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Day 3: Tabula Rasa
“When is it kicking in?”
Day 3 became Day 0. We started from scratch, with a table full of ideas. Five senses, seven deadly sins (plus one if you include sadness), different colours corresponding to our senses and also sins...
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Day 4: Smelling
“Do you have heavy or light sadness?”
The question on the importance of context also guided us through day four, a day that was fully dedicated to olfaction.
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Day 2: Touching & Tasting & Hearing
“I caught a nice fish for you.”
Day 2 was about storytelling, mutual trust – and a day at the beach. Pauline and Alice created a little storyline that let our minds travel to the beach, while listening to the sound of the ocean...
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Day 1: Vision
“It is a process, let it happen.”
April 26 2021 marked the first day of our Neo Futurist Dinner test week. In an attempt to structure the days that we spent together we agreed on dedicating each day to one sense. Monday started with...
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Sensorial Brainstorming
From tricking our senses to the magic of Hildegard von Bingen
As the world slowly but steadily seems to be opening up again, we have been busy preparing one of this year's Neo Futurist Dinner concepts. Artist Martin Butler gathered a team of six people from...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Plant Properties
starting from Dijkspark, we're mapping the plants in the city
A big variety of plants is growing around our Biotoop, from healing to toxic, from dark green to purple. You can visit the Hortus Dijkspark at any moment. Come to learn more about the different...
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The Duality of the Phallic Object
A conversation with Rixta van der Molen
When is something phallic? Are we constantly being penetrated? Rixta van der Molen is a young artist who is working with wax and sculpture making to question how our society thinks about “phallic...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Full programme overview 2021
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The Finger Rub Rug
When enclosed in a room with a rug made of silicone fingers, it is difficult to remain neutral. Whether it be humour or disgust, Dima's installation invites the audience to act on their response as...
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Wetlands by Charlotte Roche
The new Covid19 restrictions means it's time for those creative hobbies to come out of the woodwork again! Or, perhaps you are looking for something creative and different... have you considered...
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How can our Experience of Intimacy be changed by…
Throughout the Covid19 lockdown, there has been a 47% increase in the use of the internet as the world has turned to technology to connect with loved ones. This has made the research of Lancel/Maat...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab X Kids
28Oct 2020Join 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 a sweet...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab X Kids
21Oct 2020Join 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 a sweet...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab X Kids
14Oct 2020Join 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 a sweet...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab X Kids
7Oct 2020Join 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 a sweet...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Can you smell blue?
- Odorama 42 with Caro Verbeek, Amy Toner, Ibo Bakker, Han van der Vegt, Anton Dorso, Tessa van Leeuwen and Francesca Strik Lievers29Oct 2020Can you imagine that you could hear the colour blue, or taste a music piece? For some people this sensorial experience, called synesthesia, is part of their everyday life. Wassily Kandinsky, who...
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Sexualitech
Exploring erobotics, digisexualities and the future of sex
The study of e robotics and digisexuality explores the intersections between sexuality and technology and how tech is evolving our understanding of t ouch, intimacy and sex.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
The Story behind Skin Hunger
A reminder that our need to eat is as fundamental as our need to be touched
What happens if we can’t touch each other? The answer is Skin Hunger - the biological need for human touch. It’s why babies in neonatal intensive care units are placed on their parent’s naked chests.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet Margherita Soldati
- Brainstorming, conceptualising and idea sharing with the artist23Oct 2020Maybe you have touched the ceiling in our toilet? Margherita Soldati is obsessed with manipulating textiles to create organic and repetitive shapes. She started to wonder how she could integrate...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Meet Margherita Soldati
- Brainstorming, conceptualising and idea sharing with the artist18Sep 2020Maybe you have touched the ceiling in our toilet? Margherita Soldati is obsessed with manipulating textiles to create organic and repetitive shapes. She started to wonder how she could integrate...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab X Kids
- Scent-making for children29Aug 2020Summer is the best time for kids to try new activities. That's why we organise free workshops for children in August to smell and create scents! The Open Aroma Lab X Kids is for children age 5-12.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab X Kids
- Scent-making for children22Aug 2020Summer is the best time for kids to try new activities. That's why we organise free workshops for children in August to smell and create scents! The Open Aroma Lab X Kids is for children age 5-12.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab X Kids
- Scent-making for children15Aug 2020Summer is the best time for kids to try new activities. That's why we organise free workshops for children in August to smell and create scents! The Open Aroma Lab X Kids is for children age 5-12.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Open Aroma Lab X Kids
- Scent-making for children8Aug 2020Summer is the best time for kids to try new activities. That's why we organise free workshops for children in August to smell and create scents! The Open Aroma Lab X Kids is for children age 5-12.