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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Firing
- with Ruchama Noorda21Jun 2021We usher in summer with a firing ritual in the tumulus! Each season this growing garden installation takes on different forms, and this summer it is centered around fire. Ruchama is working on a...
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Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Promised Land
June '15 - July '19
How, and where to move thousands of kilos of straw and clay? When Mediamatic moved from the Van Gendthallen to the Dijksgracht in 2015, we had to disassemble our freshly built straw office. It was...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
L'Absinthe de la Rue de Dindon VIII – Mediamatic…
by Dirk Vis and Edgar Walthert
Ingredients: spirits, anise, fennel, liquorice, nettle, lemon, sage*, hyssop, melissa, coriander, lavender*, mint*, tree wormwood*, mugworth* and wormwood *harvested from Tumulus
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Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda
Spring
Mar - June '21
This spring the woad (Isatis Tinctoria) growing on the Tumulus flowers bright radiant yellow.The Hermitess pandemic shelter is freshly painted with wood tar that was obtained from trees through...
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Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda
Hibernating Winter Garden
Dec '20 - Mar '21
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Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda
Blue Monday
Sept - Dec '20
The Tumulus lot is alive with weeds and herbs seeded by the wind or deliberately planted. The woad (lsatis tinctoria) which was planted in 2019 has been partially harvested and used to make woad dye...
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Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda
Healing Property
Mar - Aug '20
In late July and early August 2020, an ornamental hermitage was constructed at the centre of the Tumulus, slightly sunk into the earth. It is built from compacted earth-bags and discarded home...
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Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda
Dormant Lot
Nov '19 - Mar '20
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Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Growth Imperative
July - October '19
Since its inception, Tumulus has been slowly changing shape. On Friday, September 13th , 2019, the artist organized a dedication ceremony inaugurating Phase 2 of the project. Visitors were offered a...
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Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda
Vegetative State
June - July '19
The Tumulus lot is alive with weeds and herbs seeded by the wind or deliberately planted.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Freestyle Carpenting
with Niels Albers
High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 3: Tabula Rasa
“When is it kicking in?”
Day 3 became Day 0. We started from scratch, with a table full of ideas. Five senses, seven deadly sins (plus one if you include sadness), different colours corresponding to our senses and also sins...
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 4: Smelling
“Do you have heavy or light sadness?”
The question on the importance of context also guided us through day four, a day that was fully dedicated to olfaction.
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 2: Touching & Tasting & Hearing
“I caught a nice fish for you.”
Day 2 was about storytelling, mutual trust – and a day at the beach. Pauline and Alice created a little storyline that let our minds travel to the beach, while listening to the sound of the ocean...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Onderwaterwerk
- Marjolijn Boterenbrood7May 2021Wat leeft er in het Oosterdok? Hoe nemen organismen een materiaal over? Een set van aluminium plaatjes hangt aan onze Serres Séparées langs de kade in afwachting van begroeiing. Met zeebioloog Marnix...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Arne Hendriks11Jun 2021Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? On Friday, Arne will be building pigeon towers at Mediamatic and he is open for a creative consult! Come by to meet the...
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 1: Vision
“It is a process, let it happen.”
April 26 2021 marked the first day of our Neo Futurist Dinner test week. In an attempt to structure the days that we spent together we agreed on dedicating each day to one sense. Monday started with...
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Sensorial Brainstorming
From tricking our senses to the magic of Hildegard von Bingen
As the world slowly but steadily seems to be opening up again, we have been busy preparing one of this year's Neo Futurist Dinner concepts. Artist Martin Butler gathered a team of six people from...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Design your own Shroud
with Susanne Duivensteijn
Have you ever thought about what you want to be wearing when you die? In this workshop we will breathe new life into an old Dutch tradition. You will be guided in the process of making your own...
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Organization:
Palestine Heirloom Seed Library
The Palestine Heirloom Seed Library was founded in 2014 and works to find and preserve ancient seed varieties and traditional farming practices. It works to preserve the area’s rare and precious seed...
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Knowledge Page
Shaffy's Tuin and Mediamatic
Surrounding our Clean Lab with its entrance next to our Aquaponics Greenhouse, Shaffy's Tuin, is located. To prevent other cafés to fill up the waterside in between Hanneke's Boom, the Klimmuur and...
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Knowledge Page
Phone
Casting Doubt History
When Casting Doubt was introduced in 2015, the project made use of it's own phonenumber. Visitors and passersby could call this number to ask about tje project and to order the punchcards. Beneath...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
T - Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Ruchama Noorda1Jan 4300Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Ruchama Noorda, the artist behind the Tumulus project, is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas while...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
T - Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Arne Hendriks1Jan 4300Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? On Friday, Arne will be building pigeon towers at Mediamatic and he is open for a creative consult! Come by to meet the...