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  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Casting a Cucumber

    6
    Jul 2024
    - with Silke Riis

    Join artist Silke for a workshop exploring the unique possibilities of combining clay with natural latex. Inspired by the speculative sea cucumbers in "Some breathe through their butts", Silke Riis...
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  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Aquatic Speculations

    7
    Jun 2026
    - with Silke Riis

    You are an archaeologist of the future, and on one of your excavations you stumble upon something odd hidden in the soil; During your sailing trip across what once used to be “The Netherlands”, you...
  • 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...
  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Boro Stitching

    with Emma Fukuwatari Huffmann

    Are you looking for ways of caring and diversifying your wardrobe? Come and join Emma Fukuwatari Huffman to learn a mending technique inspired by Boro, a traditional Japanese mending style born out...
  • Installation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Simple Adult Forms

    20
    Feb 2026
    31
    Dec 2026
    - by Silke Riis

    Simple Adult Forms  challenges the modern obsession with exponential growth. In a culture that views starting over as a failure, Riis looks to biology in order to find an alternative narrative. By...
  • Tours: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Open Daily Tours

    16
    Mar 2026
    18
    Dec 2026

    Welcome to Mediamatic! We aren't a traditional art center where you just look at things on a wall. We are a Biotope, a living environment where art, design, and science meet. Everything here is a...
  • A lively evening with workshops, performances and presentations Mediamatic Biotoop

    Zelf again

    12 artists quietly pretending it's museumnacht.

    During Museumnacht, 1000+ joined our artistic diagnostic tract. This night we offer the same program for professionals and those that find Museumnacht a bit too noisy!
  • Haptic Lab Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Detailed Talks

    29
    Apr 2026
    - with Amber van Gastel

    What is it like to be you? How do you see the world differently from someone else? In this workshop you will learn a different way of communicating. A way that does not start with finding the right...
  • Symposium: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Anatomy of a Material

    17
    Apr 2026
    - What might a mythology of plastic look like?

    Join us on Friday, April 17th, for a symposium on affective obsolescence: the gradual erosion of our emotional and sensory connection to the materials that shape everyday life. We now encounter...
  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    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...
  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Eve Merriel Hurst

    Psychosoma

    7
    Mar 2025
    7
    Jan 2027
    - Eve Merriel Hurst

    This sensory fountain creates a space for vital conversations around psychosomatic health: conditions that affect both the body and mind. Western healthcare is largely based on the belief that the...
  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    17
    أيار / مايو 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...
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    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...
  • Tour Mediamatic Biotoop

    Private Tour of Mediamatic

    Get a glimpse behind the scenes, peak inside our sensorial labs, and learn more about the bio art installations around the Biotoop during our weekly tour on Friday! Ticket + drink
  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    5
    Jul 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

    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

    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.

  • An interview with Engy Aly

    "There are much, much more Arabs and Muslims than I have ever seen in my life outside of an Arabic country."

    July 2010. Engy has been living and working in Amsterdam-Noord for a few weeks. She was kind enough to share her first impressions, and tell us a little bit about her background.
  • workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    5
    Jul 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

    Composing Fragrance

    17
    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...

  • Thank you, come again.

    El HEMA koopavonden are making good progress

    Spectators arrive at El Hema exhibit a month before its grand opening and are invited to see the planning of the exhibit.
  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Bernotat&Co

    Radiolaria

    1
    Oct 2014
    1
    Jul 2026
    - by Bernotat&Co Design Studio

    A series of eleven lamps made of 3D-knitted textile with glow-in-the-dark effect, inspired by microscopic organisms and the phenomenon of bioluminescence. When the light is switched off, the...
  • Proposal by: Sophia Schullan

    Form Follows Fun

    Project Proposal: Form Follows Fun – Finding Fun In Everyday Life

    ‘Form Follows Fun’ would be a talk hosted in the Mediamatic facilities. Its goal is not only to spread fun and entertainment but more importantly to give others the tools to create fun and...

  • An interview with Ganzeer

    About Amsterdam-Noord and the perception of time

    Ganzeer is an Egyptian artist and one of the Mapping for Tourists (now Noord) participants, working on the creation of an exhibition and the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • An interview with Kaweh Modiri

    My Burglar and Me

    As a Rietveld student Kaweh's apartment was burglarized and his most valuable possessions were stolen. After finding out who did it, Kaweh's anger quickly turned into inspiration. He decided to make...

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