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Residency: Scent and Protest
During a residency with Art Olfaction Amsterdam at Mediamatic, Cohene will explore formulas for neutralizers for scent-based crowd control methods such as 'The Skunk’.
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Open Lab
Every Wednesday to Saturday between 14.00 and 18.00, you are very welcome to step by our Open Aroma Lab. Smell our selection of aroma-molecules, learn about working with scent as a creative practice
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Meet IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
One of our partners during ArtOlfaction Amsterdam is IFF . IFF is an innovator of sensorial experiences that move the world. For over 129 years they've been practicing the art of discovery
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In the End, We Only Have Ourselves
Body as a Restaurant by Zane Cerpina
Time is of the essence. Human progression and technological advancements have led us to turn our world to the new age- the Age of Man; the Anthropocene. When we can no longer rely on mother nature’s...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Workshop: Grow Your Own Fungi!
- Basic mushroom and biomaterials introduction12mei 2018It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...
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Kool Kabbage
Winterprogramme December - March 2018
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Consultatiebureau Femmes Fontaines
- Museumnacht 20174nov 2017Vrouwelijke ejaculatie is nog steeds een ding. Is het normaal? Hoe ziet het er uit? Waar smaakt het naar? En wat is het eigenlijk? Voor Secretopia , Mediamatic’s programmalijn over...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Talkshow Between Bed and Sacred
4nov 2017- Museumnacht 20175nov 2017Vrouwelijke ejaculatie is nog steeds een ding. Is het normaal? Hoe ziet het er uit? Waar smaakt het naar? En wat is het eigenlijk? Voor Secretopia , Mediamatic’s programmalijn over...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Bed Girls
4nov 2017- Museumnacht 20175nov 2017Vrouwelijke ejaculatie is nog steeds een ding. Is het normaal? Hoe ziet het er uit? Waar smaakt het naar? En wat is het eigenlijk? Voor Secretopia , Mediamatic’s programmalijn over...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Sacred Water
4nov 2017- Museumnacht 20175nov 2017Vrouwelijke ejaculatie is nog steeds een ding. Is het normaal? Hoe ziet het er uit? Waar smaakt het naar? En wat is het eigenlijk? Voor Secretopia , Mediamatic’s programmalijn over...
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Healing, desire and breast milk
Curdle by Zoo
Breast milk is the "embodiment" of human nurture, of healing and nourishment of the newborn. It is well documented to contain vital immunological and medicinal replenishing qualities as...
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Isabelle Griffioen
Isabelle Griffioen werkt als advertising creative. Voor Mediamatic leidt zij het Consultatiebureau Femmes Fontaines tijdens Museumnacht 2017.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Squirt DING
4nov 2017- Museumnacht 20175nov 2017Vrouwelijke ejaculatie is nog steeds een ding. Is het normaal? Hoe ziet het er uit? Waar smaakt het naar? En wat is het eigenlijk? Voor Secretopia , Mediamatic’s programmalijn over...
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Wearable Fluids: Turning the Body Inside Out
Body Fluids by Zane Cerpina
What if you were able to wear some of your most intimate bodily fluids, such as menstrual blood, breast milk or semen, as jewellery? Visual artist Zane Cerpina created a collection of jewellery made...
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Getting Drunk From Saliva
Anivor - Alcohol made of saliva by Sydney Schaefer
Saliva contains an enzyme called Amylase. When Amylase is combined with starch, which you can find in for example rice, it creates sugar. To create alcohol one only needs to combine sugar and yeast.
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
wASH Laundrette
9sep 2017- Site-specific laundry detergent installation19dec 2017Caroline Jacob tackles common preconceptions of food, waste and hygiene in her latest work wASH. Using waste materials left over from Mediamatic’s food production, she creates a site-specific laundry...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Crying Out Loud: Tear Donation
- Donate your tears for the sake of art11okt 2017WE NEED YOUR TEARS. During this free crying session Mediamatic provides you with the space to shed some tears in whatever way you feel comfortable. Donate your tears and let photographer Maurice...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Smell Transplant Workshop
- Find out what it's like to smell like someone else25jun 2017Olfactory artist Klara Ravat investigates with you how human interaction changes after you have swapped body odours with another person. By doing this, she hopes to get an insight in how big of a...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Cut the Crap met Conny
1jun 2017- Help mee aan een groot monument van textiel en kunst31aug 2017Kom gezellig naar Mediamatic om te helpen met een bijzonder en enorm mode-kunstwerk van verknipte fleecetruien! Samen met designer Conny Groenewegen en het FAMA (Fashion Machine) team maken we een...
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Éva-Marie Lind
Éva-Marie Lind is a scent designer and aroma therapist. She has been active in organic and natural product formulation, with a specialty in the field of sensory perception, scent and aromatic...
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Connecting The Menstruation And Food Cycle
"Cyclus" a video performance by Cecile Hübner
While menstruation blood is seen as waste, food is almost seen as the opposite, a necessity that’s always present and welcome. How can these two be brought together? Cecile makes it happen in her...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Secretopia: sexual liberation and bodily taboo’s
- Wetlands movie discussion13feb 2017During this night we covered some feminist angles on the movie Wetlands. When the book, and later the movie, came out a lot of people were shocked by its explicit and convention-breaking content.
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Food Futurism
- Odorama: with Marije Vogelzang, Garmt Dijksterhuis, Dr. Sanne Boesveldt, Karin Post, Caro Verbeek8dec 2016If it is true that people ‘think, dream and act according to what they eat and drink’, one should also say that this is true for what they smell. After all, it is our olfaction that guides most of...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
The body odour edition
- Odorama with: Lauryn Mannigel, Jasper de Groot, Marit Mihklepp, Caro Verbeek3nov 2016Without us even being aware our bodies silently communicate with each other. We can communicate through our body odours, pheromones and even with odorless molecules. We transmit information about...