Science · Philosophy · Art

Theextraordinarywithin us.

We create exhibitions and encounters that bring scientific discovery into human experience.

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Blooming neurons at dawn: brightly colored neurons and green fibers revealed through microscopy
The art of life, through the lens of the lab.
Anne Rios & Dream3D Lab

Featured exhibition

Tiny Revelations — Nicolaïkerk, Utrecht · 2026

Our perspective

Wonder and explanation belong together.

For us, SuperNatural is the extraordinary within nature. We bring scientists, artists and thinkers together to explore what living systems reveal—and what those discoveries mean for being human.

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Selected projects

Visitors immersed in the Meet the Organoid installation at Betweter Festival

Installation / Betweter 2023 & 2024

Meet the Organoid.

What happens when a living research model becomes a work of art? Microscopic imagery, projection, sound and painting open up questions about life, care and the ethics of research.

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Delicate pink and gray forms in microscopy imagery for Mother’s Milk

Installation / In development

Mother’s Milk.

What changes when we look at human milk as living material? An installation in development brings microscopy, cultural images and lived experience into conversation.

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The foundation

Two ways of looking.
A shared curiosity.

Founded by scientist Anne Rios and writer Stephan Ummelen, the foundation brings research into conversation with art, philosophy and the people whose lives it touches.

Anne Rios

Prof. Anne Rios

Science & microscopy

Stephan Ummelen

Stephan Ummelen

Philosophy & meaning

Foundation board: Anne Rios, Stephan Ummelen, Britt Vervoort and Hannah Leferink.

About the foundation