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  • Mustard plants

    Brassicaceae

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia . 
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  • Xenophon: a Multi-species Romance Through Smell

    Research Residency Siobhán McGibbon

    During her time on residency at Mediamatic, McGibbon researched, experimented and developed new skills in storytelling and means of expression through scent. As a world-builder, the artist was...

  • Tutsan

    Hypericum androsaemum

    Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum) is a member of the Hypericum genus or St. John's Wort family and its also known as Shrubby St. John's Wort . It is found growing spontaneously in the Mediterranean area...

  • Soft rush

    Juncus effusus

    Juncus effusus, with the common names common rush or soft rush, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant species in the family Juncaceae. It is used in various parts of the world for weaving. The...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Complete program overview 2018

  • The Nutritional Value of Acorns

    What can acorns bring to the table?

    Acorns - the fruits of the oak tree - have a remarkable nutritional profile that have great potential health benefits
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2021

  • Narrow-leaved ragwort

    Senecio inaequidens

    This plant, also known as South African ragwort, is native of South Africa and widely naturalised in Europe. Senecio species have been used as food and in folk medicine in the Mediterranean area in...

  • Plants

  • Proposal by: Stephanie Pau

    Time Givers, by Tomato Plants et al

    Project Proposal: Practicing more-than-human care

    Humans are not the only entity in the world, machines and the rest of nature, too, share the same world.  In the next tomato planting season (2023), I, with local tomato plants - wherever I may be
  • 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...
  • Proposal by: Samar Khan

    Plants as Spatial Choreographers

    Project proposal: letting plants design our living-rooms

    My guiding question is: How can plants dances form the basis of multi-species architectural design? I am currently working with the belief that plants are  dancers. This follows from observations...

  • Common rue

    Ruta graveolens

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • Greater burdock

    Arctium lappa

    Find this plant on Wikipedia .

  • 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...
  • Proposal by: Angela Kerr

    Forests of Remembrance

    Project Proposal: Could the dearly departed save the planet?

    As human beings, we honour our dead with rites, tombs and vigils, statues and cenotaphs, processions, pyres and rituals. Our instinct to respectfully bid farewell cuts across cultures, place and time.
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop

    Firing

    June '21

  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Romantic Ruin

    Dec '21

    Winter is knocking on our door and the Tumulus vegetation is preparing to hibernate.  This patch of nature is still holding its green for the most part but some plants have decayed to fall colours...
  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    11
    Jan 2026
    - Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem

    In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Wormwood

    Artemisia absinthium

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Hermit Hut II: Ruin

    Jan '22

    ruin - n-   late Old English, "act of giving way and falling down", from Latin  ruina  "a collapse, a rushing down, a tumbling down.” - Online dictionary of etymology 

  • Red bistort

    Bistorta amplexicaulis

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    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.

created Thierry Vrakking modified Caetano Mendes Dias

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