By Rosina Gómez-Baeza
Director of LABoral Centro de Arte
y Creación Industrial
Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
1. ACTIVITY PROGRAMME
I. Introduction
II. Basic Concepts
III. Activity Programme
a. Preliminary Considerations
b. Definition of the Institution
i. The Name of the Centre
ii. Location
iii. Urban layout
iv. Architecture: restored building
v. Ownership and legal framework
vi. Management
vii. Organizational workforce
c. Conceptual position of the Centre
i. Concept of the institution
2. NATURE: SUBJECT MATTER, MISSION AND MANDATE
3. INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC DISCOURSE
i. La Fundación La Laboral
ii. Short and long-term goals
iii. Programmatic axes
iv. Relations with nearby organisations
v. The Centre‟s role in other relationships: the international, national,
regional and local fields
vi. Extent, identity and corporate image, publicity and public relations
d. Key Elements: Analysis and Evaluation
i. Public
ii. User evaluation
iii. Services demanded by the public
4. BUILDING
i. The different areas of the building
e. A new reality
5. 21 MONTHS OF LABoral
f. Exhibitions
i. Feedback
ii. Gameworld
iii. LAB_ciberespacios
iv. Extensiones y Anclajes I and II
v. It´s Simply Beatiful
vi. Gameworld Expansion Pack: Playware
vii. Emergentes
viii. Homo Ludens Ludens
ix. banquete_nodos y redes
x. Nowhere/ Now/ Here
xi. There is No Road
g. Projects Office
i. Situation Room. Pablo de Soto
ii. PSJM. Project MARX®
iii. TACs. Íñigo Bilbao
iv. Ghosts in the Machine
h. Sound Cube
i. DRIFT. Jana Winderen
ii. Las Larvas: Chopping Piano-in C-
iii. Montreal Mutado(2008). Francisco López
i. Research
j. Educational programme
k. Seminars and workshops
l. Professional workshops
i. SummerLAB Camp
ii. LABabierto
m. Didactic and Creation Workshops
n. Artistic production
o. LABconciertos
p. LABacción
q. Encuentros de Cabueñes
r. Sundays at LABoral
s. IVth Fiesta de las Asociaciones
t. Proyecto Cabina
u. LABescena
Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
In March 2000, the extraordinary European Council of Lisbon decided to give impetus to common
political policy at a moment when the economic map of the member States pointed towards promising
and competitive development. The comproimise reached by the leaders who participated in this
Summit situated Europe as leaders in the Information Society.
The universalisation of the economy and the growth of Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT) make manifest the evolution and growth of contemporary society as well as in the fields of
culture, entertainment and leisure. The technological challenge consists in guaranteeing an economic
and social transition that does not marginalise any of the citizenry, where all of its benefits are shared
equally. This is the principal objective behind the “e-Europe” initiatives organised by the European
Comission.
Objetivo
s
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial was created in 2007 as an interdisciplinary space
intended to foster artistic exchange and promote relations between society, art, science, technology
and creative industries.
I. Introduction
It is, further, a centre for research, training and artistic and technical production, as well as for the
public exhibition of new forms of art and industrial creation.
II. Basic Concepts
a. Preliminary considerations
The project arose as a response to the need in Spain for a space dedicated to artistic
experimentation and, at the same time, involved in the development of emerging activity by those
creators that explore their expressive concepts through the use of new tools offered by current
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
III. Activity Programme
i. Name of the Centre
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
b. Definition of the Institution
LABoral is located in Gijón, Asturias, a region in the northeast of Spain with a population
of 1,080,138 people.
ii. Location
Population: 278,000 inhabitants
Existence of a Science And Technology Park
Technological Campus at the University of Oviedo
One of the 14 headquarters of the W3C World Wide Web
Consortium in found in Asturias.
Asturias has the fourth highest rate of employment growth
amongst European regions in the ICT sector.
Gijón
ii. Location
Urban Triangle
The three largest cities in the Principality of Asturias are Oviedo, Gijón and Avilés
ii. Location
Its principal objective is to support the creation of businesses and institutions based in science and
technology.
