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Oyster mushroom growing on substrate

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2022 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Aya Koné

Sculpting with Mycelium

Making a Fertile Figure from Mycelium and Myco-Clay

RECIPE Fresh mycelium base for foundational structure Rotten mycelium overlay to sculpt detail Gloves to protect from splinters Optional: Toothpicks to stab parts together that simply won’t stick
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

ijKruid

Starting from Dijkspark, we're mapping the plants in the city

A big variety of plants is growing around our Biotoop, from healing to toxic, from dark green to purple. You can visit the Dijkspark at any moment.
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
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Full programme overview 2024
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Full programme overview 2022
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Complete program overview 2019
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Full programme overview 2020
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Aya Koné

Meeting Mycelium

First Encounters at Dutch Design Week

The material is strange, thick, sometimes oozing, with an odor that rises up just after you break open the plastic.
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...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Plant Properties

Starting from Dijkspark, we are mapping plants in the city

A big variety of plants is growing around our Biotoop, from healing to toxic, from dark green to purple. You can visit the Hortus Dijkspark at any moment. Come to learn more about the different...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Full programme overview 2023
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Complete program overview 2018
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Full programme overview 2021
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...
Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

Gentle

Oct '20 – Pigeon Tower 04

The blocks of mycelium from mushroom grower John Verbruggen that we used to build are wide and heavy, and so they give us more security when stacking than in previous towers. Because we wanted to...
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...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Fermentation

with Saskia Frederiks

The world of fermentation is endless. You can play with structures, flavours and smells. Learn all about fermenting in our upcoming workshops.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Jessica Cohen

Back to Nature

behind the artistic practice of Ruchama Noorda

Whilst European societies charged towards modernity at the turn of the 20th century, a new social reform movement went back to nature. How does the work of Ruchama Noorda relate to this movement?
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Jessica Cohen

An Occult Dunghill in the Dijkspark

What is that overgrown mound of flora and fauna in front of the Sluisdeurenloods? Visitors of Mediamatic will have noticed a peculiar sight in front of the barn. Is it a garden, a sculpture or an...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Kombucha collection

with Saskia Frederiks

The world of fermentation is endless. You can play with structures, flavours and smells. Learn all about fermenting in our upcoming workshops.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt

Nature's janitors and Remediation

Saprophytic fungi and their function

Fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. There are also some in-between types of fungi, but let's, for now, talk about these three. The first group is saprophytic fungi. They are...
Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Andy Cartier, Arne Hendriks

Cartier

Sept '20 – Pigeon Tower 03

The third tower was build inside the Clean Lab . Two previous attempts to build a sturdy, living tower had failed. Time to take a step back. We did not know whether our principles were correct.
Proposal by: Guy Vincent

Nothing Wasted

Project Proposal: Organic waste fermentation art experiment

Nothing Wasted is a compost installation that receives organic waste from the Mediamatic restaurant, as well as from the public passing by. It is treated using the bokashi method, which ferments...
Proposal by: Leo Kay

The Acid House Of Ideas

Project Proposal: Bread, microbial and plant agency, fermentation, human evolution and collective ritual.

A month-long participatory exhibition centered around the building of a model house of ergot-inoculated rye bread; exploring the recent history of human alienation from the land; the creative...

created Manon Van Daal modified Anne Lakeman

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