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Project 2011
Mycological Material Research
Artists and designers experiment and play with a new form of myco-material
We were the first in the Netherlands to get our hands on this new batch of myco-material from Ecovative . Together with some local…
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MaurizioBodies of Change
Installation
The growth of a new burial practice by employing fungi in performing the role of main “disassemblers” within the cyclical…
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1995
Homes: Meshwork or Hierarchy?
How do homes happen? Are they planned, as we have intuitively tended to believe, or is the process a more messy one? Drawing on…
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BarbaraEverything is going to be alright
Another piece for our Mushroom Design collection
Italian designer Emmanuel Babled is exhibiting in these days his new collection in Zurich where we can find a couple of new…
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CasparAn interview with Wietske Maas
Smoking peacocks, urbanibalism and snails
Over the years Wietske Maas has experimented and worked within several different cultural disciplines. Before working with Matteo…
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margaritaThe Mold Fight Begins!
Our first mold battle
Our newest installation at the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition is a tiny agar-filled stadium where we will host mold fights. The…
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Interview Kael T Block
On XX Boys and more
Mediamatic's exhibition Kiki on Steroids! presents Kael T Block's project XX Boys, a collection of photographs of transboys. Rooted…
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Slime Mold Computing
Gathering intelligence from brain-less organisms
Physarum polycephalum, better known as slime mold, is a simple organism that can solve some very complex problems. Slime molds are…
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2011
Fungi
Photographic installation
Fungus is spreading across our walls, magnified to a large scale and infiltrating our exhibition space.
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Inflatable Clean Lab
Portable mycelium research area
The Inflatable Clean Lab is a portable structure consisting of HEPA filters, a blower, and plastic material. When the Clean Lab…
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DidoAn interview with Kareem Lotfy
Cairo, the tale of love and hate.
Over a big plate of sushi, some green tea and lots of wasabi, we discussed Kareem's experience of Amsterdam, living in Cairo and…
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Matango
The Vegetable Monster; The Fungus of Terror!
An amazing Japanese movie from 1963, also called the Attack of the Mushroom People. Over the years, this movie has apparently…
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Project:
AntalMold Fight
A battle to the death of mold vs. mold
Can you beat the slime mold?
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1 1 2001
Music
A Garden in Perpetual Flux
To possibly express all living things into one discussion would in an attempt at innocence require the words of Shakespeare, or a…
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PilarA Short Introduction to Interdisciplinary Artist Sonja Bäumel
It’s difficult to introduce Sonja, because there is no one specific word that can define her profession. Her work does not fit…
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Mold That Eats Plastic
This mushroom loves having plastic for dinner
A little mushroom is making big headlines after it has been found to break down plastic faster and more effectively then its fungal…
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Clean Room
Laboratory Installation
In this controlled sterile environment we inoculate substrate with mushroom spores and experiment with all things fungal.
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HeleenMensen willen weer hun eigen boontjes doppen
Verslag van de 020-dag van de stadslandbouw in Amsterdam Noord
Het is crisis in verschillende vormen. Bankencrisis, vastgoedcrisis, energiecrisis maar ook voedselcrisis. Afgelopen maanden zijn we…
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TanjaProviant uit Groenland
Anya van Lit en Joost Bottema over Bardot Proviant Klub
Zaterdag 16 januari 2010 vanaf 20:00 uur opent bij Mediamatic de tentoonstelling Bardot Proviant Klub. Anya van Lit en Joost Bottema…
