Mediamatic
  •  
  • Program
    • Living Labs
    • Projects
    • Artist Residencies
    • Past
  • Events
  • Workshops
  • To see
  • Restaurant
  • About
    • Mission
    • Venue & Rentals
    • People
    • Jobs & Internships
    • Archive
    • FAQ
    • Contact & Route
Search Menu
Log in
ar

  • Caetano Mendes Dias

    AromaLab Assistant

    My name is Caetano Dias, I am a research designer and I worked at Mediamatic as an Aroma Lab assistant for six months in 2023.  
  • Research
  • Aroma Lab
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Fredrik Link

    How is smell used as a disguise in beings?

    Exploring smell as a disguise. And how your nose is one of your most powerful faculties.

    This article explores how your nose is one of your most powerful senses and how in our new workshop "Smelling like a species" you can investigate smell in other beings and compose your own disguise...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Nour Akoum

    Aroma Lab's Kids Workshop

    Fruity Birthday Cake version

    Need a way to show kids how to make their own Fragrance but in a fun and relatively easy way? Here is your solution!

  • Bad smell as a war weapon

    How stink has been used to spread psychological warfare in (recent) history

    Since the 19th century the main focus of our society has been on deodorisation: thighs, city, people must not smell bad, and we try to banish bad smells from our daily life.  Our sensibility...

  • Is ChatGPT autistic?

    A Diagnostic Interview with an AI

    My autistic friends love using ChatGPT ; an AI that generates text. Is it possible that ChatGPT is autistic? In this blog post, I aimed to diagnose ChatGPT with autism spectrum “disorder”.

  • Xenophon: a Multi-species Romance Through Smell

    Research Residency Siobhán McGibbon

    During her time on residency at Mediamatic, McGibbon researched, experimented and developed new skills in storytelling and means of expression through scent. As a world-builder, the artist was...

  • The real story behind natural perfumery

    Natural vs synthetic. Is it really eco?

    "Natural is always better" a sentence we often hear, but is it really? Well, in perfumery, it is not as simple, and there is a twist to what is commonly known and followed. Chemistry came to add...
  • 2022 Elise Chalcraft

    How do you imitate scents from nature?

    Frank speaking on NPO Radio 1 about Smelling Like Another Being

    Listen to our resident parfumier Frank Bloem as he talks about his recent workshop Smelling Like Another Being , developed here at Mediamatic, on NPO Radio 1.  
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Alessandra Avanzi

    Cooking with essential oils.

    What does ylang ylang, orange blossom or rose essential oils taste like?

    Do you know that about 70% of our taste comes from our nose? Our taste is basically nothing  without our nose.  In fact, have you ever noticed that when you catch a cold the food tastes different?

  • Aromathèque

    Sensory art, Research and Design

    Aromathèque  is here to tickle your senses, flip your nose upside down, and make you rethink everything you smell, taste, touch, and inhale. From mayonnaise madness to alluring pheromones, every...

  • The Links between Tattoo Culture and Autism

    Beautiful stimming; the experience of getting a tattoo and giving a tattoo as an autistic person

    Our latest interest within the A/artist Project is researching the link between the tattoo culture and autism. The idea came up when I mentioned in my interview at Mediamatic that I am enthusiastic...

  • The Ins and Outs of Stimming

    Sensing Self through Movement roundtable

    Before the public event Sensing Self through Movement , we invited our three speakers for a roundtable dinner with the A/Artist team and artists from our network. We talked about a number of topics...

  • Nature Morte

    Death, Design and Sustainability

    We explore new approaches and designs for our own inevitable death with progressive funeral director Susanne Duijvestein. Lectures and workshops about architecture, rituals, life stories and the...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Complete program overview 2018

  • Day of the Media Labs (invitation only)

    Collaborative Innovation: Redefining the Media Lab and the Community

    The Amsterdam based Media Guild is proud to be (co) organiser of the following events at PICNIC ’07.

  • Designing for Motivation

    designing products to increase motivation

    motivation explained in 5 different levels.

  • New Festival Concept

    STRP Festival, TU Eindhoven, Philips Lighting, Pluscommunicatie en MAD Medialab

    Een interview met Cees Jan Mol van Pluscommunicatie over het project New Festival Concept, gehonoreerd binnen de eerste ronde van de regeling Innovatie cultuuruitingen.

  • Life Watch

    Onderzoek naar het leven op aarde Life Watch meet veranderingen in de diversiteit van onze leefomgeving en legt een gigantische database aan. Ons welzijn is afhankelijk van wat onze leefomgeving ons...
  • project: Lex Slaghuis

    GLAM Stats

    Data van Wikipedia verrijkt erfgoed instellingen

    Erfgoedinstellingen doneren steeds vaker digitale collecties aan Wikipedia. Maar wat levert het beschikbaar stellen van collecties op? Met GLAM Stats komen erfgoed instellingen niet alleen brengen

  • nieuwe opleiding: Community Arts Learning Lab

    De eerste post HBO opleiding over Community Arts start in september

    September dit jaar gaat deze éénjarige parttime opleiding van start in Utrecht en Groningen. Op dit moment worden kunstenaars geworven die deel willen gaan nemen. Ook wordt de laatste hand aan het...

  • Waisda? Het antwoord.

    Beeld en Geluid ontsluit beeldmateriaal met een game

    Hoe beschrijf je beeldmateriaal op een praktische manier, en maak je het makkelijk doorzoekbaar met goede tags? Het antwoord luidt: Waisda? . Tijdens Kom je ook? - Crowdsourcing vertelt Lotte Belice...

  • The Nutritional Value of Acorns

    What can acorns bring to the table?

    Acorns - the fruits of the oak tree - have a remarkable nutritional profile that have great potential health benefits

  • The Duality of the Phallic Object

    A conversation with Rixta van der Molen

    When is something phallic? Are we constantly being penetrated? Rixta van der Molen is a young artist who is working with wax and sculpture making to question how our society thinks about “phallic...

  • Plotting Time

    Research on timelines for digital stories

    Mediamatic, Lava and our clients RVU and NHM are working to enhance digital storytelling through time-based visualizations. How can we better see and understand our history? How can we add our own...

  • Hoe ver kunnen we gaan met lidmaatschappen?

    Kunnen onze vrienden ons onderhouden?

    De elfde editie van Kom Je Ook gaat over het fenomeen lidmaatschappen. In tijden van financiële crisis wordt er met aandacht gekeken naar vriendenverenigingen en andere begunstigers. Een traditie die...

created Caetano Mendes Dias modified Sacha Knežević

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