Matadero Madrid Centre

Medialab Matadero opens the second call to participate in the five interdisciplinary working groups of the Collaborative Prototyping Lab residency on the theme of ‘Weird Futures’ that will take place 12 – 26 November 2025.

Medialab Matadero presents the fourth edition of the annual programme of Situated Research residencies seeking three research projects to be developed starting in November 2025 through November 2026.

Medialab Matadero are calling for projects for the LAB#03 Collaborative Prototyping Lab, an intensive two-week workshop coordinated by internationally renowned experts/artists to collectively develop projects related to the theme of Synthetic Minds. The laboratory will take place in person at the Matadero Madrid facilities, between 24 January – 10 February 2024.

This call for a curatorial residency aims to provide a curator from any country of origin with a work space, funding, institutional support and international visibility. The residency is split into two periods: an initial stage during the month of May 2023 in Barcelona accompanied and managed by LOOP in collaboration with Fabra i Coats: Fábrica de Creación y Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica, and a second stage during the month of June 2023 in Madrid, managed by the Matadero Centre for Artists in Residence.

Matadero Madrid have opened a call for proposals for their next Collaborative Prototyping Lab (CPL), an intensive two-week workshop coordinated by internationally renowned experts/artists to collectively develop initiatives related to the theme ‘The Metabolic Sublime’. The laboratory will take place at the Matadero Matadero facilities in Madrid, between 25 January – 7 February 2023.

Medialab Matadero is calling for people interested in participating in the collaborative prototyping workshop LAB#01 as part of the multidisciplinary working groups that will develop eight projects related to the theme ‘Medios Sintientes’. The workshop, which will be coordinated by renowned experts and artists, will take place in person at Matadero Madrid between 21 April – 3 May 2022.

Matadero’s Centre for Artists in Residence, and LOOP, through an agreement with Fabra i Coats and Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica offer this joint call, which has the specific goals of providing work space, economic resources, institutional support and international visibility to a curator from any background. The residency is divided into two periods: an initial stay in Barcelona in May 2022, and a second stay in Madrid in June 2022.