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  • Archive'23
  • Japanese Knotweed Season: Collaborative sculptural installation Mediamatic Biotoop

    Sculpting worlds from other perspectives

    19
    Apr 2024
    - Clay along to Siobhán McGibbon's exhibition!

    On the stem and leaves of the Japanese Knotweed lives a flea that sees the world not as we do, but in strong UV colors. What does the world look like through the eyes of this flea? Together with...
  • Multispecies
  • Japanese knotweed
  • Research
  • Plant
  • Biology
  • Fine Art

  • Xenophon: a Multi-species Romance Through Smell

    Research Residency Siobhán McGibbon

    During her time on residency at Mediamatic, McGibbon researched, experimented and developed new skills in storytelling and means of expression through scent. As a world-builder, the artist was...
  • 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.
  • Japanese Knotweed Festival '23

    People

    Here are the collaborators taking part in the Japanese knotweed festival Japanese Knotweed Brochure
  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    8
    Feb 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 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.
  • 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

    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 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Maria Ilieva, Matilde Calamandrei, Laura Sanz Rosal

    Oosterdok Sensory Tower

    21
    أيار / مايو 2025
    21
    أيار / مايو 2026

    This exhibition invites you to journey through time, exploring the layered history of Mediamatic's waterfront location. Here, where the scent of the water blends with the lingering echoes of...
  • Blog Leyang Fu

    (Re)naming a Plant – the Magic in a Name

    To many, calling a name equals casting a spell, as names are often assigned with magic or spiritual power. Such belief spreads widely geographically among different tribes. In modern days, we know...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    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...

  • Newsletter 23/03

    What's going on?

    Here's the weekly staff newsletter so that you know what's going on this week, and to share important information and fun facts.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2021

  • Newsletter 20/04

    What's going on?

    Here's the weekly staff newsletter so that you know what's going on this week, and to share important information and fun facts.

  • Rauwe Melk: Proeven Op Eigen Risico

    Melksalon, zaterdag 9 April

    Over rauwe melk valt veel te zeggen, maar soms is het beter het verschil te proeven! Zaterdag 9 April kan je bij de Melksalon terecht voor een collectief smaakexperiment. Samen met een...

  • Playing Life -Biotalk

    Friday March 18. Workshops, Mini-Expo, Food and Talks

    On Friday March 18 , Transnatural and Mediamatic are teaming up for another edition of Playing Life - Biotalk, where emerging bio-artists and scientists are invited to showcase their work. Tonight we...
  • MU

    Body of Matter

    Let's visit the opening!

    Body of Matter presents the work of ten artists that advance our ideas about the body. They explore its materiality, stimulation, quantification using technology, integration with alien matter, and

  • De Melksalon

    Zaterdag 19 Maart. Proeverij en Lezing.

    Ontwerpster Sietske Klooster presenteert: de Melksalon . Een maandelijkse serie proef-producties over de Amsterdamse zuivelcultuur. Hoe geeft de boer zijn melk(culturen) vorm? En wat is de invloed...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Complete program overview 2018

  • 2006 Mediamatic Foundation Sissel Tolaas

    The Smell of FEAR

    Installation

    Always wanted to know what agony smells like? And how to recognize a flurry of panic? Professional provocateur Sissel Tolaas bottled fear. Scratch 'n sniff!

created Laura Sanz Rosal modified Laura Sanz Rosal

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