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Aromathèque #12 Mediamatic Biotoop
In the Presence of Ancestors
- Re-ecologizing ourselves through ancestry26Feb 2026What role do our ancestors continue to play in our daily lives? Do we carry the weight of generations on our shoulders, and how might we release ourselves from the pressure of ancestral beliefs
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Aromathèque #11 Mediamatic Biotoop
Alcohol-Free Beer
29Jan 2026Does life still make sense when the spirits lose their spirit? For a long time we thought it wouldn’t. But reality proved different and although alcohol is still very popular, the alcohol free...
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Aromathèque #10 Mediamatic Biotoop
Fire in the Alps
- On Small and Big Fires, and the Winter Rituals of Bregenzerwald11Dec 2025In the depths of winter, the Alps have always glowed. Not with sunlight, but with fire: small flames flickering in the hearth, great orange towers rising on the mountainsides and a thousand quiet...
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Aromathèque #9 Mediamatic Biotoop
Foraging Spells
- Urban witchcraft for the eco-curious.13Nov 2025Do crows gossip about us when we walk by? Can a city dweller shapeshift? What’s the difference between a prayer and a spell, or between herbal medicine and a little blood magic? For a while we have...
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Aroma Lab presentation Mediamatic Biotoop
Cultural History of Pubic Hair
- Aromathèque #89Oct 2025Have you ever heard of the word Merkin. Well, we have. Merkins were used as decorative items or erotic devices by both men and women. The habit of using a merkin dates back to the year 1450. A...
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Workshop every Thursday & Saturday
Open Aroma Lab
1Jun 2025- Work in our Lab, get access to 330 scent materials1Aug 2026Scent lovers, artists, and perfumers are invited to join our experimental scent-making workshop. Join us on Thursdays or Saturdays at 14:00 or 16:00 for a two-hour blending session, where you’ll...
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Talk Series Mediamatic Biotoop
Feeling with the Fishes
- Aromathèque #610Jul 2025Slippery and untouchable from another, submerged world. Fishes. Although there are fishes that like to nibble on our skin to eat away our eczema, fishes are not for cuddling. Until recently it was...
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Aroma Lab presentation Mediamatic Biotoop
Medieval Gardening
- Aromathèque #55Jun 2025Are you afraid of plagues, wild hordes that come and rob you; to steal your daughters and kill your sons? A wall around your garden will protect you. Ever dreamed of finding a cure for the sores that...
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Aroma Lab presentation Mediamatic Biotoop
Murky Swamp, Delta Splat
- Aromathèque #711Sep 2025In this Aromathèque, we don't just visit the swamp; we become it. Sink knee-deep into the yielding, muddy soil, feel the pulse of the rotting clay, home to the arenicola, thrumming between your toes.
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Aroma Lab presentation Mediamatic Biotoop
Cheese: Fake vs Real
- Aromathèque #427Mar 2025The most cheesy Aromathéque of the season is coming. Prepare yourself to discover the unexpected mysteries of fake cheddar and the brilliance behind the perfume of the ham/cheese crisp. Tickets
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Aromathèque #3 Mediamatic Biotoop
Masochism
- Don't forget your safe word6Feb 2025Masochism, we associate it with shady SM practices and yes we will not avoid that topic, but we will also discover masochism in our daily lives. Masochim is shortly the enjoinment of pain. For...
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Aromathèque #2 Mediamatic Biotoop
Speculative Sensations
- ‘𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕣𝕞𝕡𝕚𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝔾𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕥 - 𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕁𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝔹𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕝𝕖’11Dec 2024During our second edition of the Aromathèque, we will dive deep into the topic of speculative fiction. What does this word, which you see more and more being used, imply? What does it have to do with...
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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...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem24Oct 2024Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Frank Bloem is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas. Tickets + drink
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Aromathèque #1 Mediamatic Biotoop
Mayo Mayo Mayo
- Are fries meant to spoon mayo?14Nov 2024What does the island of Menorca have to do with it? Why are we Dutch ridiculed for using mayonnaise on French fries by John Travolta in Pulp Fiction? Why is a store-bought mayonnaise a good solution...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem26Sep 2024Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Frank Bloem is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas. Tickets + drink
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4. Mediamatic Biotoop Siobhán McGibbon
Xenophon: Portal to Where? Here, Maybe.
19Apr 2024- by Siobhán McGibbon and others1Aug 2024Irish artist and researcher Dr. Siobhán McGibbon builds a fictional world to discover an alternative kinship with non-humans. In this fictive world, ‘ Xenophon ’, the beings (Xenothorpians) have the...
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4. Mediamatic Biotoop Siobhán McGibbon
Xenophon: Making Odd: a Goat, a Bee, a Psyllid
19Apr 2024- by Siobhàn McGibbon1Aug 2024Irish artist and researcher Dr. Siobhan McGibbon builds a fictional world to discover an alternative kinship with non-humans. In this fictive world, ‘ Xenophon ’, the beings (Xenothorpians) have the...
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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...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker - Frank Bloem
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem6Jul 2023At Mediamatic, we are lucky to be inspired by the many artists who work and stay with us for exhibitions, residencies and workshops on a daily basis. We are welcoming you to Mediamatic to meet...
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3. Mediamatic Biotoop Frank Bloem, Caetano Mendes Dias, Rachel Barfield
Aromas of Extermination
14Apr 2023- by Mediamatic Aromalab4Aug 2024Discover the smells of different ways humans try to get rid of the plant, from uprooting the plant to electrocuting their stems and leaves.
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Breathing Japanese knotweed
Invader becomes the invaded
Japanese Knotweed ( Fallopia japonica) is a native plant from Japan that was brought to the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th Century by Dutch vessels. At that time, Japan was a Dutch colony
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The smell of Japanese Knotweed
Diving into knotweed scents
Japanese knotweeds seem to be odorless but when we break them, suddenly a sweet odor spreads through the air. Discover different methods to capture this scent.
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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.