits, to...
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Standing with the People of Palestine and Israel
We are very worried about the current aggression in the Middle East. And we are sadly disgusted with the violence. Stop and find a solution please.
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Recto and Verso on a Single Page*
How to save, time, work and trouble when making 2-sided flyers
Printing A5 flyers in house? This is a trick to save time and avoid paper jam, typos and other trouble. On an A4 printer, DO NOT two fronts on page 1 and two backs on page 2 of an A4 doc. In stead
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Japanese Knotweed Symposium
14Apr 2023- Lets talk Japanese knotweed!15Apr 2023Mediamatic invited experts and creatives from various disciplines to discuss all things Japanese knotweed. We will unpack the plant that is so often described as invasive. The symposium focussed on...
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AI, autism and creativity - does it matter if…
- A/artist roundtable about Lynn’s diagnostic interview with ChatGPT30Jan 2023A few months ago, A/artist colleague Lynn Clemens published a blogpost about her experimental diagnostic interview with the AI text generator ChatGPT. She concluded that despite the limitations that...
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Workshop: Natlab Miles Worner
Becoming a Duck
- with Miles Worner17Oct 2021Do you feel like a cog in the machine? Are you stuck in a routine? As a counterpoint to modern stress and competition in today's highly industrialized society, Miles Worner explored the need for...
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Eating the Invasive
A beautiful plant with a horrible reputation
Many believe that the Japanese knotweed is a specie that can only cause harm. This, however, is a very one-sided view on this exotic invader. In cities and gardens it might be a pain to get rid of
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2019 Willem Velthoven
Better 36,000 cyclists with AirPods than 1 deaf…
Update: Ok, 22 cyclists on e-bikes if you're more strict about it.
I was worried about my recent purchase of a set of wireless earbuds. The news tells me it was a bad idea to buy Apple's new gadget. Airpods are evil because they are hard to recycle and even harder...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Das Magazin
Das Mag Festival x Marijke Schermer
- Leesclub over Marijke Schermer's Noodweer20May 2017Tijd om je leesbril op te zetten! Das Mag and Mediamatic nodigen je uit voor Das Mag Festival 2017, waar de pareltjes van de Nederlandse literaire wereld gevierd worden. Bij Mediamatic zal Marijke...
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Test Persoon vanuit easy admin
even kijken hoe het werkt
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Een werelwijd tekort aan helium?
Er zit een dreigend tekort aan helium aan te komen. Experts waarschuwen ons voor de gevolgen.
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Screening: Mediamatic Fabriek
Quantum transportation and vintage Fly
- Weird Science with Tim Taminiau23Oct 2014If you could teleport today, where would you go? It might seem far fetched, but in this day and age teleportation is a serious topic of research instead of speculation. In fact, researchers at the...
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6 CD-ROMs published by Mediamatic get stuck
cd-roms from 1994 to 1998
"This CD-ROM was made by Mediamatic Interactive Publishing(MMiP) for the Netherlands Design Institute. Technical requirements : a Macintosh computer with 256 color display, 4 megabytes of RAM and a...
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Haeckel-File #3: Haeckel the Nazi
Would evolution theory inescapably have to lead to fascist eugenics?
Haeckel has not only been badmouthed for things he actually did or believed during his life (see the two previous Haeckel-Files on racism and fraud), he has also been partially blamed for what...
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Haeckel-File #2: Haeckel the fraud
Haeckel was accused of committing fraud in order to give credibility to his theories. Is there any truth to the allegation?
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Daniel Parnitzke
Graphic Design Intern
I am studying visual communication in Munich. Myceliummatic and Bio Stuff caught my interest here.
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test willem
een evenement zonder datum en plaats
dit evenement heb ik gemaakt om te kijken of het in de kalender terecht komt als je evemeneten zoekt op datum–range
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Arminius
Denkcafé: Iedereen is gek
15May 2013Mensen die langer dan twee weken ernstig rouwen, komen in aanmerking voor medicatie en vreetbuien zijn een mentale stoornis. Dit zijn slechts twee controversiële uitgangspunten van de vernieuwde...
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Pretty Nice Stuff
Not everything must be perfect
We are two Amsterdam-based “artists” named Laurens and Thijs. We do concepts, illustration, design, editorial work, and we silkscreen t-shirts under a label called Pretty Nice Shirts. For the...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Disaster Strikes
- Power outage kills babies while oysters fruit23Dec 2012Last thursday our 1000 catfish fingerlings arrived and now two of our towers are inhabited by the little creatures. In the night of saturday22—sunday23 there was a power outage. More than 250 baby...