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  • Mediamatic Biotoop Ine Poppe, Olga Middendorp

    Beftival

    Program overview

    A festival featuring over 30 artists and scientists. Come discuss, feel and celebrate fe-male sexuality, gender and preference. Beftival is part of Museumnacht 2021.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Geschiedenis

    Aroma Lab

    In 2017 is het Aroma Lab opgezet voor ontwerpers die willen experimenteren met geur. Klara Ravat was de eerste gebruiker van het lab. Zij was in 2017 de artist-in-residence.
  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Radical Embroidery

    with Desirée Hammen

    Do you think embroidery is reserved to stitching flowers? Or that you can only embroider on fabric? In the last decades, embroidery has evolved from a traditionally feminine and domestic practice to...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Boro Stitching

    with Emma Fukuwatari Huffmann

    Are you looking for ways of caring and diversifying your wardrobe? Come and join Emma Fukuwatari Huffman to learn a mending technique inspired by Boro, a traditional Japanese mending style born out...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Aquatic Speculations

    14
    Mar 2026
    - with Silke Riis

    You are an archaeologist of the future, and on one of your excavations you stumble upon something odd hidden in the soil; During your sailing trip across what once used to be “The Netherlands”, you...

  • Cosplay

    or how a bunch of dressed up kids are changing reality

    In the nineties the otaku spent life in a cocoon, locked in gadget-filled bedrooms, surfing the web, consuming information like there was no tomorrow.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Laura Ximena Triana

    The cultural influence of Tobacco

    This is a part our Olfactory History of Oosterdok

    Discover the transition of Tobacco from a cultural/historical perspective. 
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    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

    ijKruid

    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 Dijkspark at any moment.
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Deep Documenting

    21
    Mar 2026
    - with Naomi van Dijck

    Whether you're working on an installation, a participatory event, or an ongoing research project, finding the right way to document your process can be challenging—especially when the work doesn’t...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Nour Akoum

    Aroma Lab's Kids Workshop

    Fruity Birthday Cake version

    Need a way to show kids how to make their own Fragrance but in a fun and relatively easy way? Here is your solution!

  • Asian Period

    Told by Rachel Rumai Diaz

    Double the dough to hold the door to travel from India to Trinidad and Tobago. I can take a trip anytime because home is wherever Curry Channa and Tamarind Sauce coat my fingers. I know I have...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    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. 
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    Our Labs

    Here at the Biotoop, you have access to our Bio Clean Lab, where you can work with microorganisms, and our Aroma Lab, where you can deepen your understanding of scents. Both can be rented.
  • Proposal by: Natascha Nanji

    Welcome to Studio Swan

    Project proposal: An interpersonal, speculative fiction proposition

    Welcome to Studio Swan is a speculative proposition that asks what conditions would be appropriate for us to temporarily become with plant or animal? And why would this be something desirable or...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Sculpting Textiles

    with Margherita Soldati

    How can you use unconventional materials and techniques to manipulate textile in shapes, textures and patterns? During the workshop, artist Margherita Soldati will introduce you to manipulating...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    12
    Apr 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...
  • Dutch Design Week 2021 Mediamatic Biotoop

    Credits

    Thank you!

    We would like to thank the following people, organizations, sponsors, and participants.
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    Open Friday Tour - Hydroponics Edition

    13
    Mar 2026

    Discover the wonders of our hydroponics during our weekly Friday tour! Peek inside our urban farm, and learn about the innovative bio-art installations around the Biotoop with our greenhouse and...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    10
    May 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

    Building Aquaponic Systems

    with Saro van Cleynenbreugel

    Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

    Building-Blocks

    Different ways to build an octagon

    What is the most efficient way to come close to a circle, but still not use too many mycelium blocks? After some testing we found out an octagonal shape for the tower would fit our purpose best.  
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    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    12
    Apr 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...
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    The Beauty Dinner: the Recipes

    How to continue treating your skin at home

    Thank you to everyone who participated in The Beauty Dinner, created by artists Margherita Soldati, Krisztina Czika and chef Alice Héron. As we mentioned, we want you to be able to relive the dinner...

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