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  • 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...

  • Multispecies
  • portrait
  • Performance
  • Touch
  • Taste
  • Food
  • Gastronomy
  • 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...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    What is a Neo Futurist Dinner?

    Neo Futurist Dinner is a programme line at Mediamatic where the world of food, art and science are brought together. During these gastronomical experiences, you will be engulfed in a multi-sensory...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Experience Mediamatic Biotoop

    Umami: Taste Club

    10
    Sep 2026
    - with Laila Snevele and Sensoverse

    What does umami actually taste like?  Many of us have heard of it. Some think they know it. Yet when asked to describe it, we often struggle to find the words. This gathering invites you to slow down

  • 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

    The Sin Eaters through the eyes of Hildegard Von…

    By Alice Héron and Martin Butler

    The Sin Eaters is a culinary experience created by chef and artist Alice Héron and the director Martin Butler. During 9 evenings in February 2022, participants were immersed in the incredible world...

  • 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...

  • Groente? Bitter! Als kind at ik liever…

    Een gesprek met onze voormalig head chef Gino Marengo

    Met een jagende opa die het wild direct uit het bos plukte, kwam Gino al van jongs af aan in contact met dieren, verse ingrediënten en rijke gerechten. Hij at alles van hert en leguaaneieren tot...

  • 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.

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

    Making acorns edible

    In a hands-on process the Clean Lab Team learns about the processing of acorns.

    The Harvest In and around Amsterdam the oak can be found in parks, forests and along the streets. Once you are attentive, you will see them everywhere around. The Balanophagy Team as well didn’t have...

  • Take a seat and lean in: The poetry of Code Noir

    Reflecting on representation and language with Rachel Rumai Diaz

    Following the end of the Code Noir dinner series, I had a chat with Rachel Rumai Diaz-- the spoken word artist behind the poetry that breathed life into the culinary journey of our latest Neo

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Cemre Deniz Kara

    FAQ Skin Hunger

    What kind of food do you serve? The breakfast is composed of 5 bite-sized dishes. All of them are plant-based, prepared by chef Alice Heron. For allergy information, please send an email to...

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  • Mediamatic Biotoop Vera Catalano, Doudouce Knol

    What does a day in the Aquaponics greenhouse look…

    Morning The first thing we do in the morning is to check the pH in the subtank. The pH, a measure of how acidic the water is, determines the health of the fish, the creation of bacteria in the system

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Abhay Villa 22 Mar 2021

    We are Growing Edible Flowers

    15 meters from farm to plate

    Mediamatic ETEN and the Aquaponics Farm together are aiding the growth of a project that started "rooting" its way into Mediamatic's collection a couple of years ago; and now with the arrival of this...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop, Mediamatic Eten, Dijkspark Naomi Tidball

    Food is both fuel and identity

    A blog for Code Noir

    In light of our upcoming Code Noir event, it is important to reflect on globalisation's ability to reshape food. It offers a diversity within gastronomy, and it allows for a wider availability of...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Full programme overview 2020

  • The green gold

    Celebrating our Wasabi's 2nd birthday

    After some cold and rainy months in aquaponics, we were overjoyed to see the first aquaponics plant in bloom. This early bloomer has got to be a bit of a diva, as most plants are not showing any...

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