Our program
Projects
This is what we are working on
See what we do with artists and visitors in our Living Labs, come by!
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Artist Residencies
Meet them here
Mediamatic hosts artists, designers, and researchers who explore new forms of art, biology, and ecology within our Living Labs. Our residency program connects artistic experimentation with scientific...
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Aromathèque
Sensory art, Research and Design
Aromathèque is here to tickle your senses, flip your nose upside down, and make you rethink everything you smell, taste, touch, and inhale. From mayonnaise madness to alluring pheromones, every...
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Design Research:
Aquatoop
How can we design structures for the water, for its users and inhabitants?
Much of Amsterdam’s biodiversity is underwater. Amsterdam’s Unesco listed quays are facing one of the largest repairs in its history - 200 km of quay repairs. While focusing on preserving the land
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Zoöp
Evolving to a Zoönomic organization model
As human beings we’re not alone on this planet and every decision we make will affect other living things. To act on this awareness, Mediamatic is joining the Zoöp network and adopting the Zoöp...
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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...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Meet-a-Maker
30 minute 1 on 1 meetings with artists
Meet-a-Maker offers short one-on-one sessions with artists currently developing projects at Mediamatic. Join them in our greenhouse by the water for an open conversation about art, process, and...
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Living Labs:
Hydroponics Greenhouse
Adventures in urban farming
Mediamatic has its own urban agriculture system in the form of a hydroponics greenhouse at the Biotoop Dijkspark, just a short walk from Amsterdam Central Station. The greenhouse has gone through...
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Pigeon Towers
Building with Mycelium
How can we humans be better actors in the world we dwell in? The Mycelium-Waste-Pigeon-Towers are our teachers; Observe, make, reflect on the ever-changing towers who host many beings. This will take...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
ijKruid
Starting from Dijkspark, we're mapping the plants in the city
A big variety of plants is growing around our Biotoop, from healing to toxic, from dark green to purple. You can visit the Dijkspark at any moment.
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What we have done
Archive Since 1983
Are you curious about our projects from the past? Here you’ll find an image report with the best of Mediamatic