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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Knotweed Hunt - Flevopark
- Join us in foraging some knotweed!18Apr 2024LAST MINUTE CHANGE: The foraging is now in Flevopark, see our instagram for the exact location. During the knotweed season there is a lot of Japanese knotweed to forage. Join us and forage some...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Knotweed Hunt - Erasmuspark
- Join us in foraging some knotweed!11Apr 2024During the knotweed season there is a lot of Japanese knotweed to forage. Join us and forage some knotweed for your upcoming workshop yourself! We share the location where we will forage each week so...
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13. Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Erica Monde
There’s Not Much We Can Do
12Apr 2024- Film by Erica Monde5May 2024When filmmaker Erica Monde was diagnosed with endometriosis, the growth of tissue similar to th e uterine lining outside the uterus , she was told by doctors that there was not much they could...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building a Wardian Case
- with Janneke de Lange5May 2024Designer Janneke de Lange envisions a future scenario in which she can grow her own tropical fruit trees in a mobile plant greenhouse, a 'Wardian case'. Join us during the Japanese Knotweed Season
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Living Tower Talk Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Exoten in de Stad
- with Arne Hendriks, Thijs de Zeeuw, Teun Castelein, Joël Broekaert, Lonneke Aarts & Ruben Bunder12Apr 2024In the city, various "invasive" species can be found, such as the ring-necked parakeet. Artist Teun Castelein will come to talk more about it. Below, you can see his winning entry for a new artwork...
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Advanced Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Dyeing with Japanese Knotweed
- with Lucie Havel4May 2024Did you know Japanese knotweed hides a secret palette? Beneath its vibrant green exterior lie a surprising range of colours! Join our workshop and discover how to extract these hidden dyes from the...
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Cooking with Invasive Species Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Japanese Knotweed Ravioli
- with Eva van Dée5May 2024Learn to craft dough, shape your creation, and whip up a flavourful vegan Japanese knotweed pesto sauce. We'll unlock its surprising culinary potential by crafting a unique Japanese Knotweed Pasta...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Maria Ilieva, Frank Bloem, Irem Biter
Suspect: Japanese Knotweed
19Apr 2024- by Aromalab Team30Sep 2024We want to be able to identify Japanese Knotweed (sometimes to eradicate it), but for many people, it's still difficult to recognize. Visually, it's often mistaken for native species like bindweed...
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5. Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Clemens Tomlow
Monsters Under the Bed
12Apr 2024- by Clemens Tomlow14Jul 2024Over de hele wereld worden monsters gebruikt om kinderen af te schrikken. Maar het zijn dezelfde sprookjes die aantonen dat wat we in onze maatschappij monsterlijk vinden vaak eerder onbegrepen is.
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1. Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Janneke de Lange
Fruiture Nursery
26Apr 2024- by Janneke de Lange14Jul 2024Designer Janneke de Lange envisions a future scenario in which she can grow her own tropical fruit trees in a mobile plant greenhouse, a 'Wardian case'. Because the Dutch climate is not...
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4. Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Siobhán McGibbon
Xenophon: Making Odd: a Goat, a Bee, a Psyllid
19Apr 2024- by Siobhàn McGibbon14Jul 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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Cooking with Invasive Species Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Japanese Knotweed Syrup
- with Eva van Dée5May 2024Did you know about the sweet taste of the 'invasive' Japanese knotweed plant? Join us as we unlock the delicious potential of this plant by crafting our own Japanese Knotweed Syrup, then apply this...
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Cooking with Invasive Species Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Fermenting Knotweed
- with Eva van Dée3May 2024Join us during our Japanese Knotweed Season and discover the magic of the knotweed plant! This exciting workshop combines the art of lacto-fermentation with the challenge of utilising 'invasive'...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet-a-Maker
- with Janneke de Lange26Apr 2024Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist in our little greenhouses by the water! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Janneke de Lange is...
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Janneke de Lange
Designer
Janneke de Lange is a designer who graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven. Her work " FRUITURE NURSERY" will be displayed at Mediamatic during Japanese Knotweed Festival 2024.
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a/Artist event on Neurodivergence in the Arts Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Monsters under the Bed and Cocoon
- On celebrating otherness with designer Clemens Tomlow and performer Leyla de Muynck15Apr 2024All over the world stories of scary monsters are used as precautionary tales for children. And yet many fairytales teach us that what society deems monstrous is often more misunderstood than evil.
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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 Dijkspark
Herb Couture: Cyanotype
- with Clemens Tomlow and Fedora Boonaert11May 2024Did you know that the 'invasive' Japanese knotweed plant has potential benefits for female reproductive health? In this workshop, you'll learn how to forage Japanese knotweed and discover its...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet-a-Maker
- with Fedora Boonaert26Apr 2024Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist in our little greenhouses by the water! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Fedora Boonaert is...
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Fedora Boonaert
Artist/Researcher
Fedora Boonaert has been immersed in culture since childhood. This passion led her to pursue art history studies in Ghent. Fedora's thirst for exploration led her to the Netherlands, where she...
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Witness the rapidly growing Japanese Knotweed in…
The Japanese Knotweed Festival is coming up, and what better way to kick it off than by celebrating our own Japanese knotweed at Mediamatic? In merely 4 weeks, this plant can grow up to 1.5 meters
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
- Clay along to Siobhán McGibbon's exhibition!21Apr 2024On the stem and leaves of the Japanese Knotweed lives a flea that sees the world not as we do, but in strong UV colors. What does the world look like through the eyes of this flea? Together with...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
- Clay along to Siobhán McGibbon's exhibition!20Apr 2024On the stem and leaves of the Japanese Knotweed lives a flea that sees the world not as we do, but in strong UV colors. What does the world look like through the eyes of this flea? Together with...
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Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Sculpting worlds from other perspectives
- Clay along to Siobhán McGibbon's exhibition!19Apr 2024On the stem and leaves of the Japanese Knotweed lives a flea that sees the world not as we do, but in strong UV colors. What does the world look like through the eyes of this flea? Together with...