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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Phygital Seasoning
20Feb 2026- by Sensoverse15Jan 2027Sweetness is often understood as something simple - a property of sugar content. But in reality, taste is something we construct. It emerges from the interaction of many senses: sight, smell, sound
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Enora Cressan
Anatomy of a Material
20Feb 2026- Research by Enora Cressan31Mar 2026Today, we encounter more objects in a single day than a medieval individual did in a lifetime. In this condition of constant novelty, surfaces multiply and attachment fades. This project addresses...
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Aromathèque #12 Mediamatic Biotoop
In the Presence of Ancestors
- Re-ecologizing ourselves through ancestry26Feb 2026What role do our ancestors continue to play in our daily lives? Do we carry the weight of generations on our shoulders, and how might we release ourselves from the pressure of ancestral beliefs
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Aromathèque #11 Mediamatic Biotoop
Alcohol-Free Beer
29Jan 2026Does life still make sense when the spirits lose their spirit? For a long time we thought it wouldn’t. But reality proved different and although alcohol is still very popular, the alcohol free...
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Unfolding Universes Calendar
Here you can find an overview of our past and future editions!
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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
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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Laura A Dima
Artist
Laura A Dima is a multidisciplinary artist, driven by a fascination with social dynamics and emerging technologies, leading her to create interactive installations that focus on touch/haptics as the...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Full programme overview 2025
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Performance: Mediamatic Biotoop
Multispecies Tasting
- Salicornia Studio16May 2025Inspired from the endangered southern Italian mediterranean coasts, this is a table which stands as a cut out of an habitat, an edible landscape to be explored through a special cutlery.
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Rosa Vrij
A systematic explorer of universes
As a performance maker and visual artist, Rosa creates universes around a central research theme. Within these universes, a series of artworks arise, building upon each other: from interactive book...
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Van snoep tot poep: Mediamatic Biotoop
Kids Aroma Lab
4Oct 2025- Weekend of Science5Oct 2025Join us in the Aroma Lab and discover what your nose knows. Can you recognise the smell of cinnamon, or lavender, or mint? Come to explore and combine different ingredients into your very own message...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet-a-Maker
15Apr 2025- with Renske Tiemersma17Apr 2025Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist in our restaurant by the water! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspires you. Renske Tiemersma is open to...
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Renske Tiemersma
Artist
I am a visual artist and neurodiverse maker. I graduated with my Bachelor of Fine Art from the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU) in 2024.
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Full programme overview 2024
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop, Sluisdeurenloods, Mediamatic Biotoop
Mater Presents: The Metamorphosis of Matter
22Mar 202430Mar 2024Mater is a research platform exploring materials through the eyes of artists and researchers. From the 22nd until the 31st March, Mater will be hosting their first physical exhibition at Mediamatic.
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Intimacies in the Waiting Room
- A/artist Meeting with Yvonne Dröge Wendel, Vera Lelie and students from KABK's 'Iets Tekenen'18Dec 2023Waiting rooms are often a place of discomfort, annoyance and embarrassment. Yvonne Dröge Wendel’s cuddly objects turn your stay into a voyage of discovery. Meanwhile, Vera Lelie is surprised by the...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Silke Riis
Some Breathe Through Their Butts
4Nov 2023- Installation by Silke Riis4Dec 2024Did you know that sea cucumbers breathe through their butts? Or that their poop plays a crucial part in coral reef’s protection against ocean acidification? With her sculptures of speculative ...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Vieze en lekkere geuren maken
- with Martine Albitrouw-Segijn30Sep 2023Join us in the Aroma Lab and discover what your nose knows. Can you recognise the smell of cinnamon, or lavender, or mint? Come to explore and combine different ingredients into your very own message...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Vieze en lekkere geuren maken
7Oct 2023- with Martine Albitrouw-Segijn8Oct 2023Join us in the Aroma Lab and discover what your nose knows. Can you recognise the smell of cinnamon, or lavender, or mint? Come to explore and combine different ingredients into your very own message...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Weekend van de Wetenschap
7Oct 20238Oct 2023This year we are also participating in Weekend van de Wetenschap (Weekend of Science)! Discover how much fun innovation and technology is, with us and our neighbors. We have a fun program for young...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Vieze en lekkere geuren maken
- with Martine Albitrouw-Segijn19Aug 2023Join us in the Aroma Lab and discover what your nose knows. Can you recognise the smell of cinnamon, or lavender, or mint? Come to explore and combine different ingredients into your very own message...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself7Jun 2023Have you always been curious about giving yourself a tattoo, but are intimidated to take the first step? Fear not, because we've got you covered! Join our workshop and learn how to give yourself a...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Lynn (she/they) Clemens
Tattoo your Skin ~ Soothe your Mind
- Stick and Poke Tattoo Yourself3Jun 2023Have you always been curious about giving yourself a tattoo, but are intimidated to take the first step? Fear not, because we've got you covered! Join our workshop and learn how to give yourself a...