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  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    The Essence of Dreams

    13
    jun 2018
    - Odorama 26 - with Arnoud Sisselaar, Bernardo Fleming, and Natali Blugerman

    The dreams that stay in our awoken mind, are often auditory and visual impressions. Dreams can feel so real, but can olfactory impressions also play a part in them, and is it possible to recollect...
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  • Geschiedenis
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Geschiedenis

    Aroma Lab

    In 2017 is het Aroma Lab opgezet voor ontwerpers die willen experimenteren met geur. Klara Ravat was de eerste gebruiker van het lab. Zij was in 2017 de artist-in-residence.
  • 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...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    7
    dec 2025
    - met Frank Bloem

    In 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...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    11
    jan 2026
    - met Frank Bloem

    In 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Essential Eau de Cologne

  • Festival: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Japanese Knotweed Festival

    Under European regulations, invasive exotic species are allowed to be radically eradicated. The City of Amsterdam, for example, is allocating 8 million euros to aggressively destroy Japanese knotweed.
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Freestyle Carpenting

    with Niels Albers

    High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...
  • book: Caro Verbeek

    Een kleine geschiedenis van de (grote) neus

    Door Caro Verbeek

    In Een kleine cultuurgeschiedenis van de (grote) neus neemt Caro Verbeek de lezer mee op een reis langs opvallende neuzen in de westerse kunst en cultuur. Van Michelangelo, Rembrandt en Gogol tot...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop, Oosterdok

    Olfactory History of Oosterdok

    Getting Nosy about the Past

    Our research and programmes initiated since 2019 aims to augment the histories that have flowed through Oosterdok, or Eastern Dock, through more embodied and sensorial artistic practices. The...

  • A must-smell exhibition at VU

    Aromatic Art (Re-)constructed: In Search of Lost Scents

    Co-curated by the mind behind our Odorama series, Caro Verbeek, the exhibition entitled Aromatic Art (Re-)constructed: In Search of Lost Scents on view in the main building of VU is an extensive...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Laura Triana

    The cultural influence of Tobacco

    This is a part our Olfactory History of Oosterdok

    Discover the transition of Tobacco from a cultural/historical perspective. 
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    11
    jan 2026
    - Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem

    In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...
  • Aromathèque #10 Mediamatic Biotoop

    Fire in the Alps

    11
    dec 2025
    - On Small and Big Fires, and the Winter Rituals of Bregenzerwald

    In the depths of winter, the Alps have always glowed. Not with sunlight, but with fire: small flames flickering in the hearth, great orange towers rising on the mountainsides and a thousand quiet...

  • Exploring Skunk

    Of all creatures, the Skunk is most infamous for his foul odor. Caro Verbeek ,  Frank Bloem and Sanne Groeneveld visited Artis, the Amsterdam Zoo, on a quest researching the true smell of skunk for...
  • 2022 Mediamatic Biotoop

    Smelling Like Another Being

    met Frank Bloem

    Kunnen we bewustwording creëren voor de diversiteit aan soorten in ons ecosysteem door te ruiken? In deze workshop verkennen we de verbazingwekkende geuren die onze natuurlijke wereld rijk is door de...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    7
    dec 2025
    - Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem

    In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...
  • Proposal by: Paolo Bosca

    Food Utopias

    Project Proposal: A different geography of taste

    Food Utopias is a performative and theoretical research which investigates the power exercised by map on space, specifically in gastronomy. We use maps every day. The most common maps see the world...

  • Residency: Scent and Protest

      Tijdens een residency bij Art Olfaction Amsterdam in Mediamatic, bestudeert Cohene recepten die op geur gebaseerde methodes voor crowd control, zoals ‘The Skunk’, kunnen neutraliseren.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Building Aquaponic Systems

    with Saro van Cleynenbreugel

    Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
  • Parfum Maki Ueda 20 aug 2018

    Dew of Afghanistan

    De geur van Sociale Bedrijven met Vluchtelingen

    Maki Ueda werd geïnspireerd door een mede-immigrant: een Afghaanse feminist die ze tegenkwam op een inburgeringscursus. Maki volgde de Afghaanse politiek en bleef aan haar denken. Maki stelt haar...

  • Dancing Scent and Aromatizing Movement

    Hackathon Conclusions by Caro Verbeek

    In January 2018 , Mediamatic teamed up with the IFF , Saskia Wilson-Brown from the Institute for Art and Olfaction , Klara Ravat , Caro Verbeek , and Frank Bloem to advance our language
  • 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Federica Libralon

    Oil Ex Tech

    Essential oil extraction machine

    Apparatus that thanks the microwave, allows you to extract scented oils. Some precautions to use the extractor and obtain essential oil.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Alessandra Avanzi

    Ancient Egypt and the culture of perfume.

    The use of smelly components in Egyptian daily life: Kyphi, incense and other perfume.

    Incense was considered the “Fragrance of the Gods” in Ancient Egypt. Making incense meant in a mysterious way creating the body of the gods and communicating with them.   Do you know that the...

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