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Apparatuur
In het Clean Lab hebben we meerdere bijzondere apparaten die gebruikt worden binnen verschillende niches. We hebben een Braumeister en Grainfather om bier te brouwen. Een grote snelkookpan voor...
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Geschiedenis
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Geschiedenis
Aroma Lab
In 2017 is het Aroma Lab opgezet voor ontwerpers die willen experimenteren met geur. Klara Ravat was de eerste gebruiker van het lab. Zij was in 2017 de artist-in-residence.
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks
Mycelium Duiventorens
1okt 20211okt 2031Elke twee à drie weken herrijst er een nieuwe duiventoren bij de Biotoop. Deze constructies zijn een lopend experiment om te bouwen met levend mycelium afval van oesterzwammen kwekerijen. Het project...
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Is it an urban mushroom farm? Is it a pigeon…
What are those structures outside the barn at Mediamatic?
Because these structures are made from living mycelium WHAT you call it probably depends on WHEN you encounter it. At first they are horizontal mushroom farms, and many of our neighbours have...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt
Defining the Shape
Square and Round
Building living architecture pairs with failure and errors, but we get more experienced with each tower. Over time we learned to better understand how the mycelium behaves and how to respond to that.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt
The Power of Eight
From Octaves to Da Vinci
After the square and round tower try-out, we tried to build in an Octagonal shape. Finally we had succes! Apart from it being the right shape to keep the bricks together, the number 8 also became an...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt
How do I handle living material?
Supply, Cut, Build
Building a living architectural structure is challenging and needs a lot of research. To start with: What kind of material do we want to use exactly, where do we get it, and how do we handle it the...
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Feeling pigeon today?
Creating a Facefilter
How does it feel to be a pigeon? Of course, nobody can ever tell, and probably even each pigeon on its own feels different about it. But to support the feeling to be part of the pigeon community I...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt
Building-Blocks
Different ways to build an octagon
What is the most efficient way to come close to a circle, but still not use too many mycelium blocks? After some testing we found out an octagonal shape for the tower would fit our purpose best.
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Inspiratie
Wie gingen ons voor, en wie zijn er door ons geïnspireerd?
Toen de Serres Séparées viral gingen, raakten restaurants van over de hele wereld geïnspireerd en kreeg het idee wereldwijd navolging. We voelen ons vereerd om te zien dat we veel horecazaken hebben...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Gökçe Baykan
Haeckel Hunt
"Catch’em all around Oosterdok!" Remastered Blog
"Institutions and enterprises have joined forces as Expeditie Oosterdok, to form an international, innovative city quarter in which discovery plays a central role. The future of the city is being...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Observational Plant Drawing
13dec 2020Zien is kennen is zien is kennen... Een biologie-, foerageer- en tekenworkshop in één! Samen met bioloog en kunstenares Annemarie Verschoor, zul je door de verschillende dimensies van planten en hun...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Observational Plant Drawing
with Annemarie Verschoor
A biology, foraging and drawing workshop in one! Together with biologist and artist Annemarie Verschoor, you will be guided through the different dimensions of plants and their anatomy, and you will...
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Zaadjes Planten
Voor het concept van de Serres Séparées
Ons restaurant is met de Serres Séparees in de spotlights komen te staan en nu krijgen de glazen kasjes en het diner dat we er serveren aandacht over de hele wereld. Maar wist je dat de kassen al...
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Minh Sandberg
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Oct 2020 - March 2021
Nadine Schütz
Exhibition and Communications Assistant
My name is Nadine and I recently graduated from the University of Art and Design in Linz (Austria) where I did a bachelor’s course in graphic design and photography. As an exhibition intern at...
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Garri
Yuca, Macaxeira, Mandioca, Aipim, Agbeli or Cassava 'Bread'
“Cassava was a root vegetable indigenous to South America and the Caribbean, and it was directly available to the Indigenous people in the Caribbean. So they subsisted on the food of their land, and...
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Asian Period
Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz
Double the dough to hold the door to travel from India to Trinidad and Tobago. I can take a trip anytime because home is wherever Curry Channa and Tamarind Sauce coat my fingers. I know I have...
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African Period
Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz
I come from far far away I come from conquered soil and enchanted tongues I want to tell you where I’m from But I’m not sure my body remembers I am all the lost girls searching for their bodies to...
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European Period
Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz
Here lies the fruit of my invaded womb. This is what is left of me. There are pieces of my body scattered around looking for its way back to a home that no longer exists. Home is now wherever you...
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Indigenous Period
Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz
My land welcomes you. The mountains told us you were coming. The trees whispered you were close. It was written in the smoke. We have been expecting you. There are no maps to lead you to what you...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Building Aquaponic Systems
29nov 2020Aquaponics is een duurzaam voedselproductiesysteem dat het kweken van groenten en vis combineert. Het is een van de beste methodes om in de stad voedsel te produceren omdat het maar weinig ruimte...
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The culinary journey of Code Noir
Told by Lelani Lewis
“Code Noir” is a project that guides its audience along the culinary journey of the cultivation of Caribbean cuisine. The namesake of the immersive dinner is the 17th century manuscript defining the...