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Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Andy Cartier, Arne Hendriks

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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 Dijkspark Arne Hendriks

Pigeon Cam

On the 7th of June 2022, almost two years after we first started learning how to build pigeon towers with waste mycelium, we introduced the first four squab (young pigeons) into their new living...
Is it an urban mushroom farm? Is it a pigeon…

What are those structures outside the barn at Mediamatic?

Because these structures are made from living mycelium WHAT you call it probably depends on WHEN you encounter it. At first they are horizontal mushroom farms, and many of our neighbours have...
Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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...
Proposal by: Lena Kuzmich

Expanding Kin

Project Proposal: video installation on multi-species world-building

"Expanding Kin" is a video installation on multi-species world-building and consists of a short film and a physical installation organized as seating islands. The work examines the potential of...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Andy Cartier

Chimera Furniture

Mycelium Experiments

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

Doubts about Casting Doubt

To what extent can you restore a work before you affect its authenticity?

Casting Doubt is an art project created by Masha Ru and Jasmin Moeller. The open-air project consists of a series of flowerbeds, each with a self-reflective question on the side, formed by pins. By...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 28 Jun 2021

Shitty Water + Wasabi - Snails = Money

At the Mediamatic Greenhouse, we try to maximise the productivity of the little space we have by growing rare, collectable and valuable crops. All whilst strongly advocating for the advantages of...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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 Dijkspark Clara Casal, Magdalena Thur, Elnaz Assar, Nadja Nolte

The Balanophagy Team

We are Clara, Magdalena, Elnaz and Nadja and we are living the balanoculture: the harvesting, processing, storage and consumption of acorns play a large role in our project taking place in the Clean...
Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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...
Proposal by: Mario Mimoso

Floating Havens

Project Proposal: Regenerating city life

Floating Havens is a project aimed at regenerating life inside the urban landscape. Using Amsterdam’s canals as a way to gain land to the crowded and congested city streets, we want to dedicate these...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Nature needs Heroes

Wereldwijde campagne voor een groenere toekomst

Timberland gelooft dat een groenere toekomst een betere toekomst is. Het merk zet zich als onderdeel van haar streven naar een groenere toekomst in om 50 miljoen bomen te planten voor 2025. Het merk...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Bart Ellenbroek

Geodesic dome research

Testing sizes, entrance and connectors.

Here is a first look intro the research and testing process of the mycelium geodesic dome project.
Projecten
Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno

Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno exhibited in Nature's Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Invention . Nature's Toolbox is an exhibition exploring the wonders of biodiversity. The exhibition perceives...
Insulating a 3D Print House

Rob van der Burg works with a 3D printed column by DUS Architects

In the north of Amsterdam DUS Architects started their 3D Printed Canal House. The Roommaker (Kamermaker) is printing parts of the house, testing its construction and usability. Mediamatic got a hold...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Bart Ellenbroek

Building a geodesic dome

My experiences during my third week at Mediamatic

Exploring the possibilities of a geodesic dome built from mycelium.
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...
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.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Clara Casal, Nadja Nolte

Okara Tempeh Recipe

Reusing okara as a substrate for biofermentation : A plant-based protein source

Most people know tempeh solely as the Indonesian dish consisting of fermented soybeans. However, many other alternatives can be used to grow tempeh. The Clean Lab team has discovered that the by

created Julia van der Veen modified Julia van der Veen

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