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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Friday Tour
30Jul 2021Explore Mediamatic as part of our weekly Friday Tour at 16:00. Get a glimpse behind the scenes, learn more about the growing installations around the Biotoop, and peek inside our sensorial labs. ...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Friday Tour
23Jul 2021Explore Mediamatic as part of our weekly Friday Tour at 16:00. Get a glimpse behind the scenes, learn more about the growing installations around the Biotoop, and peek inside our sensorial labs. ...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Friday Tour
16Jul 2021Explore Mediamatic as part of our weekly Friday Tour at 16:00. Get a glimpse behind the scenes, learn more about the growing installations around the Biotoop, and peek inside our sensorial labs. ...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Friday Tour
2Jul 2021Explore Mediamatic as part of our weekly Friday Tour at 16:00. Get a glimpse behind the scenes, learn more about the growing installations around the Biotoop, and peek inside our sensorial labs. ...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Friday Tour
25Jun 2021Explore Mediamatic as part of our weekly Friday Tour at 16:00. Get a glimpse behind the scenes, learn more about the growing installations around the Biotoop, and peek inside our sensorial labs. ...
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Exhibition:
Kunstformen der Natur in MoCA Busan
4May 202122Sep 2021The Kunstformen der Natur exhibition is back. This time in Korea, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, as part of the Sustainable Museum: Art and Environment exhibition. In this era of growing...
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Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks
I / O
Dec '20 – Pigeon Tower 07
I / O stands for Inside/Out and reverses the inside and outside of the tower. The walls of pigeon towers are smooth on the outside with a few holes so that the pigeons can enter. On the inside
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Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks
Gentle
Oct '20 – Pigeon Tower 04
The blocks of mycelium from mushroom grower John Verbruggen that we used to build are wide and heavy, and so they give us more security when stacking than in previous towers. Because we wanted to...
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Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Andy Cartier, Arne Hendriks
Cartier
Sept '20 – Pigeon Tower 03
The third tower was build inside the Clean Lab . Two previous attempts to build a sturdy, living tower had failed. Time to take a step back. We did not know whether our principles were correct.
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Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Arne Hendriks, Nehis Osagie, Andy Cartier
Jute
June '20 – Pigeon Tower 02
We put the remains of the collapsed tower from the first experiment in a long burlap tube. Burlap is a biodegradable textile, and provides structure and nourishment for the mycelium. We rolled up the...
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Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Nehis Osagie, Arne Hendriks
Babel
June '20 – Pigeon Tower 01
The first tower of mycelial waste. Living material. We mainly wanted to start. With a lot of enthusiasm but little precision or consultation. The uneven blocks were stacked intuitively. We filled the...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Looking back at "Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots"…
with Dominik Einfalt and Doudouce Knol
Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots workshop was a culmination of the research and collaboration between interns from Mediamatic Clean Lab and Aquaponics Greenhouse. We're not hosting this workshop anymore
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Reward of Patience
Myco-beauty
An important element with the Mycelium Pigeon Towers is patience. We waited about two weeks before we took off the tarp and we could see steam coming off. There was this white tower in front of us.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Nature Network
Mycorrhizal fungi and their function
As I wrote, fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. The third big group is mycorrhizal fungi. Which to me is the most inspiring group. It is the fungi that is connected to plants.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Guards and Guides
Parasitic fungi and their function
Fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. The second big group is parasitic fungi. Of course, there are parasitic species for every organism, but they are mainly related to insects.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Nature's janitors and Remediation
Saprophytic fungi and their function
Fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. There are also some in-between types of fungi, but let's, for now, talk about these three. The first group is saprophytic fungi. They are...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt
Five kingdoms and Three terms
The fungi, the mycelium and the mushroom
First, let's tackle the fungi. Fungi are one of the species of the five kingdoms and it is the closest one to Animalia, ergo animals, including humans. Animals even evolved out of the fungi. That's...
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Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks
Yellow
Feb '21 – Pigeon Tower 06
The construction of this tower is mainly focused on speed and efficiency. It is a simple square design so we did not have to trim the blocks. To press them we organized a ‘Gentle Disco’. We gently...
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Projecten
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Clean Lab
The Clean Lab at Mediamatic is a workspace to facilitate the growing requirements of designers and artists who want to expand their work into biological fabrication.
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Apparatuur
In het Clean Lab hebben we meerdere bijzondere apparaten die gebruikt worden binnen verschillende niches. We hebben een Braumeister en Grainfather om bier te brouwen. Een grote snelkookpan voor...
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Clean Lab
Credits
Thank you!
We would like to thank the following people, organizations, sponsors, and participants.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Messages from the Myco-Assemblage
- Arne Hendriks & Dominik Einfalt talk about their attempts to construct pigeon guano towers with living mycelium waste.11Dec 2020Friday afternoon, Arne and Dominik will discuss their attempt to build structures with living mycelium waste. What have they learned? What are the challenges? And what stories have emerged so far?
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Is it an urban mushroom farm? Is it a pigeon…
What are those structures outside the barn at Mediamatic?
Because these structures are made from living mycelium WHAT you call it probably depends on WHEN you encounter it. At first they are horizontal mushroom farms, and many of our neighbours have...