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  • DIY Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Textile Repair Café

    25
    Sep 2024
    - work in our Lap Lab and learn valuable mending skills!

    Do you need help repairing your clothes or other textile items? At our Textile Repair Cafe, you can give your favourite garments a new lease on life! We bring together people like you who want to fix...
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  • Fermentation
  • 2020 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Kimchi: Co-design with Microbes

    with Saskia Frederiks

    Have you been dreaming of being able to make your own kimchi? It is a delicious condiment, which brings fermented flavor of umami and tanginess, as well as beneficial microbes into your cooking .
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Water Kefir: Co-design with Microbes

    with Saskia Frederiks

    Learn everything about water kefir; what it is and how you can make it yourself. We will discuss the basic principles of fermentation and you will make your own water kefir that you can take home.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Pickles: Co-design with Microbes

    with Saskia Frederiks

    Pickling vegetables is one of the oldest fermentation practices around. It is a rich source of antioxidants and is known for its sour and salty taste. During this workshop, you will learn to apply...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Sauerkraut: Co-design with Microbes

    with Saskia Frederiks

    Sauerkraut is one of the oldest fermented foods that is around. Nowadays, most of the sauerkraut is made in one big factory. But did you know it is fairly easy to make it yourself? During this...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Milk Kefir: Co-design with Microbes

    with Saskia Frederiks

    You probably know yoghurt but have you ever heard of milk kefir? It's a zingy-drink made with a dairy culture or kefir grains. During this workshop, you will learn everything about milk kefir; what...
  • festival: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Japanese Knotweed Festival

    Under European regulations, invasive exotic species are allowed to be radically eradicated. The City of Amsterdam, for example, is allocating 8 million euros to aggressively destroy Japanese knotweed.
  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Fermentation Rack

    23
    Apr 2020

    Each season different herbs, vegetables, and flowers will adorn this installation. From fermented garlic to Wax Begonia lemonade; come and have a sneak peek at what we serve in our restaurant.
  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Maria Ilieva, Matilde Calamandrei, Laura Rosal

    Oosterdok Sensory Tower

    21
    أيار / مايو 2025
    21
    أيار / مايو 2026

    This exhibition invites you to journey through time, exploring the layered history of Mediamatic's waterfront location. Here, where the scent of the water blends with the lingering echoes of...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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...

  • Bokashiponics

    Bokashi: a nutritious wondertea or an overhyped fairytale?

    We are investigating what it would take to turn our aquaponics system into a hydroponics system. The main question is where we will source our nutrients. We want our fertilizer to be as organic and...
  • 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...
  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Mediamatic in twenty-six words

    21
    Mar 2019

    Information Mediamatic in keywords Open 24/7 Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijkspark 6, Amsterdam The mural is located on the windows of the Sluisdeurenloods, right next to the bridge connecting to the...
  • Dutch Design Week 2021 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Credits

    Thank you!

    We would like to thank the following people, organizations, sponsors, and participants.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Clara Casal, Nadja Nolte

    Okara Tempeh Recipe

    Reusing okara as a substrate for biofermentation : A plant-based protein source

    Most people know tempeh solely as the Indonesian dish consisting of fermented soybeans. However, many other alternatives can be used to grow tempeh. The Clean Lab team has discovered that the by
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Clara Casal, Nadja Nolte

    How-to Tofu

    Make your own Tofu from a batch of Soybeans

    Why not savour the amazing qualities of soybeans by making tofu at home!  Did you know that soybeans are largely indigestible? This is due to the presence of an enzyme inhibitor called protease...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    The Beauty Dinner: the Recipes

    How to continue treating your skin at home

    Thank you to everyone who participated in The Beauty Dinner, created by artists Margherita Soldati, Krisztina Czika and chef Alice Héron. As we mentioned, we want you to be able to relive the dinner...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Complete program overview 2019

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    The Six-Winged Chicken and other mythical…

    1
    Sep 2020
    - by Anne Kamps

    Where does the meat we eat actually come from? On what scale is it produced? And, what is real news and what is fake news? A few years ago, the phenomenon of the six-winged chicken was written about...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Mediamatic Eten Kamilè Vaitkuté, Jiwei Zhou

    It smells like fresh bread!

    As the taste of lupin tempeh was only pleasant to Willem, we all together decided to test the mycelium growth on different materials. We collected different grains (the ones that we have a personal...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt

    Five kingdoms and Three terms

    The fungi, the mycelium and the mushroom

    First, let's tackle the fungi. Fungi are one of the species of the five kingdoms and it is the closest one to Animalia, ergo animals, including humans. Animals even evolved out of the fungi. That's...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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 Dijkspark 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.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Full programme overview 2021

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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...

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