In 2020 we worked with these people

"The deconstruction of images in light, darkness and the mind has been an endless vessel of fascination for me since 2014." Through my installations and performances, I try to create space to have...

I work with Mediamatic since February 2011. At the moment I'm self employed at zone5 . I’m nifty with media and I love to be the helping hand, whenever I'm needed. I love to explore interactivity in...

Susanne Duijvestein (1986) is trained as an organizational expert and after eleven years of cooperative banking and other positions at Slow Food and the Amsterdam Economic Board made a switch to the...

Niklaus Mettler is a perfumer and art director who works with scent in a variety of contexts. He has worked with artists from different fields and established his own line of perfumes. His brand ...

Liza White is a product designer and "3D storyteller ." She uses traditional techniques and different materials to create a personal story. Her designs are characterized by stratification and evoke...

Profile of Jan Jedenak, a Germany-based artist and performer. He is involved with Mediamatic's Olfactory History of Oosterdok upcoming exhibition, through the ongoing 'Private Dreams and Public...

Profile of Jonas Klinkenberg, a Germany-based artist and performer. He is involved with Mediamatic's Olfactory History of Oosterdok upcoming exhibition, through the ongoing 'Private Dreams and Public...

Masuma is a multi-disciplinary artist. Her art practice revolves around weaving cultural political and historical perspectives along with personal experiences and individual stories. Currently for...

I am a self-taught visual artist working primarily in hand-embroidery on textiles with a special interest in “memento mori”, a genre that reflects on the impermanence and fragility of life, nations...

Frank Bloem is an artist who uses scent as his primary medium. He studied Fine Arts at the Rietveld academy. In the summer of 2016, Frank changed his focus from visual art to olfactory-based works.

Mandy den Elzen is a visual artist bridging the realms of nature, science and art. Particularly interested in tactile properties of organic structures, Mandy den Elzen brings to light aesthetic side...

Jasper de Groot (1989) is an Utrecht based researcher and is involved with Mediamatic's Odorama series. 

Dik van der Meulen   is an author of books on various themes, such as nature and Mexican Maya. He wrote biographies about the Dutch authors E. du Perron and Multatuli, and William III, king of the...

Saša Spačal is an artist who works at the crossroads of research into living systems, contemporary art and sound art. Her artistic research focuses on the development of technological interfaces and...

Madeline Schwartzman is a New York City artist, writer, and educator whose work explores human narratives and the human sensorium through social art, performance, book writing, curating, and video...

Leoniek Bontje studied Fine Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and graduated in 2008. She showed her work in different places and galeries. She is a herb specialist. Together with...

PLANTMOM is run by Monai Nailah McCullough, an indoor plant expert from New York City passionate about sustainable and chemical free care alternatives.

Arne Hendriks is an artist and researcher on human ecology. He believes we should be more generous towards ourselves in allowing radical new ideas and practices to re-define our relationship with the...

Caro Verbeek (1980) is an art historian, author and researcher with a focus on the lower senses (smell, taste, touch). She did an MA in Olfactory art and an MA in Tactile art at the University of...

During my internship at Mediamatic, where I worked in the Aroma Lab my boyfriend at the time suddenly passed away.  In 2015 I met Jo through a language exchange website, we started chatting a lot and...

Santiago is an Argentinian architect and researcher based in Rotterdam. In art and architecture he explores experiences that reflect on the awareness of our environment. He is one of the makers of...

Sarojini Lewis (India/Netherlands) has a background in Fine Art with a specialization in archival photography, video art and book arts. She is currently working as a curator/researcher and artist.

Lucie Chateau is working towards her PhD at Tilburg University, with research focusing on how meme subcultures and their aesthetics have real-life political implications. She has completed two...

Josely Carvalho is a multidisciplinary artist and poet. She was born in São Paulo, lives in New York since late 1970’s and maintains a studio in Rio de Janeiro since 2002. In the last four decades

Margherita has a strong interest in tactility and tactile perception at the intersection of art and healthcare, supported by material research with a focus on the creation of patterns and textures.  ...

  Ruchama Noorda is an artist who uses diverse media and materials in performances and installations. In 2002 Noorda graduated at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and she completed her MFA at...

Wouter is an expert mycologist and owner of the Mycophilia. He also currently leads the Growing Mushrooms workshops at Mediamatic.

