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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Workshop: Caravel with Ivan Henriques
- Using autonomous robots to clean our poluted waters15Dec 2016Caravels are autonomous waterrobots that feed on the micro-organisms living in local waters. By harvesting electricity from anaerobic bacteria and organic components (via Microbial Fuel Cell...
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Take care of your Waste
Zuursalon: Friday 9 December 20:00 - 22:30
The estimated global food wastage is at 1.6 billion tonnes per year. 1.3 billion tonnes of that wastage was still edible when thrown away.... Let's change this discours, reduce our footprint and...
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Eat Future no. 5 Review
What is a superfood?
“He who controls the spice controls the universe” - We used David Lynch's Dune as a starting point for a discussion about superfoods, drugs and supplements
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Xandra van der Eijk
Van der Eijk investigates natural processes and elements, where the concept of time is a recurring theme. Through many experiments and thorough theoretical research these processes develop in...
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Zuursalon: Koji Edition
Friday 11 november, 20:00 - 22:30
In Mediamatic’s Bio Clean Lab we use fungus to grow new bio-materials, but in many food production systems molds are used to re-design ingredients and alter flavours. The Koji, or Aspergillus oryzae
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abel Jansma
Distillation 101
Using physics to extract smells
Throughout the fall and winter, I will be distilling some of the liquids that are produced in and around Mediamatic. Distillation is a technique, mostly used in chemistry, to separate components of a...
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Alice de Jong
Sinologist and Asian cuisine chef
Alice is a researcher and a professional in China studies. She teaches at the Humanities faculty at the Leiden University.
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Jasper Swierstra
Jasper is a microbiologist at the University of Utrecht. He studied biomedical sciences and is currently doing a PhD at the Erasmus Medical Centre.
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Adorning the Internal
- Biotalk 22 - with Isaac Monté, Toby Kiers and Mandy den Elzen27Oct 2016Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but we are all squishy and messy on the inside, aren't we? In this edition of Biotalk we will listen to two visual artists who challenge that perception. Whether...
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Tessa Bouzidi
Education team
Creating education programs at Mediamatic to let children explore the art in science.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Linde van Beers, Ashley Scarborough
Myco Brewery Growing Process
How we grow beautiful mycelium products
From early October we began to have consistent success with our mycelium growth on the spent grain from our myco brewery, so we thought the best way to celebrate this is to share our knowledge of the...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Milk Salon
14Oct 2016There’s milk. And then there’s milk! From cow to cow, farmer to farmer, milk is so much more than just one product. That’s why Foodcabinet, together with Sietske Klooster, creator of cooperative The...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Bacteria - our invisible guests
- Biotalk 21 - with Victoria Shennan, Debora Dax, Merle Bergers15Sep 2016Invisible micro-organisms have always co-existed with us. Within the human body, the vast majority of cells are bacterial, fungal, or otherwise non-human. What does this mean for our perception of...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Astrobiological Horticulture with Joe Davis
- Artist talk + Screening25Aug 2016Astrobiological Horticulture, by bio-art pioneer Joe Davis, explores the possibilities for creating organisms that can survive in the cold deposits below the Martian surface. This "garden" for...
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The Psychology of Smell: RESULTS
Findings of Prof. Dr. E.P. Köster
Results of the experiment on the memory of incidentally learned odours presented in two artistic vessels at the beginning of the Odorama talk May 12th, 2016.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
BIO·FICTION
- Exploring Synthetic Biology with Film Screenings.25Jun 2016Far from limiting itself to the manipulation of existing genomes, synthetic biology aims to both redesign life and create the unnatural, in accordance with the principles of engineering. BIO-FICTION...
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It's Myco Beer o'Clock
Test batch beer is now available at Mediamatic ETEN - while stocks last!
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PalmaRosales
“We must develop a thick skin. With an unshakeable sense of self – and a commitment to being compassionate – nothing will faze you.”
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Tune in to the Non-Human
- Biotalk 20 - with Patrizia Ruthensteiner, Dewi de Vree, Paul Seidler, Cateringa & Kompanen16Jun 2016How can we interact with the Non-Human? Humans depend on their senses to perceive their environment. But what happens if an additional factor is added to our perception? Tonight we will explore the...
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Festive Fumes
Adventurously absorbing alcoholic aromas
The recognisable scent alcoholic drinks produce can be intense when you have not had one yourself, and at the wrong time of day give the impression of not really having your life together. Still
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Huis a/d Werf
Digitale cultuur @ Stimuleringsfonds
- bijeenkomst stimuleringsfonds creatieve industrie8Jun 2016Op woensdag 8 juni organiseert het Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie een publieke bijeenkomst over digitale cultuur in Het Huis Utrecht. De nieuwe cultuurplanperiode, 2017-2020, brengt enkele...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Material Metamorphosis
- Biotalk 19 - with Emilie van Spronsen, Sarah-Linda Forrer and Tetsuro Oike26أيار / مايو 2016The speakers of this Biotalk will make us revalue certain materials in life we take for granted. How come all over the world there are chicken materials in consumer products that we don't know of?
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Bio Clean Lab Layout (old)
Floor and wallplan
The Bio Clean lab is a tidily organised space where many projects are worked on simultaneously. That means that appropriate storage and object placement is paramount for all collaborations. The Clean...
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Bio Clean Lab Inventory
The things you can expect to find
Find out here about the standard equipment, what you will get to use when you come work here, and what stuff you will have to bring yourself or buy in the new Bio Art Supply Store.