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The Code Noir: A brief, yet powerful history
Winston Churchill famously said that “those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Our upcoming NeoFuturist Dinner touches on the importance of learning from our collective...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Nosetaglia
The Temporary Museum of Smelly Toys
Many of us grew up with smelly toys. Who doesn’t remember play-doh, inflatable pools, and the chipped paint on tiny wooden cars? And a whiff of plastic can take us back to our childhood. “The smell...
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Secretions of Disappearing Bodies
When we think about secretions, the first thing that comes to mind could be sweat or piss. “Secretion” sounds like something that is produced by a living body. But what happens when we think of this...
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Mediamatic Biotoop, Mediamatic Eten, Dijkspark Naomi Tidball
Food is both fuel and identity
A blog for Code Noir
In light of our upcoming Code Noir event, it is important to reflect on globalisation's ability to reshape food. It offers a diversity within gastronomy, and it allows for a wider availability of...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Odor Ludens
- Exploring the fragrance of toys. Odorama 40 with Frank Bloem, Alissa Rees, Caro Verbeek, Thijs de Zeeuw, and Jonathan Kok Wai Ho27Aug 2020In Odor Ludens we explore the fragrance of toys through the perspectives of various artists: Curator Frank Bloem , healthcare designer Alissa Rees , scent historian Caro Verbeek , landscape...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing Incense
with Niklaus Mettler
Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing Incense
- with Niklaus Mettler12Dec 2020Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing Incense
- with Niklaus Mettler19Sep 2020Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing Incense - Summer Edition
- with Niklaus Mettler8Aug 2020Boring summer? Not at all. We take the holidays to make up for all the events that were cancelled due to Covid-19. August is summer workshop month at Mediamatic. Incense is an ancient form...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
POSTPONED | Designing Incense
- with Niklaus Mettler28Mar 2020Read here about our recent measures regarding COVID-19 Incense can be used as an insect repellent, to mask a foul smell or as a way to connect with the divine. In fact, the word “incense” is...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
- with Frank Bloem16Feb 2020In this workshop, artist and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop you will have...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
- with Frank Bloem15Mar 2020In this workshop, artist and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop you will have...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
- with Frank Bloem19Jan 2020In this workshop, artist, and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop, you will have...
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Of mothballs and grandma
Camphor's history with the Dutch
Cinnamomum Camphora , the fragrant camphor tree. A possibly large evergreen tree, with pale bark and dots of white flowers which will eventually bloom into small purple berries. While sight of the...
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Aboard a passenger-liner-turned-hospital-ship
The Oranje
Smelly business did not remain in the pre-modern era. It is very much a modern phenomenon just as well. One point of interest for us scent-hunters is the MS Oranje. A 20,166-ton ship, in its hay-day...
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Mediamatic Biotoop, Oosterdok
Open Call 2019 Olfactory History of Oosterdok
Next deadline: End-2020
In 2022/3, we are planning an ambitious event in Amsterdam about the Sensory History of Oosterdok, the eastern part of the old harbour of the city. Related to this exhibition, Mediamatic is issuing...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
- with Frank Bloem8Dec 2019In this workshop, artist and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop you will have...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
- with Frank Bloem13Oct 2019In this workshop, you will learn the basics of scent composing. Artist and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. At the end of the workshop you will have theoretical...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
- with Frank Bloem15Sep 2019In this workshop, you will learn the basics of scent composing. Artist and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. At the end of the workshop you will have theoretical...
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Onzichtbare Collectie
2018 - 2019
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Funky Notes and Teen Spirit
- Odorama 27 - with Rolinde Hoorntje, De Maestro's, Rick Dolphijn, Gulian van Nierop, and Ibo Bakker12Sep 2018Accords, tones, notes and organs. Smell and music share many similar words. During this edition of Odorama, we do not only engage with everything that reaches the nose, but involve our ears as well.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Workshop: Scent Design
- Make Your Own Perfume8Apr 2018During this workshop, you will develop your own unique scent together with olfactory artist Klara Ravat . You will explore a variety of different scents and learn various tricks that help you...
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A must-smell exhibition at VU
Aromatic Art (Re-)constructed: In Search of Lost Scents
Co-curated by the mind behind our Odorama series, Caro Verbeek, the exhibition entitled Aromatic Art (Re-)constructed: In Search of Lost Scents on view in the main building of VU is an extensive...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Scent as Storyteller
- Odorama 13 - with Tanja Deurloo, Martina Florians and Calliope Tsoupaki2Feb 2017Calliope Tsoupaki, Martina Florians and Tanja Deurloo, three scent geeks, gather on the crossroad of the different ways that scents connect to memories, connotations and emotions. They started their...