Mediamatic 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 exhibits are free of charge unless otherwise stated.
This is an overview of the things we have on show at the moment.
Would you like to visit us with a group? We provide guided tours and custom workshops on site. More info via mail@mediamatic.net.
Having recently graduated from the Rietveld Academie, David is now showcasing his graduation piece at Mediamatic. His mechanical installation drops and transports helicopter seeds by means of air and...
Every two to three weeks, a new pigeon tower emerges at the Biotoop. These structures are an ongoing experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms. The...
Tumulus is an enclosed garden installation that functions as a natural ruin, compost heap, soil sculpture, seed bed, earth work, dyeing source, and dunghill. Over the course of several seasons from...
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 create a...
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 of...
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...
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...
Are you fundamentally lonely? Do you break taboos? Join us and start Casting Doubts (Twijfel Zaaien) in Amsterdam's newest hotspot: Dijkspark. Thirty questions about life and art lead you along the...
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...
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 wings. Whether this...
Is it allowed to touch the ceiling? With Soffitto, Margherita Soldati proposes another way of experiencing the space around us by engaging with our senses. In the multi-sensorial installation
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' Tristana he...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
Each season different herbs, vegetables, and flowers will adorn this installation. From fermented garlic to Wax Begonia lemonade; come and have a sneak peek at what we serve in our restaurant.
Available in the App Store and Google Play store ! This Augmented Reality app adds an extra dimension to the Haeckel scavenger hunt we have set out in the Oosterdok area. Search for the eye-catching...
Met zeebioloog Marnix van Stralen deed Marjolijn Boterenbrood in 2019 een experiment om mosselen op een linnen doek te laten groeien. Het werd loodzwaar van de groeiende massa mossels. Het tweede...
Hand-made over two days, using environmentally friendly methods and materials, the clay oven stands as a central feature of the Mediamatic ETEN restaurant.