LI-MA – Living Media Art
@li-ma-media-art.bsky.social
LI-MA is the centre of expertise for media art. Our goal is to ensure the permanent accessibility of digital art.
📍Amsterdam, NL
www.li-ma.nl
📍Amsterdam, NL
www.li-ma.nl
Keep an eye on your inbox today! 📬 Our December newsletter goes out today, featuring new collaborative initiatives, early-birds for TDA 2026, the launch of Living Media Art, and a long read to accompany the slower days of the season.
Stay in the loop → li-ma.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Stay in the loop → li-ma.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Keep an eye on your inbox today! 📬 Our December newsletter goes out today, featuring new collaborative initiatives, early-birds for TDA 2026, the launch of Living Media Art, and a long read to accompany the slower days of the season.
Stay in the loop → li-ma.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Stay in the loop → li-ma.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Early bird tickets for Transformation Digital Art 2026 are live – just in time for LI-MA's birthday!
Our 10th-anniversary #TDA2026 edition explores networks as structures of collaboration, care, and trust. First programme details and tickets → li-ma.nl/article/tran...
Our 10th-anniversary #TDA2026 edition explores networks as structures of collaboration, care, and trust. First programme details and tickets → li-ma.nl/article/tran...
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Early bird tickets for Transformation Digital Art 2026 are live – just in time for LI-MA's birthday!
Our 10th-anniversary #TDA2026 edition explores networks as structures of collaboration, care, and trust. First programme details and tickets → li-ma.nl/article/tran...
Our 10th-anniversary #TDA2026 edition explores networks as structures of collaboration, care, and trust. First programme details and tickets → li-ma.nl/article/tran...
A living platform for media art; Living Media Art is now live! An interactive community and online meeting space connecting artists, researchers, and audiences passionate about media art.
Explore, learn, and take part → livingmediaart.li-ma.nl
Co-developed with mot.
Explore, learn, and take part → livingmediaart.li-ma.nl
Co-developed with mot.
November 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A living platform for media art; Living Media Art is now live! An interactive community and online meeting space connecting artists, researchers, and audiences passionate about media art.
Explore, learn, and take part → livingmediaart.li-ma.nl
Co-developed with mot.
Explore, learn, and take part → livingmediaart.li-ma.nl
Co-developed with mot.
Two new works join LI-MA’s collection!
🌡️ HEAT by Martine Stig – An exploration of thermal imaging tracing shared presence and movement through time.
🪞 Samantha by Nina Yuen – A poetic meditation on identity, aging, and artificial intelligence.
Browse our catalogue → li-ma.nl/catalogue/ar...
🌡️ HEAT by Martine Stig – An exploration of thermal imaging tracing shared presence and movement through time.
🪞 Samantha by Nina Yuen – A poetic meditation on identity, aging, and artificial intelligence.
Browse our catalogue → li-ma.nl/catalogue/ar...
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Two new works join LI-MA’s collection!
🌡️ HEAT by Martine Stig – An exploration of thermal imaging tracing shared presence and movement through time.
🪞 Samantha by Nina Yuen – A poetic meditation on identity, aging, and artificial intelligence.
Browse our catalogue → li-ma.nl/catalogue/ar...
🌡️ HEAT by Martine Stig – An exploration of thermal imaging tracing shared presence and movement through time.
🪞 Samantha by Nina Yuen – A poetic meditation on identity, aging, and artificial intelligence.
Browse our catalogue → li-ma.nl/catalogue/ar...
When LI-MA set out to build Living Media Art, the goal wasn’t just another online archive.
Designer and media artist Florian van Zandwijk shares how the platform reimagines access, participation, and knowledge exchange in the digital age.
🔗 Revisit the full interview → li-ma.nl/article/livi...
Designer and media artist Florian van Zandwijk shares how the platform reimagines access, participation, and knowledge exchange in the digital age.
🔗 Revisit the full interview → li-ma.nl/article/livi...
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
When LI-MA set out to build Living Media Art, the goal wasn’t just another online archive.
Designer and media artist Florian van Zandwijk shares how the platform reimagines access, participation, and knowledge exchange in the digital age.
🔗 Revisit the full interview → li-ma.nl/article/livi...
Designer and media artist Florian van Zandwijk shares how the platform reimagines access, participation, and knowledge exchange in the digital age.
🔗 Revisit the full interview → li-ma.nl/article/livi...
An update on our future.
October 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
An update on our future.
🌐 Save the date! LI-MA proudly presents the 10th edition of Transformation Digital Art, our annual international symposium dedicated to the preservation of digital art. This year's theme: Networks!
More details coming soon. Read more → www.li-ma.nl/article/transformation-digital-art-2026
More details coming soon. Read more → www.li-ma.nl/article/transformation-digital-art-2026
September 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🌐 Save the date! LI-MA proudly presents the 10th edition of Transformation Digital Art, our annual international symposium dedicated to the preservation of digital art. This year's theme: Networks!
More details coming soon. Read more → www.li-ma.nl/article/transformation-digital-art-2026
More details coming soon. Read more → www.li-ma.nl/article/transformation-digital-art-2026
Without shared systems, media art’s rich history risks remaining siloed, hard to discover, and difficult to preserve.
Read our reflections on how developing Linked Open Data standards helps make media art collections more connected, accessible, and resilient → li-ma.nl/article/conn...
Read our reflections on how developing Linked Open Data standards helps make media art collections more connected, accessible, and resilient → li-ma.nl/article/conn...
September 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Without shared systems, media art’s rich history risks remaining siloed, hard to discover, and difficult to preserve.
Read our reflections on how developing Linked Open Data standards helps make media art collections more connected, accessible, and resilient → li-ma.nl/article/conn...
Read our reflections on how developing Linked Open Data standards helps make media art collections more connected, accessible, and resilient → li-ma.nl/article/conn...
Our newsletter is slated to hit your inbox at the end of the month! Stay in the loop – if you want to get a first look at TDA 2026, read more about our new platform, and learn what’s unfolding across our ongoing initiatives → li-ma.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
September 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Our newsletter is slated to hit your inbox at the end of the month! Stay in the loop – if you want to get a first look at TDA 2026, read more about our new platform, and learn what’s unfolding across our ongoing initiatives → li-ma.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
As we mark #InternationalProgrammersDay, we reflect on how digital platforms can connect communities. For the occasion, we spoke with designer Florian van Zandwijk (studio mot) about shaping LI-MA’s new platform Living Media Art.
Read the interview → li-ma.nl/article/livi...
Read the interview → li-ma.nl/article/livi...
September 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
As we mark #InternationalProgrammersDay, we reflect on how digital platforms can connect communities. For the occasion, we spoke with designer Florian van Zandwijk (studio mot) about shaping LI-MA’s new platform Living Media Art.
Read the interview → li-ma.nl/article/livi...
Read the interview → li-ma.nl/article/livi...
How do we build resilient, human-curated knowledge beyond corporate influence and AI noise? On 18 Sept, join MU & the NADD for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon: an evening full of open knowledge and care for the digital commons! All you need is your laptop!
More information → nadd.network/activiteiten...
More information → nadd.network/activiteiten...
September 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
How do we build resilient, human-curated knowledge beyond corporate influence and AI noise? On 18 Sept, join MU & the NADD for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon: an evening full of open knowledge and care for the digital commons! All you need is your laptop!
More information → nadd.network/activiteiten...
More information → nadd.network/activiteiten...
From the LI-MA collection → Biennale Son:
🎥 Woody Vasulka’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 (1983), a layered video opera on Paganini & Berlioz.
🔊 Steina & Woody Vasulka’s 𝘕𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 (1974), an iconic experiment in video flicker and sound.
More about the Biennale → en.biennaleson.ch
🎥 Woody Vasulka’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 (1983), a layered video opera on Paganini & Berlioz.
🔊 Steina & Woody Vasulka’s 𝘕𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 (1974), an iconic experiment in video flicker and sound.
More about the Biennale → en.biennaleson.ch
September 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
From the LI-MA collection → Biennale Son:
🎥 Woody Vasulka’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 (1983), a layered video opera on Paganini & Berlioz.
🔊 Steina & Woody Vasulka’s 𝘕𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 (1974), an iconic experiment in video flicker and sound.
