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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
An Afternoon on Ruins
3Mar 2022Arne and Ruchama are both building structures in the backyard of Mediamatic with natural material. Structures that are build-to-collapse, and transform into ever-changing cycli. In this afternoon the...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Embodiment of Death Denial
11Jun 2021In this new episode of our Nature Morte series, funeral director Susanne Duijvestein and artist Arne Hendriks will have a conversation about human ecology and the disconnection we seem to have from...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Parfums Funèbres
25Jun 2020Death smells, and fragrances have always played an essential role in rituals surrounding the death. By means of historical, contemporary, and religious examples, we want to explore the relation...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Dood
2Nov 20193Nov 2019Will your death sound like the music of Einaudi, or more like Hazes? On November 2nd at Mediamatic come and interactively explore your identity and expression in relation to death. From abstract...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Death Architecture
18Sep 2019How we relate to death culturally, is reflected in the design of our cemeteries and crematoria. Death has been pushed behind the scenes for the last decades, but it appears times are changing. It...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Resomation, Saponification and Taxidermy
26Jun 2019Looking for a more eco friendly alternative for burying or cremating a dead body? How about dissolving it? Alkaline hydrolysis – also known as water cremation, aquamation or resomation - was...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Composteren
22May 2019Wat als je na dit leven voeding kunt zijn voor nieuw leven? Dat verarmde bodem weer vruchtbaar wordt? En planten, bomen, micro-organismen en kleine diertjes gedijen dankzij jouw restanten? In april...