It has a mixed character, developing projects that incorporate R+D+i in business activity while also
providing a business character to the University.
The Science and Technology Park of Gijón
LABoral is situated near the Science and Technology Park in Gijón and near by …
iii. Urban Layout
The University Campus of Gijón
The University Campus of Gijón is located in Viesques, only a few metres away from the Science and
Technology Park and LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial.
It is home to the Engineering, Civil Marine and Computer Engineering Schools.
… one of the three university campuses of the University of Oviedo (UNIOVI)
iii. Urban Layout
“Moya was history’s last classicist.
Classicism, which was born in Greece, died in Gijón with Moya".Antón Capitel, professor of the Department of Architectural Design at the Polytechnic University of
Madrid (UPM),
iv. Architecture: restored building
The history of the architectural complex began in 1945
with the establishment of a Miners‟ Orphanage in
Somió, to house the children of labourers who had
been killed in accidents at work.
It was initially named Fundación José Antonio Girón
after the Minister of Labour at that time.
The project was carried out by Luis Moya and his architectural team – his brother Ramiro Moya,
Pedro Rodríguez de la Puente and José Marcelino Díez Canteli – who were commissioned by the
Fundación in 1946.
Construction began in 1948 and continued for several years until it was stopped in 1957, due to the
sudden resignation of the Labour Minister, José Antonio Girón, the driving force behind the
emergence of vocational universities in Spain. The architectural complex would eventually become
La Universidad Laboral.
La Universidad Laboral
iv. Architecture: restored building
By then, the first students were already attending the inaugural classes of this thoroughly gijonian
institution. Unfinished and legendary, Gijón‟s Universidad Laboral forged ahead for nearly half a
century between the unconditional and enthusiastic support of its residents and the excessive or
untimely incomprehension – even outright rejection – of those observing it from the outside.
La Universidad Laboral
iv. Architecture: restored building
At first, Gijón‟s Universidad Laboral was administered
by the Jesuits, who were assisted in custodial upkeep
and maintenance by the order of the Poor Clare nuns.
It was here that generations of students and qualified
professionals were formed – lathe operators, school
teachers, welders, mill grinders, skilled experts of all
kinds – coming from every one of Spain‟s territorial
regions.
In the 1980s, the Universidad Laboral became part of the National Institute for Integrated Education
and a large portion of its facilities were no longer used. It fell into disrepair, suffering the inevitable
consequence of neglect.
In 2001, the Government of the Principality of Asturias assumed management of the building. It began
by drafting an ambitious Use Plan, to breathe new life into Moya‟s ideal but underutilised city. By the
twenty-first century, it had become what it always was: a magnificent and unique expression of pure
architectural values.
iv. Architecture: restored building
La Universidad Laboral
The former Universidad Laboral is reborn in the XXI-st century, converted into La Ciudad de la Cultura,
a creative community in which more than 4,000 people study, carry out research, create and
communicate with each other – all on a daily basis.
La Universidad Laboral
iv. Architecture: restored building
It was decided that the renovation should transform this highly complex space, consolidating its
extant training activities and providing it with new, complementary applications.
Then, another idea arose: to take Moya‟s ideal city and superimpose the idea of a new kind of
city on top of it, a twenty-first century centre of cultural and creative production, with spaces for
learning and teaching; to see, hear and consume cultural products; to share networks,
exchange knowledge and communicate ideas.
From La Universidad Laboral to La Ciudad de la Cultura
iv. Architecture: restored building
This clearly defined Use Plan was decisive. It prompted the integral reconstruction of a
complex building of monumental size – with130,000 square metres.
The renovations begun in 2005 extended over 80,000 square metres.
In March of 2007, after two years of construction (which did not interfere with the routine of
daily life inside the building), Laboral Ciudad de la Cultura opened its doors, offering to
thousands of visitors fifteen days of Open House festivities, an opportunity to become familiar
with its newly renovated spaces.
iv. Architecture: restored building
From La Universidad Laboral to La Ciudad de la Cultura
Moya admitted that he drew his inspiration for the design of these spaces from the Caracalla
thermal baths of Rome. He conceptualized these concrete cable-stayed vaults in such a way – on a
descending slope from north to south – that a large north-facing window could be placed in each
section, ensuring a good amount of natural lighting.
