Set in a speculative Havana infused with the crypto culture of the 2030s, Oracle Index is an expanded cinematic narrative in the form of an imaginary ethnography. It envisions a Cuba that, under intense geopolitical pressure, adopts “futarchy” —a...

Lyndsey Walsh proposes to examine the history, present, and potential futures of reproductive technologies and so-called reproductive organs, while challenging the doomed narrative of “breeding” that has condemned many and cost countless lives...

Error 417 Expectation Failed Foundation and Medialab Matadero present 5 Petaflops Against Empire, a series of speculative prototypes, micro-scripts, and instructions/hacks that explore how we can reclaim collective computing power. The project stems...

To close Collapse of the Weave Function, the exhibition’s curator Bani Brusadin will be offering guided tours open to all visitors. This is a chance to explore the exhibition alongside its curator, discover insights into the project, and enjoy the...

The Laboratory of Visual Electronics (L.E.V.) proposes an exploratory journey into the possible sonic landscapes of the future. A musical selection aligned with the discursive line of LAB 4 Weird Futures, where strange technological narratives and...

The live video essay moves through infrastructures of seeing and sensing to reflect on how energetic modernity shapes perception and relation. Moving from China’s reform-era optical transfers to Southeast Asia’s sustainable transitions along the...

Codex Entropia imagines an ancient civilisation that develops delicate forms of animal computation, storing its knowledge within the contours of the land. Composed from century-old anaglyph images discovered in a basement, the short film is a subtle...

Research Unit 1 Thursday, November 27, 2025 - 19:45h Nave 17 The Research Unit is an experimental line of work at Medialab Matadero that probes the weak signals and emerging imaginaries of a world that hasn’t arrived yet. Its mission is to...

Sunk Costs: The Saga of the Felicity Ace takes the 2022 sinking of the cargo ship Felicity Ace—which went down off the Azores carrying nearly 4,000 luxury electric vehicles—as a case study in the contradictions of “green” capitalism, logistics, and...

OPENLAB 2025 PROGRAMM The year-long program LAB 4 Weird Futures explored the technological imagination of instability — its power, its instrumentalization, and the possible alternatives hidden within its cracks and failures. In this final act...

This is a workshop for artists, designers, and filmmakers interested in the present and future of attention. Attention itself—and distraction in its many variations—seems to have evolved from a condition into a currency. What new tactics and...

Collapse of the Weave Function fits within one of the core themes of LAB 4 —“soft” science fiction— understood as poetic interventions in the technological fault lines of the present. The project will take shape through four works: the audiovisual...