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Filling the lamp shade moulds with mycelium

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Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

Defining the Shape

Square and Round

Building living architecture pairs with failure and errors, but we get more experienced with each tower. Over time we learned to better understand how the mycelium behaves and how to respond to that.
Growing lamps

And then there was... mycelium

In this post I will share how I made my first products from mycelium in the Mediamatic Clean Lab.
Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks, Nehis Osagie, Andy Cartier

Jute

June '20 – Pigeon Tower 02

We put the remains of the collapsed tower from the first experiment in a long burlap tube. Burlap is a biodegradable textile, and provides structure and nourishment for the mycelium. We rolled up the...
Mediamatic Biotoop Andy Cartier

Hybrid Material

Mycelium Experiments

Explore the potential of living material through a series of diverse experiments.
Mediamatic Biotoop Nehis Osagie, Andy Cartier

Commence Operation

We are building a Pigeon Tower #2

During the first building a mycelium pigeon tower workshop we had a lot of fun and learned a lot. Unfortunately, there is nothing left to show for all the hard work except pictures and videos. Now it...
Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Nehis Osagie, Arne Hendriks

Babel

June '20 – Pigeon Tower 01

The first tower of mycelial waste. Living material. We mainly wanted to start. With a lot of enthusiasm but little precision or consultation. The uneven blocks were stacked intuitively. We filled the...
Mediamatic Biotoop Gökçe Baykan

Haeckel Hunt

"Catch’em all around Oosterdok!" Remastered Blog

"Institutions and enterprises have joined forces as Expeditie Oosterdok, to form an international, innovative city quarter in which discovery plays a central role. The future of the city is being...
Mediamatic Biotoop

Mending with Kintsugi

with Mariko Hori

How can you mend something broken into something even more beautiful? Kintsugi is a centuries old craftsmen's reparation technique where the cracks of a broken ceramic vessel are filled with Urushi
Mediamatic Biotoop Andy Cartier

Chimera Furniture

Mycelium Experiments

What if mycelium was combined to existing furniture to give them a new life?
Mediamatic Biotoop

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.
workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Composing Fragrance

12
Apr 2026
- with Frank Bloem

In this workshop, artist, and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop, you will have...
Mediamatic Biotoop Lisa Witte

Maintenance of Radiolaria

The series of pendant lamps by Bernotat&Co

Have you always wanted to know how cultural institutions look after their art objects? In this blog we take a look at the maintenance of the Radiolaria pendant lamps from design studio Bernotat&Co.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

Nature Network

Mycorrhizal fungi and their function

As I wrote, fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. The third big group is mycorrhizal fungi. Which to me is the most inspiring group. It is the fungi that is connected to plants.
Mediamatic Biotoop

Meet the artist

Brainstorming, conceptualising and idea sharing with the artist

Sign up You can RSVP for the monthly meeting by in the event. In case you have any questions, you can send an email to workshop@mediamatic.nl . We close the bookings a week before the date of the...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

Guards and Guides

Parasitic fungi and their function

Fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. The second big group is parasitic fungi. Of course, there are parasitic species for every organism, but they are mainly related to insects.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

Building-Blocks

Different ways to build an octagon

What is the most efficient way to come close to a circle, but still not use too many mycelium blocks? After some testing we found out an octagonal shape for the tower would fit our purpose best.
Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop 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.
Mediamatic Biotoop Susanne Duijvestein

From Pest to Soil

Humusating a Muskrat

Maybe you have heard about the Muskrat, an ‘invasive exotic’ that likes to chomp on 'our' Dutch dykes. It was on the 22nd of May that one found their final resting place in one of the grow beds at...
workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

12
Apr 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 Dominik Einfalt

Five kingdoms and Three terms

The fungi, the mycelium and the mushroom

First, let's tackle the fungi. Fungi are one of the species of the five kingdoms and it is the closest one to Animalia, ergo animals, including humans. Animals even evolved out of the fungi. That's...
Structure

We are building a Pigeon Tower #4

Does form follow function or should the function follow the form? Does any of this even matter and should we just think if it works it works?
Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

Freestyle Kintsugi

with Mariko Hori

Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...
Mediamatic Biotoop 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...
Mediamatic Biotoop

Sculpting Textiles

with Margherita Soldati

How can you use unconventional materials and techniques to manipulate textile in shapes, textures and patterns? During the workshop, artist Margherita Soldati will introduce you to manipulating...

created Nehis Osagie modified Anne Lakeman

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