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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
NeusWijzer - heel Nederland ruikt
- Odorama met de auteurs van NeusWijzer - Geuratlas van de Lage Landen12okt 2023Geuren kleuren ons leven. Ze geven ons smaak, brengen herinneringen tot leven, verleiden tot emotie en verlangen en roepen afkeer en angst op. Maar wat weten we eigenlijk over geuren? Welke...
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Festival: Mediamatic Biotoop
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.
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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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2022 Elise Chalcraft
How do you imitate scents from nature?
Frank speaking on NPO Radio 1 about Smelling Like Another Being
Listen to our resident parfumier Frank Bloem as he talks about his recent workshop Smelling Like Another Being , developed here at Mediamatic, on NPO Radio 1.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Fredrik Link
How is smell used as a disguise in beings?
Exploring smell as a disguise. And how your nose is one of your most powerful faculties.
This article explores how your nose is one of your most powerful senses and how in our new workshop "Smelling like a species" you can investigate smell in other beings and compose your own disguise...
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Proposal by: Simon Niedenthal
Creative Reinterpretations
Project proposal: Scents & Computers
Scented interactive media like the web games of DigiScents, Inc. have largely vanished from the internet despite archival efforts of the time, only leaving behind hints at what these experiences...
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Proposal by: Mandy den Elzen
The essence of the Mastbos
Project Proposal:
Het Mastbos, aangelegd in 1515, is het oudste naaldbos van Nederland en ligt ten zuiden van Breda. Het functioneert nog steeds als een productiebos waaraan de innovatieve ideeën over bosbouw van...
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Eindhoven Francesca Nicchiotti, Niklaus Mettler, Frank Bloem
Disguise yourself as a cucumber!
A smelling x-dressing kit
Have you ever wanted to experience being a beaver and attract partners only with your smell? Or how is it, to be so juicy perfumed as a tomato?
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Mediamatic Biotoop Alessandra Avanzi
Ancient Egypt and the culture of perfume.
The use of smelly components in Egyptian daily life: Kyphi, incense and other perfume.
Incense was considered the “Fragrance of the Gods” in Ancient Egypt. Making incense meant in a mysterious way creating the body of the gods and communicating with them. Do you know that the...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Sweaty Summer
- Odorama 44 met Frank Bloem, Niklaus Mettler, Brian Hare, De Onkruidenier en David Kerssens Goedhardt9sep 2021Broeierige nachten, een opkomende onweersbui, het geluid van muggen in de lucht en een smeulend kampvuur. De zomer is het seizoen voor de geur van zonnebrandcrème en zweet, maar ook van de geur van...
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Media of "Seafoam"
What forms will our aphrodisiacs take?
“The medium is the message” (McLuhan). Such aphorism cannot be truer than for our aphrodisiac. Whether one gently applies lotion onto the body of oneself or their lover(s) as if to caress, or sips a...
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Tip of the Nose
On Smell and Language
“Wow, it smells wonderful!” I exclaim as we enter the neighborhood bakery. “It smells, it smells so… nutty.” Hmm, that’s not quite the word that I wanted to say, I think to myself. Ever since...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Happiness
- Odorama 43 met Frank Bloem, Pavél van Houten, Robin Habbé en Mathilde van Otterloo24jun 2021Wat zijn de verbanden tussen geur en je stemming? Wist je dat geuren je gemoedstoestand kunnen verbeteren of positieve herinneringen kunnen oproepen? Deze avond duiken we in de wereld van de vrolijke...
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Anton Dorso
Anton Dorso is een in Moskou gebaseerde linguïst en psycholoog. Hij is hoofd van de synesthesie onderzoeksgroep bij het Centrum voor Multidisciplinair Onderzoek naar de Hedendaagse Jeugd van de...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Odor Ludens
De geur van speelgoed. Met Caro Verbeek, Thijs de Zeeuw, Alissa Rees, Jonathan Kok Wai Ho en Frank Bloem
In Odor Ludens onderzoeken we de geur van speelgoed vanuit de perspectieven van verschillende kunstenaars: Curator Frank Bloem, healthcare designer Alissa Rees, geurhistoricus Caro Verbeek
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Odor Ludens
- De geur van speelgoed. Odorama 40 met Caro Verbeek, Thijs de Zeeuw, Alissa Rees, Jonathan Kok Wai Ho en Frank Bloem27aug 2020In Odor Ludens onderzoeken we de geur van speelgoed vanuit de perspectieven van verschillende kunstenaars: Curator Frank Bloem, healthcare designer Alissa Rees, geurhistoricus Caro Verbeek
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
The 4th Annual Experimental Scent Summit
9jul 2020The fourth annual edition of the Experimental Scent Summit will take place starting from Thursday, July 9. The four-day online event is the annual presentation of the ongoing collaboration between...
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Agne Buciunaite
Aroma Lab Assistant
My name is Agne! In the beautiful city of Amsterdam I am working on various projects in Aroma Lab
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Pierre Valkering
Theologian, Author and Roman Catholic priest
Pierre Theodorus Valkering (1960) is a theologian, author and Roman Catholic priest. He studied in Amsterdam, Nijmegen and Rome. He graduated 1988. He became a pastoral worker for the R.C. Church...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Building Aquaponic Systems
with Saro van Cleynenbreugel
Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
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Mediamatic Biotoop
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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Mediamatic 2020
Hier vind je een overzicht van de hoogetpunten van ons programma in 2020, klik hier voor een compleet overzicht van ons 2020 programma of een overzicht van met wie we dit jaar werkten . 2020 was...
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Gintare Abariunaite
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Distilling a Scent Bouquet
with Frank Bloem
Distillation is an ancient process that has long been used to extract essential oils from biological materials like fruits, spices, or even hair! During this workshop you will be introduced to the...