BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27972@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:GMO: How far are you willing to mutate? DTSTAMP:20260930T225903Z DTSTART:20261107T110000Z DTEND:20261107T170000Z DESCRIPTION:GMO opens during Museumnacht Amsterdam on 7 November and contin ues at Mediamatic\nuntil 15 November.\n\nDuring Museumnacht\, the exhibiti on expands into a one-night programme of live\nperformances\, workshops\, tastings and experiments throughout the Biotoop. The\ninstallations and ar tworks remain on view after Museumnacht and can be visited\ndaily until 15 November.\n\nVisiting on 7 November? Explore the full Museumnacht program me\, including all\nperformances\, workshops and their times\, here\n[http s://www.mediamatic.net/en/gmo-how-far-are-you-willing-to-mutate].\n\nA Gen etically Modified Organism (aka GMO) is any organism whose genetic code ha s\nbeen rewritten in a lab. Surrounded by media panic\, laws and fear of t he\nunknown\, the same anxieties persist: Are GMOs dangerous? Are they une thical? Or\nare we simply playing God\, obsessed with controlling nature?\ n\nGMO: How far are you willing to mutate? brings together artists working with\nbiotechnology\, food\, scent\, plants\, microorganisms and speculat ive futures.\nAcross Mediamatic's labs\, greenhouse and exhibition spaces\ , the programme looks\nat what happens when humans intervene in living sys tems — and where we draw the\nline between modification\, adaptation and c ontrol\n\nThe GMO exhibition runs from Sunday 8th until November 15th and is open daily\nfrom 12:00 to 18:00 with free admission.\n\nDesigned as a l ower-intensity alternative\, it offers the same program for anyone\nwho fi nds Museumnacht a bit overstimulating or wasn't able to get a ticket.\nSim ply walk in or join a special guided tour offered Monday through Friday at \n14:00.\n\n\nINFORMATION\n\nMediamatic Biotoop\, Dijkspark 6\, Amsterdam GMO Tour (Mon-Fri) 14:00-14:45\nTickets here [https://mediamatic.stager.co /shop/open-tour]\n\n\nEXHIBITION\n\n\nI HATE THE PLANT\, THE PLANT HATES M E AND I WANT TO BECOME HER\n\nMargherita Soldati\n\nA fictional greenhouse built around an impossible relationship between an\nallergic body and the plant it desires but cannot eat. By feeding strawberry\nplants with her o wn blood\, Soldati pushes the controlled conditions of\ncontemporary food production to an extreme.\n\nMuseumnacht: Live performance at 20:30 and 22 :30.\n→ Read more\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393800/i-hate-the-p lant-the-plant-hates-me-and-i-want-to-become-her]\n\nEnlarge\n[https://www .mediamatic.net/image/2026/9/1/2026_margherita_soldati_i_hate_the_plant_th e_plant_hates_me_and_i_want_to_becom.jpg%28%29%28E1EFADBB511559214B8DCBEC8 CDD7D35%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393704/margherita-sold ati-i-hate-the-plant--the-plant-hates-me-and-i-want-to\n\nMargherita-Solda ti:\nI-hate-the-plant\,-the-plant-hates-me-and-I-want-to-become-Her- Credi t Anne\nLakeman -\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/9/1/2026_margher ita_soldati_i_hate_the_plant_the_plant_hates_me_and_i_want_to_becom.jpg%28 %29%28E1EFADBB511559214B8DCBEC8CDD7D35%29.jpg]\n\n\n\n\nPROTEAN LANGUAGE M ODEL\n\nHSURAE\n\nUsing machine learning to design proteins for microbial precision fermentation\,\nHSURAE connects contemporary biotechnology with an old human desire: resisting\nageing and extending life.\n\nMuseumnacht: Live choral performances at 21:30 and 23:30.\n→ Read more\n[https://www.m ediamatic.net/en/page/393799/protean-language-model-water-soil-discontent- %E6%B0%B4%E5%9C%9F%E4%B8%8D%E6%9C%8D]\n\nEnlarge\n[https://www.mediamatic. net/image/2026/9/28/water_soil_discontent03_credit_walker_tufts.jpg%28%29% 2840E9F6CDECA152BCFFB462E0785AAFB1%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/ page/393795/water-soil-discontent---%C2%A9walker-tufts\n\nWater soil disco ntent - ©Walker Tufts -\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/9/28/water _soil_discontent03_credit_walker_tufts.jpg%28%29%2840E9F6CDECA152BCFFB462E 0785AAFB1%29.jpg]\n\n\n\n\nWATER/SOIL DISCONTENT 水土不服\n\nHSURAE\n\nA work about migration\, gut colonisation and the ways food\, water and\nmicroorg anisms continuously modify our bodies.