I was trained as a biology and handicraft teacher for the secondary school. I’m loving nature since I was a child and in my work I have always tried to be outside as much as possible. I started my...

Bart and innovation go hand in hand. As one of our first FabLab participants Bart showed his interest and creative approach to design problems. With his accumulated knowledge and network, he co

This is a collective of 'makers'. These makers have 3D-printers with which they make help-items for contact workers ( like nurses, doctors,...) This production is for the betterment of society, free...

Born in Kobe, Japan, Mariko Hori studied architecture and is currently working as an artist between Amsterdam, Netherlands and Belgrade, Serbia . She has recently participated in Folkestone...

Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold (17 February 1796 – 18 October 1866) was a German physician, botanist, and traveler. He achieved prominence by his studies of Japanese flora and fauna and the...

Simone Brus is naast voltijd bedrijfsleider bij Noppes, ook één keer per week een middag te vinden op de Biotoop. De plantenkennis die ze bij haar vader in de Volkstuin heeft opgedaan, breidde ze...

I work as co-curator of visual arts and theory at Other Futures and as curator at Mediamatic. The forthcoming edition of Other Futures multidisciplinary festival will present speculative visions of...

Since my early childhood, I  have followed my nose, probably predestined by the surname Odeur [the French name for scent] given by my father, and the pronounced olfactory organ I got from my mother.

Asefeh Tayebani makes objects that have been assigned a specific purpose, but present them as something else. Introducing materials as metaphors or objects as symbols, are one of her main interests.

Henk Jonkers obtained his PhD in Marine Microbiology at Groningen University (1999) and worked until 2006 as research scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen and...

In 2019 studeerde ik af aan de Design Academy, department food non food. Tijdens mijn studie richtte ik mij vooral op onderzoek en de vertaling hiervan naar tekst en beeld. Het boek “De Zesvleugelige...

Anna de Hooge (1996) is a writer, media worker and researcher in the field of disability studies. She used to think she was the witch of the story, climbing Rapunzel’s hair to reach the academic...

Zeger Reyers believes that humans have become secondary to their own manipulated environments and as such, there is now not a single cell left traversing its ‘natural' course. As such, Reyers has...

With an academic background in New Media and Digital Culture, my research at Mediamatic as an intern took me down the path of looking at a changed world in the face of climate change. The way society...

Lelani Lewis, a chef, food stylist, and culinary activist, creates inspiring audience experiences with her innovative and vibrant approach to food. Growing up in South London with Grenadian and Irish...

Ton van Harreveld is an innovative environmental scientist and  the founder of Odornet, a business that deals with measuring odor intensity and stench pollution.  His goal is to expand the focus of...

Inger Leemans is een professor Culturele geschiedenis op de Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam. In haar onderzoek focust ze op de moderne culturele geschiedenis, de geschiedeis van emoties en zintuigen

Gwen van der Zwan is a Dutch writer, journalist, producer, photographer, and performer. As a journalist, she works for VICE, The Next Web, KRO-NCRV, Human, Skateism, and other platforms. Pluim will...

Alissa Rees (Amsterdam, 13 February 1991) is a prize-winning concept and healthcare designer. Rees graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2017. Her projects are society relevant, often in the...

Thijs de Zeeuw is a Landscape architect and nature-optimist.  He designs environments for both humans and non-humans to cohabit in. He dreams of multi-species societies in which humans regard animals...

Maia Lyon Daw is an audiovisual artist from the UK, currently based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her sound, video and installation work explores new formulations of ritual expression and alternative...

Jonathan Ho is a visual artist and designer born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and has a master’s in...

Suzanne Bernhardt is a visual artist that graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, in 2016. Her works often relate to social sculpture and how the practice of arts creates new potential...

Rachel Rumai Diaz is a writer, poet, performance artist, teacher and artivist. Being fluent in English, Spanish, Dutch and Spanglish she intertwines languages to create poetry that triggers...

Queer Currents   is waving through Amsterdam in the run-up to the Pride: 15 different exhibitions, discussion evenings, symposia and performance events take place at 15 changing locations for 15...

Panagiotis Panagiotakopoulos (35, GR) aka Taka Taka trained as a professional make-up artist, he studied Fine Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, followed up by the MA ArtEZ programme at the Dutch...

Founded in September 2012 in Los Angeles bij Saskia Wilson-Brown , The Institute for Art and Olfaction is a 501(c)3 non-profit devoted to advancing public, artistic and experimental engagement with...

