Paddestoelen Paradijs

Art

Mushrooms remain a source of inspiration for every generation of artists. View the world of fungi through the eyes of contemporary artists who are working with fungi in its many forms. From a giant moldy tomato wall to magnified images of fungal cultures, we are exploring and experimenting with this new and complex world. Our artworks are constantly growing with the exhibition, including a decomposing 'body' slowly being overgrown by tiny mushrooms. We also have music being made by falling mushroom spores and radioactive mushroom photographs from the forests of Fukushima.

Radioactive mushrooms

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Mushrooms from the forest, by a Japanese photographer Takashi Homma.

Picture of 'Mur de Double Concentre de Tomate' at Mediamatic Bank

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Fungal-flora on our tomatopaste-wall is florishing after 10 days on display. Part of the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition

Library

Sit down in a comfy chair and find out all about what has been written on fungi. From philosophical notes and the entire range of ethnomycology to descriptive guides and children's books. Browse through the entire library here.

Paddestoelen Paradijs bibliotheek

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Part of Paddestoelen Paradijs at Mediamatic BANK.

New Materials Lab

Transforming into a more eco-friendly and self sustaining society is one of the main challenges of the 21st century. Mycelium (the roots of fungi) can be used to literally grow a biodegradable material that can replace Styrofoam and other plastics. What does this mean? How can we use fungi to radically change eco-unfriendly production processes? Can we kill plastic? Paddestoelen Paradijs is a first, playful step towards a larger design initiative that will stimulate the cultural and artistic potential of innovative design solutions and sustainable materials. Fungi are the new plastic!

Fomes Fomentarius material research on display

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A display of the material research for the Fomes Fomentarius project. This project is part of the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition.

Mycelium-based packaging material

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Made from seed husks and mycelium (fungi roots). Similar to foams (for instance Styrofoam), but eco-friendly and made of natural materials. Fungi are the new plastic!

Clean room

A clean room is a space with a controlled level of contamination. That means it has very, very few particles, like dust, in the air. Substrate for the cultivation of mushrooms is made in such a room. We built this clean room ourselves so that we can experiment with growing our own mushrooms. Experience what it's like to work in a clean room and participate in experiments and workshops with us.

People sitting in front of the Clean Room

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Magic Mushroom Workshop. Picture taken at the opening of the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition.

Mushroom farm.

More information

Open Wednesday through Sunday, from 13.00 - 18.00. Entrance: €5,00 for a one month membership. The membership gives you unlimited access to the exhibition for one month and a discount for the Over Datum Eetclub and the Ignite Amsterdam and salon events.

Vijzelstraat 68, 1017 HL Amsterdam. For information about group visits, call us on: 020 - 6389901 or

Tuimelaar

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A work by Titia Ex, stoel, 2003, Part of the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition.

Mushrooms in the vitrines at Mediamatic BANK

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Part of the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition: an urban mushroom farm in the center of Amsterdam.