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  • Brendan Goodwin

    Myco Insulation Brewery Team

    Studying Mycology I love beer and mushrooms
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  • Aquaponics at Mediamatic Fabriek

    Cultivating our own food

    Mediamatic Fabriek, Mediamatic’s new location, is situated in the Van Gendthallen, old ship building halls on the Oostenburgereiland east of the center of Amsterdam. They are huge, and are surrounded...

  • Determining the optimal nitrogen level for the…

    Nitrogen is a key component in chlorophyll, so it plays a crucial role inside the plant: but what happens when it's too much?

    Various researches have shown the correlation between pests infestation and nitrogen leaf content - which depends on the amount of fertilizer you add. What is, then, the fertilizer amount we can...

  • Piss or get off the pot!

    New perspectives for the greenhouse: thinking about an Anthroponic system

    It's a rich solution, we produce it, sometimes it's inside us and sometimes it's not - and it connects us all, from the tiniest insect to the mastodontic blue whale. Is it blood? No, it's urine! Let'...

  • The green gold

    Celebrating our Wasabi's 2nd birthday

    After some cold and rainy months in aquaponics, we were overjoyed to see the first aquaponics plant in bloom. This early bloomer has got to be a bit of a diva, as most plants are not showing any...

  • Porpema. / Siphonophorae. Staatsquallen. (test)

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 17 from Kunstformen der Natur. Siphonophorae: Subclass of Hydrozoa, sea animal related to jellyfish and corals.

  • Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit? Blogserie…

    #4 Denken, voelen en doen in de Garden-Based Approach

    In de serie ‘Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit?’ schrijf ik blogs over uitdagende theorieën uit de ecofilosofie. Ik introduceer de ideeën, ter informatie of inspiratie. Daarna zullen er...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 28 Jun 2021

    Shitty Water + Wasabi - Snails = Money

    At the Mediamatic Greenhouse, we try to maximise the productivity of the little space we have by growing rare, collectable and valuable crops. All whilst strongly advocating for the advantages of...
  • 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.

  • Waste Diary S01E04

    Compost progress, Gardening Remodeling

    After a few initial hurdles to get the bokashi started in the Triangle space, there are now two fully-functioning Bokashi Compost bins installed. Waiting for the new, smaller buckets which will be...

  • Salt tolerant plants in aquaponics

    Exploring new plants as an adaptation strategy

    As a part of our project ' Grain of Salt ' we are researching plant species that are more tolerant towards salty conditions. These plants have special mechanisms to withstand higher concentrations of...

  • Pigeon Fertilizing Tower

    Bringing pigeons' fertilization power back into the cycle of life by collecting their shit in a pigeon tower made from recycled paper.
  • Plate 1 Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch

    Circogonia. / Phaeodaria. Rohrstrahlinge. (test)

    Lithograph by Ernst Haeckel and Adolf Giltsch

    Plate 1 from Kunstformen der Natur. Phaeodaria; (Radiolaria) single-celled organisms also known as zooplankton.

  • Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit? Blogserie…

    #2 De Wraak van Gaia: Hoe de aarde ons zal uitroeien als we niet terugvechten

    In de serie ‘Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit?’ schrijf ik blogs over uitdagende theorieën uit de ecofilosofie. Ik introduceer de ideeën, ter informatie of inspiratie. Daarna zullen er...
  • Knowledge Page Sadhbh O'Donnell

    Bokashi: Questions to Simon Vos

    Frequently asked questions

    Here are some questions that have been previously asked so that maybe you don't have to! Simone Vos from agriton has been great for answering questions and is the primary source for understanding the...
  • Knowledge Page Sadhbh O'Donnell

    Bokashi: How to

    Bokashi introduction

    At the back of our kitchen you will see we have our big green bokashi bins which we use for the kitchen and communal lunches. Here you will find a more detailed introduction to the process and use...
  • Knowledge Page Sadhbh O'Donnell

    Being responsible for Bokashi

    and other useful information

    The amount of time to give to Bokashi really depends on what is happening at Mediamatic. Is the restaurant open? Is communal lunch happening? What season is it?  Being responsible for the Bokashi...

  • Proposal Mycotecture and Edible Architecture

    Myceleum facilitates Edible Architecture

    Mycotecture: Solid Buildings that are part of the Natural Food Chain

  • Secretopia

    Secretions in Art, Design and Society

    Secretopia is an inquiry into human secretions through art, science and design. After exploring the potential of urine in The Pis’ Project, we decided to expand the programme to all sorts of...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Visitor Information

    You can visit Dijkspark and the Casting Doubts installation daily. The seedcard however are only for sale during opening hours of Mediamatic ETEN, which you can find here . The Casting Doubts...
  • Book: Ernst Haeckel, Adolf Giltsch 1 Jan 1900

    Kunstformen der Natur, Lieferung 9

    Issue 9 of Kunstformen der Natur, consisting of 10 lithographs by German biologist Ernst Haeckel and lithographer Adolf Giltsch. Ten of these loose-leaf issues were published between 1899 and 1904.

  • About the Pis’ Project

    2014-2016

    The Pis’ Project connects urine in the arts with innovation within design, architecture and environment. After a successful two years we decided in 2017 to expand the project from urine to all human...
  • 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.
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Zeger Reyers

    Hard Water

    18
    Sep 2015
    - by Zeger Reyers

    Is it plates growing in between plants, or plants growing in between plates? Hard Water is an installation that consists of a thousand plates, soil and plants 'growing' on the exterior wall of...

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