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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Spinoza

    Superster uit de gouden eeuw

    Er bestaat slechts één substantie, met één en dezelfde natuur Wie vrij is schrijft zichzelf de wet voor Het doel van de staat is de vrijheid
  • 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...
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Freestyle Kintsugi

    with Mariko Hori

    Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...

  • 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...
  • Perfume Niklaus Mettler 20 Aug 2018

    Filtered Beans

    The Scent of Fancy Condos

    The qualities of cafés can tell us about the make-up of a community, a neighborhood’s ethnic composition and about the urban development of a city. Niklaus Mettler extracted the flavors of three...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Bart Ellenbroek

    Geodesic dome research

    Testing sizes, entrance and connectors.

    Here is a first look intro the research and testing process of the mycelium geodesic dome project.

  • Field Peas

    Growing field peas in an aquaponics greenhouse

    Although our shade cloth can cool the greenhouse on hot days, it is still nice to have some complete shade inside. We have created some extra shade by just using some string and field peas.

  • Social RFID Hacker Camp '09

    All info about the Hacker Camp 2009

    The Mediamatic Social RFID Hacker Camp explores various recent technologies like RFID, physical computing and social networking but also looks into aspects of interaction design and interactive...

  • Mediamatic Fabriek

    Our location from 2011 till 2014

    Mediamatic has moved on average every 3 years. Mediamatic is a gallery, project space, aquaponics farm and cafeteria. In December 2011 we moved part of our activities to the Van Gendthallen on...
  • Knowledge Page Sadhbh O'Donnell

    Many meanings of curious composting

    A possible bokashi exhibition

    In case of future plans with the Bokashi, this knowledge page is to provide information about a possible exhibition in the Bokashi space behind the restaurant. It would be a very interesting topic to...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Thibaut Counot

    Serving our fish a special rat-atouille

    Turning pests into fish food

    Amsterdam is facing an increasing rat population. Can we turn this to our advantage?

  • The Hard Surrender of The Navy Terrain

    As someone who is not born or raised in the Netherlands, I thought the Navy Terrain was just a public park and historic museum at first. Considering the eventful history of the Navy Terrain and what...

  • WatSpinoza? op het Damrak

    Wat is er mis met gevangenisstraf voor het gooien van kauwgom op straat?

    Op 7 mei 2009 werd de eerste WatSpinoza? vraag aan het Amsterdamse publiek gesteld. Aan het Damrak, vlak voor het Centraal Station, worden voorbijgangers gevraagd: 'Wat is er mis met gevangenisstraf...
  • Workshop:

    Treasure Mapping Workshop

    The workshop is postponed to a date in 2010. Keep an eye on our website.

    Treasuremapper allows you to trigger mediafiles on a mobile phone depending on where that phone is in real space. It uses GPS to display location-specific images or play location-specific sounds. The...

  • Dealing with pests

    The pineapple sage infestation

    With the changing of the seasons and the drop in temperature, some plants in the unheated greenhouse become more susceptible to pests and infestations as they are perennial, such as the Pineapple...
  • Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS

    Over Datum Eetclub 1

    Shells and Crusts with Tinda van Smoorenburg

    The first in our series of weekly dinner parties kicked off on Tuesday July 19th to a hungry crowd filling Mediamatic bank. It resulted in the successful resistance against the demonization of...

  • Mediamatic has moved to DijksPark in 2014!

    to Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam

    As of December 1st, Mediamatic moved to their new location on Dijksgracht 6. On this beautiful spot near the waterside (within walking distance from Central Station!) we will continue and intensify...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Building Aquaponic Systems

    with Saro van Cleynenbreugel

    Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.

  • Germination Experiement

    Sprouting seeds

    Which is the best way to raise our seedlings for life in the aquaponics system?

  • Meet Dublab

    Future, roots, radio

    During Art Olfaction Amsterdam at Mediamatic Dublab will broadcast a weekly radio show about  scent culture and olfactory art .  Dublab is non-profit internet radio station founded in Los Angeles in...
  • 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...

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