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Proposal by: Natascha Nanji

Welcome to Studio Swan

Project proposal: An interpersonal, speculative fiction proposition

Welcome to Studio Swan is a speculative proposition that asks what conditions would be appropriate for us to temporarily become with plant or animal? And why would this be something desirable or...

Proposal by: Stephanie Pau

Time Givers, by Tomato Plants et al

Project Proposal: Practicing more-than-human care

Humans are not the only entity in the world, machines and the rest of nature, too, share the same world. In the next tomato planting season (2023), I, with local tomato plants - wherever I may be

Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Workshop: Mud Dye

5
Sep 2022
- A traditional Japanese art of dyeing textiles with mud

This workshop is valid in combination with MONO JAPAN 2022. Join traditional Japanese craftsman Yukihito Kanai in his teaching of a natural mud dyeing technique passed down from Amami Oshima as one

2022 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Aya Koné

Sculpting with Mycelium

Making a Fertile Figure from Mycelium and Myco-Clay

RECIPE Fresh mycelium base for foundational structure Rotten mycelium overlay to sculpt detail Gloves to protect from splinters Optional: Toothpicks to stab parts together that simply won’t stick

Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Aya Koné

Meeting Mycelium

First Encounters at Dutch Design Week

The material is strange, thick, sometimes oozing, with an odor that rises up just after you break open the plastic.

Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Aya Koné

Making Myco-clay

Turning rotting mycelium into moldable material

RECIPE 2 parts rotting mycelium 1 part hay/pink oyster mushroom mycelium A giant bucket A large tarp to lay out material 2+ feet/hands to stomp, turn, squish and mix

Artist Residencies 2024-2025

Artists, designers and research

A selection of artists and designer that have done a residency at Mediamatic. You'll also find the artists who coordinate our Labs here. Also, check out our Meet a Maker page to see when you can talk...

Exhibition: Ketelhuisplein Arne Hendriks

Mycelium Pigeon Towers

17
Oct 2021

24
Oct 2021
- by Arne Hendriks

The building of mycelium pigeon towers, a collaborative project between Arne Hendriks and Mediamatic, is now going to Eindhoven! These structures are an experiment to build with living mycelium waste...

Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

L'Absinthe de la Rue de Dindon VIII – Mediamatic…

by Dirk Vis and Edgar Walthert

Ingredients: spirits, anise, fennel, liquorice, nettle, lemon, sage*, hyssop, melissa, coriander, lavender*, mint*, tree wormwood*, mugworth* and wormwood *harvested from Tumulus

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Onderwaterwerk

7
May 2021
- Marjolijn Boterenbrood

Wat leeft er in het Oosterdok? Hoe nemen organismen een materiaal over? Een set van aluminium plaatjes hangt aan onze Serres Séparées langs de kade in afwachting van begroeiing. Met zeebioloog Marnix...

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

Knowledge Page

Shaffy's Tuin and Mediamatic

Surrounding our Clean Lab with its entrance next to our Aquaponics Greenhouse, Shaffy's Tuin, is located. To prevent other cafés to fill up the waterside in between Hanneke's Boom, the Klimmuur and...

Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

I / O

Dec '20 – Pigeon Tower 07

I / O stands for Inside/Out and reverses the inside and outside of the tower. The walls of pigeon towers are smooth on the outside with a few holes so that the pigeons can enter. On the inside

Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

Gentle

Oct '20 – Pigeon Tower 04

The blocks of mycelium from mushroom grower John Verbruggen that we used to build are wide and heavy, and so they give us more security when stacking than in previous towers. Because we wanted to...

Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Nehis Osagie, Arne Hendriks

Babel

June '20 – Pigeon Tower 01

The first tower of mycelial waste. Living material. We mainly wanted to start. With a lot of enthusiasm but little precision or consultation. The uneven blocks were stacked intuitively. We filled the...

Pigeon Towers

All our Pigeon Towers

Since the summer of 2020, we have been experimenting with different forms and methods of building pigeon towers with mycelium. Each structure in this timeline contributes to the research. Click on a...