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OpenLAB The Mechanics of Truth - Festival

Over three days of talks and presentations, artists, technologists, designers, thinkers, and program participants will address these questions through artistic research practices, grassroots innovation, and alternative visions to commercial mainstream channels.

 

Accesibilidad

Reduced mobility

Main languages: Spanish and English with simultaneous translation.

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Finished

Date

From 26 to 28 November, 2026

Timetable

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Venue

Nave Una
Nave 17. Aulario

Price

Free admission, no registration required; seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

Category

Institution

Matadero Madrid

Programme

Medialab Matadero

Over the course of the year, LAB 5 The Mechanics of Truth has explored the technological production of the real: how facts are assembled, how beliefs are manufactured, how perception is under constant pressure, and how models and simulations can manipulate it or come to its rescue. 

OpenLAB brings it to a close.

Across three days of talks and presentations, artists, technologists, designers, thinkers and programme participants take up these questions through artistic research practices, grassroots innovation and visions that run counter to the commercial mainstream. These include the prototypes from the Collaborative Prototyping Lab, developed by 25 participants selected through an international open call.

 


 

Info

Dates: Thursday 26, Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November, from 4pm to 6 pm and from 6:30pm to 9pm 
Location: Nave Una and Aulario (in Nave 17 at Matadero Madrid). 
Main language: English with simultaneous translation to Spanish (and vice versa)
Available spots: Until capacity is reached 
Price: Free, no registration needed. 

 


 

Programme

 

I'm still here - Martyna Marciniak

 

 

Thursday NOV 26

Nave Una

16:00 - 18:00 - Situated Research Residencies:
User Agreement, Álvaro Soto López
The Vibes of Power, Calin Segal
The Digital Gesture: On the Magical Condition of Technics, Andrea Muniáin & Paula Ramos

18:45 - The Conversion Code, Collaborative Prototyping Lab
19:00 - Computational Infrastructures, Violence, Forensic Methodologies, Júlia Nueno Guitart 
19:30 - Status Code: 409 Conflict, Collaborative Prototyping Lab
19:45 - HTML Hide Through Model Lies, Lucia Rebolino 
20:15 - Speed and Disappearance, Martyna Marciniak
 

Franziska Von Guten - Lost in the slop

 

 

Friday NOV 27

Aulario + Nave Una

16:00 - 18:00 (Aulario):

Wikipedia 2030 - Patricia Horrillo
Visual Trust. An Experimental Multimodal Project - Amanda Bernal Pérez

 

18:30 - 21:00 (Nave Una):

18:45 - Cute & Fake, Collaborative Prototyping Lab
19:00 - Encrypted Horrors: Lost Media in Digital Folklore, Arianna Caserta
19:30 - Just a Lipstick, Collaborative Prototyping Lab
19:45 - Automated Romantic Guidance: On Rendering Future Soulmates, Live podcast by Girl Employee 
20:15 - Lost in the Slop, Franziska Von Guten

 

Wassim Alsindi

 

 

Saturday NOV 28

Aulario + Nave Una

 
16:00 - 18:00 (Aulario):

IA Futures - Research Unit
Ghost Platform - Against Invisibility, Research Unit 

 

18:30 - 21:00 (Nave Una):

18:45 - Seeder, Collaborative Prototyping Lab
19:00 - Internet Archeology: Tracing Truths in Digital Ruins, Sophie Publig
19:30 - The Golf between us, Wassim Alsindi
20:15 - The Trick, Marta Peirano