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Mediamatic Eten Luna Thissen
The Dog Dinner v0.8
- Canine & Homo Sapiens17Jan 2023Mediamatic has joined forces with academic and artist Eva Meijer to organise a dinner experience for dogs and their human companions. This is a report about our first internal beta test edition that...
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Salt tolerant plants in aquaponics
Exploring new plants as an adaptation strategy
As a part of our project ' Grain of Salt ' we are researching plant species that are more tolerant towards salty conditions. These plants have special mechanisms to withstand higher concentrations of...
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The green gold
Celebrating our Wasabi's 2nd birthday
After some cold and rainy months in aquaponics, we were overjoyed to see the first aquaponics plant in bloom. This early bloomer has got to be a bit of a diva, as most plants are not showing any...
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Closing the Tap
Turning to the canal to reduce our tapwater consumption
The goal is simple. We want to stop using clean tapwater to irrigate the plants at Dijkspark and instead use a watersource that may be considered unconventional: the canal. The common perception of...
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Festival: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Japanese Knotweed Festival
Under European regulations, invasive exotic species are allowed to be radically eradicated. The City of Amsterdam, for example, is allocating 8 million euros to aggressively destroy Japanese knotweed.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dasha Tsapenko
Tasting and Making Borsch
- Learn how to make traditional Ukranian Borsch13Jan 2023Stop by Mediamatic and learn one of the home-cook Borsch recipes collected by designer Dasha Tsapenko. After all, borsch doesn't just have to be made of beets! The traditional sour soup is clear
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dasha Tsapenko
Tasting and Making Borsch
- Learn how to make traditional Ukranian Borsch30Dec 2022Stop by Mediamatic and learn one of the home-cook Borsch recipes collected by Dasha Tsapenko. After all, borsch doesn't just have to be made of beets! The traditional sour soup is clear, sour and...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Foraging for Mental Health
- with Lynn Shore11Mar 2023Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Foraging for Mental Health
- with Lynn Shore21Jan 2023Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
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Proposal by: Yorke Mulder-Bhangoo
Krachtvoer
Project Proposal: Eten wat je eten eet.
Als je uit het treinraam kijkt naar het prachtige platte Nederlandse landschap zie je, gras, mais, bieten en af en toe tarwe. Allemaal veevoer. We produceren op het schaarse Nederlandse landbouwgrond...
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Proposal by: Renée Pruim
Winteren
Project proposal:
Het winterdiner is een nieuw soort ritueel rondom verdriet en verlies. Luisteren naar je innerlijke seizoen, staat hierbij centraal. Ons fysieke lichaam en gevoel doorlopen net als de natuur de...
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Proposal by: Marc van Will, Kees Wabeke
Kicks voor nix in de natuur
Project Proposal: ontspanning binnen handbereik
In deze tijd van constante prikkels is het steeds belangrijker om succesvol te kunnen ontspannen. Ontspannen is een vaardigheid die we opnieuw lijken te moeten leren. In het zoeken zijn we bereid...
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Proposal by: Miku Sato
Book and Fire
Project Proposal: Reading cookbooks and the back side of recipes: food culture, politics and feminism
Based on the research of the old cookbooks of the Soviet Union and Japan, the project depicts food culture , politics , feminism , and how they are interrelated. Recipes can be considered stories.
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Proposal by: Nino Basilashvili
Secret of Water
Project proposal: Frequency visualisation through water
Cymatics is the study of visible sound vibration and shows the transformational nature of sound and matter. Sound and vibration are visualized through water and reflects to us the intangible force of...
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Proposal by: Paolo Bosca
Food Utopias
Project Proposal: A different geography of taste
Food Utopias is a performative and theoretical research which investigates the power exercised by map on space, specifically in gastronomy. We use maps every day. The most common maps see the world...
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Restaurant Mediamatic Eten
Staff Lunch for All
Come join us for an affordable, warm and healthy lunch bowl of food and be a part of the Mediamatic family.
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Proposal by: Leo Kay
The Acid House Of Ideas
Project Proposal: Bread, microbial and plant agency, fermentation, human evolution and collective ritual.
A month-long participatory exhibition centered around the building of a model house of ergot-inoculated rye bread; exploring the recent history of human alienation from the land; the creative...
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Proposal by: Guy Vincent
Nothing Wasted
Project Proposal: Organic waste fermentation art experiment
Nothing Wasted is a compost installation that receives organic waste from the Mediamatic restaurant, as well as from the public passing by. It is treated using the bokashi method, which ferments...
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Proposal by: Takako Hamano, Uno Fujisawa
EatArt Experience in Experiments
Project Proposal: Stimulating five senses
During the COVID pandemic, people were confronted with the essence of (their) being, either consciously or unconsciously. We had to find new ways to feel at ease with(in) ourselves and in our...
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Proposal by: Aya Yoshida
Music Pairing
Project Proposal: Eat Music Listen Dining
Music Pairing is the process of pairing food and dishes with music to enhance the dining experience in a similar way to wine pairing.
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Performance: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Mediamatic ETEN
Eating like a pigeon
5Nov 2022- What do pigeons eat? How do they eat it?5Nov 2022Mediamatic ETEN created delicious pigeon snacks for Museum Night.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Suzanne Bernhardt, Philipp Kolmann, Frank Bloem
Scent in Menu by Frank Bloem
Neo Futurist Dinner: Ears of Earth
The scent in the menu was made by Frank Bloem in collaboration with Philipp Kolmann and Suzanne Bernhardt. It is designed to smell like dirt of the Earth and is made of vetiver, undercavatol, geosmin
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Marinel Blankers
Cheese by Marinel Blankers
Neo Futurist Dinner: Ears of Earth
The base of the cheese is made of a mix of oats and lentils from the local farm of Pieter Bijlsma. Species of beans and wheat are companion species, which means that they naturally grow together and...
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Dealing with pests
The pineapple sage infestation
With the changing of the seasons and the drop in temperature, some plants in the unheated greenhouse become more susceptible to pests and infestations as they are perennial, such as the Pineapple...