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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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  • 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...

  • Stage

    Stage: Digitaal Erfgoed

    Ontdek, ontsluit en schrijf geschiedenis!

    Mediamatic is op zoek naar een stagiaire die handig is met online media en een interesse heeft in kunst- en cultuurgeschiedenis. De stage bestaat uit het online ontsluiten van Mediamatic Magazine

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    The Six-Winged Chicken and other mythical…

    1
    Sep 2020
    - by Anne Kamps

    Where does the meat we eat actually come from? On what scale is it produced? And, what is real news and what is fake news? A few years ago, the phenomenon of the six-winged chicken was written about...

  • 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?

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Zeger Reyers

    Hard Water

    18
    Sep 2015
    - by Zeger Reyers

    Is it plates growing in between plants, or plants growing in between plates? Hard Water is an installation that consists of a thousand plates, soil and plants 'growing' on the exterior wall of...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Geschiedenis

    Aroma Lab

    In 2017 is het Aroma Lab opgezet voor ontwerpers die willen experimenteren met geur. Klara Ravat was de eerste gebruiker van het lab. Zij was in 2017 de artist-in-residence.

  • A must-smell exhibition at VU

    Aromatic Art (Re-)constructed: In Search of Lost Scents

    Co-curated by the mind behind our Odorama series, Caro Verbeek, the exhibition entitled Aromatic Art (Re-)constructed: In Search of Lost Scents on view in the main building of VU is an extensive...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Alessandra Avanzi

    Ancient Egypt and the culture of perfume.

    The use of smelly components in Egyptian daily life: Kyphi, incense and other perfume.

    Incense was considered the “Fragrance of the Gods” in Ancient Egypt. Making incense meant in a mysterious way creating the body of the gods and communicating with them.   Do you know that the...

  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Observational Plant Drawing

    11
    Sep 2022
    - with Annemarie Verschoor

    Seeing is knowing is seeing is knowing... A biology, foraging and drawing workshop in one! Together with biologist and artist Annemarie Verschoor, you will be guided through the different dimensions...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Essential Eau de Cologne

  • book: Caro Verbeek

    Een kleine geschiedenis van de (grote) neus

    Door Caro Verbeek

    In Een kleine cultuurgeschiedenis van de (grote) neus neemt Caro Verbeek de lezer mee op een reis langs opvallende neuzen in de westerse kunst en cultuur. Van Michelangelo, Rembrandt en Gogol tot...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Rocket Stove

    1
    Jan 2016
    - by Hein Kramer

    A highly efficient stove made almost entirely from reclaimed materials, Hein Kramer's rocket stove can easily reach 1000 degrees and is virtually non-polluting. When you visit our restaurant, you...

  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Building With Mycelium

    with Arne Hendriks

    Pigeons are seriously underappreciated. That's a mistake. Not only are they incredible navigators, fantastic cleaners-up of street left-overs, powerful cultural metaphors of hope and peace, and a...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda

    Tumulus

    22
    Jul 2019
    - by Ruchama Noorda

    Tumulus is an enclosed garden installation that functions as a natural ruin, compost heap, soil sculpture, seed bed, earth work, dyeing source, and dunghill. Over the course of several seasons from...

  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Aroma Lab

    29
    Sep 2022

    Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Teun Castelein

    Rederij Lampedusa

    11
    Sep 2015
    - Refugee boat in recreational boating

    Amsterdam has a new shipping company; Rederij Lampedusa, located in the harbor of Mediamatic. The shipping company consists of a fleet of two North African boats, which were used by refugees to cross...

  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Freestyle Carpenting

    with Niels Albers

    High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...

  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    T - Radical Embroidery

    with Desirée Hammen

    Do you think embroidery is reserved to stitching flowers? Or that you can only embroider on fabric? In the last decades, embroidery has evolved from a traditionally feminine and domestic practice to...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Haeckel Hunt

    1
    Mar 2021
    - Augmented Reality Game

    Available in the App Store and Google Play store ! This Augmented Reality app adds an extra dimension to the Haeckel scavenger hunt we have set out in the Oosterdok area. Search for the eye-catching...

  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Aroma Lab

    6
    Oct 2022

    Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...

  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Observational Plant Drawing

    16
    Oct 2022
    - with Annemarie Verschoor

    Seeing is knowing is seeing is knowing... A biology, foraging and drawing workshop in one! Together with biologist and artist Annemarie Verschoor, you will be guided through the different dimensions...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Casting Doubt

    15
    أيار / مايو 2015
    31
    Dec 2024
    - by Masha Ru en Jasmin Moeller

    Are 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...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Het Parfum

    25
    Aug 2018
    - Smell the Future of Amsterdam

    The Navy Terrain opened up after 360 years, which means more space in the centre of Amsterdam. What can we do with this? There are many options, such as: Sports and Relaxation, Fancy Condos, Navy

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Laura Triana

    The cultural influence of Tobacco

    This is a part our Olfactory History of Oosterdok

    Discover the transition of Tobacco from a cultural/historical perspective. 

created Tzanislava Naidenova modified Hyunsuh Kim

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