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Mediamatic Biotoop Sadhbh O'Donnell
Smelling under the water?
Under the Harbour workshop development with Mariko Hori
Mariko Hori is a visual artist with a flair for triggering the imagination and creating new experiences. She has done this so far through her work with Freestyle Kintsugi, a workshop inviting...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing Incense
2okt 2021Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing Incense
26jun 2021Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing Incense
5jun 2021Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijkspark Lisa Witte
Twijfels over Twijfel Zaaien
In hoeverre kun je een werk herstellen zonder zijn authenticiteit aan te tasten?
Twijfel Zaaien is een kunstproject ontwikkeld door Masha Ru en Jasmin Moeller. Het is in 2015 opgezet en ontwikkelt al enige tekenen van verwering. Bij het herstellen van een kunstproject zul je...
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Redolent of the Past
Smell, Memory and Affect
The viscerality and embodiedness of olfactory experience are unrivaled by other senses. We introduce to you the role of smell in the formation and recall of memories and its affective powers in our...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
T - Designing Incense - Guest Series
1jan 4300Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. In this series we invite various guests to shine light on cultures of incense smoking as an...
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De Code Noir: Een korte, maar krachtige…
Winston Churchill verklaarde dat "degenen die niet van de geschiedenis leren, zijn gedoemd om het te herhalen." Ons aankomende Neo Futurist Diner toont aan hoe belangrijk het is om te leren van ons...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Odor Ludens
De geur van speelgoed. Met Caro Verbeek, Thijs de Zeeuw, Alissa Rees, Jonathan Kok Wai Ho en Frank Bloem
In Odor Ludens onderzoeken we de geur van speelgoed vanuit de perspectieven van verschillende kunstenaars: Curator Frank Bloem, healthcare designer Alissa Rees, geurhistoricus Caro Verbeek
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Secretions of Disappearing Bodies
When we think about secretions, the first thing that comes to mind could be sweat or piss. “Secretion” sounds like something that is produced by a living body. But what happens when we think of this...
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Mediamatic Biotoop, Mediamatic Eten, Dijkspark Naomi Tidball
Food is both fuel and identity
A blog for Code Noir
In light of our upcoming Code Noir event, it is important to reflect on globalisation's ability to reshape food. It offers a diversity within gastronomy, and it allows for a wider availability of...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Odor Ludens
27aug 2020In Odor Ludens onderzoeken we de geur van speelgoed vanuit de perspectieven van verschillende kunstenaars: Curator Frank Bloem, healthcare designer Alissa Rees, geurhistoricus Caro Verbeek
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Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing Incense
with Niklaus Mettler
Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing Incense
12dec 2020Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing Incense
19sep 2020Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Designing Incense - Summer Edition
8aug 2020Boring summer? Not at all. We take the holidays to make up for all the events that were cancelled due to Covid-19. August is summer workshop month at Mediamatic. Incense is an ancient form...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
UITGESTELD | Designing Incense
28mrt 2020Lees hier meer over onze maatregelen met betrekking tot COVID-19. Wierook kan gebruikt worden tegen insecten en vieze geuren maar ook om de geest te verbinden met het goddelijke. Het Engelse...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
16feb 2020In deze workshop zal kunstenaar en parfumeur Frank Bloem een inleiding geven tot de wereld van parfumcreatie. Je leert de basisbeginselen van het componeren van een geur en na afloop zul je...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
15mrt 2020In deze workshop zal kunstenaar en parfumeur Frank Bloem een inleiding geven tot de wereld van parfumcreatie. Je leert de basisbeginselen van het componeren van een geur en na afloop zul je...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
19jan 2020In this workshop, artist, and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop, you will have...
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Of mothballs and grandma
Camphor's history with the Dutch
Cinnamomum Camphora , the fragrant camphor tree. A possibly large evergreen tree, with pale bark and dots of white flowers which will eventually bloom into small purple berries. While sight of the...
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Aboard a passenger-liner-turned-hospital-ship
The Oranje
Smelly business did not remain in the pre-modern era. It is very much a modern phenomenon just as well. One point of interest for us scent-hunters is the MS Oranje. A 20,166-ton ship, in its hay-day...
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Mediamatic Biotoop, Oosterdok
Open Call 2019 Olfactory History of Oosterdok
This open call is closed
Before Covid19, we were planning an ambitious event in Amsterdam about the Sensory History of Oosterdok, the eastern part of the old harbour of the city. Related to this project, Mediamatic issued an...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
8dec 2019In this workshop, artist and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop you will have...