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Waag Society
PostNatural Organisms of the European Union
16Sep 2012Eleven preserved specimens of life forms that were intentionally altered by humans.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Preparing for Saturday's Workshop
24Jul 2012Sunday again tested the results of our experiment and found that the pH levels changed un expectedly. Wendy was kind enough to give us some extra plants from her garden so we added those to our...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Measuring and Constructing
22Jul 2012At the past meeting we made our way through the long to-do list we had. We got more organized by putting together a shopping list and sorting out the documentation of our test results. We also had a...
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Caroline
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Getting Organized
17Jul 2012Sunday we added some new aromatic herbs, bought from the Sunday Market next door, to our system. We also increased the amount of water in both the new four story edifice and the small system.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Adding to the Current Systems
15Jul 2012This past meeting we tested the water of the systems as well as added a bit of phosphoric acid. We also built a new tap for the pebble washing system in order to more effectively rinse the clay...
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Cat communication
Aleksandra Kalashnikova
Photographer and image editor at Mediamatic. Moved to Amsterdam from Kiev (Ukraine), where was working as photojournalist for 6 years. Love my life, rock'n'roll and cats.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS
Aquaponics Workshop
28Jul 2012At Mediamatic we're in the know about aquaponics: a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. We want to continue sharing our knowledge and enable you...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Fine Tuning the New Four-Story Edifice
10Jul 2012Last friday was our second Aquaponics Workshop where we built a new high density four-story edifice to replace the one currently on loan to the Designhuis in Eindhoven. Participants in the sold out...
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Workshop: New Energy Docks: Green Metropole
Aquaponics Workshop @ Festival of Cools
10Oct 2012At Mediamatic we're in the know about aquaponics: a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. We continue to share our knowledge by organizing workshops...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Aquaponics: a review before the workshop
3Jul 2012The high density 4-storey Aquaponic Edifice, together with the Diesel Kantine of João Negro, had its first showing at the Food and Architecture Fair in Amsterdam and it is now in Eindhoven for the...
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Exhibition: Designhuis
De Etende Mens
29Jun 20126Jan 2013In De Etende Mens (Food Culture: Eating by Design) Premsela explores how design can enable us to make the changes to our food chain that are necessary to ensure a healthy future. Mediamatic's High...
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A Short Introduction to Interdisciplinary Artist…
It’s difficult to introduce Sonja, because there is no one specific word that can define her profession. Her work does not fit easily into standard categories: it includes art objects, living...
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Food Center Amsterdam
Voedzelf/Feedself
24Jun 2012The 2012 theme of the National Day of Architecture is food and architecture. Mediamatic's aquaponics project Voedzelf/Feedself and the Biodiesel Canteen by João Negro featured at the Food...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Fabriek
Custom Aquaponics Group Workshop
1Jan 201331Dec 2013Aquaponics is a sustainable eco-system for food production that combines the cultivation of plants and fish. Mediamatic designs aquaponic installations on a Dutch scale. Sustainable mini-nurseries...
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The Bio Data Visualisation Workshop Experience
And the amazing uses of slime-mold
Mold, slime, intelligent design, art... could these concepts ever be linked together? The Bio Data Visualisation Workshop held by artists Sonja Bäumel and Maurizio Montalti proved that they should.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Preparing Migration
19Jun 2012Yesterday we worked on the Kantine, trying to find the best way to build it and experiment on its design. pH values are still our priorities, so we continued to test them in order to stabilize their...
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Berndnaut Smilde
Beeldend kunstenaar. Woont en werkt in Amsterdam. Haalde in 2005 zijn MA Fine Art aan het Frank Mohr Institute. Sindsdien had hij solotentoonstellingen in NP3 (Groningen 2012) en de Process Room van...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Nursery and Kantine Sunday
17Jun 2012On June 17th the Aquaponic Group will meet around 13:00 (1 pm) at the Van Gendthallen in Amsterdam to finish the nursery for fishes and plants seedlings and build a diesel kantine. Also we're going...
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Dušan Rodić
Concerned with maintaining art communities and institutions, Dušan investigates the role essential societal elements such as food production and shelter can play in securing autonomy for artists and...
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Erik Maier
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Researching and Building
12Jun 2012Our last building Sunday was very productive: we did several chemical tests on water, improved the tripledecker tower by replacing the grow beds' metal supports with bamboo, strengthened the LEd...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Fishes/plants nursery and PH values
10Jun 2012We have already built three systems, now it's time to dig into some important aspects: how to control Ph values? What is a good plant fertilizer?
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Trouw Amsterdam
Duplicate It!
14Jun 2012A diverse event with bands, lots of activities, and of course, contemporary art by Vito Acconci, Marc Bijl, Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley, Piet Parra, Wolfgang Tillmans, and others.