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  • Party Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Gentle Disco under the roof of Sluisdeurenloods

    10
    Dec 2021
    - Help us build Pigeon Towers by dancing on Mycelium

    A batch of mycelium bricks will come in again, so it's time for another ‘Gentle Disco’ to press them. Join us to dance on the mycelium while listening to some good music by DJ Huppeldepup, and...
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  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    In 2024 we worked with these people

  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Radical Embroidery

    with Desirée Hammen

    Do you think embroidery is reserved to stitching flowers? Or that you can only embroider on fabric? In the last decades, embroidery has evolved from a traditionally feminine and domestic practice to...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Boro Stitching

    with Emma Fukuwatari Huffmann

    Are you looking for ways of caring and diversifying your wardrobe? Come and join Emma Fukuwatari Huffman to learn a mending technique inspired by Boro, a traditional Japanese mending style born out...

  • It's Electric!

    Electric pee in Rio de Janeiro

    Every year the city of Rio de Janeiro has to deal with the same reoccurring problem. The many people at the Carnival pee in the streets. With this in mind, AfroReggae and JWT came up with a way to...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

    Yellow

    Feb '21 – Pigeon Tower 06

    The construction of this tower is mainly focused on speed and efficiency. It is a simple square design so we did not have to trim the blocks. To press them we organized a ‘Gentle Disco’. We gently...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

    Gentle

    Oct '20 – Pigeon Tower 04

    The blocks of mycelium from mushroom grower John Verbruggen that we used to build are wide and heavy, and so they give us more security when stacking than in previous towers. Because we wanted to...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Andy Cartier, Arne Hendriks

    Cartier

    Sept '20 – Pigeon Tower 03

    The third tower was build inside the Clean Lab . Two previous attempts to build a sturdy, living tower had failed. Time to take a step back. We did not know whether our principles were correct.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Arne Hendriks

    Pigeon Cam

    On the 7th of June 2022, almost two years after we first started learning how to build pigeon towers with waste mycelium, we introduced the first four squab (young pigeons) into their new living...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    In 2022 we worked with these people

  • Venue Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Weddings

    A place for happiness. Getting married in your own way

    Weddings are times of joy and happiness. There is no better way to start a life together than at Mediamatic, where creativity and uniqueness are put on a pedestal. Our venue offers a beautiful...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    In 2021 we worked with these people

  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Arne Hendriks

    Mycelium Pigeon Towers

    1
    Oct 2021
    1
    Oct 2031
    - by Arne Hendriks

    New  pigeon   towers emerge as old ones slowly collapse into fertile soil at the Biotoop. These structures are an ongoing experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms.
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Arne Hendriks, Nehis Osagie, Andy Cartier

    Jute

    June '20 – Pigeon Tower 02

    We put the remains of the collapsed tower from the first experiment in a long burlap tube. Burlap is a biodegradable textile, and provides structure and nourishment for the mycelium. We rolled up the...

  • Superlectron TV Challenger Series 3000, 1977

    Game: Pong

    The original Pong (Atari) consisted of a black and white television set and the coin system from a coin operated washer. The coins were collected in a milk carton that had been cut open. It was an...

  • Amiga 500, 1987

    Game: Shadow of The Beast

    In 1984 Commodore bought Amiga Corporation, hoping to follow up on the success of the Commodore 64. The Amiga 500 was the best selling model. Although it wasn't exclusively a game console, gaming was...

  • Colecovision, 1982

    Game: Zaxxon

    The Colecovision was released in August 1982, and had sold more than 500,000 units by December of the same year. It was Coleco Industries' second generation home video console. Hardware add-ons...

  • Atari 2600, 1977

    Game: Space Invaders

    The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari. In 2009, the 2600 was named the second greatest video game console of all time by IGN.

  • Amiga CD32, 1993

    Game: Lemmings

    The Amiga CD32 was the first 32-bit CD-ROM based video game console. It was released by Commodore. Despite being a very powerful machine, way ahead of its time, the CD32 was never a big success. Some...

  • Sony PlayStation 1

    Game console, 1994

    The original PlayStation released in December 1994 was the first of the PlayStation series.

  • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), 1983

    Game: Duck Hunt

    The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit video game console. It was released in North America, Europe and Australia in 1984.
  • Project: Sander Veenhof

    Outsourcing Experiences

    to your mobile phone

    A system offering ready-made mobile phone videoclips of events or exhibitions you visit.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Beaujolais Nouveau 2015

    225 liter wijn drinken in de Sluisdeurenloods

    Vleck wijnen, restaurant Choux en Mediamatic slaan de handen ineen om het onmogelijke te presteren: 225 liter van de mooiste Beaujolais Nouveau van Nederland opdrinken in één avond.

  • Children of Roena

    Photo report

    During the fantastic night of the Children of Roena, Daria Perevezentsev made sure everything was well captured with these great photos!

  • Sega Mega Drive, 1988

    Game: Sonic the Hedgehog

    The Sega Mega Drive is a fourth-generation video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988. It wasn't until the Mega Drive was released in the US (1989) under the name Genesis that sales really...

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