Japanese Knotweed Blog
Read our blog and stay up to date with research articles, interviews with artists, and fun anecdotes about the Japanese knotweed.
Presumably, anxiety is a challenge we all have dealt with at one point in our lives. Be it caused by the pandemic, wars, our fast paced lifestyles, our own personal challenges, or… THE JAPANESE KNOTWEED!
Have you watched the Boy and the Heron yet? The latest film from Miyazaki is set in World War II and follows the boy Mahito on an adventure in a parallel universe together with a supernatural Blue Heron. Albeit brimming with colourful characters, the main character for our spring festival also…
The Japanese Knotweed Festival is coming up, and what better way to kick it off than by celebrating our own Japanese knotweed at Mediamatic? In merely 4 weeks, this plant can grow up to 1.5 meters, as shown in the pictures below.
During her time on residency at Mediamatic, McGibbon researched, experimented and developed new skills in storytelling and means of expression through scent. As a world-builder, the artist was curious to explore the shift from viewer to active world participant through physical and sensory…
Tea dissolves the shells we have formed around us, separate from each other, to protect ourselves from the dizzying torrents of our day-to-day lives. It is time that we recollect ourselves and pause ourselves. It is time.
Gratis 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 samenwerking met chefs op zoek naar de invasieve plant als ingrediënt. In deze videos leer je hoe je veilig…