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Verslag van de 59ste Biennale van Venetie
Midden april 2022. We zijn op de preopening van 59 ste Biënnale Venetië. Eigenlijk stond deze biënnale gepland in 2021, maar corona stak daar een stokje voor. In Italië was de...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Grieving, Healing, Laughing
- Project Presentation with Qiaochu Guo, Sophia Schullan, Ginevra Petrozzi and Cecilia Casabona23Feb 2023As our lives are eminently filled with times of grief, pain and loss, three artists suggest ways to navigate our pain. How do we heal after a loss? Can other people help? Is it fair to still have fun?
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Proposal by: Renée Pruim
Winteren
Project proposal:
Het winterdiner is een nieuw soort ritueel rondom verdriet en verlies. Luisteren naar je innerlijke seizoen, staat hierbij centraal. Ons fysieke lichaam en gevoel doorlopen net als de natuur de...
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Proposal by: Miguel Matos, Klara Ravat
Irrational City Scents
Project Proposal
Much like the Surrealists used to do in their work originally, we want to get together and share a moment that is not guided by logic and rules. What will happen if we let go of the idea of...
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Proposal by: Margot Domart
Bionomics sound
Project Proposal: How can we contribute together in reconnecting with our surroundings in a new era?
In our western society, we learn to connect images and concepts with words. We are living in the culture of the "eye", rather than the ear. I observe an atrophy of sensual and bodily intuition. With...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Weimin Zhu
Playful Jewelry for the Inner World
26Aug 2022- Exhibition by Weimin Zhu31Dec 2024'Playful Jewelry for the Inner World' is a collection of silver jewelry that invites the wearer to move meditatively. The rhythmic movements bring you closer to your inner world, make you more aware...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Sadhbh O'Donnell
Smelling under the water?
Under the Harbour workshop development with Mariko Hori
Mariko Hori is a visual artist with a flair for triggering the imagination and creating new experiences. She has done this so far through her work with Freestyle Kintsugi, a workshop inviting...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Designing Incense
- with Niklaus Mettler2Oct 2021Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Designing Incense
- with Niklaus Mettler26Jun 2021Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Designing Incense
- with Niklaus Mettler5Jun 2021Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Dijkspark Lisa Witte
Doubts about Casting Doubt
To what extent can you restore a work before you affect its authenticity?
Casting Doubt is an art project created by Masha Ru and Jasmin Moeller. The open-air project consists of a series of flowerbeds, each with a self-reflective question on the side, formed by pins. By...
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Redolent of the Past
Smell, Memory and Affect
The viscerality and embodiedness of olfactory experience are unrivaled by other senses. We introduce to you the role of smell in the formation and recall of memories and its affective powers in our...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
T - Designing Incense - Guest Series
- with Niklaus Mettler and guest Digna Tjon A San1Jan 4300Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. In this series we invite various guests to shine light on cultures of incense smoking as an...
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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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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Nosetaglia
The Temporary Museum of Smelly Toys
Many of us grew up with smelly toys. Who doesn’t remember play-doh, inflatable pools, and the chipped paint on tiny wooden cars? And a whiff of plastic can take us back to our childhood. “The smell...
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Secretions of Disappearing Bodies
When we think about secretions, the first thing that comes to mind could be sweat or piss. “Secretion” sounds like something that is produced by a living body. But what happens when we think of this...
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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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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Odor Ludens
- Exploring the fragrance of toys. Odorama 40 with Frank Bloem, Alissa Rees, Caro Verbeek, Thijs de Zeeuw, and Jonathan Kok Wai Ho27Aug 2020In Odor Ludens we explore the fragrance of toys through the perspectives of various artists: Curator Frank Bloem , healthcare designer Alissa Rees , scent historian Caro Verbeek , landscape...
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Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Designing Incense
with Niklaus Mettler
Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Designing Incense
- with Niklaus Mettler12Dec 2020Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Designing Incense
- with Niklaus Mettler19Sep 2020Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Designing Incense - Summer Edition
- with Niklaus Mettler8Aug 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. Incense is an ancient form...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
POSTPONED | Designing Incense
- with Niklaus Mettler28Mar 2020Read here about our recent measures regarding COVID-19 Incense can be used as an insect repellent, to mask a foul smell or as a way to connect with the divine. In fact, the word “incense” is...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Composing Fragrance
- with Frank Bloem16Feb 2020In this workshop, artist and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop you will have...