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  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Meet A Maker

    25
    أيار / مايو 2023
    - Walk and talk with Frank Bloem

    Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Frank Bloem is open for a creative consultation and discussing ideas.  Tickets
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  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Geschiedenis

    Aroma Lab

    In 2017 is het Aroma Lab opgezet voor ontwerpers die willen experimenteren met geur. Klara Ravat was de eerste gebruiker van het lab. Zij was in 2017 de artist-in-residence.
  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Smelling Like another being

    with Frank Bloem

    In this workshop we explore the amazing smells that our natural world is rich of, by translating the odor of animals, insects, plants and bacteria into a perfume for humans. Smelling like a cockle in...
  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Composing Fragrance

    7
    Dec 2025
    - 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 Dijkspark

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    7
    Dec 2025
    - 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 Dijkspark

    Composing Fragrance

    11
    Jan 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 Dijkspark

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    11
    Jan 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 Dijkspark

    Composing Fragrance

    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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Smelling Like A Beast

    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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Meet-a-Maker: Frank Bloem

    Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? We organize creative consultations with various artists who are currently researching, building or exhibition their work...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Meet-a-Maker

    30 minute 1 on 1 meetings with artists

    Meet-a-Maker offers short one-on-one sessions with artists currently developing projects at Mediamatic. Join them in our greenhouse by the water for an open conversation about art, process, and...
  • Aromathèque #10 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Fire in the Alps

    11
    Dec 2025
    - On Small and Big Fires, and the Winter Rituals of Bregenzerwald

    In the depths of winter, the Alps have always glowed. Not with sunlight, but with fire: small flames flickering in the hearth, great orange towers rising on the mountainsides and a thousand quiet...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Sculpting Textiles

    with Margherita Soldati

    How can you use unconventional materials and techniques to manipulate textile in shapes, textures and patterns? During the workshop, artist Margherita Soldati will introduce you to manipulating...
  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Frank Bloem, Niklaus Mettler

    Inhuman Sanatisers

    Olfactory Cross-dressing

    Can we raise awareness for the diversity of species in our ecosystem by smelling? Smelling like of coral reef in the ocean, a field with wild flowers, or an endangered rhino? It's all possible!
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Andy Cartier, Arne Hendriks

    Cartier

    Sept '20 – Pigeon Tower 03

    The third tower was build inside the Clean Lab . Two previous attempts to build a sturdy, living tower had failed. Time to take a step back. We did not know whether our principles were correct.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    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 Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

    Yellow

    Feb '21 – Pigeon Tower 06

    The construction of this tower is mainly focused on speed and efficiency. It is a simple square design so we did not have to trim the blocks. To press them we organized a ‘Gentle Disco’. We gently...
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Freestyle Carpenting

    with Niels Albers

    High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...

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  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Our Labs

    Here at the Biotoop, you have access to our Bio Clean Lab, where you can work with microorganisms, and our Aroma Lab, where you can deepen your understanding of scents. Both can be rented.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Meet the artist

    Brainstorming, conceptualising and idea sharing with the artist

    Sign up You can RSVP for the monthly meeting by in the event. In case you have any questions, you can send an email to   workshop@mediamatic.nl . We close the bookings a week before the date of the...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark 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?
  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Radical Embroidery

    with Desirée Hammen

    Do you think embroidery is reserved to stitching flowers? Or that you can only embroider on fabric? In the last decades, embroidery has evolved from a traditionally feminine and domestic practice to...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Nour Akoum

    Aroma Lab's Kids Workshop

    Fruity Birthday Cake version

    Need a way to show kids how to make their own Fragrance but in a fun and relatively easy way? Here is your solution!
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Fredrik Link

    How is smell used as a disguise in beings?

    Exploring smell as a disguise. And how your nose is one of your most powerful faculties.

    This article explores how your nose is one of your most powerful senses and how in our new workshop "Smelling like a species" you can investigate smell in other beings and compose your own disguise...

created Jip Santen modified Maria Hadjicosti

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