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  • Afbeelding:

    Peter de Cupere's project. A little scented stamp that invites people to smell each others.
  • scent
  • Parfum
  • odor
  • smell

  • Smells like ... Microbes?

    Your perfume may soon be produced by bacteria

    The traditional perfume industry is strongly linked to the availability of specific odorants. As their harvest is depending on weather conditions and is therefore uncertain, scientists came up with a...
  • 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...
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • 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...

  • Nose Nostalgia

    The Science Behind Fragrant Flashbacks

    Why does the scent of freshly cut grass spark vivid images of childhood memories on your elementary school yard? Why does a whiff of the perfume of a woman in passing transports you briefly into the...
  • 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...

  • Love Sweat Love

    Dating via smell on Museumnacht

    We use all of our senses when searching for love in the wild. However, modern dating platforms are generally bad at reproducing this animalistic setting, and leave some senses unstimulated. Least...
  • 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...

  • Rode Curry van Ome Ad

    Gemaakt tijdens Mediamatics tweede Over Datum Eetclub

    Een rode curry met vlees en cashewnoten.Voor dit recept geldt: varieer, iets meer van het een of ander doet er niet veel toe. Het ligt aan je smaak en wat je precies in huis hebt (gehaald) aan over...

  • Body as Atomiser

    Swallowable Parfum by Lucy McRae

    If we were able to biologically enhance the fragrance emitted from our bodies, what could be the consequences for our everyday existence? Our skin sweating cosmetics, turning into a perfume atomiser.
  • 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.  
  • Parfum Spyros Drosopoulos 20 aug 2018

    Splash!

    De geur van Park, Sport en Ontspanning

    Splash! is de geur van mensen die buiten samenkomen. Het is een vrolijke geur waarin je de opwinding voelt. Eerst ruik je water, gras en frisse lucht. Zodra de picknick begint, mengt de geur van...

  • Bananencurry van Ome Ad

    Gemaakt tijdens Mediamatics tweede Over Datum Eetclub

    Dit recept is goed uit de losse pols te maken. Wat meer of minder ui, kruiden naar smaak, een banaantje of suiker voor een wat zachtere sensatie, wees niet te precies en kook op je gevoel en met wat...

  • Tajine met kip en couscous van Ome Ad

    Gemaakt tijdens de tweede Over Datum Eetclub in Mediamatic Bank

    Ome Ad maakt fabuleuze couscous en stoofschotels uit de tajine. Hier een van zijn recepten.

  • 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...
  • 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...

  • Festive Fumes

    Adventurously absorbing alcoholic aromas

    The recognisable scent alcoholic drinks produce can be intense when you have not had one yourself, and at the wrong time of day give the impression of not really having your life together. Still

  • 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...

  • Tinda's Açorda

    Portugese broodsoep met garnalen

    Deze soep maakte onze huis chefkok Tinda van Smoorenburg van de IJ-keuken tijdens de eerste editie van Over Datum Eetclub bij Mediamatic.
  • 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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