Mediamatic
  •  
  • Program
    • Workshops
    • Events
    • Projects
    • Recent
  • To see
  • TestTafel
  • Mediamatic
    • About
    • Venue / for Rent
    • People
    • Archive
    • Jobs & Internships
    • Houserules
    • FAQ
    • Contact & Route
Search Menu
Log in
ar
  • Image: Sluisdeurenloods, Mediamatic Biotoop Petra Baturova

    Sign made by participants during the event.

  • discussion
  • Research
  • Culture
  • society
  • Vegan
  • Climate
  • Transformation
  • Urban Agriculture
  • Politics
  • Urbanism
  • Behavior
  • Transparency
  • Nature
  • Evoltution

  • Updates from the aquaponics

    Bad news, good news: a critical examination of what happened in the greenhouse

    The accident arises doubts on the ethic of this practice

  • Piss or get off the pot!

    New perspectives for the greenhouse: thinking about an Anthroponic system

    It's a rich solution, we produce it, sometimes it's inside us and sometimes it's not - and it connects us all, from the tiniest insect to the mastodontic blue whale. Is it blood? No, it's urine! Let'...
  • 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 Dijkspark Abhay Villa 5 Aug 2021

    Is it an alien? Is it a sex toy? No, it's Sopropo!

    procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit

    You may have come across Sopropo on your travels, at a Surinamese/Asian restaurant or maybe even at home. Read on and learn about our journey procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Determining the optimal nitrogen level for the…

    Nitrogen is a key component in chlorophyll, so it plays a crucial role inside the plant: but what happens when it's too much?

    Various researches have shown the correlation between pests infestation and nitrogen leaf content - which depends on the amount of fertilizer you add. What is, then, the fertilizer amount we can...
  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Onderwaterwerk

    7
    أيار / مايو 2021
    - Marjolijn Boterenbrood

    Wat leeft er in het Oosterdok? Hoe nemen organismen een materiaal over? Een set van aluminium plaatjes hangt aan onze Serres Séparées langs de kade in afwachting van begroeiing. Met zeebioloog Marnix...
  • Blog Leyang Fu

    (Re)naming a Plant – the Magic in a Name

    To many, calling a name equals casting a spell, as names are often assigned with magic or spiritual power. Such belief spreads widely geographically among different tribes. In modern days, we know...
  • mediamatic eten Justin Knelange

    From Grandma's Kitchen to new Culinary Horizons

    In conversation with our new head chef Panos Fakos

    As a small boy, Panos was introduced to the world of spices and cooking by his loving grandmother. Food has always played a big role in his upbringing where his mother and her sister paved the path...

  • Why Beftival?

    A Conversation with Ine Poppe and Olga Middendorp

    Beftival is coming, and, along with our growing anticipation, we also got curious to know more about the conceptual behind the scenes of it all. What pressing societal issues gave inspiration to this...

  • Piss off! What did you just say?

    When was the last time you swore? What did you say… shit? Piss? Cunt? There's a high chance it was a word relating to bodily fluids, and at Secretopia we have summarised the research that will...
  • 2022 Iliana Metaxa

    Stitches, Threads and Needles

    Exploring the edges of contemporary embroidery

    From feminist empowerment and craftivism, to DIY material experimentations, embroidery is crossing boundaries left and right. Our new Radical Embroidery workshop has been inspired by a lot of...
  • 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...
  • Proposal by: Sophia Schullan

    Form Follows Fun

    Project Proposal: Form Follows Fun – Finding Fun In Everyday Life

    ‘Form Follows Fun’ would be a talk hosted in the Mediamatic facilities. Its goal is not only to spread fun and entertainment but more importantly to give others the tools to create fun and...
  • Proposal by: Arthur Guilleminot

    Piss Soap

    Project proposal: Ecodeviant Research

    My project of Piss Soap is an ecodeviant product aiming to regenerate our local urban environments, while questioning our social conditioning about disgust. Piss soap is made entirely out of human...

  • Rattle that lock

    Looking at rats from a different point of view

    Rats are everywhere and hard to get rid of. This is probably the main reason for them being unwanted in big cities - and at the same time the best reason to rethink your own perspective: rats are...
  • 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 Abhay Villa 22 Mar 2021

    We are Growing Edible Flowers

    15 meters from farm to plate

    Mediamatic ETEN and the Aquaponics Farm together are aiding the growth of a project that started "rooting" its way into Mediamatic's collection a couple of years ago; and now with the arrival of this...
  • 2022 Elise Chalcraft, Willem Velthoven

    Sweaters against Putin

    Mediamatic turns down the gas heaters for Ukraine whilst learning how to knit.

    We are dialing down our heating because we don't want to fund the Russian government with our gas money. We will all be wearing sweaters for Ukraine in an attempt to stop our dependency on natural...
  • Proposal by: Debra Solomon

    Repair Camp

    Project Proposal: Material Ecofeminism Edition (ME2)

    Part summer camp, re-education camp, and rehab, REPAIR CAMP - MATERIAL ECOFEMINIST EDITION is a 7-day live-in programme for ≤12 participants designed to repair and prepare lives and institutions...

  • What's growing on #1

    Adventures of a curious CleanLab intern

    In this series I will share some of the interesting and fun things that I do and come across during my time as the CleanLab intern at Mediamatic. During this time I will mostly keep myself busy with...
  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Building Aquaponic Systems

    with Saro van Cleynenbreugel

    Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.

  • Diversity mission

    As a progressive public cultural institution, we find diversity, in all its facets, essential. We actively strive to raise awareness and implement a more transversal and integrated way of thinking...

created Petra Baturova modified Petra Baturova

  •  Contact & Route
  • Colofon
Design by Mediamatic - Powered by Ginger