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  • presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Gwen van der Zwan

    Finally Free

    2
    Nov 2019
    3
    Nov 2019
    - Museum Night Amsterdam 2019

    Having already inflated a number of intestines with helium, Gwen van der Zwan manufactured an 8by2-meter zeppelin from slaughterhouse waste. Finally Free is about the posthumous freedom of the 350...

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  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Aromathèque #12 Mediamatic Biotoop

    In the Presence of Ancestors

    26
    Feb 2026
    - Re-ecologizing ourselves through ancestry

    What role do our ancestors continue to play in our daily lives? Do we carry the weight of generations on our shoulders, and how might we release ourselves from the pressure of ancestral beliefs

  • Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijkspark Lisa Witte

    Doubts about Casting Doubt

    To what extent can you restore a work before you affect its authenticity?

    Casting Doubt is an art project created by Masha Ru and Jasmin Moeller. The open-air project consists of a series of flowerbeds, each with a self-reflective question on the side, formed by pins. By...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Magdalena Thur

    The Resomation of Fungal tissue

    Could fungi provide the future fabric for death shrouds?

    Mediamatic's search for vegan fabric that could be used in Resomation, an environmentally friendly alternative burial method, led to testing fungal material.

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    What is a Neo Futurist Dinner?

    Neo Futurist Dinner is a programme line at Mediamatic where the world of food, art and science are brought together. During these gastronomical experiences, you will be engulfed in a multi-sensory...

  • Perfume Niklaus Mettler 20 Aug 2018

    Filtered Beans

    The Scent of Fancy Condos

    The qualities of cafés can tell us about the make-up of a community, a neighborhood’s ethnic composition and about the urban development of a city. Niklaus Mettler extracted the flavors of three...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Mediamatic in twenty-six words

    21
    Mar 2019

    Information Mediamatic in keywords Open 24/7 Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijkspark 6, Amsterdam The mural is located on the windows of the Sluisdeurenloods, right next to the bridge connecting to the...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    The Six-Winged Chicken and other mythical…

    1
    Sep 2020
    - by Anne Kamps

    Where does the meat we eat actually come from? On what scale is it produced? And, what is real news and what is fake news? A few years ago, the phenomenon of the six-winged chicken was written about...

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

    The Balanophagy Team

    We are Clara, Magdalena, Elnaz and Nadja and we are living the balanoculture: the harvesting, processing, storage and consumption of acorns play a large role in our project taking place in the Clean...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    TACTimat

    17
    Dec 2025
    15
    Jan 2027
    - by Laura A Dima

    TACTimat is part art, part therapy tool for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), utilizing haptic stimuli to address the needs of hyper and hyposensitive children. TACTimat is a...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Invisible Collection

    Have you ever wondered what it’s like to not be able to look at art? With this auditory collection, we discover art with all our senses except sight. How do you experience art without looking at it?

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Nature needs Heroes

    Wereldwijde campagne voor een groenere toekomst

    Timberland gelooft dat een groenere toekomst een betere toekomst is. Het merk zet zich als onderdeel van haar streven naar een groenere toekomst in om 50 miljoen bomen te planten voor 2025. Het merk...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    10
    أيار / مايو 2026
    - with Frank Bloem

    In this workshop, artist, and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop, you will have...

  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    12
    Apr 2026
    - with Frank Bloem

    In this workshop, artist, and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop, you will have...

  • Venue Mediamatic Biotoop

    Funeral Service

    a special space for a final goodbye

    All forms of life are given a place at Mediamatic. Death is inherently linked with the cycle of life. Just as nature provides room for death, so do we. We offer the opportunity to bid your deceased...

  • Nature Morte

    Death, Design and Sustainability

    We explore new approaches and designs for our own inevitable death with progressive funeral director Susanne Duijvestein. Lectures and workshops about architecture, rituals, life stories and the...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Clara Casal, Nadja Nolte

    How-to Tofu

    Make your own Tofu from a batch of Soybeans

    Why not savour the amazing qualities of soybeans by making tofu at home!  Did you know that soybeans are largely indigestible? This is due to the presence of an enzyme inhibitor called protease...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Under the Harbour

    15
    Jan 2026
    15
    Jan 2027
    - by Mariko Hori

    Have you ever wondered how the underwater smells like? Or what scents surround the aquatic species? Under the Harbour is a participatory exhibition that brings the smell of the Oosterdok from the...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Future Affair

    17
    Dec 2025
    15
    Jan 2027
    - by Laura A Dima

    What forms can touch take when bodies are separated, and technology becomes the mediator? At our renovated Haptic Lab, we welcome artist Laura A Dima's Future Affair, an interactive installation...

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