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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet-a-Maker
- with Janneke de Lange26Apr 2024Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist in our little greenhouses by the water! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Janneke de Lange is...
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Janneke de Lange
Designer
Janneke de Lange is a designer who graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven. Her work " FRUITURE NURSERY" will be displayed at Mediamatic during Japanese Knotweed Festival 2024.
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Anthroponics unravelled
Ever heard of this unconventional horticulture technique?
Now you have! Let's find out what is it about
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Xenophon: a Multi-species Romance Through Smell
Research Residency Siobhán McGibbon
During her time on residency at Mediamatic, McGibbon researched, experimented and developed new skills in storytelling and means of expression through scent. As a world-builder, the artist was...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet-a-Maker
- with Fedora Boonaert26Apr 2024Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist in our little greenhouses by the water! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Fedora Boonaert is...
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Fedora Boonaert
Artist/Researcher
Fedora Boonaert has been immersed in culture since childhood. This passion led her to pursue art history studies in Ghent. Fedora's thirst for exploration led her to the Netherlands, where she...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
- Clay along to Siobhán McGibbon's exhibition!21Apr 2024On the stem and leaves of the Japanese Knotweed lives a flea that sees the world not as we do, but in strong UV colors. What does the world look like through the eyes of this flea? Together with...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
- Clay along to Siobhán McGibbon's exhibition!20Apr 2024On the stem and leaves of the Japanese Knotweed lives a flea that sees the world not as we do, but in strong UV colors. What does the world look like through the eyes of this flea? Together with...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
- Clay along to Siobhán McGibbon's exhibition!19Apr 2024On the stem and leaves of the Japanese Knotweed lives a flea that sees the world not as we do, but in strong UV colors. What does the world look like through the eyes of this flea? Together with...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
- Clay along to Siobhán McGibbon's exhibition!14Apr 2024On the stem and leaves of the Japanese Knotweed lives a flea that sees the world not as we do, but in strong UV colors. What does the world look like through the eyes of this flea? Together with...
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Determining the optimal nitrogen level for the…
Nitrogen is a key component in chlorophyll, so it plays a crucial role inside the plant: but what happens when it's too much?
Various researches have shown the correlation between pests infestation and nitrogen leaf content - which depends on the amount of fertilizer you add. What is, then, the fertilizer amount we can...
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Program April & May
Japanese Knotweed Season 2024
Every spring, Mediamatic organizes a festival around Japanese knotweed. Knotweed is a fast-growing plant known in Europe for its intrusive properties. What many do not know, however, is that this...
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Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Observational Plant Drawing
- with Annemarie Verschoor7Apr 2024Seeing is knowing is seeing is knowing... A biology, foraging and drawing workshop in one! Together with biologist and artist Annemarie Verschoor, you will be guided through the different dimensions...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
- Clay along to Siobhán McGibbon's exhibition!13Apr 2024On the stem and leaves of the Japanese Knotweed lives a flea that sees the world not as we do, but in strong UV colors. What does the world look like through the eyes of this flea? Together with...
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Visions and Wisdom
Hildegard von Bingen's unconventional life
The 12th century German nun Hildegard of Bingen is a historical figure admired by many to this day, be it for her vast knowledge and structured treaties on the properties of plants, the music she...
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Siobhán McGibbon
Visual Artist and Researcher, AromaLab Artist in residence 2024
Siobhán McGibbon is a Visual Artist, Researcher and World-builder with a transdisciplinary practice. Her expression mutates, merging sculpture, animation, drawing, permaculture and participatory...
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Blog Leyang Fu
(Re)naming a Plant – the Magic in a Name
To many, calling a name equals casting a spell, as names are often assigned with magic or spiritual power. Such belief spreads widely geographically among different tribes. In modern days, we know...
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Piss or get off the pot!
New perspectives for the greenhouse: thinking about an Anthroponic system
It's a rich solution, we produce it, sometimes it's inside us and sometimes it's not - and it connects us all, from the tiniest insect to the mastodontic blue whale. Is it blood? No, it's urine! Let'...
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Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Breakfast with Hildegard
with Tamara Last
Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen encouraged people to invite joy into daily routine through mindful rituals that addressed emotional challenges like brain-fog, rage, and forgetfulness. Start your...
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Bokashiponics
Bokashi: a nutritious wondertea or an overhyped fairytale?
We are investigating what it would take to turn our aquaponics system into a hydroponics system. The main question is where we will source our nutrients. We want our fertilizer to be as organic and...
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Plants and Saline Water
Management Strategies Inspired by Nature
This post is the second in a series of articles for the Korreltje Zout project where we discuss our research into how we can grow plants in salty soil or using salty water for irrigation. In the...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy
- with Tamara Last2Mar 2024Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen had solutions to help bring joy, whether a person felt low, empty, brained, full of rage or had memory difficulties. Join Tamara Last to recreate the recipes of...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Distilling a Scent Bouquet
- with Frank Bloem25Feb 2024During this workshop, you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. Using your own or...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Distilling a Scent Bouquet
- with Frank Bloem21Apr 2024During this workshop, you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. Using your own or...