Odorama countdown with Sabien Poutsma: co-founder of CacaoLab/DropLab and part of the test-panel of cocoa factory Olam, to distinguish off flavours in cocoa products. One could say that cocoa essence changed her life. Come see her next week! #Amsterdam #bitter #chocolate #Odorama

Odorama countdown with Caro Verbeek and her take on bitterness. Shifting the term 'bitterness' from a suffering term to a more positive outlook. Caro shares her child's experience of the love-hate relationship to bitterness drinking ginger beer. #bitter #mediamatic #Amsterdam

Odorama countdown: Sarojini will focus on her work in ethnographic collections and the importance of physicality, where traces on the body reconnect to memories of migration. Bitter gourd has a strong taste carrying emotional 'silence'.#bitter #migration #countdown #mediamatic

Next Thursday our Odorama series will continue with The Bitter Essence (available online). Bas will tell you about bitters in beer, international bitter units, perceived bitters in flavour and food pairing. Stay tuned for our lecturer countdown.#Bitter #taste #oedipus #stream

Volgende week zaterdag, 2 november, openen wij de expositie The Morphology of Fish door @MandydenElzen. Martin Melchers, bekend van Amsterdam Wildlife met @MerelWestrik, opent de avond om 17:30. We nodigen je uit om de schoonheid van Amsterdamse vissenkieuwen te ontdekken.

Workshop: Composing Fragrance in the Distillation process .17th of March 11:00 - 14:00 ⠀.You will be introduced to the process of distilling. With the plants that grow on the Mediamatic grounds we will form essential oils through distilling! .

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Embrace of the Serpent🌱 .Night Garden: 9.21:30 - 2:30⠀. This Saturday we will show and talk about 'Embrace of the Serpent' (2015) together with the Amsterdam Psychedelic Research Association, afterwards we'll have sounds by DJ Max Laansma :)

Odorama: Ambergris / / 14th of March 20:00 - 22:30 🐳💦.Ambergris is found on beaches, brings fixation to perfumes and is worth its weight in gold. The 14th of March you will be introduced to its origin, its rarity, its smell and even its taste!

This Saturday night, Tomislav Feller and S. M. Schneider will reprise their performance during Night Garden. They will engage with cabbages in sonic manipulation, live costume collaging, along with embodied movement and a stillness practice.

Coming Friday you can learn all about Waterkefir at the Workshop: Waterkefir!

Having trouble taking care of your houseplants? No idea what you are doing wrong? This workshop has all the answers! .Botanikurs: Help my plant .Saturday 2 February 20:00 - 21:30 .Event link :

Next week Friday, Learn everything about water kefir; what it is and how you can make it yourself. Come and join! .Workshop: WaterKefir .3 February 15:30 - 17:00 .Event link:

Coming Sunday you can learn all about the environmentally, friendly, natural food-growing method: Aquaponics! Come and join us in this workshop :) .3 February 10:00 - 15:00 .Event link:

Join us this Saturday, January 26th for a Night Garden: 4.Come and enjoy the visuals of "Princess Mononoke" by anime master Hayao Miyazaki! Later on, Chris Baas will play his magical tunes 🍀 .This all for free!. Event link:

Book your art date with with Kamiel Rongen! .Brainstorm about your ideas and challenges, have a face-to-face, heart-to-heart conversation. 25 January, 13:00 - 16:00.Sign up: workshop@mediamatic.nl . Free of charge. Check out our website for more information.

Having trouble with your plants? Or just curious about plants and their maintenance? Come join us at Botanikurs, the workshop to explore the life of plants! .19 & 20 January .Event links: .19 20

New year, new flavours, new art! .Close your eyes and come experience the newest additions to our invisible collection, dig up last year’s experimental sauerkraut and explore the taste of elder berries with oedipus brewery. 10 January .17:30 - 22:30

Sauerkraut is one of the oldest fermented foods. Last year Christian Weij showed us how you can make Sauerkraut by using an old pit fermentation technique. Now it is time to reap the rewards and learn if it worked! Join us in welcoming 2019 by 'mining' 2018's cabbages!

"She uses both melodic and sonic tools with equal potency and creates combinations and re-combinations in something of a sound-mosaic." . Anni Nöps tonight in the Night Garden! . Event: 21:30-late.free entry