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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?
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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...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Kimchi: Co-design with Microbes
19Sep 2021Have 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 .
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Water Kefir: Co-design with Microbes
19Sep 2021Learn 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.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Kombucha: Co-design with Microbes
15Aug 2021Learn everything about kombucha; what it is and how you can make it yourself with the use of a SCOBY. We will discuss the basic principles of fermentation and you will make your own kombucha to take...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Foraging for Mental Health
6Oct 2021Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Foraging for Mental Health
8Sep 2021Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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!
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Foraging for Mental Health
7Jul 2021Did you know that many plants that grow in the city can help to boost your mood and support mental health? In this workshop Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session around Dijkspark and...
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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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Elmer Kesseler
Guest Chef Mediamatic ETEN
Elmer Kesseler is joining Mediamatic ETEN as a guest chef in summer 2021.
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 3: Tabula Rasa
“When is it kicking in?”
Day 3 became Day 0. We started from scratch, with a table full of ideas. Five senses, seven deadly sins (plus one if you include sadness), different colours corresponding to our senses and also sins...
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 4: Smelling
“Do you have heavy or light sadness?”
The question on the importance of context also guided us through day four, a day that was fully dedicated to olfaction.
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 2: Touching & Tasting & Hearing
“I caught a nice fish for you.”
Day 2 was about storytelling, mutual trust – and a day at the beach. Pauline and Alice created a little storyline that let our minds travel to the beach, while listening to the sound of the ocean...
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Day 1: Vision
“It is a process, let it happen.”
April 26 2021 marked the first day of our Neo Futurist Dinner test week. In an attempt to structure the days that we spent together we agreed on dedicating each day to one sense. Monday started with...
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The Sin Eaters Research Suzana Orsolic
Sensorial Brainstorming
From tricking our senses to the magic of Hildegard von Bingen
As the world slowly but steadily seems to be opening up again, we have been busy preparing one of this year's Neo Futurist Dinner concepts. Artist Martin Butler gathered a team of six people from...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Sin Eaters
15Feb 202227Feb 2022Taking its inspiration from the medieval medical, magical and culinary manuscripts of the 12th-century German superstar Hildegard von Bingen, this dinner will be a journey into the world of herbalism
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Journeys of "Seafoam"
What processes will our aphrodisiacs go through?
All of our participants of our aphrodisiacs are adventurers of journeys that never end. From a seed in the Hortus Dijkspark to a maturing jar of goodness to a glass that you toast with your beloved
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Media of "Seafoam"
What forms will our aphrodisiacs take?
“The medium is the message” (McLuhan). Such aphorism cannot be truer than for our aphrodisiac. Whether one gently applies lotion onto the body of oneself or their lover(s) as if to caress, or sips a...
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Elena Braida
Artist and Food experience designer
Sharing - Making - Food - Textile - Texture Elena Braida likes to start her project from a personal perspective. She moves her attention towards the material, where her research process starts. This...
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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...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Suzana Orsolic
Reconnected senses in times of disconnection
How to make your online live streams multi-sensory appealing
In March 2020, we would meet with friends online to drink a glass of wine or host a trivia night. One year and countless online meetings later, our social lives are still disrupted, and inevitable...
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Food Wellness
Following the process of Waew's efforts to create a Thai Sauna experience
Take a deep breath in and hold it for a moment. Breath out. Feel the steam on your skin. Imagine being able to relax and take a moment for yourself, knowing that you will enjoy a delicious meal...