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Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop
Lactofermentation as Lifeforce
- with Sean Roy Parker30Jul 2026What forms of community emerge when we treat microscopic life as a co-author of our shared future? Join artist, writer and fermentation enthusiast Sean Roy Parker for a hands-on workshop looking...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Sensing with the Ecosystem
- with Anđela Zora Brnas4Jul 2026How can our earthly senses and imagination guide us in understanding the ecosystems we are part of and our caring roles within it? Tickets
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet-a-Maker
- with Federico Rizzo24Jul 2026Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Federico Rizzo is open to creative consultation and...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Weaving with the Ecosystem
- with Anđela Zora Brnas19Jul 2026How can we, as humans, with our crafting bodies and imagination, contribute to the local multispecies ecosystem? Tickets
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Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop
On Seaweed Giants and Underwater Forests
- by Anne Diestelkamp24Jul 2026What can seaweed teach us about the histories, ecologies, and cultures of the coast? Through shared reading and discussion, we will explore the often-overlooked world of marine plants and consider...
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Mediamatic + Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation + Rederij Lampedusa Mediamatic Biotoop
EAT
10Jul 2026- A Concert-Ritual-Breakfast19Jul 2026EAT invites you to disrupt your morning ritual and try a new approach to spending time where every minute, and even second, counts. Vocalist Claire Adams will perform a five-course vocal composition...
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Event: Mediamatic Biotoop
HABITS
- 12 consecutive hours of rituals15May 2026HABITS provides an Open Stage for the rituals that find no host. Rituals are biological tools for survival. We are staying open for 12 consecutive hours to test if these bodily regulations can also...
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Mediamatic, De Ceuvel and the Ukrainian Institute in The Netherlands
OPEN CALL: Zoöpolis
Zoöp Connections – Networks for the Living
Mediamatic, De Ceuvel and the Ukrainian Institute are now accepting applications for the period between September 24th - October 23rd, 2026. Residency for makers transitioning beyond the human
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Musical Performance: Mediamatic Biotoop
Dystopia Wetlands
1May 2026- with Livia Rita & the Avantgardeners7May 2026Crawl into the shifting world of Dystopia Wetlands, an immersive live performance where bodies blur and identities transform. Presented in the Sluisdeurenloods at Mediamatic, Livia Rita and the...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Odour of Sanity
31Mar 202631Dec 2026Ever wondered what smells the walls of monastery library hold? Or how would it be to wear the scent of brackish water? Sanitation is important to all living beings in and around the city monastery. ...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Psychosoma - Guided Conversation
- with Eve Merriel Hurst16Aug 2025Psychosoma is a sensory fountain creating a space for vital conversations around holistic healing and psychosomatic health: conditions that affect both the body and mind. Western healthcare is...
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Symposium: Mediamatic Biotoop
Anatomy of a Material
- What might a mythology of plastic look like?17Apr 2026Join us on Friday, April 17th, for a symposium on affective obsolescence: the gradual erosion of our emotional and sensory connection to the materials that shape everyday life. We now encounter...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Floodlight
27Mar 2026- Marjolijn Boterenbrood in collaboration with Mark IJzerman28Mar 2026Join us and experience how Boterenbrood and IJzerman transform the Sluisdeurenloods into an immersive underwater landscape, celebrating the connection between our residency practice and the living...
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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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Opening Night: Mediamatic Biotoop
Hydrocommons
- with Enora Cressan, Marjolijn Boterenbrood and Silke Riis20Feb 2026Join us on Friday, February 20th, to mark a new chapter for Mediamatic! This evening, we explore the idea that we are not separate entities, but porous beings in the same water. When will we begin...
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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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Salicornia Studio
Design Studio
About the Artist Salicornia Studio, founded by designer Federico Rizzo in 2023, is a design hub focused on product innovation and material research. Combining craft and digital tools, the studio...
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Community Event: Mediamatic Biotoop
The Green Train with European Sleeper
- Riding the night, planting the future22Oct 2025The Green Train is an interdisciplinary contemporary art program designed to deepen public awareness of, and engagement with, European landscapes. It highlights the environmental advantages of train...
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The Confluence of European Water Bodies: Mediamatic Biotoop
The Diplomatic Suitcase
- Opening Night19Sep 2025Water flows through every aspect of our lives. It is a force that is at once essential and powerful, yet deeply endangered. In our world, water is often silent in the face of political and legal...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
The Diplomatic Suitcase
19Sep 2025- The Confluence of European Water Bodies21Oct 2025Water flows through every aspect of life — essential, powerful, and deeply endangered. Yet, in Europe and beyond, water often remains voiceless in political and legal decisions. This exhibition...
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Mediamatic + Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation Mediamatic Biotoop
EAT
4Sep 2025- A Concert-Ritual-Breakfast14Sep 2025During EAT , we invite you to disrupt your morning ritual and try a new approach to spending time where every minute, and even second, counts. In a Concert-Ritual-Breakfast, musician Shannon Lee will...
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Aroma Lab presentation Mediamatic Biotoop
Murky Swamp, Delta Splat
- Aromathèque #711Sep 2025In this Aromathèque, we don't just visit the swamp; we become it. Sink knee-deep into the yielding, muddy soil, feel the pulse of the rotting clay, home to the arenicola, thrumming between your toes.
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Performance: Mediamatic Biotoop
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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Performance: Mediamatic Biotoop
Multispecies Tasting
- Salicornia Studio16May 2025Inspired from the endangered southern Italian mediterranean coasts, this is a table which stands as a cut out of an habitat, an edible landscape to be explored through a special cutlery.