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We grew a new project nursery: Penny for your…
Project Nursery
There is something uniquely inspiring when looking into artistic processes that are still in progress: unpolished, experimental, and open-ended. Penny for your Thoughts is our project nursery
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Mediamatic Biotoop Aya Koné
Making Myco-clay
Turning rotting mycelium into moldable material
RECIPE 2 parts rotting mycelium 1 part hay/pink oyster mushroom mycelium A giant bucket A large tarp to lay out material 2+ feet/hands to stomp, turn, squish and mix
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Arthur Guilleminot - Piss Soap
Penny for your thoughts
My project of Piss Soap is an ecodeviant product aiming to regenerate our local urban environments, while questioning our social conditioning about disgust. Piss soap is made entirely out of human...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Thibaut Counot
A year later: What our wasabi flowers are…
As the Wasabi growing in our aquaponics greenhouse starts to flower, we revisit last year’s tests and learn how to care and nurture this famously fussy crop.
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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?
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Margherita Soldati, Krisztina Czika
Coffin Selfie
2nov 2019- Museum Night Amsterdam 20193nov 2019Hou zou het zijn om te liggen in je eigen doodskist? Normaal gesproken is het al te laat voordat je het kan ervaren. Kom proef liggen in onze doodskist photo booth en ga op de foto.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Susanne Duijvestein
Design your own shroud
2nov 2019- Museum Night Amsterdam 20193nov 2019Volgens een Nederlandse traditie maakte je je eigen doodskleed en droeg je die op je huwelijksnacht, om vervolgens op te bergen tot je dood. Tijdens deze workshop ga je aan de slag het design van...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Margherita Soldati, Krisztina Czika
Death Beauty Salon
2nov 2019- Museum Night Amsterdam 20193nov 2019Ga achterover liggen en laat kunstenaars Krisztina en Margherita jouw doodsmasker maken. Onze Hall of Faces zal uiteindelijk vol hangen met alle doodsmaskers.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Gwen van der Zwan
Finally Free
2nov 2019- Museum Night Amsterdam 20193nov 2019Nadat zij al de nodige met helium gevulde ingewanden had opgelaten, produceerde Gwen van der Zwan een zeppelin van 8 bij 2 meter uit slachthuisafval. Finally Free gaat over postume vrijheid voor de...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Death one-on-one
2nov 2019- Museum Night Amsterdam 20193nov 2019Irina Birger zal de hele avond één-op-één gesprekken van ongeveer 15 minuten voeren over de dood, in een speciaal voor deze avond gemaakte installatie. Je kunt verhalen, angsten en zorgen delen
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November '21 - April '22
Thibaut Counot
Aquaponics Assistant
I'm a French-Malian electrical engineer. After realizing my interests lie in other fields, I decided to study agriculture in the Netherlands. I am particularly interested in the "underrated" actors...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Foraging for Mental Health /RESCHEDULED
4dec 2021- with Lynn Shore4dec 2021This workshop is rescheduled due to new corona measures. Participants will be notified about the new date and time before Tuesday end of the day. Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Abhay Villa 5 aug 2021
Is it an alien? Is it a sex toy? No, it's Sopropo!
procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit
You may have come across Sopropo on your travels, at a Surinamese/Asian restaurant or maybe even at home. Read on and learn about our journey procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Foraging for Mental Health
- with Lynn Shore28aug 2021Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft
Duckweed taste testing 2.0
Using duckweed as an alternative food source to feed our fish
Let me tell you about an aquatic plant I have come to love... Duckweed is a floating aquatic plant commonly found in ponds, lakes, and other still-moving bodies of water. Duckweed is commonly seen as...
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Mediamatic Biotoop 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...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Foraging for Mental Health
- with Lynn Shore6okt 2021Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Foraging for Mental Health
- with Lynn Shore8sep 2021Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft
Elderflower Champagne 2.0
Popping champagne straight from the garden!
The first fermentation step for making Elderflower champagne started last week with a trial test of 20L! Here you can find the process, recipe, and some great action shots of the flowery business!
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Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft
Tasting before wasting
Optimizing our African Catfish feed
My project for the past 8 weeks has been to look at how we could use waste streams from both the aquaponics greenhouse and the kitchen to feed our catfish to make the system as circular as possible.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Foraging for Mental Health
- with Lynn Shore7jul 2021Did you know that many plants that grow in the city can help to boost your mood and support mental health? In this workshop Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session around Dijkspark and...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft
7 kilos of Happiness
The ins and outs of weighing our fish
Every 6 months, we weigh our 128 African catfish. This is done to get a snapshot into the growth rate of the catfish and check on their general wellbeing. The Aquaponics Greenhouse currently has five...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
T - Foraging for Mental Health
- met Lynn Shore1jan 4300Tickets / Facebook
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Mediamatic Biotoop Mily Bogaarts 3 mrt 2021
From Packaging to Beaver Skin
How to build a mycelium pigeon tower roof #1
The pigeon and the mycelium are in joint agreement. Pigeons don’t nest on soggy surfaces and mycelium prefers high humidity, but don’t like the wet. It is critical: The tower needs a roof. But what...