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  • Image: Alexandra Yakovleva (BR)

    seeding questions

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  • Shine bright like a diamond

    Our experiments with the studs

    After trying out the paint and the clay, the idea to create something more bling-bling, with golden and silver studs and also some push pins, came up.
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Zeger Reyers

    Hard Water

    18
    Sep 2015
    - by Zeger Reyers

    Is it plates growing in between plants, or plants growing in between plates? Hard Water is an installation that consists of a thousand plates, soil and plants 'growing' on the exterior wall of...
  • 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.
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Freestyle Kintsugi

    22
    Aug 2026
    - with Mariko Hori

    Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks

    Mycelium Pigeon Towers

    1
    Oct 2021
    1
    Oct 2031
    - by Arne Hendriks

    New  pigeon   towers emerge as old ones slowly collapse into fertile soil at the Biotoop. These structures are an ongoing experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms.

  • Credits

    Thank you!

    We would like to thank the following people, organizations, sponsors and participants.

  • Who are you in "the reality"?

    Discover by seeding

    We are still in the process of designing how the questions will look like. But, good news, we have already decided their content! There will be 30 of them and you can think of your answers while...

  • El HEMA in Den Haag

    Nieuwe tijdelijke winkel in het centrum van de stad

    El HEMA, een concept ontwikkeld door Mediamatic Amsterdam in 2007, werd een instant-hit. De El HEMA werd daarna geadopteerd door Kosmopolis. Na Rotterdam bezocht te hebben, is de El HEMA nu te vinden...

  • Seeding questions

    Experiments with sowing

    From the questions' design we smoothly moved to the experiments with the seeds and the seeding paper. We wanted to find out inside of which of the three types of rice paper (really thin one, a bit...
  • Haptic Lab Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Detailed Talks

    28
    Oct 2026
    - with Amber van Gastel

    What is it like to be you? How do you see the world differently from someone else? In this workshop you will learn a different way of communicating. A way that does not start with finding the right...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Bart Ellenbroek

    Building a geodesic dome

    My experiences during my third week at Mediamatic

    Exploring the possibilities of a geodesic dome built from mycelium.

  • The Mediamatic Sluisdeurenloods

    A cultural landmark

    The Sluisdeurenloods or 'Canal Lock Gate Warehouse' was originally built at the end of the 19th century, before being dismantled, moved, and reconstructed at Dijkspark in 1957. The building is now...

  • Expositie

    Pakhuis de Zwijger heeft elke maand een andere expositie in het eetcafé en in de foyers. De expositie is gratis toegankelijk van maandag tot en met vrijdag van 09:00 tot 23:00 uur. Wil je ook eens...

  • Kunstformen For Sale!

    Haeckel posters and shirts available

    Brighten up your walls and wardrobe with Kunstformen Der Natur from German biologist Ernst Haeckel. From Radiolaria to jellyfish, in black and white or brightly colored. All 100 large scale posters...
  • Pitch voorstel voor Komjeook? 2

    Cool Numismatic Objects

    Of hoe kan het Geldmuseum een breed publiek interesseren voor en betrekken bij (een tentoonstelling/museum met) numismatische objecten.

    Deze winter wordt in het interactieve en multimediale Geldmuseum in Utrecht een collectietentoonstelling geopend met de honderd meest bijzondere numismatische objecten uit de collectie van het...
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Freestyle Kintsugi

    with Mariko Hori

    Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...
  • Mediamatic Magazine vol. 8#2/3 Errki Huhtamo 1 Jan 1995

    Armchair Traveller on the Ford of Jordan

    The Home, the Stereoscope and the Virtual Voyager

    The general panorama of the world. It introduces to us scenes known only from the imperfect relations of travellers. By our fireside we have the advantage of examining them, without being exposed to...
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol.7#1 Paul Groot 1 Jan 1992

    Famous Artists School, Famous Writer Tool

    or: the hankering after a configurated system for the Apple and other rhetorical reflections

    In Mediamatic 6#1, Paul Groot reported on his first experiences with a word processor and his struggle with the McHugh. As a sequel to these first impressions, he will review here MicroSoft's Word5...

  • Plotting Time

    Research on timelines for digital stories

    Mediamatic, Lava and our clients RVU and NHM are working to enhance digital storytelling through time-based visualizations. How can we better see and understand our history? How can we add our own...

  • 'Myco-brewing'?

    Two Processes become one!

    Combining the beer brewing process with our Myco Insulation process for smart production of new materials.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Bart Ellenbroek

    Geodesic dome research

    Testing sizes, entrance and connectors.

    Here is a first look intro the research and testing process of the mycelium geodesic dome project.

  • Media layout tutorial

    Here are a few tips and tricks to make your contribution even more appealing for visitors of this website.
  • Pop-Up Cafe

    The Last Sweat Party in the Pop-Up basement

    The Pop-Up Café is a temporary exhibition that will take place from June 6 until August 2 at Meneer de Wit Gallery in Amsterdam. Created by Eline Mul and Karolien Buurman, it's a place that looks and...

  • Mushrooms are taking over the Dutch media

    “Scientists, designers and dreamers are working on a revolution”.

    For the last couple of months Motherboard, the technological arm of Vice have been on board to interview designers, scientists and mycelium experts about their work with fungi. The result is...

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