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  • Image: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Filippo Iannone

    Susanne Duijvestein showing how to wrap a body in…

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  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Meet A Maker

    Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? We organize creative consultations with various artists who are currently researching, building or exhibition their work...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Design your own Shroud

    with Susanne Duivensteijn

    Have you ever thought about what you want to be wearing when you die? In this workshop we will breathe new life into an old Dutch tradition. You will be guided in the process of making your own...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Design your own Shroud

    16
    Jan 2022
    - with Susanne Duijvestein

    Ever thought about what you will wear when you're dead? In the past it was customary in the Netherlands to make your own death shroud and keep it in your linen closet because you never know. Although...

  • Nature Morte

    Death, Design and Sustainability

    We explore new approaches and designs for our own inevitable death with progressive funeral director Susanne Duijvestein. Lectures and workshops about architecture, rituals, life stories and the...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Susanne Duijvestein

    From Pest to Soil

    Humusating a Muskrat

    Maybe you have heard about the Muskrat, an ‘invasive exotic’ that likes to chomp on 'our' Dutch dykes. It was on the 22nd of May that one found their final resting place in one of the grow beds at...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Tour

    Every Friday at 4

    Come explore Mediamatic as part of our weekly Friday Tour at 16:00. Get a glimpse behind the scenes, learn more about the growing installations and peek inside our sensorial labs. 
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    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 create a...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Meet the artist

    Brainstorming, conceptualising and idea sharing with the artist

    Sign up You can RSVP for the monthly meeting by in the event. In case you have any questions, you can send an email to   workshop@mediamatic.nl . We close the bookings a week before the date of the...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

    Resomating a Musk Rat

    What happens to our bodies after death? When choosing Resomation as a burial method, the answer is just as fascinating as it might give you the shivers. With resomation, the human body is dissolved...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Pierre Brouillet

    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

  • Summer 2018

    Overview of our all our Art Olfaction Amsterdam events
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Visitor Information

    You can visit Dijkspark and the Casting Doubts installation daily. The seedcard however are only for sale during opening hours of Mediamatic ETEN, which you can find here . The Casting Doubts...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Marie-Claire Springham

    "Go on, Rub me"

    Why did Arthur Guilleminot make a giant butt plug from urine-based soap?

    Recently featured at the Neo Futurist Dinner , this artist specialises in “queered approaches” to everyday household objects and daily rituals. His work is often overtly sexual, using objects...

  • In 2019 we worked with these people

  • 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Bon.

    Mediamatic gift card

    Treat your friend or loved one to a Mediamatic gift card and let them choose what they want to spend it on: educational workshops, lectures or a plant-based dinner in our Serres Séparées. * Buy your...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Teun Castelein

    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...

  • Onzichtbare Collectie

    2018 - 2019

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  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Self-Design Enzo Mari Furniture

    22
    Jan 2022
    - with Niels Albers

    High quality furniture that can be made by anyone, with simple tools and without special training – this was the idea behind Enzo Mari’s design approach. As a tribute to the work of the communist...

  • Visiting Hours

    Every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday between 14.00 and 16.00, you are very welcome to step by our Open Aroma Lab. Smell our selection of aroma-molecules, learn about working with scent as a...

  • In 2020 we worked with these people

  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Haeckel Hunt

    1
    Mar 2021
    - Augmented Reality Game

    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...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Open Aroma Lab

    16
    Dec 2021

    Come by every Thursday between 13:00 and 17:00 for a blending session to create a bottle of your perfume. You will be guided in the making of your own scent and will leave the session with a basic...

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