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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Kitchen Cabinet Smell Sessions
18Mar 2021How does the smell of nail polish remind of an artwork of Bernini? What story does the smell of laurel tells about Napoleons time? And which role plays the smell of peanut butter in Dutch art history?
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
27أيار / مايو 2021Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
20أيار / مايو 2021Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
13أيار / مايو 2021Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
6أيار / مايو 2021Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
29Apr 2021Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
22Apr 2021Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...
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Raw Materials
All the Materials used during a workshop
The material collection is the core of the Aroma Lab and covers with more than 300 raw materials the basic range of synthetic- and natural's used in perfumery. The materials we use for the Open Aroma...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Reward of Patience
Myco-beauty
An important element with the Mycelium Pigeon Towers is patience. We waited about two weeks before we took off the tarp and we could see steam coming off. There was this white tower in front of us.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Nature Network
Mycorrhizal fungi and their function
As I wrote, fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. The third big group is mycorrhizal fungi. Which to me is the most inspiring group. It is the fungi that is connected to plants.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Guards and Guides
Parasitic fungi and their function
Fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. The second big group is parasitic fungi. Of course, there are parasitic species for every organism, but they are mainly related to insects.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Nature's janitors and Remediation
Saprophytic fungi and their function
Fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. There are also some in-between types of fungi, but let's, for now, talk about these three. The first group is saprophytic fungi. They are...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Five kingdoms and Three terms
The fungi, the mycelium and the mushroom
First, let's tackle the fungi. Fungi are one of the species of the five kingdoms and it is the closest one to Animalia, ergo animals, including humans. Animals even evolved out of the fungi. That's...
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Kunstformen der Natur
Calendar
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Niels van Poecke
Niels van Poecke (1983) studied art and culture sciences and philosophy at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He finished his studies in philosophy with research into Greek tragedy and the...
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Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks
Yellow
Feb '21 – Pigeon Tower 06
The construction of this tower is mainly focused on speed and efficiency. It is a simple square design so we did not have to trim the blocks. To press them we organized a ‘Gentle Disco’. We gently...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Happiness
24Jun 2021What are the links between smells and mood? Did you know that smell can literally enhance your frame of mind or evoke positive memories? Diving into this topic, we bring some light to the stage of...
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Illiana Somoroff
Neo Futurist Dinner Intern
My name is Illiana Somoroff and I am currently in my last bachelor year at Amsterdam University College, studying culture and anthropology. I was born and raised in New York City but my Dutch...
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Suzana Orsolic
Neo Futurist Dinner Assistant
I am a Copywriter, PR Consultant, Digital Project Manager and aspiring Food Product Developer from Vienna, Austria.
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Projecten
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Apparatuur
In het Clean Lab hebben we meerdere bijzondere apparaten die gebruikt worden binnen verschillende niches. We hebben een Braumeister en Grainfather om bier te brouwen. Een grote snelkookpan voor...
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History
The reason for creating the Clean Lab at our Dijksgracht location was primarily to create a lab space large enough and suitable for the growing tide of artists wanting to expand their work into...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Geschiedenis
Aroma Lab
In 2017 is het Aroma Lab opgezet voor ontwerpers die willen experimenteren met geur. Klara Ravat was de eerste gebruiker van het lab. Zij was in 2017 de artist-in-residence.
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12. Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Arne Hendriks
Mycelium Pigeon Towers
1Oct 20211Oct 2031New pigeon towers emerge as old ones slowly collapse into fertile soil at the Biotoop. These structures are an ongoing experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms.