To See at Mediamatic

Art, workshops, food and more

Mediamatic's Biotoop is a breeding ground for art, design and life sciences. Here you will find many site-specific installations, a restaurant, waterside terrace, co-working spaces and labs. All exhibitions are free of charge unless otherwise stated.

Would you like to visit us with a group? We provide guided tours and custom workshops on site. More info via mail@mediamatic.net.

Here you can find an overview of the exhibitions we have on show at the moment.

Mediamatic Biotoop

Hortus Dijkspark

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...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

The Morphology of Fish: Amsterdam collection

2
Nov 2019
- by Mandy den Elzen

In her new installation, Mandy den Elzen shows a collection of fish gills, displayed in our Aquaponics greenhouse. Her work unveils the aesthetic side to an organ, that is normally only seen for its...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Piss Soap, the Buttplug Edition

1
May 2019
- by Arthur Guilleminot

Arthur Guilleminot specialises in queered approaches to common household objects and daily rituals. His work is often overtly sexual, using objects associated with the fetish and BDSM community as a...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Tumulus

1
Jun 2019
- by Ruchama Noorda

Tumulus is an enclosed garden installation that functions as a natural ruin, compost heap, cement & soil sculpture, seed bed, earth work, lo-tech fountain, drinking/ dyeing source, and dunghill.
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

'O' Tristana

3
Nov 2018
- by Zeger Reyers

Oysters are locked in their own enclosing and homemade houses. Once they settle, that's it, they never move again. A sad thing according to artist Zeger Reyers. For his exhibition 'O'
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Soffitto - The Skin is an Extension of the Brain

3
Nov 2018
- by Margherita Soldati

This exhibition is a collection of tactile installations inside the Mediamatic building that alter standard architectural elements in order to stimulate the sense of touch and to reflect on the...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Het Parfum

25
Aug 2018
- Smell the Future of Amsterdam

The Navy Terrain opened up after 360 years, which means more space in the centre of Amsterdam. What can we do with this? There are many options, such as: Sports and Relaxation, Fancy Condos, Navy
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Mediamatic in twenty-six words

21
Mar 2019

Information Mediamatic in keywords Open 24/7 Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijkspark 6, Amsterdam The mural is located on the windows of the Sluisdeurenloods, right next to the bridge connecting to the...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Hard Water

18
Sep 2015
- by Zeger Reyers

Is it plates growing in between plants, or plants growing in between plates? Hard Water is an installation that consists of a thousand plates, soil and plants 'growing' on the exterior wall...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Radiolaria

1
Oct 2014
- by Bernotat&Co Design Studio

A 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...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Contemplative Bath(tub)

14
Dec 2018
- by Giorgio Gasco

With this installation Giorgio Gasco represents his internal conflict: Should a designer always choose for a sustainable completion of the design to save the planet, or does he allow himself the...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Rocket Stove

1
Jan 2016
- by Hein Kramer

A 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...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Pure Gold

18
Sep 2015
- by Kamiel Rongen

It's an artwork, but you can use it. Pee in our urinals while enjoying the musical background and the hypnotizing videos by Kamiel Rongen. We are happy to collect your fluid contribution and...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Hacking Haeckel

3
Oct 2014
- by Rudy Guedj, Martin Huger, Olya Troitskaya and Sophie Rogg

Rudy Guedj, Martin Huger, Olya Troitskaya and Sophie Rogg met during their studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie where they collaborated on the visual identity for the school’s theory program in...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Al-Rihla (The Journey)

1
Dec 2016
- by Bahia Shehab

Mediamatic and Framer Framed invited Lebanese-Egyptian street-artist Bahia Shehab to create a brand new graffiti wall at Mediamatic Biotoop right next to our terras. In order to celebrate her...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Rederij Lampedusa

11
Sep 2015
- Refugee boat in recreational boating

Amsterdam 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...
Video:

Video Tour through Mediamatic
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Raising Doubts

5
May 2015
- by Masha Ru en Jasmin Moeller

On show again from April 2020. Are you fundamentally lonely? Do you break taboos? Join us and start Raising Doubts (Twijfel Zaaien) in Amsterdam's newest hotspot: Dijkspark. Thirty questions...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Kunstformen der Natur

Temporarily not on show

Ernst Haeckel's most beautiful bio-organisms in and around Mediamatic. Ernst Haeckel was a 19th century evolutionary biologist, together with Adolf Giltsch he made fascinating lithographs of bio
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Precious Burden