\n\nMuseumnacht: Performance and tas ting installation.\n→ Read more\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/39379 9/protean-language-model-water-soil-discontent-%E6%B0%B4%E5%9C%9F%E4%B8%8D %E6%9C%8D]\n\n\nSOFT SEDATION (GEOSMIN YEAST)\n\nMatthijs de Block\n\nGene tically engineered yeast becomes a scent factory producing geosmin — the\n molecule associated with the smell of rain hitting dry soil. The work brin gs\nsynthetic biology into Mediamatic's Aroma Lab through one of the smell s humans\nare extraordinarily sensitive to.\n\n→ Read more [https://www.me diamatic.net/en/page/393764/soft-sedation]\n\nEnlarge\n[https://www.mediam atic.net/image/2026/9/29/screenshot_2024_07_04_at_19_21_55.png%28%29%28A3C 97425D2DA2C93C32C9087828FE855%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/ 393808/soft-sedation-by-matthijs-de-block---%C2%A9matthijs-de-block\n\nSof t Sedation by Matthijs De Block - ©Matthijs De Block -\n[https://www.media matic.net/image/2026/9/29/screenshot_2024_07_04_at_19_21_55.png%28%29%28A3 C97425D2DA2C93C32C9087828FE855%29.jpg]\n\n\n\n\nCROSS-POLLINATION THEORY\n \nMaya Erin Masuda\n\nBeginning with conspiracy theories about chemicals a ltering animal sexuality\,\nMasuda imagines the relationship in reverse: a future in which mutated plants\nuse pollen to bio-hack humans and interve ne in overpopulation.\n\n→ Read more [https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/3 93801/cross-pollination-theory]\n\n\nSIMPLE ADULT FORMS / FRUIT FLIES\n\nS ilke Riis\n\nAn evolving ecosystem of fruit flies\, raw clay and natural l atex takes over the\nHaptic Lab\, asking visitors to intervene in the envi ronment and reshape its\nmutant forms.\n\nMuseumnacht: Interactive activat ion + workshop\n→ Read more [https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393051/sim ple-adult-forms]\n\nEnlarge\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/3/4/si mple_adult_forms_silke_riis_20261.jpg%28%29%2829415F7140575B1C7DE1A7DB6A09 FE9C%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393055/simple-adult-forms -installation-in-the-plantkamer-silke-riis-2026\n\nSimple Adult Forms inst allation in the Plantkamer\, Silke Riis 2026 February -\n[https://www.medi amatic.net/image/2026/3/4/simple_adult_forms_silke_riis_20261.jpg%28%29%28 29415F7140575B1C7DE1A7DB6A09FE9C%29.jpg]\n\n\n\n\nCOUNTER-PROTOCOL OF UNST ABLE LIFE\n\nLaura Elidedt Rodriguez\n\nSet inside Mediamatic's Clean Lab\ , the work examines the colonial histories\nembedded in familiar crops whi le developing a speculative hybrid of tomato\,\npotato and corn.\n\nMuseum nacht: Interactive experience.\n→ Read more\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/e n/page/393802/counter-protocol-of-unstable-life]\n\nEnlarge\n[https://www. mediamatic.net/image/2026/9/28/screenshot_2026_09_28_at_17_48_58.png%28%29 %28E44D98673ED997B9C5464D90BC710BD9%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en /page/393803/counter-protocol-of-unstable-life-by-laura-rodriguez\n\nCount er-Protocol of Unstable Life by Laura Rodriguez -\n[https://www.mediamatic .net/image/2026/9/28/screenshot_2026_09_28_at_17_48_58.png%28%29%28E44D986 73ED997B9C5464D90BC710BD9%29.jpg]\n\n\n\nCurator: Laura Rosal [https://www .mediamatic.net/en/page/389142/laura-rosal]\nParticipating artists: HSURAE \, Laura Elidedt Rodriguez\, Margherita Soldati\,\nMatthijs de Block\, May a Erin Masuda\, Silke Riis and Yorke Mulder-Bhangoo.\nProduction: Kalina E fremova Communication: Skaiste Venckeviciute Graphic Design:\nRingailė Dem šytė\n\nMediamatic 2026 program is made possible with the support of the A msterdams\nFonds voor de Kunst (AFK) and the Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve I ndustrie. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/gmo-how-far-are-you-willing-to-mutate GEO:52.3765012;4.9132763 LOCATION:Mediamatic - Dijksgracht 6\, 1019 BS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:alternative,amsterdam-centrum,eastern docklands,exhibition,food, live,performance,plants X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

