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Weekly workshops every Thursday & Saturday
Open Aroma Lab
1Jun 2025- Work in our Lab, get access to 330 scent materials1Aug 2026Scent lovers, artists, and perfumers are invited to join our experimental scent-making workshop, held twice a week. Join us on Thursday or Saturday at 14:00 or 16:00 for a two-hour blending session
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
NeusWijzer - all of the Dutch Smells
- Odorama with the authors of NeusWijzer - Geuratlas van de Lage Landen12Oct 2023Scents colour our lives. They give us flavour, bring memories to life, seduce, evoke emotion, desire, disgust and fear. But what do we really know about scents? What Dutch words do we have to express...
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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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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...
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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.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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...
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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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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...
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Eindhoven Francesca Nicchiotti, Niklaus Mettler, Frank Bloem
Disguise yourself as a cucumber!
A smelling x-dressing kit
Have you ever wanted to experience being a beaver and attract partners only with your smell? Or how is it, to be so juicy perfumed as a tomato?
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sweaty Summer
- Odorama 44 with Frank Bloem, Niklaus Mettler, Brian Hare, De Onkruidenier en David Kerssens Goedhart9Sep 2021Sticky nights, an upcoming thunderstorm, the sound of mosquitoes in the air and a smouldering campfire. Summer is the season for the 'holiday smell' of sunscreen and sweat, as well as the smell of a...
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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...
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Tip of the Nose
On Smell and Language
“Wow, it smells wonderful!” I exclaim as we enter the neighborhood bakery. “It smells, it smells so… nutty.” Hmm, that’s not quite the word that I wanted to say, I think to myself. Ever since...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Happiness
- Odorama 43 with Frank Bloem, Pavél van Houten, Robin Habbé and Mathilde van Otterloo24Jun 2021What are the links between smells and mood? Did you know that smell can literally enhance your frame of mind or evoke positive memories? Diving into this topic, we bring some light to the stage of...
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Anton Dorso
Head of the synaesthesia research group at the Centre for Multidisciplinary Research of Contemporary Childhood of the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Nosetaglia
The Temporary Museum of Smelly Toys
Many of us grew up with smelly toys. Who doesn’t remember play-doh, inflatable pools, and the chipped paint on tiny wooden cars? And a whiff of plastic can take us back to our childhood. “The smell...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Odor Ludens
- Exploring the fragrance of toys. Odorama 40 with Frank Bloem, Alissa Rees, Caro Verbeek, Thijs de Zeeuw, and Jonathan Kok Wai Ho27Aug 2020In Odor Ludens we explore the fragrance of toys through the perspectives of various artists: Curator Frank Bloem , healthcare designer Alissa Rees , scent historian Caro Verbeek , landscape...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The 4th Annual Experimental Scent Summit
9Jul 2020The fourth annual edition of the Experimental Scent Summit will take place starting from Thursday, July 9. The four-day online event is the annual presentation of the ongoing collaboration between...
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Agne Buciunaite
Aroma Lab Assistant
My name is Agne! In the beautiful city of Amsterdam I am working on various projects in Aroma Lab
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Pierre Valkering
Theologian, Author and Roman Catholic priest
Pierre Theodorus Valkering (1960) is a theologian, author and Roman Catholic priest. He studied in Amsterdam, Nijmegen and Rome. He graduated 1988. He became a pastoral worker for the R.C. Church...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
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.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
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...
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Mediamatic 2020
Here you will find an overview of our highlights, go here to see the full overview of our 2020 program or who we worked with this year . 2020 was an interesting year. The sudden, and first ever
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Gintare Abariunaite