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A sensory investigation of affective obsolescence and material care: Mediamatic Biotoop
Touching the Disposable
- with Enora Cressan31Jan 2026Join us for a hands-on exploration of the materials we usually overlook, discard, or dismiss as valueless. Led by Enora Cressan, our designer-in-residence at the Clean Lab, this workshop dives into...
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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...
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Guidelines Application Call 2025: Laura Sanz Rosal
CLOSED: Open Call: Serres Séparées
Mediamatic is now accepting applications for the upcoming year, starting March 1st, 2025. Since 1983, Mediamatic has been a space for innovation, fostering a community of artists, designers, and...
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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...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Who's Afraid of Cardboard and Clay?
- a/Artist talks by Jemima de Jonge and Silke Riis15Jan 2024Silke Riis and Jemima de Jonge both create works using very humble materials. Silke is fascinated by biology and creates wondrous worlds out of clay, latex and pigments. Jemima on the other hand is...
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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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Autism and Activism
Greta Thunberg's uncompromising life and work
Greta Thunberg became famous when, in 2018, she started to skip Fridays at school to instead sit in front of the Swedish Parliament in protest against politicians’ inaction in the face of the climate...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Japanese Knotweed Handbook
14Apr 2023- by Virgile Durando30Apr 2023Designer Virgile Durando's Handbook is a comprehensive and visual instruction manual for all makers interested in learning crafting techniques and the processing of Japanese Knotweed as a material.
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Not In My Backyard!
14Apr 2023- by Kristof Vrancken & Niek Kosten18Jun 2023An invasive alien species is threatening our biodiversity and infrastructure... While many react in panic, photographer Kristof Vrancken and graphic designer Niek Kosten seek to come closer to the...
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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...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Sound, Space, Sex
- Project Presentation with Renata De Bonis, Samar Khan and Lena Kuzmich9Feb 2023Nature is dualistic: it can be beautiful yet display ugliness, safe but also dangerous, kind and at the same time cruel. Nature can teach us a lot about who we are and how the world around us is...
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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...
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Lecture: Natlab
Let's Talk About Climate Justice
- With Paolo Cirio, Raphael Weyland, Teresa Borasino and Selçuk Balamir23Oct 2021Artist and activist Paolo Cirio deep dives into the research behind his work and shares insights about legal and financial claims using “Attribution Science” and “Majors Carbon Databases”. Raphael...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Meme Therapy
with Lucie Chateau and Holly Foxton
How are you feeling about climate change? Are you a doomer or a bloomer? Whatever you feel, you are probably not alone. Countless memes are made and posted onto the internet that express emotions...
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Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit? Blogserie…
#2 De Wraak van Gaia: Hoe de aarde ons zal uitroeien als we niet terugvechten
In de serie ‘Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit?’ schrijf ik blogs over uitdagende theorieën uit de ecofilosofie. Ik introduceer de ideeën, ter informatie of inspiratie. Daarna zullen er...
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"Eau d'îles de l'Est"
Smells of the water
This is the first part of a three-part series written by Iris van den Linden and Amber Striekwold. In this series, Iris and Amber fashion a conceptual perfume of Oosterdok. Like every perfume, their...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Nature needs Heroes: How to Reverse Climate Change
- with Wessel Koning & Suze Gehem1Nov 2019In this talk, Wessel Koning, Director of Business Development and Partnerships at Justdiggit, reveals how climate change can be reversed by bringing back vegetation. He will be joined by Suze Gehem...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Nature needs Heroes
Wereldwijde campagne voor een groenere toekomst
Timberland gelooft dat een groenere toekomst een betere toekomst is. Het merk zet zich als onderdeel van haar streven naar een groenere toekomst in om 50 miljoen bomen te planten voor 2025. Het merk...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Nature needs Heroes: What a Waste
- with Ron Simpson25Oct 2019After Ron Simpson and his partner started a world famous restaurant revolving around avocados, the good news spread across the internet like wild fire. Besides a hundred thousand followers and...
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Organization:
Plastic Whale
Plastic Whale strijdt voor plasticvrije wateren. Zij stellen zich ten doel om bij te dragen aan oplossingen voor de plastic soep door maatschappelijk bewustzijn te creëren voor het probleem. Ze...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Diadromí
17Oct 2019- by Heleen Blanken3Nov 2019Diadromí represents different stages and interactions of the natural world, based on an ecosystem. A scheme that is characterized through its control by both internal and external factors. In a chain...
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11 x 4 m2 / 22 - 35 p.
Serres Séparées
11 small greenhouses for a unique experience
The Serres Séparées is a special and original location. Located on the waterfront, Serres Séparées offers a unique and intimate experience. These spaces are suitable for intimate dinners, private...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Rocket Stove
- by Hein Kramer1Jan 2016A highly efficient stove made almost entirely from reclaimed materials, Hein Kramer's rocket stove can easily reach 1000 degrees and is virtually non-polluting. When you visit our restaurant, you...