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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Soft Sabotage
19Dec 2025- by Julia Löffler1Dec 2026Collective waste - once mixed and anonymized in sewage - becomes readable data. But what if this datasoup turns into datasoap? Soft Sabotage is a private intervention within a public system which...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Under the Harbour
15Jan 2026- by Mariko Hori15Jan 2027Have 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...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Future Affair
17Dec 2025- by Laura A Dima15Jan 2027What 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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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
TACTimat
17Dec 2025- by Laura A Dima15Jan 2027TACTimat 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...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Eve Merriel Hurst
Psychosoma
7Mar 2025- Eve Merriel Hurst7Jan 2027This 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...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Maria Ilieva, Matilde Calamandrei, Laura Sanz Rosal
Oosterdok Sensory Tower
21May 202521May 2026This 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...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks
Mycelium Pigeon Towers
1Oct 2021- by Arne Hendriks1Oct 2031New pigeon towers emerge as old ones slowly collapse into fertile soil at the Biotoop. These structures are an ongoing experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms.
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Bio/Bot
Residency Anne Hofstra
We know that we need to start listening to nature. But communication with the rest of the ecosystem has proven itself difficult. Artist Anne Hofstra has build an Artificial Language Model to see what...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Hortus Dijkspark
1May 20181May 2028Rondom onze Biotoop groeit een grote verscheidenheid aan planten, van genezend tot giftig, van donkergroen tot paars. Je kunt Hortus Dijkspark op elk moment bezoeken. Klik hier om meer te weten te...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Pure Gold
18Sep 2015- by Kamiel Rongen18Sep 2025It's an artwork, but you can use it. Pee in our urinals while enjoying the hypnotizing videos by Kamiel Rongen. We are happy to collect your fluid contribution and create a powerful fertilizer for...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop, testtafel restaurant
Plastic Soup
1Jun 2025- Sander Blomsma1Feb 2026Since June 2025, 'Plastic Soup' - a light sculpture by Sander Blomsma - lights up the central seating space of the TestTafel restaurant. The sculpture invites us to ''reconsider the fine line between...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Bernotat&Co
Radiolaria
1Oct 2014- by Bernotat&Co Design Studio1Jul 2026A 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...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Bahia Shehab
Al-Rihla (The Journey)
1Dec 2016- Mural by Bahia Shehab31Dec 2025Mediamatic and Framer Framed invited Lebanese-Egyptian street-artist Bahia Shehab to create a brand new graffiti wall at Mediamatic Biotoop right next to our terrace. In order to celebrate her...
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Living Labs:
Hydroponics Greenhouse
Adventures in urban farming
Mediamatic has its own urban agriculture system in the form of a hydroponics greenhouse at the Biotoop Dijkspark, just a short walk from Amsterdam Central Station. The greenhouse has gone through...
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Living Labs:
Aroma Lab
A space for designers who want to experiment with scent
Would you also like to learn about fragrance as a creative medium, distilling fragrance, and making perfume? Then join one of our workshops.
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Teun Castelein
Rederij Lampedusa
- Refugee boat in recreational boating11Sep 2015Amsterdam has a new shipping company; Rederij Lampedusa, located in the harbor of Mediamatic. The shipping company consists of a fleet of two North African boats, which were used by refugees to cross...
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Image: Mediamatic Biotoop Linxia Auzannet (she/her)
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Map