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We grew a new project nursery: Penny for your…
Project Nursery
There is something uniquely inspiring when looking into artistic processes that are still in progress: unpolished, experimental, and open-ended. Penny for your Thoughts is our project nursery
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Aya Koné
Making Myco-clay
Turning rotting mycelium into moldable material
RECIPE 2 parts rotting mycelium 1 part hay/pink oyster mushroom mycelium A giant bucket A large tarp to lay out material 2+ feet/hands to stomp, turn, squish and mix
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Arthur Guilleminot - Piss Soap
Penny for your thoughts
My project of Piss Soap is an ecodeviant product aiming to regenerate our local urban environments, while questioning our social conditioning about disgust. Piss soap is made entirely out of human...
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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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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Thibaut Counot
Serving our fish a special rat-atouille
Turning pests into fish food
Amsterdam is facing an increasing rat population. Can we turn this to our advantage?
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Margherita Soldati, Krisztina Czika
Coffin Selfie
2Nov 2019- Museum Night Amsterdam 20193Nov 2019What would it be like to lie in your own coffin? Normally, once it happens it will be too late to know. Come and try it out in our coffin photo booth and have a picture taken.
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Susanne Duijvestein
Design your own shroud
2Nov 2019- Museum Night Amsterdam 20193Nov 2019It used to be Dutch tradition to make your own shroud, wear it on your wedding night, and put it away until you died. This workshop will enable you to work on designing your shroud.
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Margherita Soldati, Krisztina Czika
Death Beauty Salon
2Nov 2019- Museum Night Amsterdam 20193Nov 2019Lie back and let artists Krisztina and Margherita make your death mask. Our Hall of Faces will eventually be filled with death masks.
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Gwen van der Zwan
Finally Free
2Nov 2019- Museum Night Amsterdam 20193Nov 2019Having already inflated a number of intestines with helium, Gwen van der Zwan manufactured an 8by2-meter zeppelin from slaughterhouse waste. Finally Free is about the posthumous freedom of the 350...
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presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Death one-on-one
2Nov 2019- Museum Night Amsterdam 20193Nov 2019Irina Birger will spend an entire evening having one-on-one conversations of approximately 15 minutes centered on death, in an especially created installation. You're welcome to share your stories
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November '21 - April '22
Thibaut Counot
Aquaponics Assistant
I'm a French-Malian electrical engineer. After realizing my interests lie in other fields, I decided to study agriculture in the Netherlands. I am particularly interested in the "underrated" actors...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Foraging for Mental Health /RESCHEDULED
4Dec 2021- with Lynn Shore4Dec 2021This workshop is rescheduled due to new corona measures. Participants will be notified about the new date and time before Tuesday end of the day. Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 5 Aug 2021
Is it an alien? Is it a sex toy? No, it's Sopropo!
procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit
You may have come across Sopropo on your travels, at a Surinamese/Asian restaurant or maybe even at home. Read on and learn about our journey procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Foraging for Mental Health
- with Lynn Shore28Aug 2021Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft
Duckweed taste testing 2.0
Using duckweed as an alternative food source to feed our fish
Let me tell you about an aquatic plant I have come to love... Duckweed is a floating aquatic plant commonly found in ponds, lakes, and other still-moving bodies of water. Duckweed is commonly seen as...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 28 Jun 2021
Shitty Water + Wasabi - Snails = Money
At the Mediamatic Greenhouse, we try to maximise the productivity of the little space we have by growing rare, collectable and valuable crops. All whilst strongly advocating for the advantages of...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Foraging for Mental Health
- with Lynn Shore6Oct 2021Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Foraging for Mental Health
- with Lynn Shore8Sep 2021Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft
Elderflower Champagne 2.0
Popping champagne straight from the garden!
The first fermentation step for making Elderflower champagne started last week with a trial test of 20L! Here you can find the process, recipe, and some great action shots of the flowery business!
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft
Tasting before wasting
Optimizing our African Catfish feed
My project for the past 8 weeks has been to look at how we could use waste streams from both the aquaponics greenhouse and the kitchen to feed our catfish to make the system as circular as possible.
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Foraging for Mental Health
- with Lynn Shore7Jul 2021Did you know that many plants that grow in the city can help to boost your mood and support mental health? In this workshop Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session around Dijkspark and...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft
7 kilos of Happiness
The ins and outs of weighing our fish
Every 6 months, we weigh our 128 African catfish. This is done to get a snapshot into the growth rate of the catfish and check on their general wellbeing. The Aquaponics Greenhouse currently has five...
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workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
T - Foraging for Mental Health
- with Lynn Shore1Jan 4300Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Mily Bogaarts 3 Mar 2021
From Packaging to Beaver Skin
How to build a mycelium pigeon tower roof #1
The pigeon and the mycelium are in joint agreement. Pigeons don’t nest on soggy surfaces and mycelium prefers high humidity, but don’t like the wet. It is critical: The tower needs a roof. But what...