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  • Japanese Knotweed
  • 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.

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  • 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...

  • 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 .

  • 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

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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...

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Costume Lab

    22
    Jun 2022

    We are hosting an Open Costume Lab where we invite fashion designers, artists and complete beginners, to make costumes of the amazing species from our ecosystem. In the Open Costume Lab we support...

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Costume Lab

    6
    Jul 2022

    We are hosting an Open Costume Lab where we invite fashion designers, artists and complete beginners, to make costumes of the amazing species from our ecosystem. In the Open Costume Lab we support...

  • Comfrey

    Solidago Canadensis

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Costume Lab

    8
    Jun 2022

    We are hosting an Open Costume Lab where we invite fashion designers, artists and complete beginners, to make costumes of the amazing species from our ecosystem. In the Open Costume Lab we support...

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Costume Lab

    15
    Jun 2022

    We are hosting an Open Costume Lab where we invite fashion designers, artists and complete beginners, to make costumes of the amazing species from our ecosystem. In the Open Costume Lab we support...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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?

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Costume Lab

    29
    Jun 2022

    We are hosting an Open Costume Lab where we invite fashion designers, artists and complete beginners, to make costumes of the amazing species from our ecosystem. In the Open Costume Lab we support...

  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Ruchama Noorda

    Hermit Hut II: Ruin

    Jan '21

    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 

  • The real story behind natural perfumery

    Natural vs synthetic. Is it really eco?

    "Natural is always better" a sentence we often hear, but is it really? Well, in perfumery, it is not as simple, and there is a twist to what is commonly known and followed. Chemistry came to add...

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Aroma Lab

    9
    Jun 2022

    Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Aroma Lab

    2
    Jun 2022

    Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...

  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Firing

    June '21

  • Mediamatic 2019

    Here you will find an overview of our highlights, go here to see  the full overview of our 2019 program  or click here to view who we will work with this year .  And more: exhibitions , presentations...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Bart Ellenbroek

    Building a geodesic dome

    My experiences during my third week at Mediamatic

    Exploring the possibilities of a geodesic dome built from mycelium.

  • Nature needs Heroes

    Workshops, talks and art

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Aroma Lab

    16
    Jun 2022

    Come by every Thursday between 16:00 and 20:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...

  • Night Garden

    2006 - 2019

    Night Garden is an evening programme where we foster   a better understanding and establish communication between people and indoor plants. These evenings become a portal to a parallel universe

created Hyunsuh Kim modified Hyunsuh Kim

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