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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Full programme overview 2025
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Letizia Artioli
Lullaby for Floods
- Opening Night5Sep 2025The Lullaby for Floods installation will be the creation of a sonic environment and an in-between space connecting us to the Earthly turbulences in the new climate regime: it exchanges our inner...
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Premiere: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Thank you for Calling
18Jul 2025Met Wie Spreek Ik is a short, magical-realistic film about Rens (37), a director of a music venue who is on the brink of a burn-out. After an emotional breakdown, he is unexpectedly called by Herman...
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Performance: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Dusking
- Marjolijn van Heemstra16May 2025You don't have to wait for nightfall to experience the darkness. Just after sunset, the great transition begins: twilight. The golden hour turns into the blue hour, the light fades, and colours...
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Open City Monastery Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Rites of Play
Unveiling the Open City Monastery
What if a space existed to respond to human needs, not with forced positivity, but with the quiet acceptance of what is? A place where rest is a ritual, where food and shelter are offered freely, and...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Freestyle Kintsugi
- with Mariko Hori19Apr 2025Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Freestyle Kintsugi
- with Mariko Hori22Mar 2025Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Freestyle Kintsugi
- with Mariko Hori22Feb 2025Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Full programme overview 2024
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a/Artist Neuropride Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Queer Superdiversity Show
- A live podcast31Jul 2024Asia Hussain and Aynouk Tan present The Queer Superdiversity Podcast: A podcast in which they discuss queer perspectives and themes that are relatively underrepresented. Guests are mainly queer and...
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Japanese Knotweed Season Workshop 2024: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Knotweed Tempura & Stir-fry
- with Hiroki Yasuda31May 2024Join us for an exclusive culinary workshop with renowned Japanese chef Hiroki Yasuda, where you'll master the art of transforming the Japanese Knotweed into a delicious treat of crispy and flavorful...
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Japanese Knotweed Season Workshop 2024: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Knot Your Average Juice
- with Sander Nederveen & Henriette Waal31May 2024Tired of battling the Japanese Knotweed plant? Join us for an engaging hands-on workshop at the Gastronomical Summit, featuring the artist Henriette Waal and brewer expert Sander Nederveen as they...
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Japanese Knotweed Season Workshop 2024: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Knotweed Dolma
- with Jasper Riehm31May 2024Join us for an engaging hands-on workshop at the Gastronomical Summit, featuring the artist/chef Jasper Reihm . Following his guidance, you'll learn how to utilise the inner part of the Knotweed to...
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Gastronomical Talk: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Japanese Knotweed as a Sustainable Food Source
- with Jasper Riehm, Aslı Hatipoğlu & Uno Fujisawa31May 2024Join us for a thought-provoking culinary talk with innovative chef Jasper Riehm, artist and chef Aslı Hatipoğlu, and creative chef Uno Fujisawa as they delve into the world of the Japanese Knotweed.
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Japanese Knotweed Season Workshop 2024: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Edible Ikebana
- with Uno Fujisawa31May 2024How can we find beauty in the everyday, even in something considered "invasive"? This workshop, led by artist and chef Uno Fujisawa, will answer that question by transforming invasive Japanese...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building a Wardian Case
- with Janneke de Lange7Jul 2024Designer Janneke de Lange envisions a future scenario in which she can grow her own tropical fruit trees in a mobile plant greenhouse, a 'Wardian case'. Join us during the Japanese Knotweed Season
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building a Wardian Case
- with Janneke de Lange2Jun 2024Designer Janneke de Lange envisions a future scenario in which she can grow her own tropical fruit trees in a mobile plant greenhouse, a 'Wardian case'. Join us during the Japanese Knotweed Season
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4. Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Siobhán McGibbon
Xenophon: Portal to Where? Here, Maybe.
19Apr 2024- by Siobhán McGibbon and others1Aug 2024Irish artist and researcher Dr. Siobhán McGibbon builds a fictional world to discover an alternative kinship with non-humans. In this fictive world, ‘ Xenophon ’, the beings (Xenothorpians) have the...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Building a Wardian Case
- with Janneke de Lange5May 2024Designer Janneke de Lange envisions a future scenario in which she can grow her own tropical fruit trees in a mobile plant greenhouse, a 'Wardian case'. Join us during the Japanese Knotweed Season
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Knotweed Crumble Pie
- with Noa Jansma5May 2024How can we eat with acknowledging the stories connected to the food? We’ll bake pies as a way of celebrating the Japanese (k)not-weed. By baking we’ll research the heritage of our ingredients, and...
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5. Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Clemens Tomlow
Monsters Under the Bed
12Apr 2024- by Clemens Tomlow14Jul 2024All over the world, monsters are used to scare children. But they are the same fairy tales that show that what we find monstrous in our society is often rather misunderstood. "Monsters Under the Bed"...
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4. Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Siobhán McGibbon
Xenophon: Making Odd: a Goat, a Bee, a Psyllid
19Apr 2024- by Siobhàn McGibbon1Aug 2024Irish artist and researcher Dr. Siobhan McGibbon builds a fictional world to discover an alternative kinship with non-humans. In this fictive world, ‘ Xenophon ’, the beings (Xenothorpians) have the...
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Xenophon: a Multi-species Romance Through Smell
Research Residency Siobhán McGibbon
During her time on residency at Mediamatic, McGibbon researched, experimented and developed new skills in storytelling and means of expression through scent. As a world-builder, the artist was...
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Blog Leyang Fu
(Re)naming a Plant – the Magic in a Name
To many, calling a name equals casting a spell, as names are often assigned with magic or spiritual power. Such belief spreads widely geographically among different tribes. In modern days, we know...