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  • Image: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Marcel Sturing

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  • Japanese knotweed
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  • 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.
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Alaa Abu Asad

    The Dog Chased its Tail To Bite it Off

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    Apr 2023
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    Apr 2025
    - by Alaa Abu Asad

    On a planet where the "native" status is a rare claim, Palestinian artist Alaa Abu Asad wonders which botanical species are acknowledged as legitimate inhabitants of nation states. While others will...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Anna Lina Litz, Nesie Wang 11 Jul 2023

    Looking via the Brain not the Eye

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    Apr 2023
    - A/artist Roundtable with Nesie Wang

    During the roundtable on Monday 17 April, Nesie Wang talked about how autism shapes her thoughts and expressions in her photography practice. Nesie joined Mediamatic for an internship as A/artist...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Branko Kleynen

    Not just a Weed

    Fermented Knotweed Pickles recipe

    On March 25, 2020, after a scavenger hunt for Japanese Knotweed, Branko, Elise and Tommaso joined forces to pickle some shoots.
  • Mediamatic Camilla Calamai

    Becoming a Pigeon

    What I learned from Donna Haraway’s book “Staying with the Trouble, Making Kin in the Chthulucene” and String Figure Theory

    The Inhuman Carnival train us to see the world from a non-human perspective, specifically from the one of a pigeon. How do we change the gossip surrounding pigeons, and empathise with them so that we...

  • Aromathèque

    Sensory art, Research and Design

    Aromathèque is here to tickle your senses, flip your nose upside down, and make you rethink everything you smell, taste, touch, and inhale. From mayonnaise madness to alluring pheromones, every...
  • Blog Leyang Fu

    (Re)naming a Plant – the Magic in a Name

    To many, calling a name equals casting a spell, as names are often assigned with magic or spiritual power. Such belief spreads widely geographically among different tribes. In modern days, we know...

  • Clean Knotweed & the Strange Entanglements of…

    An Interview with Artist Yoshinari Nishiki

    I had the pleasure of interviewing artist Yoshinari Nishiki for Mediamatic's Japanese Knotweed festival. Yoshinari had just returned from Brussels, where he had spoken with European policymakers.
  • Japanese Knotweed Festival '23

    Workshops

    Participate in the various workshops to learn about and make with Japanese Knotweed!  Find all tickets  here ! Visit us at  Dijksgracht 6 in Amsterdam.

  • 373 words to insult a plant

    In conversation with Alaa Abu Asad

    Killing without thought. Just one of the phrases that is used to discuss the Japanese Knotweed. A plant that does not even deserve to be thought about. It only deserves to be killed. Artist...

  • Feeling in Colour

    Patrick Samuel as a Role Model

    Patrick Samuel is a visual artist, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and autism advocate based in the UK. But what makes him a role model for neurodivergent creatives? 

  • Proposal by: Takako Hamano, Uno Fujisawa

    EatArt Experience in Experiments

    Project Proposal: Stimulating five senses

      During the COVID pandemic, people were confronted with the essence of (their) being, either consciously or unconsciously. We had to find new ways to feel at ease with(in) ourselves and in our...
  • Japanese Knotweed Festival '23

    People

    Here are the collaborators taking part in the Japanese knotweed festival Japanese Knotweed Brochure
  • Japanese Knotweed Festival '23

    Harvesting Knotweed Responsibly

    Please prevent unintended spreading of knotweed

    Japanese Knotweed is a hyper-local resource in the Netherlands, and a wonderful edible and medicinal plant, full of beneficial qualities. However, it is important to approach harvesting with caution...

  • Which paper works & doesn't work for the printer

    Needs to be edited everytime you know more about one paper specifically :)

    In the graphic room, we have different type of paper. Some of them are quite old and some other more new and useful. Here is a little list of which >> paper works on the big printer: 180 gram coated...

  • “Anxiety is the Japanese knotweed of mental…

    Presumably, anxiety is a challenge we all have dealt with at one point in our lives. Be it caused by the pandemic, wars, our fast paced lifestyles, our own personal challenges, or… THE JAPANESE...
  • Japanese Knotweed Festival '23

    Japanese Knotweed Program

    All exhibitions , workshops and events  during the Japanese Knotweed Festival.  Reserve your tickets  here *!  *We offer a discount to students, artists and Stadspas holders. 

  • Understanding Japanese knotweed

    In conversation with Virgile Durando

    Virgile Durando is a product/material designer and researcher from France. He is our current artist in residency, presently working on collecting and developing knowledge regarding the re

  • If you can't beat it, eat it!

    What we can learn from the fate of the passenger pigeon

    Flocks clouded the sky and cast a dark shadow over the land, stealing hours of daylight and sometimes days on end. This is not an exaggerated Hitchcock scene from ‘The Birds’ but rather a common...

  • Rooted Reflections

    A conversation with Alaa Abu Asad, Asli Hatipoglu, and Uno Fujisawa

    In their preparation for the 17th edition of the Neo Futurist Dinner “Knots, Weeds & Roots”, I sat down with artists Alaa, Asli, and Uno in order to discuss a bit more about what they have planned...

  • Witness the rapidly growing Japanese Knotweed in…

    The Japanese Knotweed Festival is coming up, and what better way to kick it off than by celebrating our own Japanese knotweed at Mediamatic? In merely 4 weeks, this plant can grow up to 1.5 meters

  • Strong like a Weed

    How Pop-Culture Can Teach Us Resilience

    There is an intriguing connection between Jujutsu Kaisen's hero, Itadori Yūji, and the notorious Japanese Knotweed. Discover the hidden meaning behind this name doppelganger!

  • Robin Waart is an artist who makes books who…

    A/artist roundtable with Robin Waart

    Robin Waart is an Amsterdam–based artist. During our discussion round he let us browse through six of his printed projects. They are collections of movie stills and book pages that deal with themes...
  • Japanese Knotweed Festival '23

    Activities

    Our 2023 Japanese Knotweed Festival activities.

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