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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
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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Installation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Simple Adult Forms
20Feb 2026- by Silke Riis31Dec 2026Simple 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...
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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
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 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 Willem Velthoven, Kamiel Rongen
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 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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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 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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Artist Residencies
Meet them here
Mediamatic hosts artists, designers, and researchers who explore new forms of art, biology, and ecology within our Living Labs. Our residency program connects artistic experimentation with scientific...
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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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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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Living Labs:
Border Lab
Exploring the boundary between land and water
In light of our new focus on the dynamic interface between land and water, we are creating a new outdoor conceptual space: the Border Lab. Contrarily, this lab is not defined by borders like the...
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Living Labs:
Clean Lab
A biological fabrication workspace
The Clean Lab is a 100 square meter unique airlocked space, dedicated to microbiology, providing a sterile environment for working with sensitive organisms. Beyond biomaterials, (inter)national...
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Living Labs:
Haptic Lab
A dedicated, playful environment for makers and audiences to explore the sense of touch!
The Haptic Lab focuses on tactile and proprioceptive research by challenging authority and established norms collectively, through ‘craftivism’ and parallel-play.