Rural Experimenta is an initiative of the Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes and Medialab Prado that consists of a workshop for the collaborative development of experimentation and innovation projects in rural areas.

The participants of the program will present their project proposals—works that are the result of three weeks of collective exploration, shaped by workshops, talks, and performances centered around xenovisuality as an expanded field of thought, creation, and critical imagination.

Starting at 21:00, the closing event moves to Siroco ArtLab, where some of the proposals will unfold in dialogue with sound—embracing a celebration of the collective fabulations woven throughout the program.

In this way, the XenoShow becomes both a vanishing point and an invitation to once again inhabit the

This programme involves groups created by public call to develop collaborative projects to be presented on 12 June 2025.

Workshop programme
 

Thursday 29 May
16:00 - 16:15 Welcome by XVS. (Mar Osés, Esther Rizo and Pilar del Puerto)

16:15 - 17:00 Labour and affective matter in domestic realism. Carmen Lael Hines

17:00 - 17:30 Computers. XVS (Mar Osés, Esther Rizo and Pilar del Puerto)

17:30 - 18:30 tac tac: psychoacoustics of digital writing. Antonio Ferrerira

18:30 - 19:00 BREAK

19:00 - 20:00 PORNO-WOMB. Regina Carolina and Miguel Pardo Bachiller

Friday 30 May
16:00

Una iniciativa para desarrollo de videojuegos y aplicaciones de ocio interactivo mediante experimentación y autoaprendizaje. Utilizamos Godot Engine, tenemos preferencia por el software libre, y nos gusta compartir el conocimiento y las experiencias adquiridas durante la creación de nuestros proyectos.

Las actividades se irán adaptando según los intereses de los participantes. Actualmente tenemos abiertas las siguientes áreas de interés:

- Desarrollo con Godot

Un motor de creación de videojuegos abierto, multiplataforma y fácil de utilizar. Lo utilizaremos en la mayoría de los