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  • Niek Hilkmann

    Artist, Musician, Researcher

    Niek Hilkmann is an artist, musician, and researcher with a background in art history, media design, and visual culture. His work focuses on the interplay between the technological construct we...

  • Multispecies
  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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'...

  • 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

  • Xenophon: a Multi-species Romance Through Smell

    Research Residency Siobhán McGibbon

    During her time on residency at Mediamatic, McGibbon researched, experimented and developed new skills in storytelling and means of expression through scent. As a world-builder, the artist was...

  • Performance + 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...

  • 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

  • Future scenarios for our beloved greenhouse

    An honest review of 10+ years of aquaponics

    We first started experimenting with aquaponics in 2012 at our previous location at the van Gendthallen . After more than 10 years of learning, growing and enjoying an abundance of fresh herbs, we...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Speculative futures, sea cucumbers and art that…

    An Interview with Silke Riis

    We sat down with sculptor and installation artist Silke Riis ahead of her A/artist talk on the 15th of January to talk about her artistic process, inspirations, and her ongoing installation at...

  • Performance Mediamatic Biotoop

    Waterwork

    4
    Sep 2026
    5
    Sep 2026
    - Marjolijn Boterenbrood in collaboration with Mei-Yi Lee

    Waterwork   explores the possibilities of water’s voice. Imagine the sound of water itself surrounding us in future times—a presence carrying movement, memory, and traces of life.      RSVP here...

  • 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. ...

  • Blog: Oosterdok Mariah Issa

    Aquatic Soundscapes

    "I want to listen in places that my body cannot access"

    Mediamatic has welcomed a new artist-in-residence, Minji Kim ! What inspires her work? How does the location of Mediamatic influence it? How does Minji wish for the Aquatic Soundscapes exhibition to...

  • Interview Leyang Fu

    Human as Food, in a Material World

    An interview with Noa Jansma

    Noa Jansma is a Dutch multimedia designer. She completed her training at the Design Academy Eindhoven and has exhibited her work at renowned locations such as C/O Berlin, Les Rencontres de la...

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