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Proposal by: Simon Niedenthal
Creative Reinterpretations
Project proposal: Scents & Computers
Scented interactive media like the web games of DigiScents, Inc. have largely vanished from the internet despite archival efforts of the time, only leaving behind hints at what these experiences...
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Bef-tival Explained
beffen: verb, to lick pussy
Going down on, eating pussy, carpet munching, muff diving, cunnilingus; these are some of the ways we refer to the act of female oral sex. But something seems to be missing from our sexual vocabulary.
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Nelke Mast
Multidisciplinary Artist
'Nelke Mast (alias NELLY DANSEN) is a 23-year-old multidisciplinary artist currently studying for a Master of Artscience at KABK. Nelke’s practice is primarily characterised by researching erotic...
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Amber Rahantoknam
Multidisciplinary Artist
Amber Rahantoknam, also known as AMBIGOU, is a multi-disciplinary maker mixing text and image through illustration and poetry.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Beftival
6Nov 2021- Museumnacht Amsterdam 202113Nov 2021The act of licking pussy is still surrounded by shame and red ears, but not everywhere! Partly influenced by social media, society seems to become more predatory, but at the same time, female...
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Dr. Brian Hare
Physicist
Dr. Brian Hare is a physicist who studies lightning at the University of Groningen.
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Sewers, Technology and the Senses
With the sewage network, our poo and pee disappeared from our sensory perception - just as the technology that made this possible. Inside walls and underneath the surface, this vast infrastructure co
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Redolent of the Past
Smell, Memory and Affect
The viscerality and embodiedness of olfactory experience are unrivaled by other senses. We introduce to you the role of smell in the formation and recall of memories and its affective powers in our...
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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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The Sweet Scents of Ecstasy
Heliotropine, the diffusing scent in Brabant (NL)
The region of Brabant in The Netherlands is not only known for its extensive farming industry, but also for the production of designer drugs. ‘Snoepjes’ is the local nickname for the pills that are...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Opening Light Observatory #2
- by Natali Blugerman and Santiago Brignardelli10Jul 2020The mind creates images, and therefore we can experience the world around us visually. What we see is just the result of a complicated process of interpretations, defined by several axes that meet...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The 4th Annual Experimental Scent Summit
9Jul 2020The fourth annual edition of the Experimental Scent Summit will take place starting from Thursday, July 9. The four-day online event is the annual presentation of the ongoing collaboration between...
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Junko Yamamoto
De japanse Yamamoto (1972) is beeldend kunstenaar en onderzoekt door haar gevarieerde kunstpraktijk ruimte en herinneringen.
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Peter Matthews
De kunstenaar die spreekt met de zee
“It is important in life to pauze momentarily and to reflect on the journey we are taking as humans” (Peter Matthews, 2019)
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Salivary Sample
Created spit by spit.
When I began my research. I dove in the deep and bought a lot of different gums. This was to compare the different brands and types of gum. Looking further than just the colorful packages, I tried...
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Joy in the Cemetery
Cemeteries are more about the living than the dead.
I like to attribute the whole “cemeteries are scary places” trope to romantic and gothic literature as well as horror movies. I don’t think cemeteries are inherently scary, or sad, or haunted - and...
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Nele Odeur
Scent & Spice
Since my early childhood, I have followed my nose, probably predestined by the surname Odeur [the French name for scent] given by my father, and the pronounced olfactory organ I got from my mother.
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Gum Beading
An experiment with personal associations.
A minty experiment in which various chewing gums produced transform into an almost wearable piece of jewellerey.
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Freedent(al) Teeth
Impersonating reality.
The plastic chewing gum blister -containing 2 parallel rows in which rectangular chewing gums are individually packed- is probably the most common packaging. This specific packaging evoked an...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Light Observatory #2
10Jul 2020- by Natali Blugerman and Santiago Brignardelli20Nov 2020The mind creates images, and therefore we can experience the world around us visually. What we see is just the result of a complicated process of interpretations, defined by several axes that meet...
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Literally, Renaissance
Flowers thought long dead can be smelled again, thanks to a collaboration of scientists and artists. But what does this mean for us?
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Alessandra Baldissarelli Bremm
Exhibition Intern and Artist
Master student in Contemporary Art, and visual artist with an interdisciplinary academic and professional background in exhibition production, artistic research, and art education in the Brazilian...
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Organization: Marie-Claire Springham
Burton Nitta
The London-based Anglo Japanese duo comprising o Michael Burton and Michiko Nitta describe themselves as “an interdisciplinary art and design studio collaborating with science and technology to...
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Celebrating Spit
dribble, slobber, sputum, drool...
A weapon, a balm and a data bank, when used respectfully saliva brings us passion and healing.