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  • Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    On Seaweed Giants and Underwater Forests

    24
    Jul 2026
    - by Anne Diestelkamp

    What can seaweed teach us about the histories, ecologies, and cultures of the coast? Through shared reading and discussion, we will explore the often-overlooked world of marine plants and consider...

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  • Multispecies
  • book
  • society
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  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Odour of Sanity

    31
    Mar 2026
    31
    Dec 2026

    Ever wondered what smells the walls of monastery library hold? Or how would it be to wear the scent of brackish water?  Sanitation is important to all living beings in and around the city monastery. ...

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Casting the Canal

    19
    Sep 2026
    - Underwater Dining: Building the Surface

    What happens to a material after it is cast? What continues to live, grow, or decompose inside it? Building on the material experiments from Sampling the Canal , this workshop moves from small-scale...

  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Multispecies Basket

    1
    Aug 2026
    1
    Aug 2027
    - Anđela Zora Brnas

    This willow dome functions as a humble, living experiment - a shared space to observe and navigate the relationships between local species, habitats, human presence, and traditional craft

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Psychosoma

    28
    May 2026
    17
    Dec 2026
    - Guided Conversation

    Psychosoma is a sensory fountain creating a space for vital conversations around holistic healing and psychosomatic health: conditions that affect both the body and mind. Western healthcare is...

  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Eve Merriel Hurst

    Psychosoma

    7
    Mar 2025
    7
    Jan 2027
    - Eve Merriel Hurst

    This sensory fountain creates a space for vital conversations around psychosomatic health: conditions that affect both the body and mind. Western healthcare is largely based on the belief that the...

  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Meet-a-Maker

    18
    Sep 2026
    - with Anđela Zora Brnas

    Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with our artists-in-residence! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artists who inspired you. Anđela Zora Brna is open to creative...

  • Installation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Simple Adult Forms

    20
    Feb 2026
    31
    Dec 2026
    - by Silke Riis

    Simple Adult Forms  challenges the modern obsession with exponential growth. In a culture that views starting over as a failure, Riis looks to biology in order to find an alternative narrative. By...

  • Oosterdok Tour: Mediamatic Biotoop

    De Zeemond

    by Carmen Schabracq & Harpo 't Hart

    De Zeemond is an instrument that translates the sounds of the sea for human ears. The sculpture takes on the form of an otolith, a hearing stone that humans and fish have in common. On the beach of...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Plant Properties

    Starting from Dijkspark, we are mapping 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

    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.

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Jessica Cohen

    An Occult Dunghill in the Dijkspark

    What is that overgrown mound of flora and fauna in front of the Sluisdeurenloods? Visitors of Mediamatic will have noticed a peculiar sight in front of the barn. Is it a garden, a sculpture or an...

  • Performance and Dining Experience: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Seaweed Becomings

    25
    Sep 2026
    - Salicornia Studio and TestTafel

    Seaweed Becomings is the third and final installment of Federico Rizzo’s residency at Mediamatic, following Sampling the Canal and Casting the Canal . Combining a hand-cast table made from dredged...

  • Piss or get off the pot!

    New perspectives for the greenhouse: thinking about an Anthroponic system

    It's a rich solution, we produce it, sometimes it's inside us and sometimes it's not - and it connects us all, from the tiniest insect to the mastodontic blue whale. Is it blood? No, it's urine! Let'...

  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Soft Sabotage

    19
    Dec 2025
    1
    Dec 2026
    - by Julia Löffler

    Collective waste - once mixed and anonymized in sewage - becomes readable data. But what if this datasoup turns into datasoap? Soft Sabotage is a private intervention within a public system  which...

  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Freestyle Carpenting

    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...

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Slime Mould: Hands-On Bio-Design

    26
    Sep 2026
    - with Ringailė Demšytė

    How can non-human organisms become part of the creative process? This hands-on workshop introduces participants to the world of Physarum polycephalum also known as slime mould and its use within...

  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Diffractive Ensembles: Silence as a Thread for…

    3
    Sep 2026
    - with Raquel Ledo Doval, Denisa Půbalová, Pablo Torres Gómez & Nina Blume

    The workshop invites participants to attune to the thresholds between what is audible and what remains structurally silenced within our oceans. Where research notes become scripts, guided listening...

  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Meet-a-Maker

    26
    Sep 2026
    - with Ringailė Demšytė

    Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Ringailė Demšytė  is open to creative consultation and...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Under the Harbour

    15
    Jan 2026
    15
    Jan 2027
    - by Mariko Hori

    Have you ever wondered how the underwater smells like? Or what scents surround the aquatic species? Under the Harbour is a participatory exhibition that brings the smell of the Oosterdok from the...

  • 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...

  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Meet-a-Maker

    11
    Sep 2026
    - with Federico Rizzo

    Come to Mediamatic to have a talk with an artist! Learn more about their work or talk about your project with the artist who inspired you. Federico Rizzo  is open to creative consultation and...

  • 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

created Kalina Efremova modified Georg Prenn

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