Through social media, digital and AI-generated images, the discussion and representation of the ‘alien’ is at the centre of the cultural and political contestation of our time. This lab will explore

Internet Core : Tiny mythologies is a tribal portal to a space of crossover, critical reflection and collective action around internet aesthetics and subcultures. In this two-day meeting, we will

Estudio de Sistemas (Study of Systems) is a new program from Medialab that addresses the functioning of complex technological infrastructures and their material, social, and cultural effects from

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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