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  • Mediamatic Biotoop Jessica Cohen

    An Occult Dunghill in the Dijkspark

    What is that overgrown mound of flora and fauna in front of the Sluisdeurenloods? Visitors of Mediamatic will have noticed a peculiar sight in front of the barn. Is it a garden, a sculpture or an...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    L'Absinthe de la Rue de Dindon VIII – Mediamatic…

    by Dirk Vis and Edgar Walthert

    Ingredients: spirits, anise, fennel, liquorice, nettle, lemon, sage*, hyssop, melissa, coriander, lavender*, mint*, tree wormwood*, mugworth* and wormwood *harvested from Tumulus
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Blue Monday

    Sept - Dec '20

    The Tumulus lot is alive with weeds and herbs seeded by the wind or deliberately planted. The woad (lsatis tinctoria) which was planted in 2019 has been partially harvested and used to make woad dye...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2020

  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Healing Property

    Mar - Aug '20

    In late July and early August 2020, an ornamental hermitage was constructed at the centre of the Tumulus, slightly sunk into the earth. It is built from compacted earth-bags and discarded home...
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop

    Growth Imperative

    July - October '19

    Since its inception, Tumulus has been slowly changing shape. On Friday, September 13th , 2019, the artist organized a dedication ceremony inaugurating Phase 2 of the project. Visitors were offered a...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2021

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    12
    Apr 2026
    - Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem

    In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Autumn

    Sept '21 – Dec '21

  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Hibernating Winter Garden

    Dec '20 - Mar '21

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Building With Mycelium

    with Arne Hendriks

    Pigeon towers used to exist everywhere to produce extra fertiliser needed to support growing populations. When artificial fertiliser was discovered most towers became neglected, as did their...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Alessandra Avanzi

    Cooking with essential oils.

    What does ylang ylang, orange blossom or rose essential oils taste like?

    Do you know that about 70% of our taste comes from our nose? Our taste is basically nothing  without our nose.  In fact, have you ever noticed that when you catch a cold the food tastes different?
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop

    Firing

    June '21

  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Hermit Hut II: Ruin

    Jan '22

    ruin - n-   late Old English, "act of giving way and falling down", from Latin  ruina  "a collapse, a rushing down, a tumbling down.” - Online dictionary of etymology 
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Complete program overview 2019

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Complete program overview 2018

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Open Tour

    Every Friday at 4

    Come explore Mediamatic as part of our weekly Friday Tour at 16:00. Get a glimpse behind the scenes, learn more about the growing installations and peek inside our sensorial labs. 
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Jessica Cohen

    Back to Nature

    behind the artistic practice of Ruchama Noorda

    Whilst European societies charged towards modernity at the turn of the 20th century, a new social reform movement went back to nature. How does the work of Ruchama Noorda relate to this movement?
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks, Ben Hopley

    Folk

    May '21 – Pigeon Tower 10

    To make sure the tower has a stable foundation we re-press the mycelium blocks using the weight of our bodies. Two to five people stand on the top of the mycelium wall, hold hands, and slowly move or...
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Spring

    Mar - June '21

    This spring the woad (Isatis Tinctoria) growing on the Tumulus flowers bright radiant yellow.The Hermitess pandemic shelter is freshly painted with wood tar that was obtained from trees through...
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Dormant Lot

    Nov '19 - Mar '20

  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Vegetative State

    June - July '19

    The Tumulus lot is alive with weeds and herbs seeded by the wind or deliberately planted.

  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Romantic Ruin

    Dec '21

    Winter is knocking on our door and the Tumulus vegetation is preparing to hibernate.  This patch of nature is still holding its green for the most part but some plants have decayed to fall colours...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Branko Kleynen

    Not just a Weed

    Fermented Knotweed Pickles recipe

    On March 25, 2020, after a scavenger hunt for Japanese Knotweed, Branko, Elise and Tommaso joined forces to pickle some shoots.

created Ruchama Noorda modified Anne Lakeman

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