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Policy Plan 2025-2028:
Open City Monastery
Transdisciplinary Design Research
Mediamatic is an organization focused on developing and presenting cross-disciplinary art, design and science practices. Sustainability and social urgency are our core concerns. Since 1983, we have...
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a / Artist Blog Nora Nord
Beyond Neurotypical with Nora Nord:
A Summer Residency at Mediamatic
My practice is ever-changing and flowing between photography, filmmaking, podcasting and textiles, but at the core what I make is conversation. Mediamatic invited me on a a / Artist residency at the...
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a/Artist Neuropride Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Queer Superdiversity Show
- A live podcast31Jul 2024Asia Hussain and Aynouk Tan present The Queer Superdiversity Podcast: A podcast in which they discuss queer perspectives and themes that are relatively underrepresented. Guests are mainly queer and...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet A Maker
- with Jesse Glazzard18Jul 2024Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist in our little greenhouses by the water! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Jesse Glazzard is...
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Living Tower Talk #9 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
It takes more than Listening to Hear
- with Harpo 't Hart, Sheng-wen Lo, Thijs de Zeeuw and Arne Hendriks28Jun 2024The city is a noisy place. Not only for and by people. Animals also make the necessary noise and are bothered by us. But what about trees or fish? What about soil or mycelium? What sound do they...
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WDCD Amsterdam Live 2024 X Mediamatic Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Crafting Tomorrow
- Weaving Tradition Through Innovation5Jul 2024In today's rapidly changing world, technological progress often overshadows traditional knowledge, and global interconnectedness prevails. Historically, artisans relied on local resources, but...
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Living Tower Talk #8 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Life Beyond Borders
- with Joost Janmaat, Marjolijn Boterenbrood and Janneke de Lange31May 2024When does something change from wanted to unwanted? From native to invasive? During this Tower Talk we wonder who determined the boundaries of this. A boundary remains a strange concept
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13. Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Erica Monde, Mila Benjamins
There’s Not Much We Can Do
12Apr 2024- Film by Erica Monde5May 2024When filmmaker Erica Monde was diagnosed with endometriosis, the growth of tissue similar to th e uterine lining outside the uterus , she was told by doctors that there was not much they could...
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Living Tower Talk #7 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Exoten in de Stad
- with Arne Hendriks, Thijs de Zeeuw, Teun Castelein, Joël Broekaert, Lonneke Aarts & Ruben Bunder12Apr 2024In the city, various "invasive" species can be found, such as the ring-necked parakeet. Artist Teun Castelein will come to talk more about it. Below, you can see his winning entry for a new artwork...
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5. Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Clemens Tomlow
Monsters Under the Bed
12Apr 2024- by Clemens Tomlow14Jul 2024All over the world, monsters are used to scare children. But they are the same fairy tales that show that what we find monstrous in our society is often rather misunderstood. "Monsters Under the Bed"...
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1. Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Janneke de Lange
Fruiture Nursery
26Apr 2024- by Janneke de Lange14Jul 2024Designer Janneke de Lange envisions a future scenario in which she can grow her own tropical fruit trees in a mobile plant greenhouse, a 'Wardian case'. Because the Dutch climate is not...
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a/Artist event on Neurodivergence in the Arts Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Monsters under the Bed and Cocoon
- On celebrating otherness with designer Clemens Tomlow and performer Leyla de Muynck15Apr 2024All over the world stories of scary monsters are used as precautionary tales for children. And yet many fairytales teach us that what society deems monstrous is often more misunderstood than evil.
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Program April & May
Japanese Knotweed Season 2024
Every spring, Mediamatic organizes a festival around Japanese knotweed. Knotweed is a fast-growing plant known in Europe for its intrusive properties. What many do not know, however, is that this...
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Blog Leyang Fu
(Re)naming a Plant – the Magic in a Name
To many, calling a name equals casting a spell, as names are often assigned with magic or spiritual power. Such belief spreads widely geographically among different tribes. In modern days, we know...
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Presentation:
Happiness is Golden
- a/Artist talk and workshop by Jam van der Aa19Feb 2024During evenings about autism, the emphasis is often on what doesn’t go well or isn’t easy. Jam van der Aa , as an artistic researcher and someone with firsthand experience, drew on the latest brain...
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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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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Intimacies in the Waiting Room
- A/artist Meeting with Yvonne Dröge Wendel, Vera Lelie and students from KABK's 'Iets Tekenen'18Dec 2023Waiting rooms are often a place of discomfort, annoyance and embarrassment. Yvonne Dröge Wendel’s cuddly objects turn your stay into a voyage of discovery. Meanwhile, Vera Lelie is surprised by the...
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Book: Annelies Wina Doom, Willem Velthoven, Jam van der Aa, Marcel Sturing
Zelftest
Cahier voor Museumnacht 2023
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a / Artist
Clemens Tomlow
Designer, Lap Lab supervisor
Clemens Tomlow is an alumni from Design Academy Eindhoven. Interested in the world of textiles and storytelling, he mainly works as an artist / costume designer but sees himself as an...
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Saturday november 11, 2023 17:00—20:30
Zelf/Self again (the quiet version)
Museumnight program for those who find Museumnight a bit noisy.
On Saturday, Nov. 11 (6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.), there will be a special opening for people who find Museum Night a little too busy or who could no longer get a ticket for Nov. 4. Tickets Are you ever...
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Zelf (what would you say?)
Museumnight Amsterdam 2023
Are you ever bothered by yourself? A lot or just a little? Come to Mediamatic and evaluate yourself through the works of a diverse team of artists. Hand yourself over to our experts, let them help...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
wat denk je Zelf?
- (what would You say?) Museumnight about your mind4Nov 2023Are you ever bothered by yourself? A lot or just a little? Come to Mediamatic and evaluate yourself through the works of a diverse team of artists. Hand yourself over to our experts, let them help...
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Claiming the Stage
Hannah Gadsby defies stereotypes through humour
Hannah Gadsby (*1978) is a successful Australian comedian and actor, known for her shows Nanette and Douglas , both featured on Netflix, in which she addresses topics such as trauma and abuse, as...
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Tools for Flourishing in Art Education (and Life)
Public A/artist symposium with Jenny Konrad
During this second public symposium on neurodivergence in art education, The Hague-based German artist and designer Jenny Konrad talked about the tools they have created to manage time, energy and...