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  • Image: Paula Prats

    Grass Drying for Ears of Earth

    In Ears of Earth we take a closer look at the landscape to discover the connections in the earth, between bodies and fungi, plants and yeasts. Photo credit: Paula Prats
  • Ears of Earth
  • Fungus
  • Transformation
  • Microbe
  • Plant
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2021

  • 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2022

  • Proposal by: Guy Vincent

    Nothing Wasted

    Project Proposal: Organic waste fermentation art experiment

    Nothing Wasted is a compost installation that receives organic waste from the Mediamatic restaurant, as well as from the public passing by. It is treated using the bokashi method, which ferments...

  • Mycelium Pigeon Towers

    Collection of Design Research Questions

    Is mycelium waste from the oyster mushroom industry an effective material to build with? Can we build structures to house Amsterdams feral pigeons? Do pigeons accept a mycelium structure as a place...
  • 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

    Full programme overview 2020

  • 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

  • Bibliography

    Here you find a collection of books and images used as sources for the Myco-Assemblage

    Shelter – Lloyd Kahn and Bob Easton (1973)

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2025

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2024

  • 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
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Complete program overview 2018

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2023

  • 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 Biotoop

    Complete program overview 2019

  • 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 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...

  • Tempeh Tasting Adventures

    Exciting our taste buds with a sustainable source of protein

    Clean Lab Interns Elnaz and Magdalena delved into another series of testing and tasting Tempeh preparations.
  • Knowledge Page

    Collection of Blogposts

    From Mediamatic interns on Casting Doubt

  • 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 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.
  • 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...

  • Nature needs Heroes

    Workshops, talks and art

created Anne Hofstra modified Petra Baturova

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