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We do exhibitions, events, workshops and we have a restaurant in which we serve very nice plant-based food. Since 1983 Mediamatic has concerned itself with cultural developments that foster new technologies, and new technologies that spur cultural developments. Now we are a hyper-local open house for art, new technologies and urban agriculture.

19/05/2026

and it’s a wrap 💥

500+ people. 12 hours of consecutive rituals.

HABITS was everything - rituals, performance art, music, design, and food, from noon until midnight. Thank you for showing up and making it real. 🌀

Endless gratitude to everyone who nourished, performed, built, and held space for this day.

💛 for keeping the community fed & together all day long.

Day program with: _

Evening program with: .collective

The team that made it happen:

Curator: Laura Rosal
Production: Kalina Efremova
Communication: Skaiste Venckeviciute .venckevi
Production & AV Assistant: Braidon Hobzek
Graphic Design: Lisa Schiemann
Illustration: Kexin Hao

With support of:



14/05/2026

3 meters of program, pulled from the water.

Tomorrow, HABITS takes over the Biotoop for 12 continuous hours of rituals, performances, installations, food, and collective experiments.

Free entrance.

will be serving food from €2.5 & drinks all day.

Come early, wonder through the rituals, stay longer than planned.

→ full program & RSVP via link in bio
Come early, drift around, stay longer than planned.

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Day program with: _

Evening program with: .collective

With support of:


We’re welcoming artists in residence: Al-Wah’at collective(.collective).Formed by Ailo Ribas(.bird), Gabriella Demczuk()...
10/05/2026

We’re welcoming artists in residence: Al-Wah’at collective(.collective).

Formed by Ailo Ribas(.bird), Gabriella Demczuk(), and Areej Ashhab() in 2022, Al-Wah’at is an artist-research collective committed to growing communal practices of care and repair in ecologies labelled “wastelands”.

Their work seeks to counter colonial and anthropocentric narratives around arid lands and invasive species by engaging with a diversity of knowledge, be they local, folk, scientific, or more-than-human, to promote a deeper understanding of these ecologies, especially in light of climate change. 🌵

Their project Wild Hedges investigates the ecological and socio-political complexities of the prickly pear cactus and cochineal insect across multiple geographies and temporalities, including Palestine, Mexico, and Spain. Addressing colonial practices that perpetuate cycles of harm within human and more-than-human communities, Wild Hedges delves into the material possibilities of the cactus and the cochineal in weaving, dyeing, printing, and cooking, using mythology and rituals to reaffirm entanglement with the land amid enclosure and dispossession.

During their residency at Mediamatic, they will be adapting this work to the landscape surrounding our Biotope. Don’t miss out on their design research and public programming, including workshops, Meet the Maker sessions, and a final presentation during the third week of June in our historical Sluisdeurenloods. ✨

Photo credits: Al-Wah’at collective, Yasmine Omari

Next friday, 15th of May, Mediamatic and De Sering will host 12 hours of continuous rituals during HABITS. Hosting the r...
08/05/2026

Next friday, 15th of May, Mediamatic and De Sering will host 12 hours of continuous rituals during HABITS. Hosting the rituals that find no host.

What space holds more ritual than a kitchen? 🫜

Fuel the community at De Sering Centraal. They’re staying open for the full 12-hour stretch, serving affordable food all day from 12:00 - 21:00. Starting from €2.5 to €18, the meals will be donation based. 
Bar open all day & night 12:00 - 00:00

Sit down by the water, eat, and join the community! 🍽️
 
After finishing your meals the after party is provided by
She will be ending this magical day by providing music. Expect deep low-end, textured percussion, psychedelic electronics and moments that move both body and mind. ✨
from 21:00-00:00

Join us during HABITS, for a good combination of food, art and music!
We can’t wait to see you there 🫧

Get tickets via link in bio (it’s free!)

🗓️ Fri 15th of May,
12 consecutive hours of rituals,
from 12:00-00:00
📍 Mediamatic, Amsterdam

One of the biggest mysteries of fermentation is the flavour of cocoa. The ordinary chocolate that we are used to, from c...
07/05/2026

One of the biggest mysteries of fermentation is the flavour of cocoa.

The ordinary chocolate that we are used to, from chocolate ci******es and easter bunnies to high quality supermarket chocolate, has been burnt on high temperatures and therefore lost some of its best flavours.

For this Aromathèque edition, María Salvadora Jiménez, will show us the special techniques that she uses to select the best cacao beans from all over the world. She collaborates with farmers and helps them to improve their harvest. She will tell us all about the process of selection and will reveal the secrets of high quality cacao. And of course she will let us taste the differences. 🍫

📅Thursday 21 May | 19:30–21:00
€12,50 / €8,50 (Artist/Student)
🔗 Reserve via link in bio.

✨Curated by scent artist Frank Bloem (), Aromatheque is a monthly playful gathering where artists, designers, and experts reframe the so-called “lower senses” of smell, taste, and touch as vital tools for cultural imagination.

