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1. Mediamatic Biotoop Janneke de Lange
Fruiture Nursery
26apr 202414jul 2024Ontwerper Janneke de Lange verbeeldt een toekomstig scenario waarin zij haar eigen tropische fruitbomen kan laten groeien in een mobiele plantenkas, een ‘Wardian case’. Omdat het Nederlandse klimaat...
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4. Mediamatic Biotoop Siobhán McGibbon
Xenophon: Making Odd: a Goat, a Bee, a Psyllid
19apr 20241aug 2024Ierse kunstenaar en onderzoeker Dr. Siobhan McGibbon ontwikkelt een fictieve wereld om alternatieve relaties met niet-mensen te onderzoeken. In de fictieve wereld ‘ Xenophon ’ hebben de wezens uit...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet-a-Maker
26apr 2024Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist in our little greenhouses by the water! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Janneke de Lange is...
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Janneke de Lange
Designer
Janneke de Lange is a designer who graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven. Her work " FRUITURE NURSERY" will be displayed at Mediamatic during Japanese Knotweed Festival 2024.
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Anthroponics unravelled
Ever heard of this unconventional horticulture technique?
Now you have! Let's find out what is it about
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Xenophon: a Multi-species Romance Through Smell
Research Residency Siobhán McGibbon
During her time on residency at Mediamatic, McGibbon researched, experimented and developed new skills in storytelling and means of expression through scent. As a world-builder, the artist was...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet-a-Maker
26apr 2024Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist in our little greenhouses by the water! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Fedora Boonaert is...
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Fedora Boonaert
Artist/Researcher
Fedora Boonaert has been immersed in culture since childhood. This passion led her to pursue art history studies in Ghent. Fedora's thirst for exploration led her to the Netherlands, where she...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
21apr 2024Op de stengel en bladeren van de Japanse duizendknoop leeft een vlo die de wereld niet ziet zoals wij, maar in sterke UV-kleuren. Hoe ziet de wereld eruit door de ogen van deze vlo? Samen met...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
20apr 2024Op de stengel en bladeren van de Japanse duizendknoop leeft een vlo die de wereld niet ziet zoals wij, maar in sterke UV-kleuren. Hoe ziet de wereld eruit door de ogen van deze vlo? Samen met...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
19apr 2024Op de stengel en bladeren van de Japanse duizendknoop leeft een vlo die de wereld niet ziet zoals wij, maar in sterke UV-kleuren. Hoe ziet de wereld eruit door de ogen van deze vlo? Samen met...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
14apr 2024Op de stengel en bladeren van de Japanse duizendknoop leeft een vlo die de wereld niet ziet zoals wij, maar in sterke UV-kleuren. Hoe ziet de wereld eruit door de ogen van deze vlo? Samen met...
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Determining the optimal nitrogen level for the…
Nitrogen is a key component in chlorophyll, so it plays a crucial role inside the plant: but what happens when it's too much?
Various researches have shown the correlation between pests infestation and nitrogen leaf content - which depends on the amount of fertilizer you add. What is, then, the fertilizer amount we can...
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Programma april & mei
Japanse Duizendknoop Seizoen 2024
Mediamatic organiseert elke lente een festival rond de Japanse duizendknoop, een snelgroeiende plant die in Europa bekend staat om zijn opdringerige eigenschappen. Wat velen echter niet weten is dat...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Observational Plant Drawing
7apr 2024Zien is kennen is zien is kennen... Een biologie-, foerageer- en tekenworkshop in een! Samen met bioloog en kunstenares Annemarie Verschoor, zul je door de verschillende dimensies van planten en hun...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
13apr 2024Op de stengel en bladeren van de Japanse duizendknoop leeft een vlo die de wereld niet ziet zoals wij, maar in sterke UV-kleuren. Hoe ziet de wereld eruit door de ogen van deze vlo? Samen met...
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Visions and Wisdom
Hildegard von Bingen's unconventional life
The 12th century German nun Hildegard of Bingen is a historical figure admired by many to this day, be it for her vast knowledge and structured treaties on the properties of plants, the music she...
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Siobhán McGibbon
Visual Artist and Researcher, AromaLab Artist in residence 2024
Siobhán McGibbon is a Visual Artist, Researcher and World-builder with a transdisciplinary practice. Her expression mutates, merging sculpture, animation, drawing, permaculture and participatory...
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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...
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Piss or get off the pot!
New perspectives for the greenhouse: thinking about an Anthroponic system
It's a rich solution, we produce it, sometimes it's inside us and sometimes it's not - and it connects us all, from the tiniest insect to the mastodontic blue whale. Is it blood? No, it's urine! Let'...
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Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop
Breakfast with Hildegard
with Tamara Last
Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen encouraged people to invite joy into daily routine through mindful rituals that addressed emotional challenges like brain-fog, rage, and forgetfulness. Start your...
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Bokashiponics
Bokashi: a nutritious wondertea or an overhyped fairytale?
We are investigating what it would take to turn our aquaponics system into a hydroponics system. The main question is where we will source our nutrients. We want our fertilizer to be as organic and...
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Plants and Saline Water
Management Strategies Inspired by Nature
This post is the second in a series of articles for the Korreltje Zout project where we discuss our research into how we can grow plants in salty soil or using salty water for irrigation. In the...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy
2mrt 2024De middeleeuwse abdis Hildegard von Bingen ontwikkelde methodes om mensen blijer te maken, die helpen bij neerslachtigheid, leegte en zelfs geheugenverlies. Allemaal gemoedstoestanden die vandaag de...