11
Dec 2019
- by Asefeh Tayebani

Having a neurological disorder is challenging. To cope with it in daily life can be tough. How easy or hard the life of someone with a mental disorder is, depends largely on other people's...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

The Six-Winged Chicken and other mythical…

1
Mar 2020
- by Anne Kamps

Soon at Mediamatic! A few years ago stories circulated on the internet about Six-winged chickens. For a while they seemed to exist. Various media wrote about them, with images of chickens with six...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Meta_bolus

20
Feb 2020
- by Saša Spačal and Mirjan Švagelj

Come and smell the rain in the biotechnological installation ‘Meta_bolus’ by Saša Spačal and Mirjan Švagelj . Meta_bolus exposes the planetary metabolic process as an exchange of certain boluses or...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Light Observatory #2

1
May 2020

31
Oct 2020
- by Natali Blugerman and Santiago Brignardelli

The mind creates an image, and therefore we experience. But in truth they are just an interpretation, defined by several axes that meet within the subject in a specific time and space and object. We...

To See at Mediamatic

Art, workshops, food and more

Mediamatic Biotoop

Hortus Dijkspark

starting from Dijkspark, we're mapping the plants in the city

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

The Morphology of Fish: Amsterdam collection

2 Nov 2019 - by Mandy den Elzen

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Piss Soap, the Buttplug Edition

1 May 2019 - by Arthur Guilleminot

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Tumulus

1 Jun 2019 - by Ruchama Noorda

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

'O' Tristana

3 Nov 2018 - by Zeger Reyers

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Soffitto - The Skin is an Extension of the Brain

3 Nov 2018 - by Margherita Soldati

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Het Parfum

25 Aug 2018 - Smell the Future of Amsterdam

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Mediamatic in twenty-six words

21 Mar 2019

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Hard Water

18 Sep 2015 - by Zeger Reyers

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Radiolaria

1 Oct 2014 - by Bernotat&Co Design Studio

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Contemplative Bath(tub)

14 Dec 2018 - by Giorgio Gasco

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Rocket Stove

1 Jan 2016 - by Hein Kramer

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Pure Gold

18 Sep 2015 - by Kamiel Rongen

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Hacking Haeckel

3 Oct 2014 - by Rudy Guedj, Martin Huger, Olya Troitskaya and Sophie Rogg

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Al-Rihla (The Journey)

1 Dec 2016 - by Bahia Shehab

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Rederij Lampedusa

11 Sep 2015 - Refugee boat in recreational boating

Video:

Video Tour through Mediamatic

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Raising Doubts

5 May 2015 - by Masha Ru en Jasmin Moeller

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Kunstformen der Natur

Temporarily not on show

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Precious Burden

11 Dec 2019 - by Asefeh Tayebani

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

The Six-Winged Chicken and other mythical…

1 Mar 2020 - by Anne Kamps

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Meta_bolus

20 Feb 2020 - by Saša Spačal and Mirjan Švagelj

Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Light Observatory #2

1 May 2020 31 Oct 2020 - by Natali Blugerman and Santiago Brignardelli

2
Nov 2019
- by Mandy den Elzen

1
May 2019
- by Arthur Guilleminot

1
Jun 2019
- by Ruchama Noorda

3
Nov 2018
- by Zeger Reyers

3
Nov 2018
- by Margherita Soldati

25
Aug 2018
- Smell the Future of Amsterdam

21
Mar 2019

18
Sep 2015
- by Zeger Reyers

1
Oct 2014
- by Bernotat&Co Design Studio

14
Dec 2018
- by Giorgio Gasco

1
Jan 2016
- by Hein Kramer

18
Sep 2015
- by Kamiel Rongen

3
Oct 2014
- by Rudy Guedj, Martin Huger, Olya Troitskaya and Sophie Rogg

1
Dec 2016
- by Bahia Shehab

11
Sep 2015
- Refugee boat in recreational boating

5
May 2015
- by Masha Ru en Jasmin Moeller

11
Dec 2019
- by Asefeh Tayebani

1
Mar 2020
- by Anne Kamps

20
Feb 2020
- by Saša Spačal and Mirjan Švagelj

1
May 2020

31
Oct 2020
- by Natali Blugerman and Santiago Brignardelli