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Mediamatic Fabriek
Raft system and LED lights
- Aquaponic Group Meeting #922May 2012Plants are quickly growing in both systems and fishes seem to be at ease in the small tank. Last meeting we focused our attention on the floating rafts, using bamboo and net baskets to plan and build...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Big sunday planting
- DIY Aquaponics Bulding Weekend #620May 2012The big system started its cycle. We planted vegetables in the two grow beds and installed LED lights. Now we have to prepare the floating boards for seedlings and settle the net to protect the...
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Garden furniture or a garden in your furniture?
8 Extraordinary Greens and FurniBloom
An artist and an architect are combining gardening and furniture design in very unexpected ways.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Final plumbing for the big system
- Aquaponics Group Meeting #815May 2012Both systems are quickly growing. The small one officially started its cycle with fishes and plants while the 4-bed system needs few more steps to be ready. Besides, we decided to use two grow beds...
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Eleonore A Table
Je suis comme je suis Je suis comme je suis Je suis faite comme ça Quand j'ai envie de rire Oui je ris aux éclats J'aime celui qui m'aime Est-ce ma faute à moi Si ce n'est pas le même Que j'aime à...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Time to finish the big system!
- DIY Aquaponics Building Weekend #513May 2012After chemical tests, plants and LED lights, the small system is almost ready. Now our work continues on the big one: plumbing, washing clay pebbles, planting, lighting…we have so much to do!
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Sylvia Bernstein
Sylvia Bernstein is the president and founder of The Aquaponic Source and the Vice Chairman of the Aquaponics Association. She also manages AquaponicsCommunity.com, the largest US-based online...
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Book: Sylvia Bernstein 11 Nov 2011
Aquaponic Gardening
A Step by Step Guide to Growing Fish and Vegetables Together
Aquaponic Gardening is the definitive do-it-yourself home manual, focused on giving you all the tools you need to create your own aquaponic system and enjoy healthy, safe, fresh, and delicious food...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
PH-testing of the water and discussion on water…
- Aquaponics Group Meeting #78May 2012The Aquaponics Group will meet at the Van Gendthallen to talk about how to extract the heat from the LED-lighting, and how to build a system that uses that heat to heat the water in our aquarium. We...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Chemical Testing, Plumbing and LEDs
- DIY Aquaponics Building Weekend #46May 2012After plants and worms, our small system is almost ready to welcome fishes, but first we have to do some chemical tests on the water.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Fish, Worms and Books
- Aquaponics group meeting #61May 2012Tonight we'll discuss what kind of fish to grow and why. And where do we get worms? Also, we've bought 5 books (Bernstein). can you all bring your book so someone else can take and read it? RSVP here...
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Slime Mold Computing
Gathering intelligence from brain-less organisms
Physarum polycephalum, better known as slime mold, is a simple organism that can solve some very complex problems. Slime molds are intelligent enough to find their way towards food through complex...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
DIY Aquaponics Building Weekend #3
28Apr 2012- Time for plumbing and planting!29Apr 2012Last week we learnt how to build an auto siphon and added bacteria into our small test system. What will be the next step?
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Fabriek
Radiant Beach
25Feb 2012- New Order 1/5: Martti Kalliala1Jul 2012The harnessing of the immense power of the atom is one of the great achievements of the 20th century, one that both poses great risks and offers great opportunities. Under the Beach, a Radiant City
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Fabriek
Meet Your Energy Avatar
10Mar 2012- New Order 2/5: Rory Hyde & Katja Novitskova1Jul 2012Life on Earth 21st century: Are you sure you are really just a human being? Then what is that halo of energy hovering above you, with a size of a blue whale? Do you want meet him? Do you want to meet...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Fabriek
Mind Igloo
6Apr 2012- A Giant Breathing Building by DUS architects1Jul 2012A relic of a post-future, the hot air balloon once stood for pioneering: the first object that allowed mankind to travel through the sky. For the fourth New Order exhibition, the balloon becomes a...
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rijkshemelvaartdienst
Stadsplantendiner met expositie
5May 2012In het kader van de bevrijdingsdag 5 mei 2012 zijn er in a'dam verschillende bevrijdingsmaatijden.
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Mold That Eats Plastic
This mushroom loves having plastic for dinner
A little mushroom is making big headlines after it has been found to break down plastic faster and more effectively then its fungal and bacterial predecessors.
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The magic of nature
Growing mushrooms in fast motion
Two time-lapse videos of mushroom growth in nature.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
DIY Aquaponics Building Weekend #2
- The work continues!21Apr 2012Last weekend we had a great time building two different Aquaponic systems (a 4-beds mobile one and a smaller one as a test system). But our urban farm is not finished yet. We still have a lot of work...
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Laboratory
Microscopic and macroscopic organisms
(Art)ScienceBLR's work is at intersection of art-science and pedagogy, creating spaces of dialogue and interaction between artists, designers and scientists.
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Farm Fountain, an unusual aquaponics system
Art and science together for a better way of life
Farm Fountain is a small ecosystem that allows you to have fresh food grown right at home.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Aquaponics: Making a plan for the spring
- Aquaponics Meeting #417Apr 2012You're welcome to join: On tuesday the 17th of April the Mediamatic Aquaponics Group will meet at the Van Gendthallen to talk about the results of the building week end and make an action plan for...
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Screening: Mediamatic Fabriek
Mind Igloo Movie Nights
- Bubble screening14Apr 2012This weekend we had a bubble movie screening inside DUS architects' Mind Igloo. You could pick your spot in the giant balloon, get comfortable and enjoy the film about a hot air balloon. Furthermore...