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Exhibition: Mediamatic Fabriek
Kunstformen der Natur
6Sep 201423Nov 2014More than a century ago, biologist Ernst Haeckel scored a hit with his amazing illustrations of unseen organisms. We collected all 100 lithographs and blew them up to 5 times life size for our...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Ignite: Soylent, Sexiness and Sea Cucumbers
- and 9 other ideas, obsessions and visions24Sep 2014We spent the summer to find the freshest ideas. The 12 speakers of September's Ignite will talk for 5 minutes each about living organisms, a new kind of food, being sexy, hiphop and art and more.
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Party: Mediamatic Fabriek
Fermentology!
- Eat At Your Own Risk20Sep 2014Cheese, kimchi, bread, beer, yoghurt, sausage, tempeh, trassi, sauerkraut... All these amazing products owe their unique taste to living and growing micro-organisms. Disgusting? We don't think so!
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Wild Yeast and other Taste Makers
- Bierberaad 01: Henriette Waal, Sander Kobes, Sander Nederveen, André van der Zee19Sep 2014Curious about what's brewing in your beer? Come taste, listen, learn and look at extraordinary beer design at Bier Beraad! during Bio-me . This symposium on beer design goes further than pretty...
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Nothing tastes better than fungus
A Sausage experiment with Brandt&Levie
Did you know that the taste of a sausage is determined by its surroundings? Together with Brandt&Levie we have started a new, four-week-long experiment of sausage fermentation. 7 Organizations are...
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Verbeke Foundation
Herbarium Vivum
13May 2014- Living Herbarium1Nov 2014In the living herbarium different crop plants are growing inside a frame that is almost 2-dimensional. The plants will finally resemble their own representation in herbaria.
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Credits
Thank you!
Mediamatic would like to thank the following people, organizations, sponsors and participants for their contributions to the "Kunstformen der Natur" project.
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Why are we exhibiting Haeckel?
The reasons we had for making a whole exhibition around the work of this XIX century biologist
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The mushroom of immortality!
super healthy mushroom
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Haeckel-File #3: Haeckel the Nazi
Would evolution theory inescapably have to lead to fascist eugenics?
Haeckel has not only been badmouthed for things he actually did or believed during his life (see the two previous Haeckel-Files on racism and fraud), he has also been partially blamed for what...
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Haeckel-File #2: Haeckel the fraud
Haeckel was accused of committing fraud in order to give credibility to his theories. Is there any truth to the allegation?
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Haeckel-File #1: Haeckel the racist
Maybe you have lately visited the Amsterdam library and its exhibition on slavery. If so, you probably came across this drawing from Haeckel. To our twenty-first century eyes, this is quite a...
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Haeckel-Files
Enchanted by Haeckel’s art? So enchanted that you want to know more about this intriguing nineteenth century German scientist?
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Naresh
Intern: Financial Administrator.
I'm Naresh Benjamin and currently working as an intern at MediaMatic for four months as a financial administrator. My interests are Music, Television, travelling and probably a lot more!
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Bio-me
designed with organisms
Bio-me. 3-day of talks, masterclasses, tastings and presentations concerning all that is designed with living organisms.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Opening Kunstformen der Natur
- een cultureel smaakexperiment18Sep 2014Op 18 September, tijdens Bio-me , proeven we de smaakontwikkeling van onze stad tijdens de officiële opening van Kunstformen der Natur . In aanwezigheid van publiek, deskundigen en de pers geven we...
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Henriette Waal, beer woman in a man's world.
Interview with the beer curator for Bio-me
Henriette Waal (1982), who graduated from the Eindhoven Design Academy, ‘Man and Public Space’ department, is an artist and designer - but also a beer brewer. She’s beer curator for Mediamatic’s Bio
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Workshop: Mediamatic Fabriek
Wilde Gisten Masterclass
- Met bier expert Sander Kobes van brouwerij Oersoep19Sep 2014Sander Kobes, wilde gisten jager en maker van bijzondere gelaagde bieren komt naar Bio-me voor een exclusieve masterclass. Tijdens deze middag leer je alles over open gisting, onstabiele resultaten...
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André van der Zee
A passionate beer brewer and yeast specialist. André is making his beer according to the unique centuries-old brewing process. In the attic of his house, where the brewery is situated, he prepares a...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Fabriek
Fungal Design and Cheating Organisms
- Biotalk 04 - with Phil Ross, Toby Kiers and Zeger Reyers18Sep 2014How to use nature's own growing mechanisms in art, design and architecture? Keynote speakers Toby Kiers, Zeger Reyers and Phil Ross (US), will give an inspiring talks about the use of living...
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Haeckel in glass
Mediamatic is not the only one paying homage to Ernst Haeckel's Kunsformen der Natur - The Dutch National Glass Museum have turned his work into "A Sea of Glass"
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Book: Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch 1 Jan 1900
Kunstformen der Natur, Lieferung 10
Issue 10 of Kunstformen der Natur, consisting of 10 lithographs by German biologist Ernst Haeckel and lithographer Adolf Giltsch. Ten of these loose-leaf issues were published between 1899 and 1904.