-
Mediamatic Biotoop 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.
-
Mediamatic Biotoop 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.
-
Mediamatic Biotoop 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...
-
Mediamatic Biotoop 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...
-
Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Messages from the Myco-Assemblage
- Arne Hendriks talks about his attempts to construct pigeon guano towers with living mycelium waste.22Jan 2021Arne discusess his joint attempts to build structures with living mycelium waste. What have they learned? What are the challenges? And what stories have emerged so far? Over the next months, all...
-
Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Myco-Assemblage Reveal Party
18Dec 2020 -
Projecten
-
Clean Lab
-
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...
-
Clean Lab
Credits
Thank you!
We would like to thank the following people, organizations, sponsors, and participants.
-
Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Messages from the Myco-Assemblage
- Arne Hendriks & Dominik Einfalt talk about their attempts to construct pigeon guano towers with living mycelium waste.11Dec 2020This Friday 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...
-
It’s a mushroom farm. It’s a corn field. It’s a…
What you call it probably depends on when you encounter it. On first glance IT could be a pile of mycelium bricks, tower-shaped, IT could be a pile of soil, a patch of corn, a pigeon cott, or even a...
-
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots
- with Dominik Einfalt and Doudouce Knol2Dec 2020It's obvious that we should re-think our destructive consumption behaviours, and mycelium could be the answer. The living organism can be shaped into various shapes to create products that are 100%...
-
Mycelium Experiment 03
Enlighted Chimeras
Upcycling broken found objects with mycelium to create something new & interesting.
-
How to build a Mycelium Pigeon Tower #2
Commence operation back to basics/let's take a step back
During the first building a mycelium pigeon tower workshop we had a lot of fun and learned a lot. Unfortunately there is nothing left to show for all the hard work except pictures and videos. Now it...
-
Dominik Einfalt
Cleanlab Intern
Hi, I’m Dominik! I’m 24 years old, born in Austria and raised in the countryside on a disused farm. Currently, I’m studying graphic design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Although I...
-
How to build a Mycelium Pigeon Tower #1
The Ins and Outs and the Do's and Do Not's
In this blog series we will share the findings we have discovered after every workshop. There will be many questions found here regarding the process of building the tower both from us and those who...
-
Bibliography
Here you find a collection of books and images used as sources for the Myco-Assemblage
Shelter – Lloyd Kahn and Bob Easton (1973)
-
Mycelium Pigeon Towers
Collection of Design Research Questions
Is mycelium waste from the oyster mushroom industry an effective material to build with? Can we build structures to house Amsterdams feral pigeons? Do pigeons accept a mycelium structure as a place...
-
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Building a Pigeon Tower
- A mycelium-based artwork with Arne Hendriks20Jun 2020Did you know that pigeon's shit is an extremely good fertiliser? And the waste of mushroom production too? That's why we combine the two by building a number of pigeon towers on our terrain. We...
-
Mediamatic 2020
Here you will find an overview of our highlights, go here to see the full overview of our 2020 program or who we worked with this year . 2020 was an interesting year. The sudden, and first ever
-
Mediamatic Biotoop
Growing Mushrooms
with Wouter Hassing
Would you like to know what it takes to grow your own mushrooms? During this workshop, fungi expert Wouter Hassing will teach you about the potential of mycelium and how to start mushroom cultivation.
-
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Growing Mushrooms
- with Wouter Hassing11Dec 2020Would you like to know what it takes to grow your own mushrooms? During this workshop, fungi expert Wouter Hassing will teach you about the potential of mycelium and how to start mushroom cultivation.
-
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Growing Mushrooms
- with Wouter Hassing9Oct 2020Would you like to know what it takes to grow your own mushrooms? During this workshop, fungi expert Wouter Hassing will teach you about the potential of mycelium and how to start mushroom cultivation.