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  • Weather around Dijkspark

    Solar radiation and wind analysis

    To better understand the building's relationship with the environment, especially the sun's radiation and energy projection, I have built a model for the main buildings of the Dijksparks to test...

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  • a/Artist Project

    Neurodivergence in the Arts

    Platform for neurodivergent artists and designers. Primarily those who identify as/with the ASD (Autism) and ADHD spectrum. How can we better value the contributions of makers on "the spectrum" and...

  • The green gold

    Celebrating our Wasabi's 2nd birthday

    After some cold and rainy months in aquaponics, we were overjoyed to see the first aquaponics plant in bloom. This early bloomer has got to be a bit of a diva, as most plants are not showing any...

  • Guidelines Application Call 2026:

    OPEN CALL: Haptic Lab

    Collective Art in Public Spaces

    Mediamatic is now accepting applications for the upcoming year, starting July 1st - September 30th, 2026. We invite you to be part of our Living Labs Residencies for 2026! Work in the Haptic Lab and...

  • Speculative futures, sea cucumbers and art that…

    An Interview with Silke Riis

    We sat down with sculptor and installation artist Silke Riis ahead of her A/artist talk on the 15th of January to talk about her artistic process, inspirations, and her ongoing installation at...

  • Is it an urban mushroom farm? Is it a pigeon…

    What are those structures outside the barn at Mediamatic?

    Because these structures are made from living mycelium  WHAT you call it probably depends on WHEN  you encounter it. At first they are horizontal mushroom farms, and many of our neighbours have...

  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks, Nehis Osagie, Andy Cartier

    Jute

    June '20 – Pigeon Tower 02

    We put the remains of the collapsed tower from the first experiment in a long burlap tube. Burlap is a biodegradable textile, and provides structure and nourishment for the mycelium. We rolled up the...

  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop 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 Mily Bogaarts 3 Mar 2021

    From Packaging to Beaver Skin

    How to build a mycelium pigeon tower roof #1

    The pigeon and the mycelium are in joint agreement. Pigeons don’t nest on soggy surfaces and mycelium prefers high humidity, but don’t like the wet. It is critical: The tower needs a roof. But what...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks

    Pigeon Cam

    On the 7th of June 2022, almost two years after we first started learning how to build pigeon towers with waste mycelium, we introduced the first four squab (young pigeons) into their new living...

  • Some IBCs Furniture?

    While doing the design research for the mediamatic, I noticed a recurring and pragmatic choice of material that became apparent over the past decades at the art centre - IBC tanks.

  • People

    Get to know the team that is working on Grain of Salt. 

  • The Mediamatic Sluisdeurenloods

    A cultural landmark

    The Sluisdeurenloods or 'Canal Lock Gate Warehouse' was originally built at the end of the 19th century, before being dismantled, moved, and reconstructed at Dijkspark in 1957. The building is now...

  • Shields and Shelter

    A/artist roundtable with Kristin Maurer

    During this roundtable, long-time Mediamatic collaborator Kristin Maurer presented her design research about making a public swimming pool into a more accessible and comfortable space for people...

  • Inspiration

    Who proceded us, and who got inspired?

    When the Serres Séparées went viral, restaurants from all over the world got inspired and took over the idea to serve a safe and cozy dinner in private greenhouses. We feel honoured to see that we've...

  • Proposal by: Leo Kay

    The Acid House Of Ideas

    Project Proposal: Bread, microbial and plant agency, fermentation, human evolution and collective ritual.

    A month-long participatory exhibition centered around the building of a model house of ergot-inoculated rye bread; exploring the recent history of human alienation from the land; the creative...

  • TODAYSART 2011

    Festival beyond art

    TODAYSART is a festival in The Hague organized by The Generator, which profiles itself in Art, Music and Technology.

  • The Hague, The Netherlands

    TodaysArt 2008 Festival in The Hague

    International Festival for Adventurous Creativity

    Every year, for one weekend, the TodaysArt Festival transforms the city centre of The Hague into an inspiring stronghold of creativity and audiovisual experiences. This year, over 200 artists will...

  • book: Anthony Vidler 29 Mar 1994

    The Architectural Uncanny

    Essays in the Modern Unhomely

    The book presents an engaging and original series of meditations on issues and figures that are at the heart of the most pressing debates surrounding architecture today. Anthony Vidler interprets...

  • Marktplaats voor professionals

    Wat heeft het web te bieden?

    De wereld van de professional bestaat uit vraag en aanbod. Jij kunt uitmuntend communiceren over je organisatie en je bent vaak naarstig op zoek naar een goede vormgever. Óf jij bent een...

  • The Mobile City

    A conference on Locative Media, Urban Culture and Identity

    The Mobile City conference 27 & 28 February 2008 NAi (Netherlands Architecture Institute) Rotterdam, The Netherlands "The Mobile City" is a two-day conference about locative & mobile technologies

  • 1 Jan 2003

    Joep van Lieshout

    artist and designer

    Joep van Lieshout was born in Ravenstein, The Netherlands in 1963. He studied at the Academy of Modern Art in Rotterdam, Ateliers '63 in Haarlem and Villa Arson in Nice. In 1995 he founded Atelier...

  • performance:

    Beloved

    Geprojecteerde pleinkunst in Gouda

    Beloved' een project van de Rotterdamse kunstenaar Geert Mul, bestaat uit projecties van portretten op de Markt in Gouda.

  • Mediamatic Travel

    Networked travel agency

    What better way to discover a city than through its contemporary art treasures? Mediamatic Travel is a network of locals waiting to show you around the backside of their cities. From contemporary...

  • Love and hate, holiness and cruelty

    Diana Marrone talks about Naples

    Diana Marrone is of the curators in the Amsterdam Biennale and a guide for Naples (Italy) on the Mediamatic Travel website . She tells about the love-hate relationship she has with her city. Read...

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