Art centre dedicated to cross-disciplinary research and experimental practice. Through exhibitions, workshops, and long-term research, we bring together artists, designers, and experts to challenge conventional boundaries across art, science, and culture.
Is there a place that could have preserved fragments of the city throughout its history?
For example, ‘under the harbour’ could consist not only of water but also of everything that has existed at Oosterdok and been decomposed up to this very moment, such as construction materials, ships from the…
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. It is also a water efficient method of produce. As the fish excrement feeds the plants, and the…
The Lullaby for Floods installation will be the creation of a sonic environment and an in-between space connecting us to the Earthly turbulences in the new climate regime : it exchanges our inner floods with external droughts, and we escape our inner droughts to swallow into external floods. The…
Despite being a fundamental aspect of life for many, menstruation remains shrouded in taboo, often stigmatized and silenced. In some traditions, it's even seen as something impure or sinful. Yet, at Mediamatic, we choose to celebrate and openly discuss this natural process, transforming historical…
Get a glimpse behind the scenes, peek inside our sensorial labs, and learn more about the bio-art installations around the Biotoop during our weekly tour on Friday!
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You are an archaeologist of the future, and on one of your excavations you stumble upon something odd hidden in the soil; During your sailing trip across what once used to be “The Netherlands”, you encounter a mysterious creature, flapping around in the water; You inherit an aquarium from your…
