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Aroma Lab presentation Mediamatic Biotoop
Feeling with the Fishes
- Aromathèque #610jul 2025Slippery un and untouchable. Fishes. Ever wished to hold a fish in your arms, caress it and show your love for him. They don’t invite us to touch and they are certainly no lovers of being caressed by...
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Aroma Lab presentation Mediamatic Biotoop
Medieval Gardening
- Aromathèque #55jun 2025Are you afraid of plagues, wild hordes that come and rob you; to steal your daughters and kill your sons? A wall around your garden will protect you. Ever dreamed of finding a cure for the sores that...
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Aroma Lab presentation Mediamatic Biotoop
Cheese: Fake vs Real
- Aromathèque #427mrt 2025The most cheesy Aromathéque of the season is coming. Prepare yourself to discover the unexpected mysteries of fake cheddar and the brilliance behind the perfume of the ham/cheese crisp. Tickets
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Aromathèque #3 Mediamatic Biotoop
Masochism
- Don't forget your safe word6feb 2025Masochism, we associate it with shady SM practices and yes we will not avoid that topic, but we will also discover masochism in our daily lives. Masochim is shortly the enjoinment of pain. For...
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Aromathèque #2 Mediamatic Biotoop
Speculative Sensations
- ‘𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕣𝕞𝕡𝕚𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝔾𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕥 - 𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕁𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝔹𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕝𝕖’11dec 2024During our second edition of the Aromathèque, we will dive deep into the topic of speculative fiction. What does this word, which you see more and more being used, imply? What does it have to do with...
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Aromathèque
Sensory art, Research and Design
Aromathèque is here to tickle your senses, flip your nose upside down, and make you rethink everything you smell, taste, touch, and inhale. From mayonnaise madness to alluring pheromones, every...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem24okt 2024Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Frank Bloem is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas. Tickets + drink
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Aromathèque #1 Mediamatic Biotoop
Mayo Mayo Mayo
- Are fries meant to spoon mayo?14nov 2024What does the island of Menorca have to do with it? Why are we Dutch ridiculed for using mayonnaise on French fries by John Travolta in Pulp Fiction? Why is a store-bought mayonnaise a good solution...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem26sep 2024Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Frank Bloem is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas. Tickets + drink
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4. Mediamatic Biotoop Siobhán McGibbon
Xenophon: Portal to Where? Here, Maybe.
19apr 2024- door Siobhán McGibbon en anderen1aug 2024In de fictieve wereld ‘Xenophon’ hebben de wezens uit deze wereld ( Xenothorpians ) het vermogen te muteren door versmelting met andere wezens. Dit bos van duizendknoop is vermengd geraakt met...
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4. Mediamatic Biotoop Siobhán McGibbon
Xenophon: Making Odd: a Goat, a Bee, a Psyllid
19apr 2024- door Siobhàn McGibbon1aug 2024Ierse kunstenaar en onderzoeker Dr. Siobhan McGibbon ontwikkelt een fictieve wereld om alternatieve relaties met niet-mensen te onderzoeken. In de fictieve wereld ‘ Xenophon ’ hebben de wezens uit...
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Xenophon: a Multi-species Romance Through Smell
Research Residency Siobhán McGibbon
During her time on residency at Mediamatic, McGibbon researched, experimented and developed new skills in storytelling and means of expression through scent. As a world-builder, the artist was...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker - Frank Bloem
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem6jul 2023At Mediamatic, we are lucky to be inspired by the many artists who work and stay with us for exhibitions, residencies and workshops on a daily basis. We are welcoming you to Mediamatic to meet...
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3. Mediamatic Biotoop Frank Bloem, Caetano Mendes Dias, Rachel Barfield
Aroma’s van Verdelging
14apr 2023- Door Mediamatic Aromalab4aug 2024Laat de zoete geur van Japanse duizendknoop binnendringen. Ontdek de geuren van verschillende manieren waarop mensen van de plant af proberen te komen, van het ontwortelen van de plant tot het...
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Breathing Japanese knotweed
Invader becomes the invaded
Japanese Knotweed ( Fallopia japonica) is a native plant from Japan that was brought to the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th Century by Dutch vessels. At that time, Japan was a Dutch colony
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The smell of Japanese Knotweed
Diving into knotweed scents
Japanese knotweeds seem to be odorless but when we break them, suddenly a sweet odor spreads through the air. Discover different methods to capture this scent.
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Caetano Mendes Dias
AromaLab Assistant
My name is Caetano Dias, I am a research designer and I worked at Mediamatic as an Aroma Lab assistant for six months in 2023.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem12jan 2023Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Frank Bloem is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas. Tickets | Facebook
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem25mei 2023Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Frank Bloem is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas. Tickets
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem20apr 2023Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Frank Bloem is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas. Tickets
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem16feb 2023Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Frank Bloem is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas. Tickets
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Proposal by: Miguel Matos, Klara Ravat
Irrational City Scents
Project Proposal
Much like the Surrealists used to do in their work originally, we want to get together and share a moment that is not guided by logic and rules. What will happen if we let go of the idea of...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem26jan 2023Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Frank Bloem is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas. Tickets | Facebook
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet A Maker
- Walk and talk with Frank Bloem22dec 2022Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Frank Bloem is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas. Tickets | Facebook