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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
2Apr 2020Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a perfume blending session. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic idea of scent...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
26Mar 2020Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic idea of scent composition plus of...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Bitter Essence
16Jul 2020Remember your first cup of coffee? All those times you had to finish a plate of Brussel sprouts? Although gruesome to most kids and allegedly an indication of poison in plants, grown-ups have...
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Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat
Amsterdam’s Relationship with Civet Cats
Have you ever wondered what civet pheromones extracted from its anal glands smell like? Actually... don't answer that. Just drop by our AromaLab and catch a whiff yourself. But first, read about the...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Law & Odor – Illegal Scents
16Sep 2020Smell is a powerful tool that can tell us when we should mistrust a situation, or when we should suspect something. In Law & Odor - Illegal scents we research into the diverse world of scent in...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Opening: Meta_bolus
20Feb 2020We present the installation ‘Meta_bolus’ by Saša Spačal and Mirjan Švagelj. Their installation explores the olfactory world of microscopic living organisms in the soil. Meta_bolus allows you to smell...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
12Mar 2020Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic idea of scent composition plus of...
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Class & Smell
What the Golden Age of Amsterdam and Parasite have in common
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite was not only the first South Korean film to be nominated for the Best Picture award, as well as six other Oscar nominations, it has just become the first film not in the...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Distilling a Scent Bouquet
7Jun 2020During this workshop, you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. Using your own or...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Composing Fragrance
7Jun 2020In this workshop, artist, and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing. At the end of the workshop, you will have...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
POSTPONED | Open Aroma Lab
19Mar 2020Come by Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session. You will be guided in the making of your own sanitiser with a WHO-approved recipe and will leave the session with a basic idea of...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
5Mar 2020Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic idea of scent composition plus of...
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Mary Mazziotti
I am a self-taught visual artist working primarily in hand-embroidery on textiles with a special interest in “memento mori”, a genre that reflects on the impermanence and fragility of life, nations...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
20Feb 2020Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic idea of scent composition plus of...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
13Feb 2020Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic idea of scent composition plus of...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab
6Feb 2020Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic idea of scent composition plus of...
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The Making(s) of Biryani
by Masuma Halai Khwaja
Masuma Khwaja is a brilliant artist from Karachi, Pakistan, whom we are excited to welcome as our first guest artist of 2020. During her one-week research stay with Mediamatic in mid-January
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Smell of Rain
20Feb 2020Most of us remember how the streets smell after a summer rain. This smell is called petrichor and is partly caused by the organic compound geosmine and bacteria that help organic matter decay. Over...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sculpting Textiles
with Margherita Soldati
How can you use unconventional materials and techniques to manipulate textile in shapes, textures and patterns? During the workshop, artist Margherita Soldati will introduce you to manipulating...
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Recepten: Open Aroma Lab
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A Blame, A Barrier
Olfactory Discourse Regarding the Other
R: Dutch children weren’t allowed to be held, [because] later they’d smell of [our] sweat. Holding them wasn’t allowed… [T]hey [The Dutch] were afraid [of their children] being soaked in sweat, sweat...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
POSTPONED | Soap Alchemy
21Mar 2020Read here about our recent measures regarding COVID-19 Soap used to be made by combining animal fat and wood ash. Our resident expert Liza Witte will guide you through the process of creating your...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Composing Fragrance
with Frank Bloem
In this workshop, artist, and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop, you will have...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Distilling a Scent Bouquet
with Frank Bloem
Distillation is an ancient process that has long been used to extract essential oils from biological materials like fruits, spices, or even hair! During this workshop you will be introduced to the...