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Mediamatic Biotoop Mily Bogaarts
Death is in the air, and you can smell it
The demise of the pigeon towers
While mushrooms emerge, grow, mature and decay, the towers shrink and bend under their own weight. And we keep building. Trying to reach and hold the height of the tower. We feel the need to repair...
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Lola's Chewing Gum
Discover the oldest DNA found in a chewing gum.
What happens if you are chewing gum while doing research about human secretions? Well, this ordinary piece of chewing gum has become my inspiration for a Secretopic research.
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Mediamatic Biotoop, Oosterdok
Olfactory History of Oosterdok
Getting Nosy about the Past
Our research and programmes initiated since 2019 aims to augment the histories that have flowed through Oosterdok, or Eastern Dock, through more embodied and sensorial artistic practices. The...
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Bibliography
Olfactory History of Oosterdok
English bibliography Allen , Catherine. “To be Quechua: The Symbolism of Coca Chewing in Highland Peru”. American Ethnologist , 8, no. 1 (February 1981): 157-171. doi:10.1525/ae.1981.8.1.02a00100.
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Mediamatic Biotoop, Oosterdok
Open Call 2019 Olfactory History of Oosterdok
This open call is closed
Before Covid19, we were planning an ambitious event in Amsterdam about the Sensory History of Oosterdok, the eastern part of the old harbour of the city. Related to this project, Mediamatic issued an...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Thorwald Voss, Suzanne Bernhardt
Bodemdrang
21Nov 2018- Neo Futurist Dinner 07 - with Suzanne Bernhardt and Thorwald Voss24Nov 2018This upcoming Neo Futurist Dinner focuses on the desire to connect with the ground beneath our feet. With each course, artist Suzanne Bernhardt and chef Thorwald Voss dive deeper into the earth
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Bert Brouwenstijn
VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Arts, Faculty Member
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Reinwardt Academie
Erfgoedarena 05/15
- Gemeenschappelijk erfgoed: gedeeld goed of weggegooid geld?27أيار / مايو 2015In samenwerking met DutchCulture organiseren we de laatste Erfgoedarena van het jaar over Gedeeld erfgoed. Over de hele wereld heeft Nederland fysieke sporen achtergelaten: forten langs de route naar...
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Vespasian and universal bleach
Where does the expression “Money doesn't stink” come from?
While urine-diverting toilets are hitting the headlines as a wonder of innovative technology, collecting urine from public lavatories was a common thing in ancient Rome. Demand for the product was so...
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Janna Coomans
PhD Candidate at the Centre for Culture and History of the University of Amsterdam.
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Pliny's panacea
The ancients and pee
From time immemorial, urine fascinated mankind. People ascribed to it's magic powers, using it to bleach hair, boost crops, perform curses, seduce, and whatnot. Pliny the Elder's "Natural History"...
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workshop: Mediamatic Fabriek Antoni Gandia
Workshop: Magic Mushrooms
- Mushrooms are magic. Grow your own!20Sep 2014Fungi will play a key role in the future. Get high on your own supply and learn all about these promising organisms. In our cleanroom you will learn the secrets of the mushroom cultivation, and...
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organization:
Nieuw Land Erfgoedcentrum
Museum + archief + studiecentrum. Nieuw Land laat bezoekers met een andere blik naar Flevoland kijken.
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Dutch Pavilion Venice Willem Velthoven
Room with Broken Sentence: Mark Manders at 55th…
1Jun 2013- Curated by Lorenzo Benedetti17Nov 2013Benedetti and Manders are developing a visually layered event which will dialogue with the architecture of the Rietveld pavilion. The Netherlands are also celebrating the 100th anniversary of Dutch...
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book: Moorehead, Alan
Darwin en de Beagle
een scheepsreis naar de oertijd
De reis van Charles Darwin en zijn onderzoek die uiteindelijk leidde tot zijn theorie over natuurlijke selectie.
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Anne Michaels
Her first book, The Weight of Oranges (1986), a volume of poetry, was awarded the Commonwealth Prize. She received the National Magazine Award, the Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry and a...
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workshop: Mediamatic Fabriek
Biodiesel Workshop
- Brew your own energy25Oct 2012Learn the ins and outs of making your own biodiesel during this hands-on workshop. Performance artist and diesel-know-it-all João Negro will teach you the how and why of turning waste into energy. At...
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workshop: Mediamatic Fabriek
Biodiesel Workshop
- Brew your own energy13Dec 2012Learn the ins and outs of making your own biodiesel during this hands-on workshop. Performance artist and diesel-know-it-all João Negro will teach you the how and why of turning waste into energy. At...
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workshop: Mediamatic Fabriek
Biodiesel Workshop
- Brew your own energy8Nov 2012Learn the ins and outs of making your own biodiesel during this hands-on workshop. Performance artist and diesel-know-it-all João Negro will teach you the how and why of turning waste into energy. At...
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W139
The research and destroy department of black…
19Oct 2012- 30 young conceptual artists meets in an experimental Wunderkammer2Dec 2012For a brief moment the revolutionary ideas on art and living of Black Mountain College resonate in the spaces of W139. The work of more than 30 young conceptual artists meets in an experimental...
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Allard Pierson Museum
Museumnacht: SPOOKY FREAKSHOW
- Ontmoet de freaks uit de oude doos3Nov 2012De vrouw met het slangenhaar, de man met de stierenkop en nog veel meer. Ontmoet de freaks uit de oude doos in de Spooky Freakshow, als je durft.
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Aula Universiteit van Amsterdam, Spui 411
Troje - de stad. de oorlog. de legende
- Zesde Zenobiacongres3Nov 2012Iedereen kent de verhalen van het mythische Troje. Maar wat weten we eigenlijk van deze stad en de Trojaanse oorlog? Archeologie en Oosterse archieven bieden andere perspectieven.