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  • Image: Sluisdeurenloods, Mediamatic Biotoop Anisa Xhomaqi

    Dr. Daniel Soliman smelling the perfume of leather

  • Smell

  • Program Overview

    Presentations, workshops and exhibitions

  • Oosterdok Irina Ridzuan

    The Aroma of Amsterdam's Chinatown: Peanuts

    The humble beginnings of Chinatown Amsterdam is inextricably linked to a surprising aroma: peanuts!  
  • 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.

  • 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
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Scent Bouquet

    16
    Feb 2020
    - 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...
  • 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 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

    19
    Dec 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...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Scent Bouquet

    19
    Jan 2020
    - 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...

  • 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

    Distilling a Scent Bouquet

    10
    May 2020
    - 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...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    T - Distilling a Scent Bouquet

    with Frank Bloem

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Scent Bouquet

    19
    Apr 2020
    - 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...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    8
    Dec 2019
    - with Frank Bloem

    In this workshop, artist and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop you will have...

  • Calling All Gingers!

    Donate your scent to a rich redhead-bouquet

    Inspired by Patrick Süsskind's 'Perfume' we're looking for steaming hot redheads willing to donate their smell during Playhouse: Sex S(m)ells for the creation of a one-of-a-kind...
  • Oosterdok

    A brief history of Oosterdok

    Changes throughout the centuries

    Oosterdok is a body of water in Amsterdam. Nowadays, the eastern dock plays a crucial role in adorning the Amsterdam skyline. It features proud contemporary architecture that stand stark against the...

  • A Dutch-style cleaning frenzy!

    What has cleanliness got to do with anything?
  • Mediamatic Eten Marie-Claire Springham

    Making Scents

    Let's change the way we look at body odour.

    Love poet Pablo Neruda described how “better than any word, is the pulse of your scent.” When polishing and perfuming ourselves for a first date, are we missing a trick?

  • Of mothballs and grandma

    Camphor's history with the Dutch

    Cinnamomum Camphora , the fragrant camphor tree. A possibly large evergreen tree, with pale bark and dots of white flowers which will eventually bloom into small purple berries. While sight of the...

  • Experimenting Smell on Mycelium

    Which smell source will neutralise the smell of the substrate bostel?

    Mycelium can grow on beer brewery wastes now. However, it has a unpleasant farm smell. We want to make the fungi material smells good so that it can make people feel good while using it. What kind of...

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