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A Mélange of Foul Odours
The Smell of Discovery
One of the main purposes of the Oosterdok was the building of ships. For a short while in history, before the English took that questionable title, the Dutch were the largest colonial power in the...
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Those Who Bled for Nutmeg
The Narrative Contextualized within Banda Island's Larger History
“The island can be smelled before it can be seen. From more than ten miles out to sea a fragrance hangs in the air and long before the bowler-hat mountain hoves into view you are nearing land.”...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Distilling a Scent Bouquet
10Nov 2019During 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
Distilling a Scent Bouquet
13Oct 2019During 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
Distilling a Scent Bouquet
15Sep 2019During 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
Recreating Ancient Egyptian Essence
28Sep 2019Most royal ancient Egyptians tombs have been found with dozens, if not hundreds of fragrant unguents, salves, and perfumes for the journey into immortality. Learn all about the smells of...
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Smell of the exotic
Rare animals in Amsterdam
The exotic animal trade: one might not think too much of its significance to our ecosystem. Yet, it is very much “alive and kicking” and becoming a real threat in the global world. Recently, the...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Mapping Scent
27Sep 2019Kate McLean pioneered Scentscaping, a method to capture the smells of a city onto a map. A recent trend shows artists and researchers alike trying to map scents of cities and areas. Alongside McLean
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Scented encounters
Considered the first comprehensive exploration of the history of scent, the book Aroma. The cultural history of smell opens with the sentence: ‘Smell is a social phenomenon, invested with particular...
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Plantable gold
An era of colonial agriculture
One of the main culprits of contemporary scent is the local ecosystem. But with a globalized approach to importation and exportation, our locality not only sports indigenous flora but foreign ones...
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A Dutch-style cleaning frenzy?
What has cleanliness got to do with anything?
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Oosterdok Irina Ridzuan
The Aroma of Amsterdam's Chinatown: Peanuts
The humble beginnings of Chinatown Amsterdam is inextricably linked to a surprising aroma: peanuts!
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Oosterdok
A Brief History of Oosterdok
Changes throughout the centuries
Oosterdok is a body of water in Amsterdam. Nowadays, the eastern dock plays a crucial role in adorning the Amsterdam skyline. It features proud contemporary architecture that stand stark against the...
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Oosterdok Irene de Craen
The dirtiest street in the Netherlands
A busy city is often a smelly city...
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Oosterdok Irene de Craen
Warehouse of smells
The once massive warehouse of the VOC on Oostenburg Island must have been an extreme olfactory experience...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, 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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Oosterdok
Partners
Olfactory History of Oosterdok
Amsterdam Museum Bureau Marineterrein City Archeologist Jerzy Gawronski Expeditie Oosterdok OBA (Amsterdam Public Library) Oude Kerk Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Internship
Internship: Aroma Lab
Discover the world of smell
At Mediamatic, we believe that scents have a strong part to play in the future of art and technology. Not only do we use them, but we also compose them! To explore this new perspective about the...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Leather Galore
27Jun 2019This time at Odorama, we’ll have a chance to talk about something sexy, something cool, something functional, and something luxurious - leather. With a lot of different speakers lined up, this...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, 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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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Distilling a Scent Bouquet
7Jul 2019Finding ways to trap smells in a bottle was a quest that went on for ages, until distillation was discovered. Distillation is an ancient process that has long been used to extract essential oils from...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Soulpicks Festival
18أيار / مايو 2019To celebrate the launch of the Soulpicks app, Mediamatic joins in on the fun with a free Multi Sensory Tour for those that download the festival app. After the tour, come and enjoy one of Amsterdam's...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Expeditie Oosterdok, 100 jarig bestaan OBA
19أيار / مايو 2019Mediamatic opent op 19 mei haar deuren voor de bezoekers van Expeditie Oosterdok! Vandaag kun je gratis meedoen aan een van onze open tours en kun je workshops volgen over het maken van parfum of het...
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Heaven Scent
You can now resurrect the unique smell of your deceased loved one, for $600.
So we’ve seen smell dating . But it turns out that is just the first whiff of what’s to come in terms of personal odour and relationships. French company Kalain now offers a service that promises...