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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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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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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Haeckel Hunt
1Mar 2021- Augmented Reality Game3Mar 2022Available in the App Store and Google Play store ! This Augmented Reality app adds an extra dimension to the Haeckel scavenger hunt we have set out in the Oosterdok area. Search for the eye-catching...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
La Cocina Presents: Staging a Banquet
- Lecture by Tina Harris31Oct 2020Like plants and people, recipes travel all over the world. They adapt to, but also influence, the context and ingredients available. This event alludes to the importance of reflecting on the effects...
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Take a seat and lean in: The poetry of Code Noir
Reflecting on representation and language with Rachel Rumai Diaz
Following the end of the Code Noir dinner series, I had a chat with Rachel Rumai Diaz-- the spoken word artist behind the poetry that breathed life into the culinary journey of our latest Neo
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Garri
Yuca, Macaxeira, Mandioca, Aipim, Agbeli or Cassava 'Bread'
“Cassava was a root vegetable indigenous to South America and the Caribbean, and it was directly available to the Indigenous people in the Caribbean. So they subsisted on the food of their land, and...
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Asian Period
Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz
Double the dough to hold the door to travel from India to Trinidad and Tobago. I can take a trip anytime because home is wherever Curry Channa and Tamarind Sauce coat my fingers. I know I have...
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African Period
Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz
I come from far far away I come from conquered soil and enchanted tongues I want to tell you where I’m from But I’m not sure my body remembers I am all the lost girls searching for their bodies to...
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European Period
Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz
Here lies the fruit of my invaded womb. This is what is left of me. There are pieces of my body scattered around looking for its way back to a home that no longer exists. Home is now wherever you...
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Indigenous Period
Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz
My land welcomes you. The mountains told us you were coming. The trees whispered you were close. It was written in the smoke. We have been expecting you. There are no maps to lead you to what you...
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The culinary journey of Code Noir
Told by Lelani Lewis
“Code Noir” is a project that guides its audience along the culinary journey of the cultivation of Caribbean cuisine. The namesake of the immersive dinner is the 17th century manuscript defining the...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Code Noir: Workshop
with Lelani Lewis
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Julia van der Veen
Testing Code Noir
In the morning of 17th September we've tested the upcoming Neo Futurist Dinner: Code Noir. This dinner merges food, performance and interaction to to take visitors on a culinary journey to get a...
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The Code Noir: A brief, yet powerful history
Winston Churchill famously said that “those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Our upcoming NeoFuturist Dinner touches on the importance of learning from our collective...
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172 m2 / 80 - 150 people
Sluisdeurenloods
Spacious venue in a 19th century Monument
The Sluisdeurenloods (Canal Lock Gate Warehouse) is the biggest space at Mediamatic Biotoop and has an interesting history . It is ideal for bigger events, such as meetings, presentations and even...
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A look at the history of Caribbean cuisine
A blog for Code Noir
Whether culture, tradition or simple sustenance, food is a central part of human life. It also carries great symbolic value. To share a meal goes beyond the food itself; it extends to an experience...
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Joana Velu
Joana Velu (Dutch/Brazilian) is a visual artist constantly zooming in and out from a global context to a micro scale. Through personal stories or other forms of narrative she intends to let herself...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Mediamatic Eten, Dijkspark Naomi Tidball
Food is both fuel and identity
A blog for Code Noir
In light of our upcoming Code Noir event, it is important to reflect on globalisation's ability to reshape food. It offers a diversity within gastronomy, and it allows for a wider availability of...
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Rachel Rumai Diaz
Rachel Rumai Diaz is a writer, poet, performance artist, teacher and artivist. Being fluent in English, Spanish, Dutch and Spanglish she intertwines languages to create poetry that triggers...
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Lelani Lewis
Lelani Lewis, a chef, food stylist, and culinary activist, creates inspiring audience experiences with her innovative and vibrant approach to food. Growing up in South London with Grenadian and Irish...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Code Noir
23Sep 2020- Neo Futurist Dinner 13 – by Lelani Lewis, Rachel Rumai Diaz and Suzanne Bernhardt28Sep 2020This 5-course Dinner experience is a collaboration between chef and culinary activist Lelani Lewis, spoken word artist Rachel Rumai Diaz, and artist Suzanne Bernhardt. Code Noir will take you on a...
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Divine Fumes & Mystical Plants
Devotion Smelled Sweet
Perfumes, incense and fragrant oils were commonly connected with the divine — gods, sacred spaces and spiritual entities. Aromatic plants like copal and palo santo (holy tree), have their primary...
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Pierre Valkering
Theologian, Author and Roman Catholic priest
Pierre Theodorus Valkering (1960) is a theologian, author and Roman Catholic priest. He studied in Amsterdam, Nijmegen and Rome. He graduated 1988. He became a pastoral worker for the R.C. Church...