GMO opens during Museumnacht Amste rdam on 7 November and continues at Mediamatic until 15 November.

D uring Museumnacht, the exhibition expands into a one-night programme of li ve performances, workshops, tastings and experiments throughout the Biotoo p. The installations and artworks remain on view after Museumnacht and can be visited daily until 15 November.

Visiting on 7 November ? Explore the full Museumnacht programme, including all performan ces, workshops and their times, here.

A Genetically Modif ied Organism (aka GMO) is any organism whose genetic code has been rewritt en in a lab. Surrounded by media panic, laws and fear of the unknown, the same anxieties persist: Are GMOs dangerous? Are they unethical? Or are we simply playing God, obsessed with controlling nature?

GMO: How far are you willing to mutate? brings together artists working with biot echnology, food, scent, plants, microorganisms and speculative futures. Ac ross Mediamatic's labs, greenhouse and exhibition spaces, the programme lo oks at what happens when humans intervene in living systems — and where we draw the line between modification, adaptation and control

The GMO exhibition runs from Sunday 8th until November 15th and is open daily fro m 12:00 to 18:00 with free admission.

Designed as a lower-intensity alternative, it offers the same program for anyone who finds Museumnacht a bit overstimulating or wasn't able to get a ticket. Simply walk in or jo in a special guided tour offered Monday through Friday at 14:00.

Information

Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijkspark 6, Amsterdam GMO Tour (Mon- Fri) 14:00-14:45 Tickets here

Exhibition

I Hate the Pla nt, the Plant Hates Me and I Want to Become Her

Margh erita Soldati

A fictional greenhouse built around an impos sible relationship between an allergic body and the plant it desires but c annot eat. By feeding strawberry plants with her own blood, Soldati pushes the controlled conditions of contemporary food production to an extreme.< /p>

Museumnacht: Live performance at 20:30 and 22:30.< br>→ Read more

Enlarge

Margherit a-Soldati: I-hate-the-plant,-the-plant-hates-me-and-I-want-to-become-Her- Credit Anne Lakeman -

Protean Language Model

HSURAE

Using machine learning to design proteins for microbial precision fermentation, HSURAE connects contempora ry biotechnology with an old human desire: resisting ageing and extending life.

Museumnacht: Live choral performances at 21: 30 and 23:30.
→ Read more

Enlarge

< p>Water soil discontent - ©Walker Tufts -

Wate r/Soil Discontent 水土不服

HSURAE

A work about migration, gut colonisation and the ways food, water and microorgani sms continuously modify our bodies.

Museumnacht: P erformance and tasting installation.
→ Read more

Soft Sedation (Geosm in Yeast)

Matthijs de Block

Genetical ly engineered yeast becomes a scent factory producing geosmin — the molecu le associated with the smell of rain hitting dry soil. The work brings syn thetic biology into Mediamatic's Aroma Lab through one of the smells human s are extraordinarily sensitive to.

→ Read more

Enlarge

Soft Sedation by Matthijs De Block - ©Mat thijs De Block -

Cross-Pollination Theory< /h3>

Maya Erin Masuda

Beginning with conspiracy theories about chemicals altering animal sexuality, Masuda imagines the r elationship in reverse: a future in which mutated plants use pollen to bio -hack humans and intervene in overpopulation.

→ Read more

Simple Adult Forms / Fruit Flies

Silke Riis

An evolving ecosystem of fruit flies, raw clay and natura l latex takes over the Haptic Lab, asking visitors to intervene in the env ironment and reshape its mutant forms.

Museumnacht: Interactive activation + workshop
→ Read more

Enlarge

Simple Adult Forms installation i n the Plantkamer, Silke Riis 2026 February -

Co unter-Protocol of Unstable Life

Laura Elidedt Rodrigu ez

Set inside Mediamatic's Clean Lab, the work examines th e colonial histories embedded in familiar crops while developing a specula tive hybrid of tomato, potato and corn.

Museumnacht: Interactive experience.
→ Read more

Enlarge

Counter-Protocol of Unstable Life by Laura Rodriguez -

Curator: Laura Rosal Pa rticipating artists: HSURAE, Laura Elidedt Rodriguez, Margherita Soldati, Matthijs de Block, Maya Erin Masuda, Silke Riis and Yorke Mulder- Bhangoo. Production: Kalina Efremova Communicat ion: Skaiste Venckeviciute Graphic Design: Ringa ilė Demšytė

Mediamatic 2026 program is made possible with the suppo rt of the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK) and the Stimuleringsfonds C reatieve Industrie.

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