Mediamatic.net
Art, nature, biology and food in Amsterdam. Various exhibitions, workshops and a plant-based restaurant & bar. You're welcome!
More information about our restaurant here.
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Mater Presents: Reading Material
A reading event with artists Amanda Pinatih and Musoke Nalwoga during Mater exhibition
As part of the exhibition ' The Metamorphosis of Matter ', Mater has comissioned two new pieces of writing by Amanda Pinatih and Musoke Nalwoga. Join us at Mediamatic to hear these texts read alloud for the first time, followed by a group discussion. This will be the exhibition's closing event…
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Gentle Disco
Come dance on our Mycelium so we can build more Pigeon Towers
A batch of mycelium bricks will come in again, so it's time for another ‘Gentle Disco’ to press them. Join us to dance on the mycelium while listening to some good music by DJ Huppeldepup , and contribute to the building process of our pigeon towers. All will take place outside our barn in the open…
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Knots, Weeds & Roots
Dining with invasive and invited species
From earthy taste of reminiscence roots to the ephemeral sweetness of flowers, artists Uno Fujisawa , Alaa Abu Asad and Aslı Hatipoğlu use the lifecycle of the Japanese Knotweed as a starting point to take you on a culinary journey through personal stories about migration and adaptation. Tickets
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Amsterdam Below Sea Level
with Arne Hendriks, Thijs de Zeeuw, Mas Jansma, Harm van der Geest & Jolanda Verspagen
Much of Amsterdam's biodiversity is underwater. How do we deal with this as citizens and designers of our city? We talk to Thijs de Zeeuw, known for designing the new lion enclosures in ARTIS, pigeon tower builder Arne Hendriks and microscopist Mas Jansma. We also do a joint expedition into the…
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Witness the rapidly growing Japanese Knotweed in our restaurant!
The Japanese Knotweed Festival is coming up, and what better way to kick it off than by celebrating our own Japanese knotweed at Mediamatic? In merely 4 weeks, this plant can grow up to 1.5 meters, as shown in the pictures below.
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Tag-alongs and drifters
The working human’s mind with Sytske van Koeveringe
We enter into conversation with author and visual artist Sytske van Koeveringe. In her new book Meeloper ('Tag-along'), she explores the meaning of work. Why is work inseparable from our lives and identity? How has it come this far? Come listen to Sytske and discover how her protagonist, the artist…