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Textile Lab Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Re-fashioning Clothing
- with Kristin Maurer and Daniela Tiben25May 2024Love a piece of clothing but it doesn't quite fit anymore? Don't toss it! In this workshop, you'll learn how to transform your old favourites: shorten pants, add a lining to a shirt, or even turn...
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a/Artist event on Neurodivergence in the Arts Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Monsters under the Bed and Cocoon
- On celebrating otherness with designer Clemens Tomlow and performer Leyla de Muynck15Apr 2024All over the world stories of scary monsters are used as precautionary tales for children. And yet many fairytales teach us that what society deems monstrous is often more misunderstood than evil.
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Textile Lab: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Visible Mending
- with Bronwen Jones25May 2024Come and learn the art of darning, a time-tested technique for repairing holes in your favourite garments. Bronwen practices this technique visibly as a way to reclaim and celebrate our beloved...
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a/Artist talk over neurodivergence in the arts Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Tag-alongs and drifters
- The working human’s mind with Sytske van Koeveringe18Mar 2024We enter into conversation with author and visual artist Sytske van Koeveringe. In her new book Meeloper ('Tag-along'), she explores the meaning of work. Why is work inseparable from our lives and...
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“Anxiety is the Japanese knotweed of mental…
Presumably, anxiety is a challenge we all have dealt with at one point in our lives. Be it caused by the pandemic, wars, our fast paced lifestyles, our own personal challenges, or… THE JAPANESE...
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Wrijven helpt niet!
Verslag van de 59ste Biennale van Venetie
Midden april 2022. We zijn op de preopening van 59 ste Biënnale Venetië. Eigenlijk stond deze biënnale gepland in 2021, maar corona stak daar een stokje voor. In Italië was de...
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Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Breakfast with Hildegard
with Tamara Last
Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen encouraged people to invite joy into daily routine through mindful rituals that addressed emotional challenges like brain-fog, rage, and forgetfulness. Start your...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Weimin Zhu
Playful Jewelry Workshop
- with Weimin Zhu16Mar 2024Come and explore the process of creating playful jewelry, together with jewelry and object designer Weimin Zhu. You will not only make a beautiful piece of jewelry, but also learn more about how it...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy
- with Tamara Last2Mar 2024Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen had solutions to help bring joy, whether a person felt low, empty, brained, full of rage or had memory difficulties. Join Tamara Last to recreate the recipes of...
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Presentation:
Happiness is Golden
- a/Artist talk and workshop by Jam van der Aa19Feb 2024During evenings about autism, the emphasis is often on what doesn’t go well or isn’t easy. Jam van der Aa , as an artistic researcher and someone with firsthand experience, drew on the latest brain...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Weimin Zhu
Playful Jewelry
- with Weimin Zhu4Feb 2024Come and explore the process of creating playful jewelry, together with jewelry and object designer Weimin Zhu. You will not only make a beautiful piece of jewelry, but also learn more about how it...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Who's Afraid of Cardboard and Clay?
- a/Artist talks by Jemima de Jonge and Silke Riis15Jan 2024Silke Riis and Jemima de Jonge both create works using very humble materials. Silke is fascinated by biology and creates wondrous worlds out of clay, latex and pigments. Jemima on the other hand is...
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A lively evening with workshops, performances and presentations Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Zelf again
12 artists quietly pretending it's museumnacht.
During Museumnacht, 1000+ joined our artistic diagnostic tract. This night we offer the same program for professionals and those that find Museumnacht a bit too noisy!
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Saturday november 11, 2023 17:00—20:30
Zelf/Self again (the quiet version)
Museumnight program for those who find Museumnight a bit noisy.
On Saturday, Nov. 11 (6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.), there will be a special opening for people who find Museum Night a little too busy or who could no longer get a ticket for Nov. 4. Tickets Are you ever...
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Performance: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Minjoo Choi
My Shadow is part of my body
4Nov 2023- Performance by Minjoo Choi11Nov 2023Minjoo throws clay, she hurls clay against the walls, she flings clay against the windows, and the clay falls, the clay dries, the clay is picked up again and kneaded until it can be thrown once more.
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Zelf (what would you say?)
Museumnight Amsterdam 2023
Are you ever bothered by yourself? A lot or just a little? Come to Mediamatic and evaluate yourself through the works of a diverse team of artists. Hand yourself over to our experts, let them help...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Jemima de Jonge
A Body of Water, Table-Scene
4Nov 2023- Video Installation by Jemima de Jonge31Mar 2024When does a sense of safety and security turn into claustrophobia and fear? When does it float back? When does it become humorous or grim?
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Crafting Joyful Wellness
A closer look at our Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy workshop
In a world constantly seeking answers to balance our modern minds, the wisdom of the past can often provide profound insights. Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy with Lynn Shore is a workshop that...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy
- with Lynn Shore3Dec 2023Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen had solutions to help bring joy, whether a person felt low, empty, brained, full of rage or had memory difficulties. Join Lynn Shore to recreate the recipes of...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy
- with Urban Herbology team18Nov 2023Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen had solutions to help bring joy, whether a person felt low, empty, brained, full of rage or had memory difficulties. Join Tamara, teammate of Urban Herbology
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Weimin Zhu
Playful Jewelry Workshop
- with Weimin Zhu22Oct 2023Come and explore the process of creating playful jewelry, together with jewelry and object designer Weimin Zhu. You will not only make a beautiful piece of jewelry, but also learn more about how it...
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'Adults also want to play'
An interview with Ignacy Radtke
We met with artist Ignacy Radtke ahead of his talk at our upcoming A/artist event to ask him a few questions about his latest work 'Why do hoodie strings taste so good?', his personal experience with...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Playing with (Dis)comfort
- A/artist meeting with Genevieve Murphy and Ignacy Radtke18Sep 2023We are happy to announce a new season of A/artist public events which will kick off on the 18th of September. Through these events, w e'll be continuing to explore the neurodivergent experience in...
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Genevieve Murphy
Composer and performer
Genevieve Murphy (*1988) is a composer and performer from Scotland, currently based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She combines performance and visual art with contemporary classical music and her...