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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft
7 kilos of Happiness
The ins and outs of weighing our fish
Every 6 months, we weigh our 128 African catfish. This is done to get a snapshot into the growth rate of the catfish and check on their general wellbeing. The Aquaponics Greenhouse currently has five...
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Elmer Kesseler
Guest Chef Mediamatic ETEN
Elmer Kesseler is joining Mediamatic ETEN as a guest chef in summer 2021.
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 3: Tabula Rasa
“When is it kicking in?”
Day 3 became Day 0. We started from scratch, with a table full of ideas. Five senses, seven deadly sins (plus one if you include sadness), different colours corresponding to our senses and also sins...
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 4: Smelling
“Do you have heavy or light sadness?”
The question on the importance of context also guided us through day four, a day that was fully dedicated to olfaction.
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 2: Touching & Tasting & Hearing
“I caught a nice fish for you.”
Day 2 was about storytelling, mutual trust – and a day at the beach. Pauline and Alice created a little storyline that let our minds travel to the beach, while listening to the sound of the ocean...
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 1: Vision
“It is a process, let it happen.”
April 26 2021 marked the first day of our Neo Futurist Dinner test week. In an attempt to structure the days that we spent together we agreed on dedicating each day to one sense. Monday started with...
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Sensorial Brainstorming
From tricking our senses to the magic of Hildegard von Bingen
As the world slowly but steadily seems to be opening up again, we have been busy preparing one of this year's Neo Futurist Dinner concepts. Artist Martin Butler gathered a team of six people from...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Sin Eaters
15Feb 2022- Neo Futurist Dinner 14 - with Martin Butler and Alice Héron27Feb 2022Taking its inspiration from the medieval medical, magical and culinary manuscripts of the 12th-century German superstar Hildegard von Bingen, this dinner will be a journey into the world of herbalism
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Journeys of "Seafoam"
What processes will our aphrodisiacs go through?
All of our participants of our aphrodisiacs are adventurers of journeys that never end. From a seed in the Hortus Dijkspark to a maturing jar of goodness to a glass that you toast with your beloved
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Media of "Seafoam"
What forms will our aphrodisiacs take?
“The medium is the message” (McLuhan). Such aphorism cannot be truer than for our aphrodisiac. Whether one gently applies lotion onto the body of oneself or their lover(s) as if to caress, or sips a...
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Elena Braida
Artist and Food experience designer
Sharing - Making - Food - Textile - Texture Elena Braida likes to start her project from a personal perspective. She moves her attention towards the material, where her research process starts. This...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 22 Mar 2021
We are Growing Edible Flowers
15 meters from farm to plate
Mediamatic ETEN and the Aquaponics Farm together are aiding the growth of a project that started "rooting" its way into Mediamatic's collection a couple of years ago; and now with the arrival of this...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Suzana Orsolic
Reconnected senses in times of disconnection
How to make your online live streams multi-sensory appealing
In March 2020, we would meet with friends online to drink a glass of wine or host a trivia night. One year and countless online meetings later, our social lives are still disrupted, and inevitable...
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Food Wellness
Following the process of Waew's efforts to create a Thai Sauna experience
Take a deep breath in and hold it for a moment. Breath out. Feel the steam on your skin. Imagine being able to relax and take a moment for yourself, knowing that you will enjoy a delicious meal...
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Waew Jeeraphat Voraphotmuangman
Founder of the Waew Food Program
Waew ( Jeeraphat Voraphotmuangman), is a creative artist and chef who aims at combining art and food in order to create powerful experiences and messages for the public. Waew has developed the Waew...
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Mathilde van Otterloo
Cheese maker from Amsterdam that makes cheese via the french method. Since a few years, Mathilde is in love with cheese, especially french cheese. Not just the taste, but making it too. Mathilde: "I...
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Illiana Somoroff
Neo Futurist Dinner Intern
My name is Illiana Somoroff and I am currently in my last bachelor year at Amsterdam University College, studying culture and anthropology. I was born and raised in New York City but my Dutch...
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Suzana Orsolic
Neo Futurist Dinner Assistant
I am a Copywriter, PR Consultant, Digital Project Manager and aspiring Food Product Developer from Vienna, Austria.
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Organization:
Verbruggen Paddestoelen
Verbruggen Paddestoelen B.V. is een echt familiebedrijf. De door Piet Verbruggen opgezette paddenstoelenkwekerij wordt inmiddels al weer vele jaren door zijn zoon John voortgezet.
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Is it an urban mushroom farm? Is it a pigeon…
What are those structures outside the barn at Mediamatic?
Because these structures are made from living mycelium WHAT you call it probably depends on WHEN you encounter it. At first they are horizontal mushroom farms, and many of our neighbours have...
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Planting the Seed
The history of greenhouses at Mediamatic
Now that the Serres Séparées have gone viral, the small houses and the food that we serve there gets attention from all over the world. But did you know that the greenhouses already played a role at...
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The journey of the coconut
From the Indian Ocean to the Caribbean
Through global trade, the variety of ingredients available to us are close to endless. Even if a food type is not grown in a particular region, it is still available either through trade or growing...
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Presentation:
La Cocina Presents: Staging a Banquet
- Conversation and tasting with Emanuele Coccia1Nov 2020Unfortunately this presentation is cancelled! When we prepare and eat food we don’t only combine and ingest solids and liquids, but also symbols, protocols, values, and centuries of history. ...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
La Cocina Presents: Staging a Banquet
- Lecture by Tina Harris31Oct 2020Like plants and people, recipes travel all over the world. They adapt to, but also influence, the context and ingredients available. This event alludes to the importance of reflecting on the effects...