Medialab Prado

Medialab-Prado's work groups are composed of local users who gather periodically in Medialab-Prado to debate about different topics and for collaborative project development. The following workgroups have been set up so far:

· Fridays OpenLab: open meeting and experimentation space for all those intereseted in developing o collaborating in proposals, prototypes, or electronic interactive objects, computer vision, performing arts, etc.

· Commons Lab's Workgroups: Cultura(s) de lo común, by Andoni Alonso and Antonio Lafuente; La hemeroteca audiovisual como procomún, by Tíscar Lara; Cuerpo Común, by Jaime del Val; Ontología jurídica libre, by Javier de la Cueva; Estética y política del procomún, by Jordi Claramonte along with María Carreño, David Arroyo, Cristina San Juan Guaitia, Mercedes Simón and Vanesa Sánchez; Obsoletos, by Basurama; Empresas del procomún, by Yproductions; Fluxstudio - Creación multimedia y software libre, by Jay Barros; Madrid guifi.net, by guifi.net (Alejandro Martín and and abriel Lucas), Proyecto de traducción al castellano de The Wealth of Networks of Yochai Benkler, by Florencio Cabello; Ecología y pro-común: Colaboración ciudadana y visualización de la información, by Juan Freire and Karla Brunet; y Gráfica distribuida, by Aitor Méndez.

· PlayLab: Laboratory of Experimentation with Videogames: Working group in collaboration with ArsGames, a collective for the experimentation and creation of video games. This group aims to explore the use of hardware and software tools in a collective, interdisciplinary and collaborative way, as well as to create methodologies in relation to the field of video games and its application in different contexts (culture, music, art, education, etc.).

· Helloworld!: The project is to be carried out within the local context of Madrid and aims to serve as a catalyst for dialogue between experimental, creative work with digital technologies and the field of stage arts. The creation of a platform for the production of small format projects for contemporary theatre will serve as a means to explore the possibilities of relating and fostering stage creation with forms of production in collaborative workshops. We aim to work with the narrativity of technological tools and discover their potential for autonomy in representation and capacity for generating a stable development community.

In the past:

· Architectures of the culture of tomorrow-tomorrow. Coordinated by Uriel Fogué, Roberto González, Andrés Jaque, María Langarita, Iván López Munuera, Víctor Navarro, and Medialab-Prado.

· Light, Space and Perception. Coordinated by Daniel Canogar, Julian Oliver, and Pablo Valbuena.

· Muerto y mil veces muerto: El largo camino desde el autor romántico al procomún, by Jesús Carrillo and Jordi Claramonte, within the context of the Commons Lab (2008-2009)