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BarBar - Photo of neon bar lights at the Fabriek during Slum Sessions #4 Tomer Gal

White Trash Liquor Factory

Citizens could use a drink

This distillery was producing vodka and jenever from local organic waste. Even the copper that the distillery is made out of, was found in the neighborhood.
Favela Yoga

Mindful yoga in raw urban space

In the middle of the favela there was a special room for movement, breath and relaxation. A place to come to yourself and forget your busy city life for a moment.
City Dust Pavilion

A grafik chambre separée

www.city-dust.com* The pavilion was a box and the box was a window into modern architecture. Here you could retreat from the Freezing Favela.
Aquaponics Farm

For homegrown fish and vegetables

The Freezing Favela needs farmers to provide food. Aquaponics is the best way to produce food sustainably in the city. Plants and fish are cultivated together and help each other survive and grow.
Favela Sauna

Warmth in straw

This proposal did not evolve into a project Are you cold, tired and stressed? Just relax. The Favela Sauna is made out of straw bales, and apart from serving a social purpose, the heat it produces...
Inflatable Clean Lab

Portable mycelium research area

The Inflatable Clean Lab is a portable structure consisting of HEPA filters, a blower, and plastic material. When the Clean Lab needs to be used, it will be inflated with the same blower used to...
Hanging Nest

Human-sized bird's nest

Through his work, performance artist Gareth Wynne Fitzpatrick explored the animal within him. At Mediamatic Fabriek he has began building his human-sized bird's nest. At 14th of april he did a...
Pigeon Fertilizing Tower

Bringing pigeons' fertilization power back into the cycle of life by collecting their shit in a pigeon tower made from recycled paper.
Favelous Canteen

DIY-dining & culinary workshops

Favelous was a pop-up bamboo restaurant located on the ground floor of Mediamatic Fabriek. It is run by Andrea Sossi and Robert Bochove . They organized several workshops. People learned to make...
Fool's Gold

Discarded items or gems and gold: what determines the true value of a piece of jewelry? These workshops have learned people how to make jewelry from the most diverse materials.

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Freezing Favela projects

We have built a temporary city in the Mediamatic Fabriek, Oostenburg.

Everyone had the chance to claim part of Mediamatic's space in the Van Gendthallen. These projects resulted from our open call and public meetings every Tuesday evening at Mediamatic Fabriek.

created Willem Velthoven modified System Administrator

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