Biology

Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Observational Plant Drawing

16
Jan 2021
- with Annemarie Verschoor

Seeing is knowing is seeing is knowing... A biology, foraging and drawing workshop in one! Together with biologist and artist Annemarie Verschoor, you will be guided through the different dimensions...

Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Observational Plant Drawing

13
Dec 2020
- with Annemarie Verschoor

Seeing is knowing is seeing is knowing... A biology, foraging and drawing workshop in one! Together with biologist and artist Annemarie Verschoor, you will be guided through the different dimensions...

Designing mycelium plant pots

While working with mycelium at Mediamatic we tought about ways to combine mycelium with plants.

Oosterdok Gökçe Baykan, Gabrielle de Haseth

The Haeckel Project

"Catch’em all around Oosterdok!" Remastered

Maybe you have already come across the mysterious signs popping all around the Oosterdok region and wondered what they are.

Mediamatic Biotoop Vera Catalano, Doudouce Knol

What does a day in the Aquaponics greenhouse look…

Morning The first thing we do in the morning is to check the pH in the subtank. The pH, a measure of how acidic the water is, determines the health of the fish, the creation of bacteria in the system

Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Botanikurs 101: Cuttings

27
Jun 2020
- with Monai McCullough

Learn all about cuttings and go home with your very own indoor water garden. This edition of Botanikurs 101 will cover how to cut plants, and propagating techniques. Tickets / Facebook

Junko Yamamoto

De japanse Yamamoto (1972) is beeldend kunstenaar en onderzoekt door haar gevarieerde kunstpraktijk ruimte en herinneringen.

Mediamatic Biotoop

Botanikurs 101: Cuttings

with Monai McCullough

Learn all about cuttings and go home with your very own indoor water garden. This edition of Botanikurs 101 will cover how to cut plants, and propagating techniques.

In gesprek met de zee

Beeldend kunstenaar Peter Matthews toont hoe je kunt praten met de oceaan

Ondergedompeld in de zee ontwerpt Matthews majestueuze zeegezichten. Door zijn werkt geeft de 'Mystical Waterman' een glimps van het bewustzijn van de oceaan.

Japanese Knotweed: Rethinking Invasive Species

Around the mid-1800s, botanical interests in Europe were high. Searching for beautiful unique plants around the world, for study purposes, or using them as ornamentals was common practice. So much...

The Magic of Cacao

Of flowers, rituals, and sensations

The origins of chocolate -this sublime natural creation- are traced back to the Ulua river valley in Honduras around 1100 BCE (Norton, 2008). The Olmec community or their descendants provided the...

Mediamatic Biotoop Willem Velthoven

Keep Out!

Corona Closure | Help to Flatten the Curve!

We are ok but our exhibits and our bar/restaurant are closed until further notice. This started on Sunday march 16, 2020. We'll stay closed for public at least till April 6 whilst following the Dutch...

Kees Wabeke

I was trained as a biology and handicraft teacher for the secondary school. I’m loving nature since I was a child and in my work I have always tried to be outside as much as possible. I started my...

Nele Odeur

Scent & Spice

Since my early childhood, I have followed my nose, probably predestined by the surname Odeur [the French name for scent] given by my father, and the pronounced olfactory organ I got from my mother.

Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat

Amsterdam’s Relationship with Civet Cats

Have you ever wondered what civet pheromones extracted from its anal glands smell like? Actually... don't answer that. Just drop by our AromaLab and catch a whiff yourself. But first, read about the...

Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Building Aquaponics Systems

26
Jan 2020
- with Saro van Cleynenbreugel

Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.

Phase one: Experimenting with Jellyfish

How do you start a project with jellyfish? By experimenting on them. We were lucky to receive a number of jellyfish from the fisherman who usually supplied Mediamatic ETEN with oysters, and the next...