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  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    New Year, New Gentle Disco

    28
    Jan 2022
    - Help us build Pigeon Towers by dancing on Mycelium

    We can open again, so we will organise a Gentle Disco this Friday to celebrate. We will also cheers to the new year. Come by for a drink, join us to dance on mycelium, and contribute to the building...
  • Fungus
  • Human
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  • 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...
  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    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

    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...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Andy Cartier, Arne Hendriks

    Cartier

    Sept '20 – Pigeon Tower 03

    The third tower was build inside the Clean Lab . Two previous attempts to build a sturdy, living tower had failed. Time to take a step back. We did not know whether our principles were correct.
  • 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...

  • It's Electric!

    Electric pee in Rio de Janeiro

    Every year the city of Rio de Janeiro has to deal with the same reoccurring problem. The many people at the Carnival pee in the streets. With this in mind, AfroReggae and JWT came up with a way to...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Looking back at "Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots"…

    with Dominik Einfalt and Doudouce Knol

    Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots workshop was a culmination of the research and collaboration between interns from Mediamatic Clean Lab and Aquaponics Greenhouse. We're not hosting this workshop anymore
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks

    Yellow

    Feb '21 – Pigeon Tower 06

    The construction of this tower is mainly focused on speed and efficiency. It is a simple square design so we did not have to trim the blocks. To press them we organized a ‘Gentle Disco’. We gently...
  • Venue Mediamatic Biotoop

    Weddings

    A place for happiness. Getting married in your own way

    Weddings are times of joy and happiness. There is no better way to start a life together than at Mediamatic, where creativity and uniqueness are put on a pedestal. Our venue offers a beautiful...
  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Open Friday Tour

    27
    Feb 2026

    Ever curious about what really happens inside Mediamatic on an average day? The truth is, there’s no such thing as an average day here. Get a glimpse behind the scenes, peek inside our sensorial labs
  • 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...
  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Open Friday Tour

    27
    Feb 2026

    Get a glimpse behind the scenes, peek inside our sensorial labs, and learn more about the bio-art installations around the Biotoop during our weekly tour on Friday! Ticket + drink
  • Tour Mediamatic Biotoop

    Private Tour of Mediamatic

    Get a glimpse behind the scenes, peak inside our sensorial labs, and learn more about the bio art installations around the Biotoop during our weekly tour on Friday! Ticket + drink
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks, Nehis Osagie, Andy Cartier

    Jute

    June '20 – Pigeon Tower 02

    We put the remains of the collapsed tower from the first experiment in a long burlap tube. Burlap is a biodegradable textile, and provides structure and nourishment for the mycelium. We rolled up the...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Freestyle Kintsugi

    21
    Mar 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

    Nature Network

    Mycorrhizal fungi and their function

    As I wrote, fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. The third big group is mycorrhizal fungi. Which to me is the most inspiring group. It is the fungi that is connected to plants.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

    Five kingdoms and Three terms

    The fungi, the mycelium and the mushroom

    First, let's tackle the fungi. Fungi are one of the species of the five kingdoms and it is the closest one to Animalia, ergo animals, including humans. Animals even evolved out of the fungi. That's...

  • Children of Roena

    Photo report

    During the fantastic night of the Children of Roena, Daria Perevezentsev made sure everything was well captured with these great photos!
  • De Faun

    Ooghoogte

    16
    Dec 1983
    - Live/Videopresentatie

    An evening with live performances, video and light installations and video art screenings at the Artotheek venue in Groningen. This was the second event that Mediamatic organized in its founding year...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

    Nature's janitors and Remediation

    Saprophytic fungi and their function

    Fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. There are also some in-between types of fungi, but let's, for now, talk about these three. The first group is saprophytic fungi. They are...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

    Guards and Guides

    Parasitic fungi and their function

    Fungi can more or less be divided into three main clusters. The second big group is parasitic fungi. Of course, there are parasitic species for every organism, but they are mainly related to insects.

  • Connected! An Interactive Cheers

    Keyboardhack

    Capture the moment when people get connected by clinking their glasses.
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    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...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Nehis Osagie, Arne Hendriks

    Babel

    June '20 – Pigeon Tower 01

    The first tower of mycelial waste. Living material. We mainly wanted to start. With a lot of enthusiasm but little precision or consultation. The uneven blocks were stacked intuitively. We filled the...

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