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  • Image: Mediamatic Biotoop JungJiea Hung

    Guests at Pro Mortem walking past Sluisdeurenloods

  • Death
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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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Resomating a Musk Rat

    What happens to our bodies after death? When choosing Resomation as a burial method, the answer is just as fascinating as it might give you the shivers. With resomation, the human body is dissolved...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Kevin Siedsma

    Help! My seeds aren't germinating!

    My time here at the aquaponics greenhouse  has been a touch and go learning experience. Let me elaborate by going into detail about my trials and tribulations setting up the nursery. So all you
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Wormwood

    Artemisia absinthium

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Space for a final goodbye

    (un)conventional rite

    All forms of life are given a place at Mediamatic. Death is inherently linked with the cycle of life. Just as nature provides room for death, so do we. We offer the opportunity to bid your deceased...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Humusating a Muskrat

    Maybe you have heard about the Muskrat, an ‘invasive exotic’ that likes to chomp on 'our' Dutch dykes. It was on the 22nd of May that one found their final resting place in one of the grow beds at...
  • 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...

  • 6 ways Mushrooms can save the World

    Paul Stamets amazing speech at the TED conference

    Growing mushroom might be the best thing we can do to save the environment. In this inspiring speech, Paul Stamets briefly explain his work and research on mushroom, or better mycelium and his...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Linde van Beers, Ashley Scarborough

    Myco Brewery Growing Process

    How we grow beautiful mycelium products

    From early October we began to have consistent success with our mycelium growth on the spent grain from our myco brewery, so we thought the best way to celebrate this is to share our knowledge of the...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Pure Gold

    18
    Sep 2015
    - by Kamiel Rongen

    It's an artwork, but you can use it. Pee in our urinals while enjoying the musical background and the hypnotizing videos by Kamiel Rongen. We are happy to collect your fluid contribution and create a...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Sieta van Horck

    The Secret Life of Plants Blog #1

    Experiment Overview

    Natural surroundings have a big impact on the energy and well-being of organisms. They respond to physical movements within their environment. For instance, known structured patterns like sunlight...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Kool Kabbage

    2018 - 2019

    2018 turned out to be a good cabbage-year. What to do with a food-surplus of 60.000 kilos of cabbages? Mediamatic took them on to survive the winter on cabbage and to question the value of our food.
  • 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

    T - Observational Plant Drawing

    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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Bokashi Containers

    Composting with microorganisms

    The organic waste coming from the kitchen of Mediamatic ETEN finds a special companion in its composting process: the Bokashi container.  This system uses effective microorganisms to enable low...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Visitor Information

    You can visit Dijkspark and the Raising Doubts installation daily. The seedcard however are only for sale during opening hours of Mediamatic ETEN, which you can find here . The Raising Doubts...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Bart Ellenbroek

    Going solo

    My experiences during my second week at Mediamatic

    After succesfully closing the Open lab event on sunday I started my second week the next day. This week was less hectic then the first one. I got to know Mediamatic and the clean lab so i was feeling...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Magdalena Thur

    The resomation of fungal tissue

    Could mushrooms provide the future fabric for death shrouds?

    Mediamatic's search for a vegan cloth which can be used in Resomation – an environmentally friendly alternative burial method – lead to testing fungal material.
  • Maurizio Montalti 5 Dec 2011

    Bodies of Change

    Installation

    The growth of a new burial practice by employing fungi in performing the role of main “disassemblers” within the cyclical processes of growth and decomposition.

  • Prostaat massage voor een gezonde prostaat

    Een prostaat massage kan bijdragen aan de gezondheid van de prostaat.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Jiwei Zhou

    Tempeh is made into sheet materials!

    Cooking tempeh as a sheet material
  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Messages from the Myco-Assemblage

    22
    Jan 2021
    - Arne Hendriks talks about his attempts to construct pigeon guano towers with living mycelium waste.

    Arne discusess his joint attempts to build structures with living mycelium waste. What have they learned? What are the challenges?  And what stories have emerged so far? Over the next months, all...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Clean Lab

    The Bio Clean Lab at Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark offers a well-equipped workspace to facilitate the growing requirements of designers and artists who want to expand their work into biological...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Observational Plant Drawing

    20
    Mar 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...

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