Medialab Prado

Open space 

Medialab-Prado is a free space open to the general public, so you can take part in all the activities as part of the public (AVLAB meetings, presentations, debates, seminars, exhibits of projects created here, etc.) Occasionally, prior registration is necessary for certain activities due to space limitations.

Medialab-Prado is open to the public Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. During these hours, you can come to consult information related to the activity programmes, get advice from cultural mediators, visit temporary exhibits of the projects created here, consult the library, etc.

 

Cultural mediation programme

The role of cultural dynamizers or mediators is essential to the work of Medialab-Prado. They are always present in the activity space, fostering not only information dissemination but also reception, meeting and connection among a variety of agents. Mediators are researchers and socio-cultural agents making scheduled activities a productive, meaningful experience for the public in all its diversity.
Medialab-Prado's mediators' blog

Visits

In addition to individual attention, group visits can be arranged by writing to mediacion [arroba] medialab-prado.es or by phone at +34 913 896 644.

Activities

International workshops and seminars

Workshops organized at Medialab-Prado are conceived as spaces for collaborative work, knowledge exchange and theoretical-practical training related to digital culture. The subjects proposed for intensive collaborative project development workshops are linked to Medialab-Prado’s various ongoing programmes. You can take part either as a promoter of a project or as a collaborator in developing the selected proposals. In seminars, you can take also take part as the author of a theoretical paper  (see Open Calls below).

Training workshops

We offer courses on technical know-how, like programming and electronics. Due to limited space, you must sign up ahead of time on our website.

Work groups

You can sign up for work groups on specific subjects. Regular meetings and other related activities like mini-workshops and presentations are held. To take part in these groups, we suggest that you sign up (see work groups below).

 

Open calls

Throughout the year, Medialab-Prado announces numerous open calls on its Web site for the submission of theoretical and practical proposals and for participation in the collaborative development of projects, as part of our various ongoing programmes.

Open calls for projects and collaborators

As part of the various types of project development workshops, you can take part either as the promoter of a project –if the project you submitted to an open call has been selected– or as a collaborator, as a member of the collaborative development groups that work together to carry out the selected proposals. In these spaces, a horizontal work dynamic is created in which authors and collaborators contribute knowledge and ideas, while they learn from the rest of the group and the workshop instructors. Project submissions and collaborator registration are done via online forms on the website.

Open calls for papers

These calls are for the submission of theoretical works related specifically to the subjects proposed. Selected works are presented in public by their author(s) as part of the activities scheduled for that particular seminar. Papers are submitted via the website.

Work groups 

At Medialab-Prado various groups made up of local users meet regularly to discuss different subjects and develop projects. The groups' meetings and activities are announced on the Web site and are open to anyone interested. To take part in the groups on a more stable basis, contact us at info.m (arroba) medialab-prado.es.

Openlab Fridays (Viernes Openlab), for example, is a stable work group that meets on Friday evenings at Medialab-Prado. It is a meeting and experimentation space open to anyone interested in developing or collaborating on projects, prototypes, or experiments with interactive, sound, artificial vision, etc. electronic devices. 

To find out what groups have been formed to date, click here.