Secretopia is an inquiry into human secretions through art, science and design. After exploring the potential of urine in The Pis’ Project, we decided to expand the programme to all sorts of human secretions. The Pis’ Project turned into Secretopia. In our talks, workshops, exhibitions and performances we consider bodily fluids in a multidisciplinary manner.
Anivor - Alcohol made of saliva by Sydney Schaefer
Saliva contains an enzyme called Amylase. When Amylase is combined with starch, which you can find in for example rice, it creates sugar. To create alcohol one only needs to combine sugar and yeast. Thus, product designer Sydney Schaefer, added rice and yeast to her saliva to create delicious…
WE NEED YOUR TEARS.
During this free crying session Mediamatic provides you with the space to shed some tears in whatever way you feel comfortable. Donate your tears and have artist Karolina Ferenc make you a drink out of them or let photographer Maurice Mikkers crystalise them! Want to cry from…
How conservators make use of what's in their mouth
Spit cleaning isn’t just for shoeshiners. Documentation of spit cleaning as an art conservation technique goes back as far as the 18th century , and today it is used worldwide by conservators in a variety of specialties.
Cecilia Jonsson is an interdisciplinary artist, who is exploring different forms of iron in her art works. Her project ‘Haem’, that she developed in cooperation with the scientist Rodrigo Leite de Oliveira, assembles a compass needle made out of metallic iron derived from 69 human placentas. The…
Would you wear bacteria in your underwear if it would mean a healthier, happier vagina?
Giulia Tomasello is an Interaction Designer who is passionate about bio-hacking and wants to empower women through her projects in wearable tech and biotech.
Future Flora was Tomasello’s graduating project…
The movie Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, directed by Tom Tywker (2006), is set in 18th Century France and tells the story of Jean-Baptise Grenouille , an olfactory genius, on his homicidal quest for the perfect scent. The story shows us how life could be if we were more aware of the smells…
