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  • Image: Mediamatic Biotoop Abbie Moran

    Preparing the Sample Kits to send out

  • Odorama
  • Smell
  • Storytelling
  • Design
  • Communication
  • 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.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Meet-a-Maker: Frank Bloem

    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

    Meet-a-Maker

    30 minute 1 on 1 meetings with artists

    Meet-a-Maker offers short one-on-one sessions with artists currently developing projects at Mediamatic. Join them in our greenhouse by the water for an open conversation about art, process, and...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Smelling Like A Beast

    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

    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...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Frank Bloem, Niklaus Mettler

    Inhuman Sanatisers

    Olfactory Cross-dressing

    Can we raise awareness for the diversity of species in our ecosystem by smelling? Smelling like of coral reef in the ocean, a field with wild flowers, or an endangered rhino? It's all possible!
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    8
    Feb 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

    Composing Fragrance

    8
    Feb 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...
  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Smelling Like another being

    with Frank Bloem

    In this workshop we explore the amazing smells that our natural world is rich of, by translating the odor of animals, insects, plants and bacteria into a perfume for humans. Smelling like a cockle in...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    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

    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...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    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...

  • 10 Reasons why I love you.

    How the public is involved in creating our activities and is slowly becoming our colleague.

    A talk at the "Kom je ook?" symposium on web2.0 for culture and heritage. 14 november 2008, Mediamatic at OBA Amsterdam. This is presentation is listing 10+ examples of successful public involvement...
  • 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. 

  • Symbolic Table: 100% interface-free media player

    Mediamatic Atelier RFID project. Not only for children and geriatrics.

    Symbolic Table is an interface-free media player. A cultural tool for those who want to work with media without any hassle. It is not an appliance, but a simple table. There are no buttons, no knobs.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Fredrik Link

    How is smell used as a disguise in beings?

    Exploring smell as a disguise. And how your nose is one of your most powerful faculties.

    This article explores how your nose is one of your most powerful senses and how in our new workshop "Smelling like a species" you can investigate smell in other beings and compose your own disguise...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Meet-a-Maker: Takako Hamano & Uno Fujisawa

    Are you in need of some artistic input or discussion partner on your project? Takako and Uno met our audience for a creative consultation and discussing ideas during the Japanese Knotweed festival...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 8#1 Adilkno 1 Jan 1994

    Virtual Writing

    Everyone is a designer.

  • The design work kicks off!

    June 2010. Mapping for Tourists design update 2

    Following an initial research and brainstorm session that attempted to answer the question: “what is a conventional travel guide and how is it formatted?” the design team gave a presentation on June...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#3/4 Willem Velthoven 1 Jan 1994

    Editorial

    The Eighth Art

    This issue of Mediamatic is based on the assumption that advertising was one of the great arts of the twentieth century.
  • 2009 Julius von Bismarck, Benjamin Maus

    Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus

    A never ending comic of inventions

    A drawing machine illustrating a never-ending story through the use of patent drawings.
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop 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...

  • Custom Courses

    Mediamatic can develop a CustomCourse to suit the needs of your project or organization. Any subject or theme that is treated in our other workshops and courses, either independently or in certain...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Scent Bouquet

    with Frank Bloem

    Distillation is an ancient process that has long been used to extract essential oils from biological materials like fruits, spices, or even hair! During this workshop you will be introduced to the...

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