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  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Aquatic harvesting

    13
    Apr 2017
    - Biotalk 26 - with Charlotte van Alem, Ben van den Broek and Sabina Ahn

    Will algae farms be the farms of the future?  Can washed-up jellyfish be repurposed to make a durable material? Are algae the solution for clean energy harvesting? Through performance and talks,  we...

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  • biodesign
  • art
  • Biology
  • Design
  • Aroma Lab presentation Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Medieval Gardening

    5
    Jun 2025
    - Aromathèque #5

    Are you afraid of plagues, wild hordes that come and rob you; to steal your daughters and kill your sons? A wall around your garden will protect you. Ever dreamed of finding a cure for the sores that...

  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Eve Merriel Hurst

    Psychosoma

    7
    Mar 2025
    7
    Jun 2025
    - Eve Merriel Hurst

    This sensory fountain creates a space for vital conversations around psychosomatic health: conditions that affect both the body and mind. Western healthcare is largely based on the belief that the...

  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Teun Vonk

    Meditation Circus

    11
    May 2025
    11
    Jun 2025
    - Teun Vonk / Tony Spark

    Teun Vonk creates art installations that focus on individual physical experiences, as a reminder to the participant of what the body is and what it is capable of. The Meditation Circus...

  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Pure Gold

    18
    Sep 2015
    18
    Sep 2025
    - by Kamiel Rongen

    It's an artwork, but you can use it. Pee in our urinals while enjoying the hypnotizing videos by Kamiel Rongen. We are happy to collect your fluid contribution and create a powerful fertilizer for...

  • Mushrooms are taking over the Dutch media

    “Scientists, designers and dreamers are working on a revolution”.

    For the last couple of months Motherboard, the technological arm of Vice have been on board to interview designers, scientists and mycelium experts about their work with fungi. The result is...

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Ruimte voor Kijken Workshop

    with Renske Tiemersma

    How do the spaces around you make you feel? Have you ever noticed how a room, a hallway, or even a corner of your home can affect your mood, energy, or sense of safety? In this interactive workshop

  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Freestyle Kintsugi

    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...

  • Newsletter 16/03

    What's going on?

    Here's the weekly staff newsletter so that you know what's going on this week, and to share important information and fun facts.

  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

    Gentle

    Oct '20 – Pigeon Tower 04

    The blocks of mycelium from mushroom grower John Verbruggen that we used to build are wide and heavy, and so they give us more security when stacking than in previous towers. Because we wanted to...

  • 2006 Mediamatic Foundation Sissel Tolaas

    The Smell of FEAR

    Installation

    Always wanted to know what agony smells like? And how to recognize a flurry of panic? Professional provocateur Sissel Tolaas bottled fear. Scratch 'n sniff!

  • De Melksalon

    Zaterdag 19 Maart. Proeverij en Lezing.

    Ontwerpster Sietske Klooster presenteert: de Melksalon . Een maandelijkse serie proef-producties over de Amsterdamse zuivelcultuur. Hoe geeft de boer zijn melk(culturen) vorm? En wat is de invloed...

  • Coming up

    Meet Zeger Reyers and Agi Haines

    Stuck in an art project and you don't what the next step has to be? You can ask Zeger Reyers or Agi Haines. You can meet one of the other this Thursday at the Biotoop. Sign up via merve.

  • Newsletter 23/03

    What's going on?

    Here's the weekly staff newsletter so that you know what's going on this week, and to share important information and fun facts.

  • Newsletter 20/04

    What's going on?

    Here's the weekly staff newsletter so that you know what's going on this week, and to share important information and fun facts.

  • Mediamatic has moved to DijksPark in 2014!

    to Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam

    As of December 1st, Mediamatic moved to their new location on Dijksgracht 6. On this beautiful spot near the waterside (within walking distance from Central Station!) we will continue and intensify...

  • Mycelium insulation panels

    First experiments

    This mycelium panel was made out of wheat husks and Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) as biological binding agent, grown for three weeks at 25ºC and 85% of relative humidity.

  • Growing Mediamatic

    Art, design and bioculture

    Growing Mediamatic looks to new techniques for the responsible management of resource use, experimentation with new forms of energy, and the exploration of biotechnology and eco-culture. Our goal is...

  • Henriette Waal, beer woman in a man's world.

    Interview with the beer curator for Bio-me

    Henriette Waal (1982), who graduated from the Eindhoven Design Academy, ‘Man and Public Space’ department, is an artist and designer - but also a beer brewer. She’s beer curator for Mediamatic’s Bio

  • El HEMA in Den Haag

    Nieuwe tijdelijke winkel in het centrum van de stad

    El HEMA, een concept ontwikkeld door Mediamatic Amsterdam in 2007, werd een instant-hit. De El HEMA werd daarna geadopteerd door Kosmopolis. Na Rotterdam bezocht te hebben, is de El HEMA nu te vinden...

  • Design wonderful things

    Chee Pearlman, Ben Fry, Shari Swan, Matt Webb, Bruce Sterling

    Hosted by Chee Pearlman Director of Chee Company (United States)

  • BioTalk: Bulletproof Skin and growing Mycelium…

    Wednesday April 9th. Food at 19:00, talks at 20:00

    Jalilla Essaïdi and Jonas Edvard talk about their projects, both engaged in the development of sustainable products. Jalilla is creating a bulletproof skin of spider silk and is optimizing this as a...

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    Body of Matter

    Let's visit the opening!

    Body of Matter presents the work of ten artists that advance our ideas about the body. They explore its materiality, stimulation, quantification using technology, integration with alien matter, and

  • Playing Life -Biotalk

    Friday March 18. Workshops, Mini-Expo, Food and Talks

    On Friday March 18 , Transnatural and Mediamatic are teaming up for another edition of Playing Life - Biotalk, where emerging bio-artists and scientists are invited to showcase their work. Tonight we...

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