BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26008@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Seaweed Becomings DTSTAMP:20260811T181405Z DTSTART:20260925T150000Z DTEND:20260925T170000Z DESCRIPTION:Seaweed Becomings is the third and final installment of Federic o Rizzo’s\nresidency at Mediamatic\, following Sampling the Canal\n[https: //www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393531/sampling-the-canal] and Casting the\nC anal [https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393539/casting-the-canal]. Combin ing a\nhand-cast table made from dredged canal sediment with a seaweed-ins pired menu by\nTestTafel chef Hamish Day\, this performative dining experi ence explores\necological memory\, local materials\, and multispecies coex istence in Amsterdam's\nwaterways.\n\nTickets [https://mediamatic.stager.c o/shop/default/events/111687085] (online\nsoon)\n\nSeaweed Becomings is a sculptural installation and performative dining\nexperience developed duri ng artist Federico Rizzo's residency. At its centre is\na hand-cast table and seats made from lime mortar mixed with sand dredged from\nthe adjacent canal\, embedded with algae and urban sediment collected on site.\nThe ta ble functions as both a symbolic object and a functional dining surface\, a\nmaterial record of the Amsterdam waterways brought into the cultural sp ace.\nEnlarge\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/8/7/dsc00892.jpg%28% 29%2844AAD71A2135E700C3F852ADBDA32694%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/ en/page/393641/seaweed-from-mediamatic-and-salicornia-studio-s-visit-to-se aweedland\n\nSeaweed from Mediamatic and Salicornia Studio's visit to Seaw eedland\, August\n2026 -\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/8/7/dsc00 892.jpg%28%29%2844AAD71A2135E700C3F852ADBDA32694%29.jpg]\n\nThe project ex tends Salicornia Studio's ongoing research into territorial\nmaterials and food as medium\, connecting the post-industrial waterways of\nAmsterdam t o broader questions of ecological memory\, multispecies coexistence\,\nand regenerative food systems. It follows Dizionario dei Disastri (Salento\,\ n2026) in establishing a recognisable formal language: the long table as a \nconvivial symbol\, raw local material as narrative carrier. In collabora tion with\none of Test Tafel's chefs - Hamish Day\, the dining experience brings a menu\ninspired by seaweed.\n\n\nENLARGE\n[https://www.mediamatic. net/image/2026/8/7/dsc00907.jpg%28%29%28140B9CD8575873FDD3A35D8CF1468C45%2 9.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393642/salicornia-studio-federi co-rizzo-at-seaweedland-august-2026\n\nSALICORNIA STUDIO/FEDERICO RIZZO AT SEAWEEDLAND\, AUGUST 2026 -\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/8/7/d sc00907.jpg%28%29%28140B9CD8575873FDD3A35D8CF1468C45%29.jpg]\n\nSALICORNIA STUDIO [https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/392700/salicornia-studio]\n\nF ederico Rizzo (b. 1998) is a designer and researcher whose work allows\nin terspecies encounters within various habitats\, enabling a shift in the\nf ood-chain hierarchies and supply economy.\n\nFederico has recently graduat ed in the MA programme The Critical Inquiry Lab\n[https://www.instagram.co m/thecriticalinquirylab/] at Design Academy Eindhoven\n[https://www.design academy.nl/] and he is currently developing a practice\nrelated to food he re in the Netherlands. Salicornia studio is his workplace in\nEindhoven.\n \n\nINFORMATION\n\n25th of September\n\n17:00 - 19:00\n\nClick here [https ://mediamatic.stager.co/shop/default/events/111687085] (online\nsoon) to r eserve your free entrance ticket!\nFor questions\, please send an email to program@mediamatic.nl\n[workshop@mediamatic.nl].\n\n\nENLARGE\n[https://w ww.mediamatic.net/image/2026/8/7/dsc00907.jpg%28%29%28140B9CD8575873FDD3A3 5D8CF1468C45%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393642/salicornia -studio-federico-rizzo-at-seaweedland-august-2026\n\nSALICORNIA STUDIO/FED ERICO RIZZO AT SEAWEEDLAND\, AUGUST 2026 -\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/im age/2026/8/7/dsc00907.jpg%28%29%28140B9CD8575873FDD3A35D8CF1468C45%29.jpg] \n\nSALICORNIA STUDIO [https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/392700/salicorni a-studio]\n\nFederico Rizzo (b. 1998) is a designer and researcher whose w ork allows\ninterspecies encounters within various habitats\, enabling a s hift in the\nfood-chain hierarchies and supply economy. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/seaweed-becomings GEO:52.3765012;4.9132763 LOCATION:Mediamatic - Dijksgracht 6\, 1019 BS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,eastern docklands,food X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Seaweed Becomings is the third and final installment of Federico Rizzo’s residency at Mediamatic, following Sampling the Canal and Casting t he Canal. Combining a hand-cast table made from dredged canal sed iment with a seaweed-inspired menu by TestTafel chef Hamish Day, this perf ormative dining experience explores ecological memory, local materials, an d multispecies coexistence in Amsterdam's waterways.

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Seaweed Becomings is a sculptural ins tallation and performative dining experience developed during artist Feder ico Rizzo's residency. At its centre is a hand-cast table and seats made f rom lime mortar mixed with sand dredged from the adjacent canal, embedded with algae and urban sediment collected on site. The table functions as bo th a symbolic object and a functional dining surface, a material record of the Amsterdam waterways brought into the cultural space. Enlarge

Seaweed from Me diamatic and Salicornia Studio's visit to Seaweedland, August 2026 - < /p> The project extends Salicornia Studio's ongoing research into terri torial materials and food as medium, connecting the post-industrial waterw ays of Amsterdam to broader questions of ecological memory, multispecies c oexistence, and regenerative food systems. It follows Dizionario dei Disas tri (Salento, 2026) in establishing a recognisable formal language: the lo ng table as a convivial symbol, raw local material as narrative carrier. I n collaboration with one of Test Tafel's chefs - Hamish Day, the dining ex perience brings a menu inspired by seaweed.

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Salicornia Studio/Federico Rizzo at Seaweedland, August 2026 -

Salicornia Studio

Federi co Rizzo (b. 1998) is a designer and researcher whose work allows interspe cies encounters within various habitats, enabling a shift in the food-chai n hierarchies and supply economy.

Federico has recently graduated in the MA programme The Critical Inquiry Lab at Design Academy Eindhoven and he is currently developing a practice related to food here in the Netherlands. S alicornia studio is his workplace in Eindhoven.

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< p>25th of September

17:00 - 19:00

Click here (online soon) to reserve your free entrance ticket!
For questions, please send an email to program@mediamatic.nl.

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Salicorn ia Studio/Federico Rizzo at Seaweedland, August 2026 -

Salicornia S tudio

Federico Rizzo (b. 1998) is a designer and researcher wh ose work allows interspecies encounters within various habitats, enabling a shift in the food-chain hierarchies and supply economy.

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