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  • Re-cognizing Japanese Knotweed

    Proposal to Proclaim Japanese Knotweed as the National Flower of the Netherlands

    I search “Japanese Knotweed” on Google and the first article that pops up reads “Japanese Knotweed: How to control and remove it”. The Netherlands has been battling this beautiful and flourishing...

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  • The Great Japanese Knotweed

    Rising from the ashes

    Resilience is among many reasons to why the Japanese knotweed should be recognized as  the Dutch national flower .

  • Japanese Knotweed: Rethinking Invasive Species

    Around the mid-1800s, botanical interests in Europe were high. Searching for beautiful unique plants around the world, for study purposes, or using them as ornamentals was common practice. So much...

  • 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...

  • Japanese Knotweed; or, The Urban Frankenstein's…

    Debunking urban lores surrounding the invasive plant

    The plant is often described as the destructive force of nature that strangles and suffocates metal pipes from inside out and demolishes concrete buildings. Yet, reality is far from this horror story.

  • Japanese Knotweed

    Fallopia japonica

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • Collection Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Japanese Knotweed

    Everything you need to know about the Japanese Knotweed

    Welcome to the centre of Japanese Knotweed!  Come and peruse the knowledge we have gained so far about the Japanese Knotweed plant ( Fallopia japonica ).  Some plants are exchanged as tokens of love

  • Fear of the Unknown

    What are you most afraid of?

    Fear of the unknown is a common phenomenon.  Throughout history we can find a lot of evidences of how much destruction this fear can create.  However, we are not only afraid of each other. For...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Hortus Dijkspark

    Starting from Dijkspark, we're mapping the plants in the city

    A big variety of plants is growing around our Biotoop, from healing to toxic, from dark green to purple. You can visit the Hortus Dijkspark at any moment. Come to learn more about the different...

  • 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...

  • Eating the Invasive

    A beautiful plant with a horrible reputation

    Many believe that the Japanese knotweed is a specie that can only cause harm. This, however, is a very one-sided view on this exotic invader. In cities and gardens it might be a pain to get rid of

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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.

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    Wormwood

    Artemisia absinthium

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • Catalogna chicory

    Cichorium intybus var. foliosum

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia . 

  • Paperplant

    Fatsia japonica

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia . 

  • Privet

    Ligustrum

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia . 

  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda

    Vegetative State

    June - July '19

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

  • To See at Mediamatic

    Art, workshops, food and more

    Mediamatic Biotoop is a breeding ground for art, design and life sciences. Here you will find many site-specific installations, a restaurant, waterside terrace, co-working spaces and labs. All...

  • Red bistort

    Bistorta amplexicaulis

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • Mountain arnica

    Arnica montana

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia . 

  • Garlic

    Allium sativum

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia . 

  • Vacancy / Job opportunity

    Restaurant Staff

    Join the Mediamatic ETEN - team

    Become part of our hospitality team! You will work in the bar and vegan restaurant of our art centre and help out during rentals and events. Do you have experience and most importantly a love for...

  • Rampion bellflower

    Campanula rapunculus

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • Wood avens

    Geum urbanum

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

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    Looking back at "Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots"…

    with Dominik Einfalt and Doudouce Knol

    Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots workshop was a culmination of the research and collaboration between interns from Mediamatic Clean Lab and Aquaponics Greenhouse. We're not hosting this workshop anymore

created Hyunsuh Kim modified Sophie Schulte

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