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  • "Eau d'îles de l'Est"

    Odour of the industries

    This is the second part of a three-part series written by Iris van den Linden and Amber Striekwold. In this series, Iris and Amber fashions a conceptual perfume of Oosterdok. Like every perfume

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  • 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.

  • Our projects

    Mediamatic Biotoop is a broad techno-cultural lab that explores the possibilities of fungal and other bio-based materials for design, science and art. Our current interest lies in the usage of waste...

  • 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...

  • African Period

    Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz

    I come from far far away I come from conquered soil and enchanted tongues I want to tell you where I’m from But I’m not sure my body remembers I am all the lost girls searching for their bodies to...

  • Asian Period

    Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz

    Double the dough to hold the door to travel from India to Trinidad and Tobago. I can take a trip anytime because home is wherever Curry Channa and Tamarind Sauce coat my fingers. I know I have...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Essential Eau de Cologne

  • Internship

    Internship: Aroma Lab

    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...

  • 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. 

  • European Period

    Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz

    Here lies the fruit of my invaded womb. This is what is left of me. There are pieces of my body scattered around looking for its way back to a home that no longer exists. Home is now wherever you...

  • The Mediamatic Sluisdeurenloods

    A cultural landmark

    The Sluisdeurenloods or 'Canal Lock Gate Warehouse' was originally built at the end of the 19th century, before being dismantled, moved, and reconstructed at Dijkspark in 1957. The building is now...

  • Indigenous Period

    Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz

    My land welcomes you. The mountains told us you were coming. The trees whispered you were close. It was written in the smoke. We have been expecting you. There are no maps to lead you to what you...

  • The culinary journey of Code Noir

    Told by Lelani Lewis

    “Code Noir”  is a project that guides its audience along the culinary journey of the cultivation of Caribbean cuisine. The namesake of the immersive dinner is the 17th century manuscript defining the...

  • Garri

    Yuca, Macaxeira, Mandioca, Aipim, Agbeli or Cassava 'Bread'

    “Cassava was a root vegetable indigenous to South America and the Caribbean, and it was directly available to the Indigenous people in the Caribbean. So they subsisted on the food of their land, and...

  • the future of European Democracy

    Are European Democracies fit for dealing with the challenges ahead? Do we need new tools? New decision making processes? Or do we need to radically renew our approach?

  • STRO

    Social Trade Organisation

    Social TRade Organisation STRO is één van de weinige organisaties ter wereld die alternatieven voor het geldsysteem ontwikkelt.

  • Swap Up Shop

    A platform to exchange objects and question the notion of value in relation to design

    The Swap-Up shop started sometime ago as a collective of Kali Nikitas, Florian Pfeffer and Rick Vermeulen

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Accessibility

    On this page you will find all the information about the accessibility for visitors.  Please contact Mediamatic Biotoop if you have further questions by calling + 020 638 99 01   or mailing ...

  • Katja Novitskova 17 Oct 2011

    New Order: a list of Usefull and Useless…

    Links, images, videos and other materials enough to immerse any outsider into energy-based realities of our existence and potential collapse

    This info-matter stream is a collection of things we keep finding online in relation to the main themes of New Order project. Mostly they are about energy, ecology and 'green' economy. Some of it is...

  • project: Carolina Caycedo

    Day to Day

    Personalized exchanges

    Artist Carolina Caycedo trades personal possessions and services. She creates art that discusses concepts of boundaries such as those between producers and consumers, professionals and amateurs

  • 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...

  • book: Brenda Laurel 1 Sep 2011

    Utopian Entrepreneur

    Although Brenda Laurel's start-up venture, Purple Moon (a company dedicated solely to creating software for girls) failed, she walked away from the experience with a cornucopia of knowledge about...

  • 1 Jan 1997

    Community with an Object

    Developing Business in Developing countries

    Mediamatic Lab built a cool web 2.0 community network for Dutch Development Aid organisation NCDO. BiD Network uses semantic web, FOAF and tagging to help entrepreneurs in developing countries build...

  • Oosterdok

    Het Oosterdok is een water in Amsterdam. Het ontstond in 1832 toen door aanleg van de Oosterdoksdam dit deel van het IJ werd afgescheiden en daardoor ook geen eb en vloed meer kende in het toen nog...

  • Vespasian and universal bleach

    Where does the expression “Money doesn't stink” come from?

    While urine-diverting toilets are hitting the headlines as a wonder of innovative technology, collecting urine from public lavatories was a common thing in ancient Rome. Demand for the product was so...

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