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Groene kunst, Amsterdam aquaponics.
Hoe groen de stad heeft gevormd
Landbouw heeft door de eeuwen heen invloed gehad op de vormgeving van de stad. Veel straten in oude steden zijn aangelegd om het voedsel van het platteland efficiënt aan de man te brengen. Door...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Rhythm of life
- Biotalk 07 - with Thought Collider, Martijn Engelbregt and Teresa van Dongen12Feb 2015Listen to your body. Literally. Did you know that our bodies transmit electro-chemical messages that form a different rhythm for every individual? Or that your pee is not just waste but a great...
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Secretopia
Secretions in Art, Design and Society
Secretopia is an inquiry into human secretions through art, science and design. After exploring the potential of urine in The Pis’ Project, we decided to expand the programme to all sorts of...
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Sander Nederveen
Sander Nederveen is a brewmaster at Oedipus, a new Amsterdam brewery. Oedipus prefers to brew beer to fit each person's preferences, and for each moment of the day. Focus lies on tasteful, dry beers...
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Rupert Sheldrake
And the morphic fields
After obtaining his PhD, Sheldrake became a fellow of Clare College, working in biochemistry and cell biology with funding from the Royal Society Rosenheim Research Fellowship. He investigated auxin
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Academy of Architecture Eli Brouwer
1·Lectures: Michael van Gessel
- Academy of Architecture, Waterlooplein 211, 1011 PG Amsterdam, 8pm5Feb 2015Michael van Gessel famous Dutch landscape architect gives a lecture about his work. But He did not show what he wants to present exactly, so this will be the big surprise of the evening. See more...
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Baltan Laboratories
Designing Sex Toys for Plants
- Like our plant nature, we don’t hunt, it’s too much trouble. We seduce.7Mar 2015What happens when sexuality, usually considered as a uniquely human trait, becomes a prism through which we view the Other -- in our case, plants? This controversial, humorous and insightfully absurd...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Digestopians
- Biotalk 06 - with Bart Vandeput and Katharina Unger15Jan 2015What if we could eat from our own waste? Would you dare to eat plastic eating fungi, or would you rather try a digestible solar cell? At Biotalk: Digestopians, we look into the future of food and...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Big Beers, small Brewers
- Bierberaad 04: Willem van Waesberghe, Herman Beeke, Teun Castelein & Henriëtte Waal, Andreas Giel, Eric Nordin9Jan 2015Bierberaad talks beer, yeasts, flavors and fermentation. From big beers and fancy processes to fanatical hobby brewers and their concoctions. This edition we invite you for a beer questionnaire with...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Hard Hat New Years reception
- 2015: First steps in the Biotoop!9Jan 2015On December 1 2014, Mediamatic moved to their new location at Dijksgracht 6. Here, on this great terrain near the waterside (within walking distance from Central Station!), we will start with the...
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Thomas Gremmen
Third year's student Water Management (Aquatische Ecotechnologie) and mostly interested (but not limited to) sustainable water (re)use, building with nature and ecosystem restoration.
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Lab Equipment
Basic stock for research and workshops
This is a list of basic requirements for any laboratory focused on chemical o microbiological research
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Workshop: advanced mycelium cultivation
- Learn advanced mycelium cultivation techniques at Biotoop!11Apr 2015Take your mushroom practice to the next level. This workshop is for those who want to learn the ins and outs of advanced techniques in the sterile lab.
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Harvest time
should i wait or can i already harvest ??
The well-known dilemma of harvest-time executed in a case-study of the generic cucumber. You are eager to taste your well-earned fruits, but also reckon they still grow bigger and become more...
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Mediamatic has moved to DijksPark in 2014!
to Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam
As of December 1st, Mediamatic moved to their new location on Dijksgracht 6. On this beautiful spot near the waterside (within walking distance from Central Station!) we will continue and intensify...
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Psilocybe cubensis
The magic mushroom
Psilocybe cubensis is a species of psychedelic mushroom whose principal active compounds are psilocybin and psilocin . Commonly called shrooms, magic mushrooms, golden tops, cubes, or gold caps, it...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Workshop: Learn to build Aquaponics
- At our new location.28Feb 2015Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It might be the best way to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
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Mushrooms DIY
Free mushroom cultivation manuals
A compendium of manuals, articles and printed material on mushroom cultivation techniques
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Kunstformen Finissage
- Haeckel, evolution and human-animal hybrids23Nov 2014On Sunday November 23rd we opened up the Kunstformen Der Natur exhibition for one final day. Not only was this your last chance to visit the extraordinary exhibition but we also invited Constance...
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Dijksgracht 6
Mediamatic's new location
On November 19 2014, Mediamatic moved to their new location on Dijksgracht 6. A great area near the waterside, within walking distance from Amsterdam's Central Station. In the following months...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Biotoop Viewing
- Do you want to rent a desk in our broedplaats?19Dec 2014On Friday November 19 (3 - 5 p.m.), we open up the Biotoop for all Bio-Designers, Artists and Life-scientists who are interested in co-creating the new Biotoop Dijksgracht with us. Do you plan to...
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Mediamatic Foundation
IGNITE: Printhesis, disgust, spirituality
- and 9 other ideas21Nov 2014No Wednesday, but a Friday night this month. We will warm you up for the weekend with twelve inspiring ideas, projects or obsessions. From landscapes and 3D printed prosthesis to transcendental...