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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Reward of Patience
Myco-beauty
An important element with the Mycelium Pigeon Towers is patience. We waited about two weeks before we took off the tarp and we could see steam coming off. There was this white tower in front of us.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Nature Network
Mycorrhizal fungi and their function
As I wrote, fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. The third big group is mycorrhizal fungi. Which to me is the most inspiring group. It is the fungi that is connected to plants.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Guards and Guides
Parasitic fungi and their function
Fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. The second big group is parasitic fungi. Of course, there are parasitic species for every organism, but they are mainly related to insects.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Nature's janitors and Remediation
Saprophytic fungi and their function
Fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. There are also some in-between types of fungi, but let's, for now, talk about these three. The first group is saprophytic fungi. They are...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Five kingdoms and Three terms
The fungi, the mycelium and the mushroom
First, let's tackle the fungi. Fungi are one of the species of the five kingdoms and it is the closest one to Animalia, ergo animals, including humans. Animals even evolved out of the fungi. That's...
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Kunstformen der Natur
Calendar
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Niels van Poecke
Niels van Poecke (1983) studied art and culture sciences and philosophy at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He finished his studies in philosophy with research into Greek tragedy and the...
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Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks
Yellow
Feb '21 – Pigeon Tower 06
The construction of this tower is mainly focused on speed and efficiency. It is a simple square design so we did not have to trim the blocks. To press them we organized a ‘Gentle Disco’. We gently...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Happiness
- Odorama 43 with Frank Bloem, Pavél van Houten, Robin Habbé and Mathilde van Otterloo24Jun 2021What are the links between smells and mood? Did you know that smell can literally enhance your frame of mind or evoke positive memories? Diving into this topic, we bring some light to the stage of...
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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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Projecten
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Apparatuur
In het Clean Lab hebben we meerdere bijzondere apparaten die gebruikt worden binnen verschillende niches. We hebben een Braumeister en Grainfather om bier te brouwen. Een grote snelkookpan voor...
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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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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Geschiedenis
Aroma Lab
In 2017 is het Aroma Lab opgezet voor ontwerpers die willen experimenteren met geur. Klara Ravat was de eerste gebruiker van het lab. Zij was in 2017 de artist-in-residence.
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Arne Hendriks
Mycelium Pigeon Towers
1Oct 2021- by Arne Hendriks1Oct 2031New pigeon towers emerge as old ones slowly collapse into fertile soil at the Biotoop. These structures are an ongoing experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms.
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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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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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Feeling pigeon today?
Creating a Facefilter
How does it feel to be a pigeon? Of course, nobody can ever tell, and probably even each pigeon on its own feels different about it. But to support the feeling to be part of the pigeon community I...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Building-Blocks
Different ways to build an octagon
What is the most efficient way to come close to a circle, but still not use too many mycelium blocks? After some testing we found out an octagonal shape for the tower would fit our purpose best.
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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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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Gökçe Baykan
Haeckel Hunt
"Catch’em all around Oosterdok!" Remastered Blog
"Institutions and enterprises have joined forces as Expeditie Oosterdok, to form an international, innovative city quarter in which discovery plays a central role. The future of the city is being...