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  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Foraging for Mental Health

    with Lynn Shore

    Did you know that many plants that grow in the city can help to boost your mood and support mental health? In this workshop Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session around Dijkspark and...

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  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Foraging for Mental Health

    with Lynn Shore

    Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Building With Mycelium

    with Arne Hendriks

    Pigeon towers used to exist everywhere to produce extra fertiliser needed to support growing populations. When artificial fertiliser was discovered most towers became neglected, as did their...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2025

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Clara Casal, Magdalena Thur, Elnaz Assar, Nadja Nolte

    Making acorns edible

    In a hands-on process the Clean Lab Team learns about the processing of acorns.

    The Harvest In and around Amsterdam the oak can be found in parks, forests and along the streets. Once you are attentive, you will see them everywhere around. The Balanophagy Team as well didn’t have...

  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks

    Chim

    Aug '21 – Pigeon Tower 11

    Chim is the first tower in which we placed wooden pigeon lofts. Because the mycelium bricks shrink after construction, we created a continuous ring of lofts. These lofts were placed directly on the...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2024

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Complete program overview 2019

  • workshop: 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.

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Open Tour

    Every Friday at 4

    Come explore Mediamatic as part of our weekly Friday Tour at 16:00. Get a glimpse behind the scenes, learn more about the growing installations and peek inside our sensorial labs. 

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Alessandra Avanzi

    Cooking with essential oils.

    What does ylang ylang, orange blossom or rose essential oils taste like?

    Do you know that about 70% of our taste comes from our nose? Our taste is basically nothing  without our nose.  In fact, have you ever noticed that when you catch a cold the food tastes different?

  • 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

    ijKruid

    Starting from Dijkspark, we're mapping the plants in the city

    A big variety of plants is growing around our Biotoop, from healing to toxic, from dark green to purple. You can visit the Dijkspark at any moment.

  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks, Ben Hopley

    Ben

    Mar '21 – Pigeon Tower 09

    Ben is the first tower that we expect to actually house pigeons. The interior space is large enough, there are places and willow branches for the pigeons to sit and four cut-outs have been made for...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Plant Properties

    Starting from Dijkspark, we are mapping plants in the city

    A big variety of plants is growing around our Biotoop, from healing to toxic, from dark green to purple. You can visit the Hortus Dijkspark at any moment. Come to learn more about the different...

  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks, Ben Hopley

    Folk

    May '21 – Pigeon Tower 10

    To make sure the tower has a stable foundation we re-press the mycelium blocks using the weight of our bodies. Two to five people stand on the top of the mycelium wall, hold hands, and slowly move or...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Complete program overview 2018

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Jessica Cohen

    An Occult Dunghill in the Dijkspark

    What is that overgrown mound of flora and fauna in front of the Sluisdeurenloods? Visitors of Mediamatic will have noticed a peculiar sight in front of the barn. Is it a garden, a sculpture or an...

  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    12
    Apr 2026
    - Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem

    In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2021

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2020

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Branko Kleynen

    Not just a Weed

    Fermented Knotweed Pickles recipe

    On March 25, 2020, after a scavenger hunt for Japanese Knotweed, Branko, Elise and Tommaso joined forces to pickle some shoots.

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    Observational Plant Drawing

    with Annemarie Verschoor

    A biology, foraging and drawing workshop in one! Together with biologist and artist Annemarie Verschoor, you will be guided through the different dimensions of plants and their anatomy, and you will...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2022

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2023

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