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  • Frank Bloem

    Artist, Curator and Aroma Lab Supervisor

    Frank Bloem is an artist who uses scent as his primary medium. He studied Fine Arts at the Rietveld academy. In the summer of 2016, Frank changed his focus from visual art to olfactory-based works.
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  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Looking back at the Japanese Knotweed Symposium

    Knotweed on a pedestal

    We look back at a two-day gathering with researchers, designers, and artists, which aimed to explore Japanese knotweed and our relationship with this contested plant. Japanese knotweed was put on a...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Suzanne Bernhardt, Philipp Kolmann, Frank Bloem

    Scent in Menu by Frank Bloem

    Neo Futurist Dinner: Ears of Earth

    The scent in the menu was made by Frank Bloem in collaboration with Philipp Kolmann and Suzanne Bernhardt. It is designed to smell like dirt of the Earth and is made of vetiver, undercavatol, geosmin
  • 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.  
  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Smelling Like another being

    with Frank Bloem

    In this workshop we explore the amazing smells that our natural world is rich of, by translating the odor of animals, insects, plants and bacteria into a perfume for humans. Smelling like a cockle in...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Fredrik Link

    Hoe geur wordt gebruikt als vermomming in onze…

    Altijd al willen ruiken naar een ander wezen? Dit artikel onderzoekt geur als vermomming. En hoe je neus een van je krachtigste zintuigen is.

    Frank Bloem is parfummaker en geurontwerper. Vanaf 2014 stapte hij over van beeldende kunst naar geur. In 2016 resulteerde dit in de financiering van The Snifferoo. “Wist je dat een jonge...
  • Eindhoven Francesca Nicchiotti, Niklaus Mettler, Frank Bloem

    Disguise yourself as a cucumber!

    A smelling x-dressing kit

     Have you ever wanted to experience being a beaver and attract partners only with your smell? Or how is it, to be so juicy perfumed as a tomato?
  • 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.

  • Raw Materials

    All the Materials used during a workshop

    The material collection is the core of the Aroma Lab and covers with more than 300 raw materials the basic range of synthetic- and natural's used in perfumery. The materials we use for the Open Aroma...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Geschiedenis

    Aroma Lab

    In 2017 is het Aroma Lab opgezet voor ontwerpers die willen experimenteren met geur. Klara Ravat was de eerste gebruiker van het lab. Zij was in 2017 de artist-in-residence.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Nosetaglia

    The Temporary Museum of Smelly Toys

    Many of us grew up with smelly toys. Who doesn’t remember play-doh, inflatable pools, and the chipped paint on tiny wooden cars? And a whiff of plastic can take us back to our childhood. “The smell...

  • Why butterflies can smell like chocolate

    An article on the smells of butterflies by our in-house perfumer Frank Bloem

    Nature is a magical wonder. Once we engage our senses to smell fragrances, we can perceive how scents are like butterflies: they appear, and when you try to really capture a sense of them, they are...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Open Aroma Lab

    Work in our Lab, get access to 270 scent materials

    Our Aroma Lab opens for scent-making experimentation with our extensive scent library. The session is mostly self-guided, but you will have the support of our perfumers in the making of your own...
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    with Frank Bloem

    During this workshop, you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process.  Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. Using your own or...
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    with Frank Bloem

    In this workshop, artist, and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop, you will have...

  • Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit? Blogserie…

    #1 Leren luisteren naar niet-mensen is een politieke aangelegenheid

    In de serie ‘Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit?’ schrijf ik blogs over uitdagende theorieën uit de ecofilosofie. Ik introduceer de ideeën, ter informatie of inspiratie. Daarna zullen er...

  • Breakout group on communicating smells

    Hackathon Conclusions by Frank Bloem

    Breakout group: How to communicate a fragrance with only the package or a picture. Participants: Franziska Jostheit, Niklaus Mettler, Caro Verbeek and Frank Bloem We rephrased the question to: How...

  • Exploring Skunk

    Of all creatures, the Skunk is most infamous for his foul odor. Caro Verbeek ,  Frank Bloem and Sanne Groeneveld visited Artis, the Amsterdam Zoo, on a quest researching the true smell of skunk for...

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