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  • Image: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Julia van der Veen

    Pride and Vanity

    The Sin Eaters Test Dinner

    This 8-course dinner explores how the natural world can be harnessed to achieve balance in body and mind, according to Hildegard von Bingen. Thereby the dinner focusses on 8 deadly sins. From anger...
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    The Sin Eaters through the eyes of Hildegard Von…

    By Alice Héron and Martin Butler

    The Sin Eaters is a culinary experience created by chef and artist Alice Héron and the director Martin Butler. During 9 evenings in February 2022, participants were immersed in the incredible world...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Vera Catalano, Doudouce Knol

    What does a day in the Aquaponics greenhouse look…

    Morning The first thing we do in the morning is to check the pH in the subtank. The pH, a measure of how acidic the water is, determines the health of the fish, the creation of bacteria in the system
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

    Duckweed taste testing 2.0

    Using duckweed as an alternative food source to feed our fish

    Let me tell you about an aquatic plant I have come to love... Duckweed is a floating aquatic plant commonly found in ponds, lakes, and other still-moving bodies of water. Duckweed is commonly seen as...
  • Festival: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Japanese Knotweed Festival

    Under European regulations, invasive exotic species are allowed to be radically eradicated. The City of Amsterdam, for example, is allocating 8 million euros to aggressively destroy Japanese knotweed.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 5 Aug 2021

    Is it an alien? Is it a sex toy? No, it's Sopropo!

    procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit

    You may have come across Sopropo on your travels, at a Surinamese/Asian restaurant or maybe even at home. Read on and learn about our journey procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Bokashi Containers

    Composting with microorganisms

    The organic waste coming from the kitchen of Mediamatic ETEN finds a special companion in its composting process: the Bokashi container.  This system uses effective microorganisms to enable low...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Kool Kabbage

    2018 - 2019

    2018 turned out to be a good cabbage-year. What to do with a food-surplus of 60.000 kilos of cabbages? Mediamatic took them on to survive the winter on cabbage and to question the value of our food.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

    7 kilos of Happiness

    The ins and outs of weighing our fish

    Every 6 months, we weigh our 128 African catfish. This is done to get a snapshot into the growth rate of the catfish and check on their general wellbeing. The Aquaponics Greenhouse currently has five...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    What is a Neo Futurist Dinner?

    Neo Futurist Dinner is a programme line at Mediamatic where the world of food, art and science are brought together. During these gastronomical experiences, you will be engulfed in a multi-sensory...

  • The green gold

    Celebrating our Wasabi's 2nd birthday

    After some cold and rainy months in aquaponics, we were overjoyed to see the first aquaponics plant in bloom. This early bloomer has got to be a bit of a diva, as most plants are not showing any...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

    Tasting before wasting

    Optimizing our African Catfish feed

    My project for the past 8 weeks has been to look at how we could use waste streams from both the aquaponics greenhouse and the kitchen to feed our catfish to make the system as circular as possible.

  • Take care of your Waste

    Zuursalon: Friday 9 December 20:00 - 22:30

    The estimated global food wastage is at 1.6 billion tonnes per year. 1.3 billion tonnes of that wastage was still edible when thrown away.... Let's change this discours, reduce our footprint and...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Mediamatic Eten Kamilė Vaitkutė, Jiwei Zhou

    It smells like fresh bread!

    As the taste of lupin tempeh was only pleasant to Willem, we all together decided to test the mycelium growth on different materials. We collected different grains (the ones that we have a personal...
  • Mediamatic Eten Kamilė Vaitkutė

    Are you prepared for the Halloween?

    This post is about our FIRST impressions of raw tempeh, organic shapes and a crumb of Halloween spirit. After this silent break, we have decided to separate our update into two different posts. We...

  • Groente? Bitter! Als kind at ik liever…

    Een gesprek met onze voormalig head chef Gino Marengo

    Met een jagende opa die het wild direct uit het bos plukte, kwam Gino al van jongs af aan in contact met dieren, verse ingrediënten en rijke gerechten. Hij at alles van hert en leguaaneieren tot...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Willem Velthoven

    Keep Out!

    march 2020 Corona Closure | Help to Flatten the Curve!

    We are ok but our exhibits and our bar/restaurant are closed until further notice. This started on Sunday march 16, 2020. We'll stay closed for public at least till April 6 whilst following the Dutch...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Mediamatic Eten Naomi Tidball

    Skin Hunger

    Looking into the artistic imagination of our upcoming event

    In our current health-crisis, the feeling of loneliness, or the lack of physical contact can be pressing. The term 'Skin Hunger,' derives from our necessity for physical touch. We compare this need...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

    Elderflower Champagne 2.0

    Popping champagne straight from the garden!

    The first fermentation step for making Elderflower champagne started last week with a trial test of 20L!  Here you can find the process, recipe, and some great action shots of the flowery business!
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Kamilė Vaitkutė, Jiwei Zhou

    Buckwheat Tempeh Tastes like Black Bread!

    In order to find out a nice taste of tempeh ware,  we have been growing  fungus rhizopus oryzae on different ingredients. This time we tried bulgur, buckwheat, corns and pop corns.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Kamilė Vaitkutė, Jiwei Zhou

    Tempeh Dinner First Trial!

    Buckwheat and bulgur tempeh sheets' first trial for closed food

  • Oo, Oo That Smell

    What is that distinct smell after enjoying a plate of this green veggie?

    Asparagus. A lean, green vegetable with a dramatic list of healthy benefits. Many people are aware that asparagus is heart healthy, high in antioxidants, contains characteristics to heighten your...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Jiwei Zhou

    Tempeh Ware with Flavour

    Research continues to make tempeh ware more interesting

    A food design research, aiming to optimise tempeh bowl tastes, texture, shapes, thickness and appearance, in order to create an interesting meet with tempeh bowls in our restaurant Mediamatic Eten. 
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Kamilė Vaitkutė, Jiwei Zhou

    A Taste from the Ocean: Poppy Seed Mycelium

    It smells like...fish!

  • Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno

    Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno exhibited in Nature's Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Invention .  Nature's Toolbox  is an exhibition exploring the wonders of biodiversity. The exhibition perceives...

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