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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet-a-Maker
- with Sikau/Pubalova10jul 2026Come 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...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Wild Hedges: Waste/lands
24jun 2026- by Al-Wah'at Collective15jul 2026What histories take root in the plants growing through the city’s cracks? Wild Hedges: Waste/lands is an exhibition by Al-Wah’at Collective, developed during their spring residency at Mediamatic.
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Oosterdok Tour: Mediamatic Biotoop
De Zeemond
by Carmen Schabracq & Harpo 't Hart
De Zeemond is an instrument that translates the sounds of the sea for human ears. The sculpture takes on the form of an otolith, a hearing stone that humans and fish have in common. On the beach of...
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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
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Distilling a Citrus Bouquet
- Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem5jul 2026In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
- met Frank Bloem5jul 2026In deze workshop zal kunstenaar en parfumeur Frank Bloem een inleiding geven tot de wereld van parfumcreatie. Je leert de basisbeginselen van het componeren van een geur en na afloop zul je...
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Mediamatic, Livia Rita & Avantgardeners Open Call 2026:
OPEN CALL: Dystopia Wetlands CLOSED
Mediamatic, Livia Rita and Avantgardeners Collective are now accepting applications for performers to take part in an upcoming exhibition, opening on 1 May 2026. We invite you to be part of this...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Distilling a Citrus Bouquet
- Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem17mei 2026In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...
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Symposium: Mediamatic Biotoop
Anatomy of a Material
- What might a mythology of plastic look like?17apr 2026Join us on Friday, April 17th, for a symposium on affective obsolescence: the gradual erosion of our emotional and sensory connection to the materials that shape everyday life. We now encounter...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Floodlight
27mrt 2026- Marjolijn Boterenbrood in samenwerking met Mark IJzerman28mrt 2026Bezoek Floodlight en ontdek hoe Boterenbrood en IJzerman de Sluisdeurenloods transformeren tot een meeslepend onderwaterlandschap. Zij vieren de diepe verbondenheid tussen hun residentiepraktijk en...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Phygital Seasoning
20feb 2026- by Sensoverse1jul 2026Sweetness is often understood as something simple - a property of sugar content. But in reality, taste is something we construct. It emerges from the interaction of many senses: sight, smell, sound
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
- met Frank Bloem17mei 2026In deze workshop zal kunstenaar en parfumeur Frank Bloem een inleiding geven tot de wereld van parfumcreatie. Je leert de basisbeginselen van het componeren van een geur en na afloop zul je...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Deep Documenting
- with Naomi van Dijck21mrt 2026Of je nu werkt aan een installatie, een participatief evenement of een lopend onderzoeksproject, het vinden van een goede manier om je proces te documenteren kan een lastig zijn — zeker wanneer het...
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Opening Night: Mediamatic Biotoop
Hydrocommons
- with Enora Cressan, Marjolijn Boterenbrood and Silke Riis20feb 2026Join us on Friday, February 20th, to mark a new chapter for Mediamatic! This evening, we explore the idea that we are not separate entities, but porous beings in the same water. When will we begin...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Distilling a Citrus Bouquet
- Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem12apr 2026In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
- met Frank Bloem12apr 2026In deze workshop zal kunstenaar en parfumeur Frank Bloem een inleiding geven tot de wereld van parfumcreatie. Je leert de basisbeginselen van het componeren van een geur en na afloop zul je...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
TACTimat
17dec 2025- by Laura A Dima15jan 2027TACTimat is part art, part therapy tool for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), utilizing haptic stimuli to address the needs of hyper and hyposensitive children. TACTimat is a...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Future Affair
17dec 2025- by Laura A Dima15jan 2027What forms can touch take when bodies are separated, and technology becomes the mediator? At our renovated Haptic Lab, we welcome artist Laura A Dima's Future Affair, an interactive installation...
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Laura A Dima
Artist
Laura A Dima is a multidisciplinary artist, driven by a fascination with social dynamics and emerging technologies, leading her to create interactive installations that focus on touch/haptics as the...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Soft Sabotage
19dec 2025- by Julia Löffler1dec 2026Collective waste - once mixed and anonymized in sewage - becomes readable data. But what if this datasoup turns into datasoap? Soft Sabotage is a private intervention within a public system which...
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Julia Löffler
Visual Designer
Julia Löffler is a visual designer based in Hamburg. Her work explores and visualizes seemingly everyday phenomena as a means of critically reflecting on socio-political contexts. Alongside her...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Distilling a Citrus Bouquet
- Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem8feb 2026In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Composing Fragrance
- met Frank Bloem8feb 2026In deze workshop zal kunstenaar en parfumeur Frank Bloem een inleiding geven tot de wereld van parfumcreatie. Je leert de basisbeginselen van het componeren van een geur en na afloop zul je...
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Artistic Research Presentation Series
Unfolding Universes
Performance Game
Throughout 2026, visual artist and performance maker Rosa Vrij invites you into her artistic process through six presentations at Mediamatic. Every two months, she opens a window into her current...