Annemarie's current knotweed projects

Italian chef Tommaso Buresti grew up in the kitchen of his father's restaurant. He has been cooking for as long as he can remember and loves to experiment with food.

Bio-Kultura verkoopt drie kwalitatief hoogwaardige producten die geschikt zijn voor elke plant en elk type tuin. Hun biologische potgrond, tuinaarde en mestcompost zijn biologisch gecertificeerd. Ze...

De Hekserij levert grondstoffen, materialen, gereedschappen en kennis, in kleine hoeveelheden en aan een breed publiek.

Verbruggen Paddestoelen B.V. is een echt familiebedrijf. De door Piet Verbruggen opgezette paddenstoelenkwekerij wordt inmiddels al weer vele jaren door zijn zoon John voortgezet.

I worked at Mediamatic as the communications manager until August 2020. After studies in architecture, classical guitar and philosophy, I was happy to dedicate my love for language to Mediamatic. I...

Emanuele Coccia is an Italian philosopher who lives in Paris, where he teaches at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), one of the most important schools of contemporary human...

Francesca Strik Lievers is a linguist working at the University of Genoa, Italy. In her research, she explores the way perceptual experiences from different senses are expressed in the lexicon of...

Cognitive neuroscientist specializing in synaesthesia

Head of the synaesthesia research group at the Centre for Multidisciplinary Research of Contemporary Childhood of the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education.

Han van der Vegt (1961) is a poet and a translator. He specialises in long narrative poems.

Ibo Bakker is an illustrator, painter, and writer of (children’s) books. In addition, Ibo is active as a musician, actor and composer. He is part of the Gurdjieff Quartet.

Amy Toner is a dance artist, choreographer, teacher, and facilitator. Her practice is committed to making the arts accessible to all, where she believes that anyone regardless of age, gender

Italian designer and food researcher, currently based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Joana Velu (Dutch/Brazilian) is a visual artist constantly zooming in and out from a global context to a micro scale. Through personal stories or other forms of narrative she intends to let herself...

Marina is  the founder of the cosmetic consultancy TUPI  Beleza , where she develops new products that respect nature and consumer -   from the first idea to the final product. She  likes to ...

Alice Héron (France, 1993)  is a multidisciplinary artist and cheffe working in between Amsterdam and Berlin. Graduated from Design Lab at Rietveld Academie, she creates sensory food experiences

Garo Feslian is a chef, food enthusiast and food storyteller based in Amsterdam, originally from Lebanon. After finishing his culinary studies from the Italian Culinary Institute in Calabria, Italy

After finishing a bachelor in Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and graduating an Art and Research programma at the Rietveld, I am currently doing a research internship here at Mediamatic.

Growing food creative from Amsterdam, being known for colourful flavours and eager work attitude currently compliments the Italian cooking team with his Dutch charm.

With a background in Product Design, Martijn Baas has specialized in working with Mycelium, cultivating plants, Bonsai and a broad range of plant-shaping techniques. He uses his research and skills...

Pierre Theodorus Valkering (1960) is a theologian, author and  Roman Catholic priest. He studied in Amsterdam, Nijmegen and Rome. He graduated 1988. He became a pastoral worker for  the R.C. Church...

Born in Beirut but raised in Amsterdam. I started my work life as a handyman with my mother; afterwards, I attended engineering school and switched to a Rietveld and woodworking school. I like to...

Sabien Poutsma studied arts in Amsterdam and then started working on sets for television programs. She also started as a teacher and tour guide in the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam, which she still does.

Jan Banning is a Dutch artist/photographer based in the Netherlands. He was born in 1954 from Dutch East Indies parents, and he studied social and economic history at the Radbout University of...

Laura Burgers studied law and French in Amsterdam, Paris and New York. In 2016, she started her PhD research at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Law on the democratic legitimacy of judicial...

Sacha Tamboer (1973) behaalde in 2004 haar doctoraal Nederlands Recht aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, met als specialisatie het privaat- en consumentenrecht. Tijdens haar studie is zij onder meer...

Peter Oei has been the program manager for greenhouse horticulture at LNV since 2006 and works in that capacity on SIGN's work program. Peter drives innovation with SIGN and connects innovative...

Annelies Wina Doom is a belgian conceptual installation artist curator photographer wanderer performer player dreamer wildly associative thinker Luna Blue White her cats & other stunning creatures...