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  • Fake-Eco Evaluation: Still Life at Mediamatic

    Is death truly sustainable?

    Death is one last action - a body left to account for. Some of us have already given it a thought, but how hard have we thought about our upcoming deaths, really? Mediamatic´s Still Life: death

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  • Mediamatic Biotoop Susanne Duijvestein

    From Pest to Soil

    Humusating a Muskrat

    Maybe you have heard about the Muskrat, an ‘invasive exotic’ that likes to chomp on 'our' Dutch dykes. It was on the 22nd of May that one found their final resting place in one of the grow beds at...

  • Nature Morte

    Dood, Design and Duurzaamheid

    Onder curatorschap van progressieve begrafenisondernemer Susanne Duijvestein gaan we op zoek naar nieuwe invalshoeken en ontwerpen voor onze eigen onvermijdelijke vergankelijkheid. Lezingen en...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

    Resomating a Musk Rat

    What happens to our bodies after death? When choosing Resomation as a burial method, the answer is just as fascinating as it might give you the shivers. With resomation, the human body is dissolved...

  • Determining the optimal nitrogen level for the…

    Nitrogen is a key component in chlorophyll, so it plays a crucial role inside the plant: but what happens when it's too much?

    Various researches have shown the correlation between pests infestation and nitrogen leaf content - which depends on the amount of fertilizer you add. What is, then, the fertilizer amount we can...

  • Doodskleed

    De geschiedenis en de heropleving

    Ooit nagedacht over wat je zult dragen als je dood bent? Vroeger was het in ons land gebruik om je doodshemd zelf te maken en te bewaren in je linnenkast, voor je weet maar nooit. Hoewel deze...

  • Secretopic Research: Chewing Gum

    A visual archive

    Chewing gum has something mysterious about it. Although we all know it, we can say very little about it. Why don't we question it more?  How did it begin? What are we chewing? Why do we chew it...

  • Updates from the aquaponics

    Bad news, good news: a critical examination of what happened in the greenhouse

    The accident arises doubts on the ethic of this practice

  • Piss or get off the pot!

    New perspectives for the greenhouse: thinking about an Anthroponic system

    It's a rich solution, we produce it, sometimes it's inside us and sometimes it's not - and it connects us all, from the tiniest insect to the mastodontic blue whale. Is it blood? No, it's urine! Let'...

  • Literally, Renaissance

    Flowers thought long dead can be smelled again, thanks to a collaboration of scientists and artists. But what does this mean for us?

  • Bursting the Bubble

    How bad is it for our environment?

    Chewing gum may have some benefits for mankind but do we exactly know what we put in our mouth? Unfortunately, your favorite piece of gum consists of plastic.

  • Proposal by: Margherita Soldati

    A human microplastography

    Project proposal: Finding microplastics in the human body

    How do microplastic particles alter the human landscape by travelling through it? An abstract raised-relief 3dimensional map showing the traces and impact microplastic has on the human scape

  • Proposal by: Lena Kuzmich

    Expanding Kin

    Project Proposal: video installation on multi-species world-building

    "Expanding Kin" is a video installation on multi-species world-building and consists of a short film and a physical installation organized as seating islands. The work examines the potential of...

  • Wat is aquaponics?

    Planten kweken op vissenpoep

    Bij Mediamatic werken we met aquaponics: een duurzaam ecosysteem voor voedselproductie, waarbij planten en vissen samen worden gekweekt. We dromen van een ecovriendelijke oase voor stedelijke...

  • Spinoza te gast bij Ik R.I.P.

    Filosoferen over de dood

    De Ik R.I.P. expositie laat zien hoe verschillende kunstenaars zich hebben laten inspireren door de dood. Focus van de tentoonstelling is de relatie tussen de dood, identiteit en zelfexpressie.

  • Workshop: Tanja Baudoin, Michel Langendijk

    Workshop Grafkist voor een geliefde

    Werk samen met een hedendaagse kunstenaar

    Een grafkist met poëtische linten, graffiti of textiel? Of liever een gewaad of iets conceptueels? In het kader van de Ik R.I.P. tentoonstelling over dood en zelfrepresentatie organiseerde Mediamatic...

  • Meet IFF

    International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

    One of our partners during ArtOlfaction Amsterdam is IFF . IFF is an innovator of sensorial experiences that move the world. For over 129 years they've been practicing the art of discovery, creating...

  • Jellyfish in the Culinary Scene

    The earliest practice of eating jellyfish dates back to 300 CE in China. It has been considered a delicacy in some Asian countries and used in medical treatment. The most common edible jellyfish in...

  • Rattle that lock

    Looking at rats from a different point of view

    Rats are everywhere and hard to get rid of. This is probably the main reason for them being unwanted in big cities - and at the same time the best reason to rethink your own perspective: rats are...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    The Morphology of Fish - Amsterdam Collectie

    Rondom het Dijkspark, in de wateren van het Oosterdok en het IJ, zijn vele vissoorten te vinden. Hier laat Mandy den Elzen ons de schoonheid van hun kieuwen zien; de ademhalingsorganen van de vissen.

  • Freedent(al) Teeth

    Impersonating reality.

    The plastic chewing gum blister -containing 2 parallel rows in which rectangular chewing gums are individually packed- is probably the most common packaging. This specific packaging evoked an...

  • Making a Jellyfish Appetizer

    Last week, we tried out making our first jellyfish appetizer using an adaption from the Chinese recipes. We used cucumber, coriander, crispy seaweed flakes, a bit of red pepper and the processed...

  • Duiven Torens Mediamatic Biotoop

    Credits

    Bedankt!

    We willen de volgende mensen, organisaties, sponsors en deelnemers bedanken.

  • Why Lithuanians don't dance

    and the Austrians don't like prizes

    Awards are never fair. And they are never fun. Except maybe for those who take part and win. And even that not always. However, 5 internationally famous artists on show and 50.000 euros in prize...

  • The Ethical Way of Eating Blood

    Blood Sausages by Gwen van der Zwan and John O'Shea

    When tackling the ethics of food production and consumption, the notions of blood as food has always been a somewhat bloody and grim topic. Blood can be considered as the same level as meat, in a way...

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