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Growing In & Out with Artist Minji Choi
Plant, Something that (Doesn’t) Love a Wall
Born in Seoul, South Korea and based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Minji Choi has a transboundary persona. As an artist, she devotes herself to reexamining ‘belonging’ and ‘nativeness'. In her body of...
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Porpema. / Siphonophorae. Staatsquallen. (test)
Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch
Plate 17 from Kunstformen der Natur. Siphonophorae: Subclass of Hydrozoa, sea animal related to jellyfish and corals.
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Plate 1 Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch
Circogonia. / Phaeodaria. Rohrstrahlinge. (test)
Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch
Plate 1 from Kunstformen der Natur. Phaeodaria; (Radiolaria) single-celled organisms also known as zooplankton.
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Stories of Coca
Controversies in Usage from South-America to Western Europe
It is one of the most consumed drugs worldwide. Yet, when considering that it is forbidden in the Netherlands, it is difficult to picture how "cocaine is the most seized drug" here ( Sawbridge 2019...
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Redolent of the Past
Smell, Memory and Affect
The viscerality and embodiedness of olfactory experience is unrivaled by other senses. We introduce to you the role of smell in the formation and recall of memories and its affective powers in our...
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How can our Experience of Intimacy be changed by…
Throughout the Covid19 lockdown, there has been a 47% increase in the use of the internet as the world has turned to technology to connect with loved ones. This has made the research of Lancel/Maat...
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Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla
Find this plant on Wikipedia .
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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...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Observational Plant Drawing
- with Annemarie Verschoor13Dec 2020Seeing 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...
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Designing mycelium plant pots
While working with mycelium at Mediamatic we thought about ways to combine mycelium with plants. We chose to experiment on making biodegradable plant pots. When making a positive impact on the...
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Oosterdok Gökçe Baykan, Gabrielle de Haseth
Haeckel Hunt
"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.
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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
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Botanikurs 101: Cuttings
- with Monai McCullough27Jun 2020Learn 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
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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
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Junko Yamamoto
De japanse Yamamoto (1972) is beeldend kunstenaar en onderzoekt door haar gevarieerde kunstpraktijk ruimte en herinneringen.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Building Aquaponics Systems
- with Saro van Cleynenbreugel26Jan 2020Aquaponics 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.