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  • Oct 2020 - May 2021

    Hyunsuh Kim

    Research assistant for Olfactory History of Oosterdok and The Culture of Nature

    Transition, becoming Smell, plant, love are some of the things that Hyunsuh had not anticipated to spend days, weeks and months thinking about until she came to Mediamatic.

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  • Thriving with the Tiger Rod

    Medical benefits of the invasive plant

    In 2020, the Dutch government released 5,000 psyllids to combat the spread of Japanese knotweed. The plan is for the knotweed’s natural predator to devour the otherwise invincible species. As it...

  • Returning to Foams

    Aphrodisiac #6 - Perforating, perfuming, permeating

    Returning to Foams  is one of the aphrodisiac recipes in our  "Seafoam"   series , in which we attempt to queer the traditional aphrodisiac.  We cordially invite you to embark on our odyssey of...

  • Seafoam

    Queering the Aphrodisiac

    As a part of our internship at Mediamatic we created a series of aphrodisiacs that is: 1) Queer - Targeting audience of different sexual orientations and physiques 2) Vegan - Instead of using animal...

  • How Japanese Knotweed Came to Europe

    A Mutant Ninja Plant in Leiden

    " Plants are as diverse as people. Some are polite, attractive guests you invite into your domain; others are nosy pests who creep in uninvited and take root," claims the webpage of Chicago Botanic...

  • Capsularization of Smell

    The capsules that confine; the smells that escape

    Crammed in an underground metro during rush hour, the other's perfume encroaches. 

  • Wicked

    Aphrodisiac #1 - The witch's tonic

    The word "wicked" originates from wicca ("witch"). Witches have been feared for their destructive potential against the existent power system, admired for their creative magic to reconstruct the...

  • The Calm After the Storm

    Aphrodisiac #5 - The solvent of our capsules

    Tea dissolves the shells we have formed around us, separate from each other, to protect ourselves from the dizzying torrents of our day-to-day lives. It is time that we recollect ourselves and pause...

  • Meadow of Dusk

    Aphrodisiac #3 - Strewing herbs for your dance floor

    Mediamatic's one and only strewing herb bouquet that you can release into the air like confetti, then perfume the air for every step that you make as you and your beloved dance on earth that has been...

  • Kami no Zake

    Aphrodisiac #4 - Saliva-fermented wine of the gods

    Saliva-fermented alcoholic beverage is a tradition in many different cultures, from kuchikami no zake in Japan (literally, "mouth-chewed rice wine"; it was the inspiration for the name kami no zake...

  • Amorphous Amor

    Aphrodisiac #2 - Bloody Mary's bedtime jelly undergoes transformation

    Recreation of Queen Mary Tudor's aphrodisiac, quince marmalade, with a selection of herbs that heal and give strength, and a Mediamatic twist of fermentation.

  • Journeys of "Seafoam"

    What processes will our aphrodisiacs go through?

    All of our participants of our aphrodisiacs are adventurers of journeys that never end. From a seed in the Hortus Dijkspark to a maturing jar of goodness to a glass that you toast with your beloved

  • Participants of "Seafoam"

    What ingredients will our aphrodisiac involve?

    When asked the question “What is love?”, staffs of Mediamatic gave answers that ranged wildly across dimensions: care; respect; connection; mutual trust; sharing; warmth; shared loneliness; happiness...

  • Media of "Seafoam"

    What forms will our aphrodisiacs take?

    “The medium is the message” (McLuhan). Such aphorism cannot be truer than for our aphrodisiac. Whether one gently applies lotion onto the body of oneself or their lover(s) as if to caress, or sips a...

  • Stories of the Tulp

    How Tulip Became The Quintessential “Dutch Flower”

    Let us dive into the stories of a family that the Dutch are rather familiar with. What is in a name that which we call a Tulp?

  • Flower Politics

    National Flowers and Issues Surrounding their “Nativeness”

    Enter the battlefield of contested meanings and conflicting interests through which political entities form floral emblems, and vice versa. 

  • 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...

  • Tip of the Nose

    On Smell and Language

    “Wow, it smells wonderful!” I exclaim as we enter the neighborhood bakery. “It smells, it smells so… nutty.” Hmm, that’s not quite the word that I wanted to say, I think to myself.  Ever since...

  • 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...

  • Redolent of the Past

    Smell, Memory and Affect

    The viscerality and embodiedness of olfactory experience are 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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