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  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Looking back at the Japanese Knotweed Symposium

    Knotweed on a pedestal

    We look back at a two-day gathering with researchers, designers, and artists, which aimed to explore Japanese knotweed and our relationship with this contested plant. Japanese knotweed was put on a...

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  • Japanese Knotweed Festival '23

    People

    Here are the collaborators taking part in the Japanese knotweed festival Japanese Knotweed Brochure

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    In 2023 we worked with these people

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    In 2022 we worked with these people

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Meet-a-Maker: Yvonne Dröge Wendel

    Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist in our little greenhouses by the water!  Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Yvonne Dröge Wendel...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    In 2024 & 2025 & 2026 we worked with these people

  • Message from the Supervisory Board

    A new era for Mediamatic

    Dear visitors, artists, friends, colleagues, stakeholders, critical observers, fans, sponsors, supporters and all others involved.

  • 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...

  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Foraging for Mental Health

    with Lynn Shore

    Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...

  • 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

    Meet-a-Maker: Arthur Guilleminot

    Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist in our little greenhouses by the water!  Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Arthur Guilleminot  ...

  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    The Six-Winged Chicken and other mythical…

    1
    Sep 2020
    - by Anne Kamps

    Where does the meat we eat actually come from? On what scale is it produced? And, what is real news and what is fake news? A few years ago, the phenomenon of the six-winged chicken was written about...

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Composing Fragrance

    17
    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...

  • Tours: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Open Daily Tours

    16
    Mar 2026
    18
    Dec 2026

    Welcome to Mediamatic! We aren't a traditional art center where you just look at things on a wall. We are a Biotope, a living environment where art, design, and science meet. Everything here is a...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Andy Cartier

    Chimera Furniture

    Mycelium Experiments

    What if mycelium was combined to existing furniture to give them a new life? 

  • Becoming magnesium Mediamatic Biotoop Fredrik Link

    Becoming magnesium

    Through scrunching & draping tinfoil: can I transform into magnesium?

    Through researching costume ideas for the Inhuman Carnaval, I came across the mineral magnesium. The rock and metal like texture reminded me of the scrunched up tin foil around the sandwiches my mum...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Meet-a-Maker: Vera Lelie

    Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist in our little greenhouses by the water!  Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Vera Lelie is open...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Abhay Villa 28 Jun 2021

    Shitty Water + Wasabi - Snails = Money

    At the Mediamatic Greenhouse, we try to maximise the productivity of the little space we have by growing rare, collectable and valuable crops. All whilst strongly advocating for the advantages of...

  • Japanese Knotweed Festival '23

    Exhibitions

  • Festival: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Japanese Knotweed Festival

    Under European regulations, invasive exotic species are allowed to be radically eradicated. The City of Amsterdam, for example, is allocating 8 million euros to aggressively destroy Japanese knotweed.

  • 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 Clara Casal Georgiou, Magdalena Thur, Elnaz Assar, Nadja Nolte

    The Balanophagy Team

    We are Clara, Magdalena, Elnaz and Nadja and we are living the balanoculture: the harvesting, processing, storage and consumption of acorns play a large role in our project taking place in the Clean...

  • Making 'Penny for your Thoughts' more accessible

    A/artist roundtable about funding applications

    During this roundtable, we talked about Mediamatic's open call for project proposals, 'Penny for your Thoughts' . What thoughts do the neurodiverse artists around the table have about the application...

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