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Aboard a passenger-liner-turned-hospital-ship
The Oranje
Smelly business did not remain in the pre-modern era. It is very much a modern phenomenon just as well. One point of interest for us scent-hunters is the MS Oranje. A 20,166-ton ship, in its hay-day...
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Those Who Bled for Nutmeg
The Narrative Contextualized within Banda Island's Larger History
“The island can be smelled before it can be seen. From more than ten miles out to sea a fragrance hangs in the air and long before the bowler-hat mountain hoves into view you are nearing land.”...
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Mikkel Karstad
Mikkel is a highly acclaimed and influential Copenhagen based Executive Chef, cookbook author, food writer, stylist and food authority who helped define the New Nordic Cuisine movement, in the early...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Co-design with Microbes: Waterkefir
20Oct 2019Learn everything about water kefir; what it is and how you can make it yourself. We will discuss the basic principles of fermentation and you will make your own water kefir that you can take home.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Complete program overview 2018
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda
Kick-off Tumulus
13Sep 2019To celebrate the next stage of Ruchama Noorda's Tumulus installation, we invite you to come and enjoy some plant based drinks and bites made with ingredients surrounding Mediamatic Biotoop. Join us...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Mapping Scent
27Sep 2019Kate McLean pioneered Scentscaping, a method to capture the smells of a city onto a map. A recent trend shows artists and researchers alike trying to map scents of cities and areas. Alongside McLean
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Dora Goldsmith
Dora Goldsmith is a PhD student of Egyptology at the Freie Universität Berlin. The topic of her PhD project is the sense of smell in ancient Egypt, the exact title of her research being The...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Our Labs
Here at the Biotoop, you have access to our Bio Clean Lab, where you can work with microorganisms, and our Aroma Lab, where you can deepen your understanding of scents. Both can be rented.
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A Dutch-style cleaning frenzy?
What has cleanliness got to do with anything?
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Info
Mediamatic is always open to meet new people.
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Soap Alchemy
29Sep 2019Soap used to be made by combining animal fat and wood ash. Our resident expert Liza Witte will guide you through the process of creating your own plant-based soap. You will learn how to formulate...
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History
1983 - now
In 1983 our focus was on media technology: video art, installations and performance were the early core of our presentations, productions and magazine . In the 1990s it was interactive media. We...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Complete program overview 2019
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet Mandy den Elzen
17Jan 2020Mandy den Elzen is the new artist represented by Mediamatic. She will be a regular attendee of the Mediamatic Biotoop with scheduled consults for you to attend. Exchange your ideas and sign up for a...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet Mandy den Elzen
13Dec 2019Mandy den Elzen is the new artist represented by Mediamatic. She will be a regular attendee of the Mediamatic Biotoop with scheduled consults for you to attend. Exchange your ideas and sign up for a...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet Mandy den Elzen
13Sep 2019Mandy den Elzen is the new artist represented by Mediamatic. She will be a regular attendee of the Mediamatic Biotoop with scheduled consults for you to attend. Exchange your ideas and sign up for a...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet Margherita Soldati
8Nov 2019Margherita Soldati is an artist represented by Mediamatic. She will be a regular attendee of the Mediamatic Biotoop with scheduled consults for you to attend. Exchange your ideas and sign up for a...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Susanne Duijvestein
From Pest to Soil
Humusating a Muskrat
Maybe you have heard about the Muskrat, an ‘invasive exotic’ that likes to chomp on 'our' Dutch dykes. It was on the 22nd of May that one found their final resting place in one of the grow beds at...
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Nature Morte
Death, Design and Sustainability
We explore new approaches and designs for our own inevitable death with progressive funeral director Susanne Duijvestein. Lectures and workshops about architecture, rituals, life stories and the...
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Saskia Frederiks
Saskia Frederiks is specialist in fermentation. She discovered water kefir once during an outdoor movie event in Vijfhuizen. Since that evening she's fascinated by all kinds of fermentation processes.
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Life in Plastic is not Fantastic
19Jun 2019On 19 June, AMFI's label iNDiViDUALS will take a critical look at fashion industry and waste production at 17:00 and at 18:30. Tickets / Facebook
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Resomation, Saponification and Taxidermy
26Jun 2019Looking for a more eco friendly alternative for burying or cremating a dead body? How about dissolving it? Alkaline hydrolysis – also known as water cremation, aquamation or resomation - was...
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