More about the Biennale → en.biennaleson.ch
🎥 Woody Vasulka’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 (1983), a layered video opera on Paganini & Berlioz.
🔊 Steina & Woody Vasulka’s 𝘕𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 (1974), an iconic experiment in video flicker and sound.
More about the Biennale → en.biennaleson.ch
One year ago, LI-MA brought Dutch media art to the world stage at the 15th Gwangju Biennale 🇰🇷.
Invited by the Dutch Embassy in South Korea, we curated the Netherlands Pavilion with 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴, featuring works by artist duo Broersen & Lukács.
Read about the exhibition → li-ma.nl/article/li-m...
Invited by the Dutch Embassy in South Korea, we curated the Netherlands Pavilion with 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴, featuring works by artist duo Broersen & Lukács.
Read about the exhibition → li-ma.nl/article/li-m...
September 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
One year ago, LI-MA brought Dutch media art to the world stage at the 15th Gwangju Biennale 🇰🇷.
Invited by the Dutch Embassy in South Korea, we curated the Netherlands Pavilion with 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴, featuring works by artist duo Broersen & Lukács.
Read about the exhibition → li-ma.nl/article/li-m...
Invited by the Dutch Embassy in South Korea, we curated the Netherlands Pavilion with 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴, featuring works by artist duo Broersen & Lukács.
Read about the exhibition → li-ma.nl/article/li-m...
Reminder! LI-MA is still seeking a new Supervisory Board member with expertise in the creative industries, makers’ practices, and digital arts. This role is a chance to support LI-MA’s mission to preserve and activate digital culture.
Deadline: 1 October 2025. Apply → li-ma.nl/article/vaca...
Deadline: 1 October 2025. Apply → li-ma.nl/article/vaca...
September 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Reminder! LI-MA is still seeking a new Supervisory Board member with expertise in the creative industries, makers’ practices, and digital arts. This role is a chance to support LI-MA’s mission to preserve and activate digital culture.
Deadline: 1 October 2025. Apply → li-ma.nl/article/vaca...
Deadline: 1 October 2025. Apply → li-ma.nl/article/vaca...
On #DuurzameDinsdag we celebrate sustainable ideas – for the environment, but also for our culture.
For LI-MA, sustainability means making sure digital artworks survive rapid tech changes and remain accessible. Find out how we’re making their preservation sustainable → li-ma.nl/article/coll...
For LI-MA, sustainability means making sure digital artworks survive rapid tech changes and remain accessible. Find out how we’re making their preservation sustainable → li-ma.nl/article/coll...
September 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
On #DuurzameDinsdag we celebrate sustainable ideas – for the environment, but also for our culture.
For LI-MA, sustainability means making sure digital artworks survive rapid tech changes and remain accessible. Find out how we’re making their preservation sustainable → li-ma.nl/article/coll...
For LI-MA, sustainability means making sure digital artworks survive rapid tech changes and remain accessible. Find out how we’re making their preservation sustainable → li-ma.nl/article/coll...
How do we nurture a living, breathing community around media art in times of rapid technological change? In a new article, Esther van Rosmalen (@witterook.bsky.social) spotlights our emerging community platform, Living Media Art.
Read the article → li-ma.nl/article/futu...
Read the article → li-ma.nl/article/futu...
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How do we nurture a living, breathing community around media art in times of rapid technological change? In a new article, Esther van Rosmalen (@witterook.bsky.social) spotlights our emerging community platform, Living Media Art.
Read the article → li-ma.nl/article/futu...
Read the article → li-ma.nl/article/futu...
Read up on the latest updates of our Connecting Media Art project and discover how we are harnessing Linked Open Data to improve the visibility and accessibility of make art collections. Here's our report li-ma.nl/article/a-br...
August 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Read up on the latest updates of our Connecting Media Art project and discover how we are harnessing Linked Open Data to improve the visibility and accessibility of make art collections. Here's our report li-ma.nl/article/a-br...
Two works from our collection land in WG Film Festival: TIME/METAMORPHOSIS at LAB111 in Amsterdam. 🎞️
Mateo Vega’s 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘭 dissects the city’s symbolic blueprints. And Judith Westerveld’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 revives an |xam legend.
