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Clean Lab
Credits
Thank you!
We would like to thank the following people, organizations, sponsors, and participants.
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History
The reason for creating the Clean Lab at our Dijksgracht location was primarily to create a lab space large enough and suitable for the growing tide of artists wanting to expand their work into...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Haeckel Hunt
1Mar 2021- Augmented Reality Game3Mar 2022Available in the App Store and Google Play store ! This Augmented Reality app adds an extra dimension to the Haeckel scavenger hunt we have set out in the Oosterdok area. Search for the eye-catching...
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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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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building Mycelium Pigeon Towers
13Nov 2020After we picked up the Mycelium Blocks and pressed them - we are ready to build another tower. This time we decided to try a different shape because (...)
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Defining the Shape
Square and Round
Building living architecture pairs with failure and errors, but we get more experienced with each tower. Over time we learned to better understand how the mycelium behaves and how to respond to that.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
The Power of Eight
From Octaves to Da Vinci
After the square and round tower try-out, we tried to build in an Octagonal shape. Finally we had succes! Apart from it being the right shape to keep the bricks together, the number 8 also became an...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
How do I handle living material?
Supply, Cut, Build
Building a living architectural structure is challenging and needs a lot of research. To start with: What kind of material do we want to use exactly, where do we get it, and how do we handle it the...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Design Solutions
For implementing greenhouse dining in the restaurant
For the use of the Serres in the restaurant we are constantly making adjustments. Not only to the greenhouses themselves, but also to the way we carry out our service. What problems do we encounter?
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Inspiration
Who proceded us, and who got inspired?
When the Serres Séparées went viral, restaurants from all over the world got inspired and took over the idea to serve a safe and cozy dinner in private greenhouses. We feel honoured to see that we've...
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Take a seat and lean in: The poetry of Code Noir
Reflecting on representation and language with Rachel Rumai Diaz
Following the end of the Code Noir dinner series, I had a chat with Rachel Rumai Diaz-- the spoken word artist behind the poetry that breathed life into the culinary journey of our latest Neo
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The Code Noir: A brief, yet powerful history
Winston Churchill famously said that “those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Our upcoming NeoFuturist Dinner touches on the importance of learning from our collective...
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Structure
We are building a Pigeon Tower #4
Does form follow function or should the function follow the form? Does any of this even matter and should we just think if it works it works?
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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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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Freestyle Kintsugi
- with Mariko Hori19Sep 2020Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Kombucha: Co-design with Microbes - Summer Edition
16Aug 2020Boring summer? Not at all. We take the holidays to make up for all the events that were cancelled due to Covid-19. August is summer workshop month at Mediamatic. Learn everything about kombucha; what...
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The Trials Continue
We are building a Pigeon Tower #3
After about a week and half of experimenting we have found some results.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sauerkraut: Co-design with Microbes
- with Saskia Frederiks6Dec 2020Sauerkraut is one of the oldest fermented foods that is around. Nowadays, most of the sauerkraut is made in one big factory. But did you know it is fairly easy to make it yourself? During this...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Kombucha: Co-design with Microbes
6Dec 2020Learn everything about kombucha; what it is and how you can make it yourself with the use of a SCOBY. We will discuss the basic principles of fermentation and you will make your own kombucha to take...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sauerkraut: Co-design with Microbes
- with Saskia Frederiks25Oct 2020Sauerkraut is one of the oldest fermented foods that is around. Nowadays, most of the sauerkraut is made in one big factory. But did you know it is fairly easy to make it yourself? During this...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Kombucha: Co-design with Microbes #1
25Oct 2020Learn everything about kombucha; what it is and how you can make it yourself with the use of a SCOBY. We will discuss the basic principles of fermentation and you will make your own kombucha to take...
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Growing lamps
And then there was... mycelium
In this post I will share how I made my first products from mycelium in the Mediamatic Clean Lab.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Freestyle Kintsugi – Summer Edition
- with Mariko Hori22Aug 2020Boring summer? Not at all. We take the holidays to make up for all the events that were cancelled due to Covid-19. August is summer workshop month at Mediamatic. Humans are not able to control...
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Bibliography
Here you find a collection of books and images used as sources for the Myco-Assemblage
Shelter – Lloyd Kahn and Bob Easton (1973)