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  • Pierre Valkering

    Theologian, Author and Roman Catholic priest

    Pierre Theodorus Valkering (1960) is a theologian, author and  Roman Catholic priest. He studied in Amsterdam, Nijmegen and Rome. He graduated 1988. He became a pastoral worker for  the R.C. Church...

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  • Geschiedenis
  • Parfum
  • Activisme
  • 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.

  • donderdag & zaterdag

    Open Aroma Lab

    1
    jun 2025
    1
    aug 2026
    - werk in ons lab, krijg toegang tot 330 geurmaterialen

    Wij nodigen geurliefhebbers, kunstenaars en parfumeurs uit om mee te doen aan deze experimentele workshop geur maken. Kom om 14:00 of 16:00 (14:00 tot 16:00 of 16:00 tot 18:00) langs voor een twee...

  • Open Source Smell Culture

    Open Source Smell Culture is een eenjarige samenwerkingsprogramma tussen IAO en Mediamatic, dat alternatieve strategieën voor ‘attribution’ en ‘sharing’ binnen de parfumindustrie onderzoekt. Het...

  • 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, 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...

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Scent Bouquet

    with Frank Bloem

    Distillation is an ancient process that has long been used to extract essential oils from biological materials like fruits, spices, or even hair! During this workshop you will be introduced to the...

  • 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.

  • 2022 Elise Chalcraft

    How do you imitate scents from nature?

    Frank speaking on NPO Radio 1 about Smelling Like Another Being

    Listen to our resident parfumier Frank Bloem as he talks about his recent workshop Smelling Like Another Being , developed here at Mediamatic, on NPO Radio 1.  

  • 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...

  • Oosterdok

    Partners

    Olfactory History of Oosterdok

    Amsterdam Museum Bureau Marineterrein City Archeologist Jerzy Gawronski Expeditie Oosterdok OBA (Amsterdam Public Library) Oude Kerk Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  • A look at the history of Caribbean cuisine

    A blog for Code Noir

    Whether culture, tradition or simple sustenance, food is a central part of human life. It also carries great symbolic value. To share a meal goes beyond the food itself; it extends to an experience...

  • Mediamatic 2020

    Hier vind je een overzicht van de hoogetpunten van ons programma in 2020, klik hier voor  een compleet overzicht van ons 2020 programma of een overzicht van met wie we dit jaar werkten . 2020 was...

  • 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...

  • Parfum Spyros Drosopoulos 20 aug 2018

    Splash!

    De geur van Park, Sport en Ontspanning

    Splash! is de geur van mensen die buiten samenkomen. Het is een vrolijke geur waarin je de opwinding voelt. Eerst ruik je water, gras en frisse lucht. Zodra de picknick begint, mengt de geur van...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Essential Eau de Cologne

  • 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 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. 

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Fredrik Link

    How is smell used as a disguise in beings?

    Exploring smell as a disguise. And how your nose is one of your most powerful faculties.

    This article explores how your nose is one of your most powerful senses and how in our new workshop "Smelling like a species" you can investigate smell in other beings and compose your own disguise...

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