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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Biotalk: The Design Away Perspective
2nov 2017In a world polluted by more plastic than the eye can see, the time has come to find another way of dealing with our environment. During this biotalk, artist Maarten Vanden Eynde, fashion designer...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Biotalk: Algorithms from Nature
17mei 2017Are the algorithms of living matter also useful for digital arts? Could they for instance be used in live visual performances? And how? Mediamatic and the Live Performers Meeting invite you for this...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Aquatic harvesting
13apr 2017Will algae farms be the farms of the future? Can washed-up jellyfish be repurposed to make a durable material? Are algae the solution for clean energy harvesting? Through performance and talks, we...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
(ir)Relevant Matter
15feb 2017By turning ashes into soap, Caroline Jacob creates an object to be used. In Karolina Ferenc's work, the lichen becomes a friend or a lover rather than a commodity. Margherita Soldati explores the...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Regeneration - Biotalk
15dec 2016With the Co2 particles in the air reaching the magical 400 ppm , and the fact that we have only 60 years of crop harvesting left, it is time for another way of dealing with our polluted environment.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Biotalk: Collectors and Gatherers
17nov 2016This edition of Biotalk we will take the position of the artist as gatherer. The modern day bio-scavenger who conduct his research onsite and meticulously browses his environment for unique...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Adorning the Internal
27okt 2016Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but we are all squishy and messy on the inside, aren't we? In this edition of Biotalk we will listen to two visual artists who challenge that perception. Whether...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Bacteria - our invisible guests
15sep 2016Invisible micro-organisms have always co-existed with us. Within the human body, the vast majority of cells are bacterial, fungal, or otherwise non-human. What does this mean for our perception of...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Tune in to the Non-Human
16jun 2016How can we interact with the Non-Human? Humans depend on their senses to perceive their environment. But what happens if an additional factor is added to our perception? Tonight we will explore the...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Material Metamorphosis
26mei 2016The speakers of this Biotalk will make us revalue certain materials in life we take for granted. How come all over the world there are chicken materials in consumer products that we don't know of?
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Biotalk: Eat-a-ble
21apr 2016Psychological disorder, or genius diet? Geophagy is the practice of eating soil, while contatto is a new culinary culture that proposes a new approach to the materiality of food. Artist Masha Ru...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Vegetal Leather and Miserable Machines
25feb 2016Please note we have changed the date. Tonight we'll explore the interconnectedness of man, plant and animal with artists Špela Petrič, Amber Veel and Sarmite Polakova. Who is this living other? And...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Lab vs. Studio
20jan 2016Will the future workspace of designers and artists transform from a studio into a laboratory? And what happens whey you take the laboratory inside your home? More and more designers are starting to...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Playing Life - Biotalk
11dec 2015Playing Life - Biotalk is a new collaboration between Mediamatic and Transnatural in which we invite emerging artists and designers to speak about their work with living matter as a medium for the...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
The Expanded Self
18nov 2015The works of Sonja Bäumel, Olf de Bruin and Phelim Hoey mediate between art and science, fiction and fact. Whilst Olf uses fictive social and scientific developments to speculate on future...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing the human body
15okt 2015What are the possibilities of using the human body as everyday material? How far can we modify our organs? And how will we respond to these changes? Both speakers of this Biotalk are fascinated by...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Form follows organism
17sep 2015What are the social, cultural en technological implications of new bio-based materials? And what possibilities do they offer for artists, designers, engineers, architects, scientists, farmers and...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Sweat, odor and soap
11jun 2015What insights does sweat give about the state of your health? And how do ashes transform into soap? This Biotalk we will talk about human sweat, odors and soap making. Can you recreate the last...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Printing Algae, Fungi and Contaminations
20mei 2015What happens if we use micro-organisms for printing? Currently new sustainable materials in fashion are being researched. But also the aesthetic and creative potential is being explored. Can you use...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Micro-Organismen Vormgeven
16apr 2015Hoe bewegen microben zich voort? Wat als je ze vormgeeft, kun je hun gedrag volgen? Deze Biotalk gaat over het bewegen van micro-organismen en het ervan visualiseren door middel van zowel animatie...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
CaCO3, Botanica and Coleoptera
12mrt 2015What are the alternatives for an oil-based mass production era? If we take a closer look at nature there are many qualities in organisms that can be applied to new production methods and material...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Rhythm of life
12feb 2015Listen to your body. Literally. Did you know that our bodies transmit electro-chemical messages that form a different rhythm for every individual? Or that your pee is not just waste but a great...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Digestopians
15jan 2015What if we could eat from our own waste? Would you dare to eat plastic eating fungi, or would you rather try a digestible solar cell? At Biotalk: Digestopians, we look into the future of food and...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Fabriek
Sexy plants & illuminating nano particles
17okt 2014How to visualize what is not visible for the human eye? And how to design for the non-human? For the monthly Biotalks we invite Bio-Artists and Scientists to clarify their research and practice. This...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Fabriek
Fungal Design and Cheating Organisms
18sep 2014How to use nature's own growing mechanisms in art, design and architecture? Keynote speakers Toby Kiers, Zeger Reyers and Phil Ross (US), will give an inspiring talks about the use of living...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Algae Eating Robots, Food from Waste Water…
12jun 2014This month's Biotalk is all about using water and its ecology as resource. Is wastewater a filthy business? Bernelle Verster shows the opposite and explains how wastewater turn into valuable (bio...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Fabriek
Octopus Camouflage & Fungal Design
14mei 2014Can fungi digest plastic? What can we learn from the octopus? Maurizio Montalti explores the potential of mycelium to develop new materials and Suzanne van Beest shows her fascination for...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Fabriek
Bulletproof Skin and growing Mycelium Lamps
9apr 2014A spider silk thread is relatively much stronger than steel. Jalila Essaïdi explores this capability in relation to our sense of safety. What if human skin would be able to produce this thread, would...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Fabriek
Printing Living Furniture and Wearing Dead Micro
8jan 2014Two designers about their bio-material research and a mushroom dinner Interior architect Simone Vermaning makes really strong textiles from mycelium, that are also good for your skin. She aims to...
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Presentation: Stichting Mediamatic
Fungal Economics and Micro-Organisms in Design
4dec 2013Fungal economics and micro-organisms in design In an evening filled with talks, music and animation, we have explored how we can use fungi in order to attain a more bio-based economy. In this evening...