Exhibitions 2017

Are you fundamentally lonely? Do you break taboos? Join us and start Casting Doubts (Twijfel Zaaien) in Amsterdam's newest hotspot: Dijkspark. Thirty questions about life and art lead you along the...

The Kunstformen der Natur exhibition is back. This time, in collaboration with Radboudumc in Nijmegen. After the popular exhibition of all 100 prints at Mediamatic last year, we have selected 80 of...

A highly efficient stove made almost entirely from reclaimed materials, Hein Kramer's rocket stove can easily reach 1000 degrees and is virtually non-polluting. When you visit our restaurant, you...

What 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...

Arjanne Bode's tattooed by-catch is an investigation into a new European law that should encourage a more sustaintable fishing industry.  The official opening of the installation took place on Friday...

Aquaponics goes to Berlin! In the Hamburger Bahnhof a special aquaponic installation is part of artist Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ participation in the exhibition “ moving is in every direction.

We’re presenting the latest addition to Mediamatic’s Biotoop: The Aroma Lab. This a work station in which scent distillation is put into practice. The DIY olfactory lab has originally been set up by...

The fashion industry: a beautiful but polluting business. The fast pace of clothing production accounts for devastating amounts of material and immaterial consumption, resulting in the misuse of...

Green leaves are absorbing a rainbow of colours in the greenhouses of Diana Scherer's Spectrum Crops - Findings in Color. How would different wavelengths of light impact the growth of herbs

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...

Mediamatic and Framer Framed invited Lebanese-Egyptian street-artist Bahia Shehab to create a brand new graffiti wall at Mediamatic Biotoop right next to our terrace. In order to celebrate her...

It's an artwork, but you can use it. Pee in our urinals while enjoying the hypnotizing videos by Kamiel Rongen. We are happy to collect your fluid contribution and create a powerful fertilizer for...

Amsterdam has a new shipping company; Rederij Lampedusa, located in the harbor of Mediamatic. The shipping company consists of a fleet of two North African boats, which were used by refugees to cross...

A series of eleven lamps made of 3D-knitted textile with glow-in-the-dark effect, inspired by microscopic organisms and the phenomenon of bioluminescence. When the light is switched off, the...

Caroline Jacob tackles common preconceptions of food, waste and hygiene in her latest work wASH. Using waste materials left over from Mediamatic’s food production, she creates a site-specific laundry...

It turned out to be a good cabbage-year. In fact, this year’s cabbage harvest turned out so good, there is more cabbage than farmer Krispijn can process for a fair price. What to do with a food