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  • Image: Anisa Xhomaqi

    Han van der Vegt and Klara Ravat during their…

  • Smell
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Blending a Rose Accord

    17
    Nov 2019
    - with Klara Ravat

    What are the ingredients to the seductive scent of a rose? Believe it or not, but not all the roses smell the same. The spectrum of rose aromas is large: it varies from delicious and delightful to...
  • Oosterdok Irina Ridzuan

    The aroma of Amsterdam's Chinatown

    The humble beginnings of Chinatown Amsterdam is inextricably linked to a surprising aroma: peanuts!  
  • Mediamatic Biotoop, Oosterdok

    Open Call Olfactory History of Oosterdok

    Next deadline beginning 2020

    In 2022, a large exhibition will take place in Amsterdam about the Olfactory History of Oosterdok, the eastern part of the old harbour of the city. Related to this exhibition, Mediamatic is issuing...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Mediamatic Bon.

    Purchase a Bon. for your friend or colleague and let them choose when and what they want to spend it on:  educational workshops, lectures or a plant-based dinner. Buy your Bon.
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Scent Bouquet

    8
    Dec 2019
    - with Frank Bloem

    Finding ways to trap smells in a bottle was a quest that went on for ages, until distillation was discovered. Distillation is an ancient process that has long been used to extract essential oils from...
  • Perfume Alessandro Gualtieri 20 Aug 2018

    White Military Marina

    The Scent of The Navy

    This perfume is an exploration of the machine, human and natural aspects of the military presence in the centre of Amsterdam on the Navy Terrain. The perfume presents a mushroomy soil accord combined...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Art Olfaction Amsterdam

    Come and smell this summer during one of the many scent related activities at Mediamatic. Create your own perfume, join us in our open lab sessions, battle of the noses, or participate in our...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Federica Libralon

    Oil Ex Tech

    Essential oil extraction machine

    Apparatus that thanks the microwave, allows you to extract scented oils. Some precautions to use the extractor and obtain essential oil.

  • Visiting Hours

    Every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday between 14.00 and 16.00, you are very welcome to step by our Open Aroma Lab. Smell our selection of aroma-molecules, learn about working with scent as a...
  • Perfume Niklaus Mettler 20 Aug 2018

    Filtered Beans

    The Scent of Fancy Condos

    The qualities of cafés can tell us about the make-up of a community, a neighborhood’s ethnic composition and about the urban development of a city. Niklaus Mettler extracted the flavors of three...

  • Supplying the Dutch Diet Pt. 1

    Pickled Herring

    Along the lines of the previous topic : The Amsterdam port did not only shelter ships coming from abroad. Some of the vessels coming into the docks were also ships related to local industry. During...

  • Summer 2018

    Overview of our all our Art Olfaction Amsterdam events

  • Meet IAO

    Our main partner during Art Olfaction Amsterdam is The Institute for Art and Olfaction Los Angeles. The Institute for Art and Olfaction (IAO) is a non-profit organization devoted to experimentation...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Open Aroma Lab

    17
    Oct 2019

    Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic idea of scent composition plus of...
  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    The Male Haze

    24
    Oct 2019
    - Odorama 34 - with Boris Raux, Marcello Aspria, Emily Burdfield Steel and Frank Bloem

    Does a 'real man' smell like a fresh forest or dark leather, like in the Axe commercials? Boris Raux, Marcello Aspria, Dr. Emily Burdfield Steel, and Frank Bloem will discuss the scent of...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Bart Ellenbroek

    Today was a good week

    My experiences during my first week at Mediamatic

    I became very fascinated by bio-design and -materials, so i decided i wanted to do an internship where i could learn more about it. I am especially interested in mycelium based materials. After doing...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Open Aroma Lab

    24
    Oct 2019

    Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic idea of scent composition plus of...
  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    The Smell That Sells

    22
    Nov 2019
    - Odorama 35 - with Cretien van Kampen, Jorg Hempenius, Rick Schifferstein, and Niklaus Mettler

    In the field of sensory marketing, scents are a goldmine. Are we perhaps seduced by designers to spend extra money on otherwise mundane experiences? Can we ignore these well-designed smells, or do...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    10
    Nov 2019
    - with Frank Bloem

    In 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...

  • Heaven Scent

    You can now resurrect the unique smell of your deceased loved one, for $600.

    So we’ve seen  smell dating . But it turns out that is just the first whiff of what’s to come in terms of   personal odour and relationships. French company Kalain now offers a service that promises...

  • Breakout group on communicating smells

    Hackathon Conclusions by Frank Bloem

    Breakout group: How to communicate a fragrance with only the package or a picture. Participants: Franziska Jostheit, Niklaus Mettler, Caro Verbeek and Frank Bloem We rephrased the question to: How...

  • Residency: Scent and Protest

    During a residency with Art Olfaction Amsterdam at Mediamatic, Cohene will explore formulas for neutralizers for scent-based crowd control methods such as 'The Skunk’. 
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    8
    Dec 2019
    - with Frank Bloem

    In 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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