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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building Aquaponic Systems
- with Saro Van Cleynenbreugel10Dec 2023Aquaponics 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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People
Get to know the team that is working on Grain of Salt.
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Ton Denters
Ton Denters is an urban ecologist and specialist of Dutch flora, author of the reference book Stadsflora van de Lage Landen and The urban district, a biogeographical acquisition. Denters describes...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building Aquaponic Systems
- with Saro van Cleynenbreugel15Oct 2023Aquaponics 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 eten Justin Knelange
From Grandma's Kitchen to new Culinary Horizons
In conversation with our new head chef Panos Fakos
As a small boy, Panos was introduced to the world of spices and cooking by his loving grandmother. Food has always played a big role in his upbringing where his mother and her sister paved the path...
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Salt tolerant plants in aquaponics
Exploring new plants as an adaptation strategy
As a part of our project ' Grain of Salt ' we are researching plant species that are more tolerant towards salty conditions. These plants have special mechanisms to withstand higher concentrations of...
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The green gold
Celebrating our Wasabi's 2nd birthday
After some cold and rainy months in aquaponics, we were overjoyed to see the first aquaponics plant in bloom. This early bloomer has got to be a bit of a diva, as most plants are not showing any...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building Aquaponic Systems
- with Saro van Cleynenbreugel11Jun 2023Aquaponics 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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Dealing with pests
The pineapple sage infestation
With the changing of the seasons and the drop in temperature, some plants in the unheated greenhouse become more susceptible to pests and infestations as they are perennial, such as the Pineapple...
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workshop: 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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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building Aquaponic Systems
- with Saro van Cleynenbreugel12Mar 2023Aquaponics 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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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building Aquaponic Systems
- with Saro van Cleynenbreugel11Dec 2022Aquaponics 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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exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Casting Doubt
1Oct 2022- Weekend of Science2Oct 2022Are you fundamentally lonely? Do you break taboos? Join us and start Casting Doubts (Twijfel Zaaien) in Amsterdam's newest hotspot: Dijkspark. Thirty questions about life and art lead you along the...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Workshop: Mud Dye
- A traditional Japanese art of dyeing textiles with mud5Sep 2022This workshop is valid in combination with MONO JAPAN 2022. Join traditional Japanese craftsman Yukihito Kanai in his teaching of a natural mud dyeing technique passed down from Amami Oshima as one
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Georgia Dalloro
The Squabs are Here!
Welcoming our feathered friends to Mediamatic
After weeks of preparation the squabs (young pigeons) are finally here! Arne put the last changes in the pigeon tower loft last week, changing the roof from a flat one to one that can be opened (cut...
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How to hold a pigeon
Learning from our new squabs
Yesterday we welcomed our new squabs (young pigeons) into their new home, at the top of Chim (tower n.11).
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building Aquaponic Systems
- with Saro van Cleynenbreugel28Aug 2022Aquaponics 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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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building Aquaponic Systems
- with Saro van Cleynenbreugel10Jul 2022Aquaponics 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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Live on the Towers!
Dog Vomit slime mould on Gentle
A couple of weeks ago, after heavy rain, a bright yellow gooey patch appeared on one of our older towers: Gentle (pigeon tower n.4). This patch started out looking elastic and glutinous, and seemed...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Thibaut Counot
A year later: What our wasabi flowers are…
As the Wasabi growing in our aquaponics greenhouse starts to flower, we revisit last year’s tests and learn how to care and nurture this famously fussy crop.
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Knowledge Pages Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
All about Bokashi!
Welcome to the fermented world of Bokashi
Here you find an overview of all there is to know about Bokashi. How it works, how to take care of it, and possible exhibition possibilities in the future.
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Knowledge Page Sadhbh O'Donnell
Many meanings of curious composting
A possible bokashi exhibition
In case of future plans with the Bokashi, this knowledge page is to provide information about a possible exhibition in the Bokashi space behind the restaurant. It would be a very interesting topic to...
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Knowledge Page Sadhbh O'Donnell
Being responsible for Bokashi
and other useful information
The amount of time to give to Bokashi really depends on what is happening at Mediamatic. Is the restaurant open? Is communal lunch happening? What season is it? Being responsible for the Bokashi...
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Knowledge Page Sadhbh O'Donnell
Bokashi: Questions to Simon Vos
Frequently asked questions
Here are some questions that have been previously asked so that maybe you don't have to! Simone Vos from agriton has been great for answering questions and is the primary source for understanding the...