Virgile Durando is a product/material designer and researcher from France. He is our current artist in residency, presently working on collecting and developing knowledge regarding the re-interpretation of invasive species. At Mediamatic he focuses on the Japanese knotweed. In his practice he aims…
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, pandemic, gave us a lot of new questions to consider. How can we redesign togetherness? Can we navigate…
In this workshop we explore the amazing smells that our natural world is rich of, by translating the odor of animals, insects, plants and bacteria into a perfume for humans. Smelling like a cockle in the ocean, a sprouting stem of Japanese knotweed, or the floral smell of the pseudomonas aeruginosa…
We look back at a two-day gathering with researchers, designers, and artists, which aimed to explore Japanese knotweed and our relationship with this contested plant. Japanese knotweed was put on a pedestal, and the positive tone of this event was surprising as well as refreshing. It made us…
Japanese Knotweed is a hyper-local resource in the Netherlands, and a wonderful edible and medicinal plant, full of beneficial qualities. However, it is important to approach harvesting with caution and care, so as not to unintentionally spread the plant to other areas! Discover below how to…
