The travel agency will operate from Mediamatic’s location on the Vijzelstraat and facilitates real trips. It has an international website where locals can introduce themselves to you. All participating artists and travelers will help with providing content and keeping the website up to date. This way Mediamatic travel does not only work for Dutch travelers, but will become a global sensor network for cultural development.

The printed travel guide will show that there is more than pyramids, the big five, old temples, camels and folklore. Contemporary art is around the world. And around the world there are people who want to share it with you.

The international network will become the start of a global DIY travel agency. The site will be compiled and edited by travelers and artists together. It is the platform where travelers can set up meetings with guides. Unlike a normal travel site, Mediamatic Travel is focused on discovering and promoting artistic destinations.

Sustainability

The travel agency and the website are based on the idea that cultural groups and individual artists who meet the travelers will receive a financial compensation. This seems obvious, but somehow is still far from common practice in cultural travel.

Because

With Mediamatic Travel we would like to contact a broad audience and make them aware of the contemporary cultural production in post-conflict areas, politically or economically sensitive areas or developing nations. We would like to stimulate and support this production. Furthermore, Mediamatic Travel will aim for worldwide cultural engagement. We envision the development of a sustainable model, which will be a self-renewing digital network for international cultural exchange.

Destinations

The preliminary list of destinations: Beirut, Budapest, Naples, Buenos Aires, Doha, Kobe, Nicosia, Cairo, Erbil, Kiev, Tehran, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Kabul, Prague, Nairobi, Istanbul, Dubai, Portland, Tokio and Tbilisi.

Partizan Publik

Mediamatic Travel is being developed in collaboration with Partizan Publik