👃 Don’t forget to bring your stamp card for a free scent!

One of the biggest mysteries of fermentation is the flavour of cocoa. 🫘The ordinary chocolate that we are used to, from ...
07/05/2026

One of the biggest mysteries of fermentation is the flavour of cocoa. 🫘

The ordinary chocolate that we are used to, from chocolate ci******es and easter bunnies to high quality supermarket chocolate, has been burnt on high temperatures and therefore lost some of its best flavours.

For this Aromathèque edition, María Salvadora Jiménez, will show us the special techniques that she uses to select the best cacao beans from all over the world. She collaborates with farmers and helps them to improve their harvest. She will tell us all about the process of selection and will reveal the secrets of high quality cacao. And of course she will let us taste the differences. 🍫

📅Thursday 21 May | 19:30–21:00
€12,50 / €8,50 (Artist/Student)
🔗 Reserve via link in bio.

✨Curated by scent artist Frank Bloem (), Aromatheque is a monthly playful gathering where artists, designers, and experts reframe the so-called “lower senses” of smell, taste, and touch as vital tools for cultural imagination.

👃 Don’t forget to bring your stamp card for a free scent!

Welcoming new artist-in-residence: Ikram Hamdi Mansour ( )Ikram is an architect, artist, and regenerative practitioner ...
07/05/2026

Welcoming new artist-in-residence: Ikram Hamdi Mansour ( )

Ikram is an architect, artist, and regenerative practitioner working with earth, ecology, and collective rituals. 

During her residency at Mediamatic, she will explore the relationship between soil and water through material experiments and spatial research. 🧱

Her work examines the interdependence of these elements as forces shaping ecological and cultural systems. While soil embodies continuity and rootedness, water introduces movement and transformation. Together, they reveal processes of cohesion, erosion, and regeneration, challenging static ideas of territory, permanence, and belonging.

During her residency you can join her in:

- A workshop on building with earth

- Meet-a-Maker sessions where you can speak with
her one on one

We’re curious to see what things will be discovered and created during her time here! ✨

During the evening program of HABITS, year-long residents, , and will occupy the Biotope. Marjolijn Boterenbrood will ...
05/05/2026

During the evening program of HABITS, year-long residents, , and will occupy the Biotope. 

Marjolijn Boterenbrood will kick off the evening program. Meet her at the quay to plunge into the canal or navigate the water by raft, exploring the question: what will the future skin of our city look like?
Performance Time: 19:00 - 19:30

At our Aroma lab, Olfactory artist Frank Bloem invites you into The Hotbox to reclaim the ceremonial calm of to***co, where you can roll a “shagje” infused with scents ranging from pure botanicals to the synthetic ambergris once used by Dutch whalers.
Open Installation: 19:30 - 21:30

Transdisciplinary artist Luca Gerry Conte’s installation is investigating “What happened to the world?” “What happened to that child?”. When exploring the work, we encounter the need to build our own play-space by in-habiting, tasting, and reconfiguring what is given. 
You can visit his work in the Clean Lab.
Open Installation: 19:30 - 21:30

🗓️ Fri 15th of May,
12 consecutive hours of rituals,
from 12:00-00:00
📍 Mediamatic, Amsterdam
Food&drinks by

Experience their performances, installations, and rituals as they take hold of the space, 

🔗 More info & tickets via link in bio

Thank you for yesterday, it was magical! We do another show on 11th June ✨Dystopia Wetlands by & Dancing Witches: .yan...
02/05/2026

Thank you for yesterday, it was magical! We do another show on 11th June ✨

Dystopia Wetlands by &

Dancing Witches: .yanuba .hoser .mulenga
Live Band:
Oracle & Tea ritual:
Av studio & visual angels:


Graphics &
concepts development:gorodynska Mediamatic team

Photos:

For the past months, Livia Rita has been in residence at Mediamatic, and little by little, the creatures have been takin...
30/04/2026

For the past months, Livia Rita has been in residence at Mediamatic, and little by little, the creatures have been taking over 🧚‍♀️

The Haptic Lab has transformed into a colourful atelier of latex, beads, fabrics, and half-born beings. Inside the barn, band and dance rehearsals are in full swing.

Through open calls and workshops, three local participants joined the , a growing collective exploring fluid embodiment, more-than-human identities, and creature world-building beyond fixed roles.

In the Aroma Lab, with assistance of scent artist Frank Bloem, custom fragrances were designed for each creature. Because a creature is never only a costume. It has skin, rhythm, purpose, and its own way of moving through the world.

This Friday, these worlds step out of the studio and onto the stage.

Don’t miss it!

Dystopia Wetlands
Friday 1 May
Tickets via link in bio

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Dijksgracht 6
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Dinsdag 12:00 - 21:00
Woensdag 12:00 - 23:00
Donderdag 12:00 - 23:00
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