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The ultimate probiotic yoghurt
Vagina Yoghurt
Cecilia Westbrook from the University of Wisconsin has tried to create yogurt from her vaginal fluids. Her goal was to explore and use the vagina's probiotic properties.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Secretopia: Femininity and Life
- The Moon Inside You movie discussion27Mar 2017The documentary, The Moon Inside of you [2009], describes the director's personal journey in which she explores how we, both women and men, experience menstruation. Diana Fabianova's initial innocent...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Biotalk: Algorithms from Nature
- Biotalk 27 - with Gianluca Del Gobbo, Timo Dufner and Federico Corradi17May 2017Are the algorithms of living matter also useful for digital arts? Could they for instance be used in live visual performances? And how? Mediamatic and the Live Performers Meeting invite you for this...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Aquatic harvesting
- Biotalk 26 - with Charlotte van Alem, Ben van den Broek and Sabina Ahn13Apr 2017Will algae farms be the farms of the future? Can washed-up jellyfish be repurposed to make a durable material? Are algae the solution for clean energy harvesting? Through performance and talks, we...
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Tobias Mouritzen
Beer brewing and automation
I am currently working as a brewer in the Myco Insulation Brewery at Mediamatic. After brewing tasty beer, the "waste" grains are used by the Mycelium team to produce a versatile material used in e.g.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Workshop: Biomimicry
- what would nature do?10Feb 2017Practice how you can be nature’s apprentice by resolving a design challenge with the help of nature. Many plants, bacteria, animals and fungi have equipped themselves with spectacular features. The...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Regeneration
- Biotalk with Eric Geboers, Caroline Slomp and Aad Kruiswijk17Mar 2017Can we regenerate our man-damaged eco-systems and if so, how? For this Regeneration Biotalk we've invited artist Ivan Henriques, professor Biogeochemistry Caroline Slomp and engineer/architect Eric...
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(ir)Relevant Matter
Thursday, 15 December 20:00
What can artists, designers and scientists do to cope with issues of extreme drought, rising water levels, pollution, and waste? An evening with swarming robots by Ivan Henriques , plant-root...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Workshop: Aquaponics
- Learn to build Aquaponics25Mar 2017Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Workshop: Aquaponics
- At VMBO school Prinsentuin van Cooth26Jan 2017Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
We Are Public - Art of Deception
6Jan 2017- Inner Beauty, Bio-Art and Nature8Jan 2017Mediamatic invites members of We Are Public to take a closer look at the exhibition Art Of Deception and join us on a walk through the wondrous world of living art and bio-design. What happens if...
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Let's Eat & Meet
Festive Dinners at X-mass and NYE
In the last two weeks of 2016 we invite you to join us for a festive (almost) vegan dinner special. Come and eat and drink amidst the beautiful artworks of Zeger Reyers and Ernst Haeckel , warm...
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Tonight: Regeneration-Biotalk
Thursday, 15 December 20:00
What can artists, designers and scientists do to cope with issues of extreme drought, rising water levels, pollution, and waste? An evening with swarming robots by Ivan Henriques , plant-root...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Regeneration - Biotalk
- Biotalk 24 - with Gionata Gatto, Olaf Schuiling, Diana Scherer and Ivan Henriques15Dec 2016With the Co2 particles in the air reaching the magical 400 ppm , and the fact that we have only 60 years of crop harvesting left, it is time for another way of dealing with our polluted environment.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Take Care of Your Waste
- Zuursalon with: Sasker Scheerder, Simone Vos, Gjalt Jan Feersma Hoekstra and Meneer Wateetons9Dec 2016The estimated global foodwastage is at 1.6 billion tonnes per year. 1.3 billion tonnes of that wastage was still edible when thrown away.... Let's change this discours, reduce our footprint and learn...
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Waterkefir
The drink of the centenarians
Waterkefir is a fermented drink, with a sparkly and fresh taste. The water is fermented by the waterkefir grains, that contain a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. The fermented drink is not...
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Regeneration - Biotalk
Thursday, December 15th. 20:00
With the Co2 particles in the air reaching the magical 400 ppm , and the fact that we have only 60 years of crop harvesting left, it is time for another way of dealing with our polluted environment.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Workshop: Caravel with Ivan Henriques
- Using autonomous robots to clean our poluted waters15Dec 2016Caravels are autonomous waterrobots that feed on the micro-organisms living in local waters. By harvesting electricity from anaerobic bacteria and organic components (via Microbial Fuel Cell...
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Take care of your Waste
Zuursalon: Friday 9 December 20:00 - 22:30
The estimated global food wastage is at 1.6 billion tonnes per year. 1.3 billion tonnes of that wastage was still edible when thrown away.... Let's change this discours, reduce our footprint and...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Food Futurism
- Odorama 12 - with Marije Vogelzang, Garmt Dijksterhuis, Dr. Sanne Boesveldt, Karin Post, Caro Verbeek8Dec 2016If it is true that people ‘think, dream and act according to what they eat and drink’, one should also say that this is true for what they smell. After all, it is our olfaction that guides most of...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Stofpluizen
17Nov 2016- Dust Particles1Dec 2016What does dust actually consist of? An accumlulation of human and animal cells, ashes, hair, soot, mold, fibers, pollen? Artist Pavèl van Houten sees value in non-valuable things and places dust on...
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Simone Vos
EM specialist at Agriton
Simone is part of the 'Agriton EM Natuurlijk Actief'. She knows all about sustainable farming using foodwaste.