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Japanese Knotweed Season Workshop 2024: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Edible Ikebana
- with Uno Fujisawa31May 2024How can we find beauty in the everyday, even in something considered "invasive"? This workshop, led by artist and chef Uno Fujisawa, will answer that question by transforming invasive Japanese...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building a Wardian Case
- with Janneke de Lange7Jul 2024Designer Janneke de Lange envisions a future scenario in which she can grow her own tropical fruit trees in a mobile plant greenhouse, a 'Wardian case'. Join us during the Japanese Knotweed Season
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building a Wardian Case
- with Janneke de Lange2Jun 2024Designer Janneke de Lange envisions a future scenario in which she can grow her own tropical fruit trees in a mobile plant greenhouse, a 'Wardian case'. Join us during the Japanese Knotweed Season
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Textile Lab Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Re-fashioning Clothing
- with Kristin Maurer and Daniela Tiben25May 2024Love a piece of clothing but it doesn't quite fit anymore? Don't toss it! In this workshop, you'll learn how to transform your old favourites: shorten pants, add a lining to a shirt, or even turn...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building a Wardian Case
- with Janneke de Lange5May 2024Designer Janneke de Lange envisions a future scenario in which she can grow her own tropical fruit trees in a mobile plant greenhouse, a 'Wardian case'. Join us during the Japanese Knotweed Season
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Reading event Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Sluisdeurenloods, Mediamatic Biotoop
Mater Presents: Reading Material
- A reading event with artists Amanda Pinatih and Musoke Nalwoga during Mater exhibition30Mar 2024As part of the exhibition ' The Metamorphosis of Matter ', Mater has comissioned two new pieces of writing by Amanda Pinatih and Musoke Nalwoga. Join us at Mediamatic to hear these texts read...
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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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Bronwen Jones
Artist
Bronwen Jones is an artist and textile repairer. In her practice she mends clothes for/with the public as a community-based practice which initiates conversations on care, intimacy, value, and...
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Textile Lab: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Visible Mending
- with Bronwen Jones25May 2024Come and learn the art of darning, a time-tested technique for repairing holes in your favourite garments. Bronwen practices this technique visibly as a way to reclaim and celebrate our beloved...
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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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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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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Intimacies in the Waiting Room
- A/artist Meeting with Yvonne Dröge Wendel, Vera Lelie and students from KABK's 'Iets Tekenen'18Dec 2023Waiting rooms are often a place of discomfort, annoyance and embarrassment. Yvonne Dröge Wendel’s cuddly objects turn your stay into a voyage of discovery. Meanwhile, Vera Lelie is surprised by the...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ignacy Radtke
Smile Like You Really Mean It
15Dec 2023- Installation by Ignacy Radtke14Apr 2024In this work, Ignacy Radtke explores the concept of emotional labour, the effort required to maintain social relationships. For some, this kind of 'work' is easier to perform than for others. This...
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Feeling in Colour
Patrick Samuel as a Role Model
Patrick Samuel is a visual artist, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and autism advocate based in the UK. But what makes him a role model for neurodivergent creatives?
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Anna Lina Litz, Nesie Wang 11 Jul 2023
Looking via the Brain not the Eye
- A/artist Roundtable with Nesie Wang17Apr 2023During the roundtable on Monday 17 April, Nesie Wang talked about how autism shapes her thoughts and expressions in her photography practice. Nesie joined Mediamatic for an internship as A/artist...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Japanese Knotweed Handbook
14Apr 2023- by Virgile Durando30Apr 2023Designer Virgile Durando's Handbook is a comprehensive and visual instruction manual for all makers interested in learning crafting techniques and the processing of Japanese Knotweed as a material.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Duizendknoop Kookshow
30Apr 2023- met Pauline Wiersema7May 2023Gratis groente! Altijd al willen leren hoe je thuis met Japanse duizendknoop kunt koken? 'De Duizendknoop Kookshow', gepresenteerd door social practice kunstenaar Pauline Wiersema gaat in...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Knotweed Mosaic
14Apr 2023- Rethink, Reshape, Refine30Apr 2023The open studio of designer Virgile Durando shows an array of different applications of Japanese Knotweed stems. From weaves to joints and from marquetry to complete furniture, these diverse...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Foliage Dye Workshop
- Dyeing wool with with Lucie Havel19Apr 2023If you look closely at Japanese knotweed, you will notice the many beautiful colours it holds. Join the workshop with Lucie Havel to learn how to dye wool with Japanese knotweed to bring out the...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Rhizome Dye Workshop
- Dyeing wool with Lucie Havel22Apr 2023If you look closely at Japanese knotweed, you will notice the many beautiful colours it holds. But, did you know it also holds hidden colours in their roots? Join the workshop to learn how to dye...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Not In My Backyard!
14Apr 2023- by Kristof Vrancken & Niek Kosten18Jun 2023An invasive alien species is threatening our biodiversity and infrastructure... While many react in panic, photographer Kristof Vrancken and graphic designer Niek Kosten seek to come closer to the...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Artist Tours: 'All Senses Operative'
- with Gerald Van Der Kaap12Mar 2023Mediamatic offers exclusive tours by Gerald Van Der Kaap during his ‘All Senses Operative’ exhibition. Pioneer Gerald Van Der Kaap will guide you right inside two of his iconic artworks from...
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Festival: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
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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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dasha Tsapenko, Ruslana Goncharuk, Marjo Van Schaik
Growing Gunya
17Dec 2022- Exhibition: Totemic Apparel for this Winter5Mar 2023Gunya is a Ukrainian traditional wool coat, originally worn by Hutsul shepherds in the Carpathian mountains. Providing physical protection from severe weather and animals, throughout the years it has...