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Workshop every Thursday & Saturday

Open Aroma Lab

1
Jun 2025

31
Dec 2026
- Work in our Lab, get access to 330 scent materials

Scent lovers, artists, and perfumers are invited to join our experimental scent-making workshop. Join us on Thursdays or Saturdays at 14:00 or 16:00 for a two-hour blending session, where you’ll...
Installation: Mediamatic Biotoop

Simple Adult Forms

20
Feb 2026

31
Dec 2026
- by Silke Riis

Simple 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...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Odour of Sanity

31
Mar 2026

31
Dec 2026

Ever 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. ...
Tours: Mediamatic Biotoop

Open Daily Tours

16
Mar 2026

18
Dec 2026

Welcome to Mediamatic! We aren't a traditional art center where you just look at things on a wall. We are a Biotope, a living environment where art, design, and science meet. Everything here is a...
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Psychosoma

28
May 2026

17
Dec 2026
- Guided Conversation

Psychosoma 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...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Soft Sabotage

19
Dec 2025

1
Dec 2026
- by Julia Löffler

Collective waste - once mixed and anonymized in sewage - becomes readable data. But what if this datasoup turns into datasoap? Soft Sabotage is a private intervention within a public system which...
Part of Synergy City Mediamatic Biotoop

Museo Aero Solar - Used Plastic Drop-off

11
Jul 2026

16
Aug 2026

Amsterdam is full of plastic bags. Time to put them to better use & join ‘Museo Aero Solar’ this summer! 🧰 ✂️ ‘Museo Aero Solar’ is a collaborative art project where we use discarded plastic bags to...
Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

Sampling the Canal

9
Aug 2026
- Underwater Dining: A Material Survey with Federico Rizzo

What can the material beneath Amsterdam’s canals become? In this hands-on material research workshop, you will collect sand, water and debris from the Oosterdok and test different mixtures by making...
Experience Mediamatic Biotoop

Umami: Taste Club

6
Aug 2026
- with Laila Snevele and Sensoverse

What does umami actually taste like? Many of us have heard of it. Some think they know it. Yet when asked to describe it, we often struggle to find the words. This gathering invites you to slow down
Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

Lactofermentation as Lifeforce

30
Jul 2026
- with Sean Roy Parker

What 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...
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop TestTafel

TestTafel Fermentation Workshop & Cooking Class

26
Jul 2026
- Hands-on educational experience introducing participants to fermentation techniques to continue at home

In this workshop, guests will learn how to apply fermentation techniques at home, get a taste of how to work them into their cooking and take home two ferments with recipes and guides to enjoy later.
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Freestyle Kintsugi

25
Jul 2026
- with Mariko Hori

Humans 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...
Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

On Seaweed Giants and Underwater Forests

24
Jul 2026
- by Anne Diestelkamp

What 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...
Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

Meet-a-Maker

24
Jul 2026
- with Federico Rizzo

Come 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...
Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

Meet-a-Maker

23
Jul 2026
- with Anđela Zora Brnas

Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with our artists-in-residence! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artists who inspired you. Anđela Zora Brna is open to creative...
Workshop weekend Mediamatic Biotoop

Museo Aero Solar Workshop Weekend

17
Jul 2026

19
Jul 2026
- Part of Synergy Summer

Join a hands- on workshop to help build Museo Aero Solar, a collective inflatable sculpture made entirely from discarded plastic bags. Information (free entrance!)
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Weaving with the Ecosystem

19
Jul 2026
- with Anđela Zora Brnas

How can we, as humans, with our crafting bodies and imagination, contribute to the local multispecies ecosystem? Tickets
Mediamatic + Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation + Rederij Lampedusa Mediamatic Biotoop

EAT

10
Jul 2026

19
Jul 2026
- A Concert-Ritual-Breakfast

EAT 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...
Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

Wild Hedges: Waste/lands

24
Jun 2026

15
Jul 2026
- by Al-Wah'at Collective

What histories take root in the plants growing through the city’s cracks? Wild Hedges: Waste/lands is an exhibition by Al-Wah’at Collective, developed during their spring residency at Mediamatic.
Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

Meet-a-Maker

10
Jul 2026
- with Sikau/Pubalova

Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with our artists-in-residence! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artists who inspired you. Sikau/Pubalova are open to creative...
Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

Meet-a-Maker

9
Jul 2026
- with Frank Bloem

Come 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. Frank Bloem is open to creative consultation and discussing...
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Composing Fragrance

5
Jul 2026
- with Frank Bloem

In this workshop, artist, and perfumer Frank Bloem will introduce you to the world of perfume making. You will learn the basics of scent composing and at the end of the workshop, you will have...
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

5
Jul 2026
- Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem

In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

Sensing with the Ecosystem

4
Jul 2026
- with Anđela Zora Brnas

How 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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