📅 27 & 28 Aug
🎟️ www.lab111.nl
Mateo Vega’s 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘭 dissects the city’s symbolic blueprints. And Judith Westerveld’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 revives an |xam legend.
📅 27 & 28 Aug
🎟️ www.lab111.nl
August 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Two works from our collection land in WG Film Festival: TIME/METAMORPHOSIS at LAB111 in Amsterdam. 🎞️
Mateo Vega’s 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘭 dissects the city’s symbolic blueprints. And Judith Westerveld’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 revives an |xam legend.
📅 27 & 28 Aug
🎟️ www.lab111.nl
Mateo Vega’s 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘭 dissects the city’s symbolic blueprints. And Judith Westerveld’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 revives an |xam legend.
📅 27 & 28 Aug
🎟️ www.lab111.nl
𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆: 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗜-𝗠𝗔. Are you rooted in digital art and the creative industries? Ready to help us shape the future of media art? 🚀 Profile: creative industries, makers & digital arts. Read the full vacancy: li-ma.nl/article/vaca... #mediaart #vacancy #creativeindustries
August 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆: 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗜-𝗠𝗔. Are you rooted in digital art and the creative industries? Ready to help us shape the future of media art? 🚀 Profile: creative industries, makers & digital arts. Read the full vacancy: li-ma.nl/article/vaca... #mediaart #vacancy #creativeindustries
August at LI-MA: a deep dive into Living Media Art ahead of September’s platform launch, insights from projects old and new, and more. 📥 Subscribe to get the full story straight to your inbox → li-ma.nl/news-and-new...
August 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
August at LI-MA: a deep dive into Living Media Art ahead of September’s platform launch, insights from projects old and new, and more. 📥 Subscribe to get the full story straight to your inbox → li-ma.nl/news-and-new...
Today’s International Cat Day has us thinking about Cat Royale, in which feline residents roam a purpose-built environment, their world subtly shaped by an AI caretaker.
August 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Today’s International Cat Day has us thinking about Cat Royale, in which feline residents roam a purpose-built environment, their world subtly shaped by an AI caretaker.
From floppy disks to forgotten formats, Amiga-based art from the 1980s–90s faces serious preservation risks. LI-MA’s AMIGA NU project digs into how these early digital works were made – and what it takes to care for them today.
🔗 Guides, findings, and tools now online → li-ma.nl/article/how-...
🔗 Guides, findings, and tools now online → li-ma.nl/article/how-...
July 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
From floppy disks to forgotten formats, Amiga-based art from the 1980s–90s faces serious preservation risks. LI-MA’s AMIGA NU project digs into how these early digital works were made – and what it takes to care for them today.
🔗 Guides, findings, and tools now online → li-ma.nl/article/how-...
🔗 Guides, findings, and tools now online → li-ma.nl/article/how-...
Developed with the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Mixed Reality Lab as part of the Somabotics Creatively Embodying AI project, the work features robotic arms responding to visitors' gestures and stories in real time via poetic AI.
July 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Developed with the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Mixed Reality Lab as part of the Somabotics Creatively Embodying AI project, the work features robotic arms responding to visitors' gestures and stories in real time via poetic AI.
Can a robot give you a hug? ‘Embrace Angels’ invites you to find out. This interactive performance-installation by award-winning artist duo Karen Lancel & Hermen Maat explores intimacy, touch, and trust between humans and machines.
July 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Can a robot give you a hug? ‘Embrace Angels’ invites you to find out. This interactive performance-installation by award-winning artist duo Karen Lancel & Hermen Maat explores intimacy, touch, and trust between humans and machines.
Save the date: Transformation Digital Art is back on 26–27 March 2026. Join us for two days of dialogue, research and reflection at the intersection of preservation, presentation, and sustainability in media art.
More details soon → li-ma.nl
More details soon → li-ma.nl
July 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Save the date: Transformation Digital Art is back on 26–27 March 2026. Join us for two days of dialogue, research and reflection at the intersection of preservation, presentation, and sustainability in media art.
More details soon → li-ma.nl
More details soon → li-ma.nl