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Biography
Matthias Oostrik is an artist and freelancer in the field of Visual Interaction Design. His career started @ the filmschool in Amsterdam, where he was trained to be a bridge between video-art and technology.
After finishing his studies in 2004 he continued exploring the realm of Interactive Installations, with a strong focus on human presence. He has a strong believe in the power of human vanity as a starting point for an interactive dialogue. Most of his installations respond to human presence and explore the relationships between the real and virtual world through means of the human body.
Installations
* E5 FireLight (2009) presented at iliketowatch&dancetoo, Paradiso, Amsterdam
* Mirror of Broken Time(2009) presented at the Festival of Games, Utrecht
* Blue Fireflies (2009) interactive composition for the Bijlmer Moodwall in commission by Open Source Amsterdam
* E4.1 Bijlmer Moodwall (2009) permanent installation in commission by Urban Alliance, Amsterdam ZuidOost
* Video Chandelier 1.0 (2008) presented at Moving Buildings, P60, Amstelveen
* Liquid Time Mirror (2008) presented at Beamlab, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam & Versch, 013, Tilburg
* E4 Interactive LightWall (2007) in commission by the ImageRadio Festival, Eindhoven
* Dancing Girl (E3) (2006) Versch, SugarFactory, Amsterdam
* Experiment Two (E2) (2006) research at BeamSystems, Amsterdam
* Red and White (E1) (2006) permanent installation, NFTA, Amsterdam
Interdisciplinary Performances
* Mirror of Broken Time, B&tB (2009) video installation and dansperformance, Festival of Games, Utrecht
* Alleen in Dromen (2007) video decors for the music theatre of Robert Orvalho, Huis a/d Amstel, Amsterdam
* Marie23 (2007) videotheater in collaboration with Helena Remeijers, presented at the ITS festival, Comedy Theater, Amsterdam & Off festival, le Ferbe Fou, Avignon
* Memory Bank (2007) in collaboration with Bridgeman-Packer Dance, DNA, New York

From 2004 to 2007 Matthias Oostrik was part of Amsterdam Cyber Theater, as a programmer and "multimedia specialist". This small video theatre group around director Fahrudin Salibegovic had it's best moments with the projects Slaughterhouse 5 (2007) and Sokoćalo Project (2006) on location in Serbia en with Waar is Daar (2005) presented at Steim in Amsterdam.
Technical Projects
* ReAct (2008) by Daan Spangenberg, programming and Interaction Design
* Projection Software for the Dutch Pavilion on the Word Expo of Zaragoza (2008) in commission by Beamsystems
* Software for an eyecatcher installation of the Blue Man Group in commission by Beamsystems (2007)
Education
Interactive Media at the Nederlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam (2000 – 2004)

2009 Matthias Oostrik