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  • Residency Finissage: Mediamatic Biotoop

    They Are Watching Us

    25
    Sep 2026

    When a bird sounds an alarm, when a mosquito tracks our heat, or when a forest registers our passage, nature's surveillance completely bypasses our social constructs. We typically view surveillance...
  • Multispecies
  • salt
  • participation
  • Music
  • Installation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Are you a feeder?

    25
    Sep 2026
    25
    Sep 2027
    - by Thijs de Zeeuw

    Why do we feed?
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Fruit Flies

    7
    Nov 2026
    8
    Nov 2026
    - by Silke Riis

    Expanding on her installation Simple Adult Forms , sculptor and visual artist Silke Riis transforms our Haptic Lab into an evolving, interactive ecosystem.  Step into an evolving space that embraces...
  • 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. ...
  • 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Sieta Maria van Horck

    The Secret Life of Plants Blog #1

    Experiment Overview

    Natural surroundings have a big impact on the energy and well-being of organisms. They respond to physical movements within their environment. For instance, known structured patterns like sunlight...
  • Mediamatic, De Ceuvel and the Ukrainian Institute in The Netherlands

    OPEN CALL: Zoöpolis

    Zoöp Connections – Networks for the Living

    Mediamatic, De Ceuvel and the Ukrainian Institute are now accepting applications for the period between September 24th - October 23rd, 2026. Residency for makers transitioning beyond the human

  • Updates from the aquaponics

    Bad news, good news: a critical examination of what happened in the greenhouse

    The accident arises doubts on the ethic of this practice
  • a / Artist Blog Nora Nord

    Beyond Neurotypical with Nora Nord:

    A Summer Residency at Mediamatic

    My practice is ever-changing and flowing between photography, filmmaking, podcasting and textiles, but at the core what I make is conversation. Mediamatic invited me on a a / Artist residency at the...
  • 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

    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...
  • Food & Drinks Mediamatic Biotoop

    GMO-Special Menu

    7
    Nov 2026
    8
    Nov 2026
    - by TestTafel

    This Museum Night, Mediamatic's concept topic, GMO, enters the kitchen at TestTafel . For one night, our chefs are developing a snack menu that makes a commentary on genetically modified ingredients
  • Performance: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Protean Language Model & Water/Soil Discontent…

    7
    Nov 2026
    8
    Nov 2026
    - by HSURAE

    How do we define modification when living things are already constantly shaped by their environment? HSURAE brings this debate to life at Mediamatic through two compelling works during Museumnight.
  • Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Perennial Group Reading

    13
    Nov 2026
    - by Anne Diestelkamp

    Inspired by the reverence and rhythms of monastery living, Mediamatic’s Open City Monastery creates a space for collective learning, contemplation. Join us for the ninth edition of The Perennial...
  • Proposal by: Margot Domart

    Bionomics sound

    Project Proposal: How can we contribute together in reconnecting with our surroundings in a new era?

    In our western society, we learn to connect images and concepts with words. We are living in the culture of the "eye", rather than the ear.  I observe an atrophy of sensual and bodily intuition. With...
  • Exhibition + Museumnight programme Mediamatic Biotoop

    GMO: How far are you willing to mutate?

    7
    Nov 2026
    15
    Nov 2026

    GMO opens during Museumnight Amsterdam on 7 November and continues at Mediamatic until 15 November. During Museumnight, the exhibition expands into a one-night programme of live performances
  • Proposal by: Leo Kay

    The Acid House Of Ideas

    Project Proposal: Bread, microbial and plant agency, fermentation, human evolution and collective ritual.

    A month-long participatory exhibition centered around the building of a model house of ergot-inoculated rye bread; exploring the recent history of human alienation from the land; the creative...
  • Performance: Mediamatic Biotoop

    I Hate the Plant, the Plant Hates Me and I Want…

    7
    Nov 2026
    8
    Nov 2026
    - by Margherita Soldati

    Imagine a greenhouse where strawberries grow on human blood. Drawing from her experience of living with rare and severe allergies, Margherita Soldati stages an impossible relationship between an...
  • 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...
  • 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...

  • Was Hildegard von Bingen Autistic?

    A summary of 'Ruminations on Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) and autism' by Patricia Ranft

    Hildegard of Bingen was a 12th century German nun, and one of the most influential women of her time. She wrote several scientific treatises, composed music, and invented her own language, all of...
  • Guidelines Application Call 2026:

    CLOSED: Open Call: Haptic Lab

    Collective Art in Public Spaces

    Mediamatic is now accepting applications for the upcoming year, starting July 1st - September 30th, 2026. We invite you to be part of our Living Labs Residencies for 2026! Work in the Haptic Lab and...
  • Blog Leyang Fu

    (Re)naming a Plant – the Magic in a Name

    To many, calling a name equals casting a spell, as names are often assigned with magic or spiritual power. Such belief spreads widely geographically among different tribes. In modern days, we know...
  • Policy Plan 2025-2028:

    Open City Monastery

    Transdisciplinary Design Research

    Mediamatic is an organization focused on developing and presenting cross-disciplinary art, design and science practices. Sustainability and social urgency are our core concerns. Since 1983, we have...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

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    Mediamatic Biotoop has its own kitchen, staff, equipment and furniture. We gladly help you with your program by offering inspiring workshops and tours. Here you can read more about the possibilities.

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