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  • 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...
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  • nature
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  • 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...
  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Meet-a-Maker

    20
    Aug 2026
    - with Sikau/Pubalova

    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. Sikau/Pubalova   are open to creative...
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 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...
  • 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
  • Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Meet-a-Maker

    11
    Sep 2026
    - with Sikau/Pubalova

    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. Sikau/Pubalova   are open to creative...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Abhay Villa 5 Aug 2021

    Is it an alien? Is it a sex toy? No, it's Sopropo!

    procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit

    You may have come across Sopropo on your travels, at a Surinamese/Asian restaurant or maybe even at home. Read on and learn about our journey procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks

    Pigeon Cam

    On the 7th of June 2022, almost two years after we first started learning how to build pigeon towers with waste mycelium, we introduced the first four squab (young pigeons) into their new living...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Mily Bogaarts 3 Mar 2021

    From Packaging to Beaver Skin

    How to build a mycelium pigeon tower roof #1

    The pigeon and the mycelium are in joint agreement. Pigeons don’t nest on soggy surfaces and mycelium prefers high humidity, but don’t like the wet. It is critical: The tower needs a roof. But what...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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  • 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...
  • 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.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Scent Bouquet

    with Frank Bloem

    Distillation is an ancient process that has long been used to extract essential oils from biological materials like fruits, spices, or even hair! During this workshop you will be introduced to the...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Designing Incense

    with Niklaus Mettler

    Incense is an ancient form of perfumery and has in many cultures different shapes, purposes and functions. It is used as a time measurement, as an insect repellent or it serves as a portal to connect...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Building Aquaponic Systems

    with Saro van Cleynenbreugel

    Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.

  • The real story behind natural perfumery

    Natural vs synthetic. Is it really eco?

    "Natural is always better" a sentence we often hear, but is it really? Well, in perfumery, it is not as simple, and there is a twist to what is commonly known and followed. Chemistry came to add...

  • Rattle that lock

    Looking at rats from a different point of view

    Rats are everywhere and hard to get rid of. This is probably the main reason for them being unwanted in big cities - and at the same time the best reason to rethink your own perspective: rats are...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt

    Building-Blocks

    Different ways to build an octagon

    What is the most efficient way to come close to a circle, but still not use too many mycelium blocks? After some testing we found out an octagonal shape for the tower would fit our purpose best.  

created Laura Rosal modified Skaiste Venckevi

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