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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Distilling a Scent Bouquet
- with Frank Bloem15sep 2019During this workshop, you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. Using your own or...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Creating Cacti
- with Martijn Baas31aug 2019Can you imagine making two cacti grow as one? To create your own little plant and play God? Grafting is a horticultural technique in which you join multiple plants and make them grow together. During...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Alessandra Baldissarelli, Mandy den Elzen
The hidden wonders of Mandy den Elzen
Mandy den Elzen is a Dutch artist fascinated by the process of making visible the wonders of nature and its encounter with art. In our routines is easy to forget to pay attention to the minutiae that...
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Isabel Burr Raty
3-Package Deal kunstenaar 2018-2019
Isabel Burr Raty is a Belgian-Chilean independent filmmaker and performance artist. In her films, she brings the imaginative realisms of the eco-survivors and their subversive sense of chronology...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Regeneration - Biotalk
- Biotalk 24 - with Gionata Gatto, Olaf Schuiling, Diana Scherer and Ivan Henriques15dec 2016With the Co2 particles in the air reaching the magical 400 ppm , and the fact that we have only 60 years of crop harvesting left, it is time for another way of dealing with our polluted environment.
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Dilruba Tayfun
Video-maker/Illustration
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Adorning the Internal
- Biotalk 22 - with Isaac Monté, Toby Kiers and Mandy den Elzen27okt 2016Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but we are all squishy and messy on the inside, aren't we? In this edition of Biotalk we will listen to two visual artists who challenge that perception. Whether...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Workshop: Grow your own Fungi
- Basic Mushroom and Bio-Design introduction11nov 2016It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Grow your own Fungi
- Mushroom cultivation and Bio-Design workshop1okt 2016It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Bacteria - our invisible guests
- Biotalk 21 - with Victoria Shennan, Debora Dax, Merle Bergers15sep 2016Invisible micro-organisms have always co-existed with us. Within the human body, the vast majority of cells are bacterial, fungal, or otherwise non-human. What does this mean for our perception of...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
The Art of Growing Mushrooms
- Join the workshop10sep 2016It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...
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Exhibition Mediamatic Biotoop
The Art of Deception
4okt 2016- Exhibition by Isaac Monté, in collaboration with Toby Kiers19mrt 2017What happens if humans manipulate organs for aesthetic purposes? And what is inner beauty anyway? Visit The Art of Deception: A collection of transformed pigs hearts that explore how biological...
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Performance: Mediamatic Biotoop
Are all lives equal?
- Live performance: Soot-o-Mat by Špela Petric16jul 2016Do you value some lives above others? Špela Petric's Miserables Machine: Soot-o-Mat is an artistic installation which questions the notion of equality between living organisms. Coming Saturday you...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Workshop: Grow your own Fungi
- Basic Mushroom and Bio-Design introduction26okt 2016It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...
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It's Myco Beer o'Clock
Test batch beer is now available at Mediamatic ETEN - while stocks last!
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Fermenting Fish
- Zuursalon: Pieter Kaptein, Geert Dekens, Tokowijzer, Bianca Snoek, Jeroen van Wieren17jun 2016Van de beruchte blikken Zweedse Surströmming tot ‘Garum’-stijl vissaus. In deze editie van de Zuursalon verkennen we één van de sterkste gistingen die er is: rottende vis. Met een beetje hulp van...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Tune in to the Non-Human
- Biotalk 20 - with Patrizia Ruthensteiner, Dewi de Vree, Paul Seidler, Cateringa & Kompanen16jun 2016How can we interact with the Non-Human? Humans depend on their senses to perceive their environment. But what happens if an additional factor is added to our perception? Tonight we will explore the...
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Alejandro Tauber
VICE MOTHERBOARD NL Editor
Alejandro is the Netherlands Editor for the world-famous VICE Motherboard.
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David Benqué
Designer / Researcher
David Benqué is a French designer and researcher, who looks at the human relationships with science and technology.
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Masterclass: Prototyping Bodies with Agi Haines
Saturday 11 of June 12:00-18:00
How will environmental pressures impact our malleable body? And what can we do to guide human evolution? Join the masterclass given by bio-artist Agi Haines (winner 2015 BAD award) and prototype the...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Material Metamorphosis
- Biotalk 19 - with Emilie van Spronsen, Sarah-Linda Forrer and Tetsuro Oike26mei 2016The speakers of this Biotalk will make us revalue certain materials in life we take for granted. How come all over the world there are chicken materials in consumer products that we don't know of?
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Fungal Futures
Exhibition at Utrecht University
Oude Hortus, Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht | March 24 - May 16 2016 A collaborative project between Utrecht University, Officina Corpuscoli and Mediamatic.