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  • Image: Mediamatic Biotoop Georgia Dalloro

    Arne holding a Squab

    Arrival of the four young squabs (young pigeons) to the Biotoop. Provided by pigeon racer Jos Voortman, these four squabs are being introduced into the pigeon loft we have constructed for them on the...
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  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Georgia Dalloro

    The Squabs are Here!

    Welcoming our feathered friends to Mediamatic

    After weeks of preparation the squabs (young pigeons) are finally here! Arne put the last changes in the pigeon tower loft last week, changing the roof from a flat one to one that can be opened (cut...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Aya Koné

    Meeting Mycelium

    First Encounters at Dutch Design Week

    The material is strange, thick, sometimes oozing, with an odor that rises up just after you break open the plastic.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft

    Duckweed taste testing 2.0

    Using duckweed as an alternative food source to feed our fish

    Let me tell you about an aquatic plant I have come to love... Duckweed is a floating aquatic plant commonly found in ponds, lakes, and other still-moving bodies of water. Duckweed is commonly seen as...

  • 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
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft

    Tasting before wasting

    Optimizing our African Catfish feed

    My project for the past 8 weeks has been to look at how we could use waste streams from both the aquaponics greenhouse and the kitchen to feed our catfish to make the system as circular as possible.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Kool Kabbage

    2018 - 2019

    2018 turned out to be a good cabbage-year. What to do with a food-surplus of 60.000 kilos of cabbages? Mediamatic took them on to survive the winter on cabbage and to question the value of our food.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft

    Elderflower Champagne 2.0

    Popping champagne straight from the garden!

    The first fermentation step for making Elderflower champagne started last week with a trial test of 20L!  Here you can find the process, recipe, and some great action shots of the flowery business!
  • 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

  • Live on the Towers!

    Dog Vomit slime mould on Gentle

    A couple of weeks ago, after heavy rain, a bright yellow gooey patch appeared on one of our older towers: Gentle (pigeon tower n.4). This patch started out looking elastic and glutinous, and seemed...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

    Yellow

    Feb '21 – Pigeon Tower 06

    The construction of this tower is mainly focused on speed and efficiency. It is a simple square design so we did not have to trim the blocks. To press them we organized a ‘Gentle Disco’. We gently...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Aya Koné

    Making Myco-clay

    Turning rotting mycelium into moldable material

    RECIPE 2 parts rotting mycelium 1 part hay/pink oyster mushroom mycelium A giant bucket A large tarp to lay out material 2+ feet/hands to stomp, turn, squish and mix
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Jiwei Zhou

    Tempeh is made into sheet materials!

    Cooking tempeh as a sheet material
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 Elise Chalcraft

    7 kilos of Happiness

    The ins and outs of weighing our fish

    Every 6 months, we weigh our 128 African catfish. This is done to get a snapshot into the growth rate of the catfish and check on their general wellbeing. The Aquaponics Greenhouse currently has five...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Josie Dibnah

    Embodying Landscapes

    In conversation with Philipp Kolmann

    Philipp Kolmann (artist, designer, cheese-maker, herdsman) is our current artist in residence, exploring ‘Embodied Landscapes’ as part of the AFK 3Package Deal. His work moves fluidly through diverse...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Looking back at "Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots"…

    with Dominik Einfalt and Doudouce Knol

    Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots workshop was a culmination of the research and collaboration between interns from Mediamatic Clean Lab and Aquaponics Greenhouse. We're not hosting this workshop anymore
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Linde van Beers, Ashley Scarborough

    Myco Brewery Growing Process

    How we grow beautiful mycelium products

    From early October we began to have consistent success with our mycelium growth on the spent grain from our myco brewery, so we thought the best way to celebrate this is to share our knowledge of the...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Bokashi Containers

    Composting with microorganisms

    The organic waste coming from the kitchen of Mediamatic ETEN finds a special companion in its composting process: the Bokashi container.  This system uses effective microorganisms to enable low...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Vera Catalano, Doudouce Knol

    What does a day in the Aquaponics greenhouse look…

    Morning The first thing we do in the morning is to check the pH in the subtank. The pH, a measure of how acidic the water is, determines the health of the fish, the creation of bacteria in the system

created Georgia Dalloro modified Elise Chalcraft

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