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  • Image: Ben Hopley

    Chim 2021

    Pigeon Tower 11

  • Research
  • Fungus
  • Transformation
  • ecology
  • Architecture
  • 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.
  • 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...

  • 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Mily Bogaarts 3 Mar 2021

    From Packaging to Beaver Skin

    How to build a mycelium pigeon tower roof #1

    The pigeon and the mycelium are in joint agreement. Pigeons don’t nest on soggy surfaces and mycelium prefers high humidity, but don’t like the wet. It is critical: The tower needs a roof. But what...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop 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...
  • Proposal by: Verena Michels

    Trash, Plastic, Noise & Bad Wheater

    Project proposal: Compostable raincoat

    Trash, Plastic, Noise & Bad Weather draws inspiration from the compost as an un- expected place to bury used, damaged or no longer wanted products. The current fashion system promotes either Fast...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

    How do I handle living material?

    Supply, Cut, Build

    Building a living architectural structure is challenging and needs a lot of research. To start with: What kind of material do we want to use exactly, where do we get it, and how do we handle it the...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

    I / O

    Dec '20 – Pigeon Tower 07

    I / O stands for Inside/Out and reverses the inside and outside of the tower. The walls of pigeon towers are smooth on the outside with a few holes so that the pigeons can enter. On the inside

  • Apparatuur

    In het Clean Lab hebben we meerdere bijzondere apparaten die gebruikt worden binnen verschillende niches. We hebben een Braumeister en Grainfather om bier te brouwen. Een grote snelkookpan voor...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

    The Power of Eight

    From Octaves to Da Vinci

    After the square and round tower try-out, we tried to build in an Octagonal shape. Finally we had succes! Apart from it being the right shape to keep the bricks together, the number 8 also became an...
  • 2022 Mediamatic Biotoop Aya Koné

    Sculpting with Mycelium

    Making a Fertile Figure from Mycelium and Myco-Clay

    RECIPE Fresh mycelium base for foundational structure Rotten mycelium overlay to sculpt detail Gloves to protect from splinters Optional: Toothpicks to stab parts together that simply won’t stick
  • 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...

  • Mediamatic 2020

    Here you will find an overview of our highlights, go here to see the full overview of our 2020 program or who we worked with this year . 2020 was an interesting year. The sudden, and first ever
  • 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...

  • 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? 

  • Inspiration

    Who proceded us, and who got inspired?

    When the Serres Séparées went viral, restaurants from all over the world got inspired and took over the idea to serve a safe and cozy dinner in private greenhouses. We feel honoured to see that we've...

  • 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 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.

  • 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...

  • 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...
  • Proposal by: Natascha Nanji

    Welcome to Studio Swan

    Project proposal: An interpersonal, speculative fiction proposition

    Welcome to Studio Swan is a speculative proposition that asks what conditions would be appropriate for us to temporarily become with plant or animal? And why would this be something desirable or...
  • 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.  
  • 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...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

    Gentle

    Oct '20 – Pigeon Tower 04

    The blocks of mycelium from mushroom grower John Verbruggen that we used to build are wide and heavy, and so they give us more security when stacking than in previous towers. Because we wanted to...

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