A single vault spans 19,20 metres and is 9,60 metres long. This is repeated indefinitely, covering all
of the extensive surface with the same constructive procedure.
iv. Architecture: restored building
From La Universidad Laboral to La Ciudad de la Cultura
Luis Moya‟s project design was altered and amplified when a decision, made during the construction
process, changed how it was implemented and turned it into a Vocational University. The enlarged
photograph below shows the construction that was carried out in the northeast corner of the complex
and, outside the central terrace, the six wharehouses originally intended as vocational training
workshops and sporting arenas.
The former workshops and sporting arenas become LABoral Centro de Arte
iv. Architecture: restored building
iv. Architecture: restored building
The former workshops and sporting arenas become LABoral Centro de Arte
A view of the whole complex from the Hospital de Cabueñes
iv. Architecture: restored building
An information graph reproducing the complex of the Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
iv. Architecture: restored building
The workshops located furthest northeast and the old pelota ball court (frontón) were chosen to
house the LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial project.
The task of drafting a project plan – to adapt the building to suit its new purpose – was awarded by
public bid to Austurian architect, Andrés Diego Llaca.
An information graph reproducing the complex of the Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
iv. Architecture: restored building
iv. Architecture: restored building
An information graph reproducing the complex of the Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
Visual Arts Galleries 1 A and 1 B
iv. Architecture: restored building
Industrial Creation Galleries 2 A and 2 B
iv. Architecture: restored building
InforInformation graph of Galleries 2 A and 2 B
iv. Architecture: restored building
Construction has also been completed of a 1113 m² multi-purpose space, located in the north end of
the grounds, in the former boiler forge workshop. It can operate with its own independent timetable.
LABcafé
iv. Architecture: restored building
LABcafé
iv. Architecture: restored building
Corporate name and nature The corporate name "Fundación La Laboral. Centro de Arte y Creación
Industrial" refers to an organisation whose fundamental nature is of private, cultural and educational
interest, a not-for-profit organisation that is resolutely committed to exercising its patrimony towards the
realisation of goals selected in the public interest – goals that are those of the institution itself.
La Fundación La Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial has been declared of general
interest and it governs the activities of the Centro de Arte. Its objective is specified in article 6.1 of its
Statutes: the promotion and dissemination of art and industrial creation through the management of
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial.
v. Ownership and legal framework
The Board of Patrons The Board of Patrons is the supreme governing body, representing and
administering la Fundación, executing the functions that correspond to it, subjected to the present
Statues and current legal ordinance.
President Mercedes Álvarez González, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Principality of Asturias
First vice-president Jorge Fernández León, representing the Principality of Asturias
Second vice-president Nicanor Fernández, representing HC Energía
Secretary José Pedreira Menéndez
Board Members
Juan Cueto Alas and Agustín Tomé Fernández,
representing the Principality of Asturias
Ministry of Culture
Gijón City Hall
Autoridad Portuaria
Caja de Ahorros de Asturias
Fundación Telefónica
Strategic Corporate Member
Alcoa
Associated Corporate Members
Dragados
FCC
Procoin
vi. Management
Public criteria with a commitment to excellence
Executive Committee The Board of Patrons will establish an executive committee, composed of its
own members, which will operate under its direction and to which it can delegate management and
administrative activities that advance towards the achievement of the foundation‟s goals, restricted
only by the competency of the Board of Patrons as established by the Organic Law 50/2002 or by
any regulation that may supercede it.
President
Mercedes Álvarez González, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Principality of Asturias
First vice-president
Jorge Fernández León, representing the Principality of Asturias
Second vice-president
Nicanor Fernández, representing HC Energía
Member
Fundación Telefónica
Secretary
José Pedreira Menéndez
vi. Management
Public criteria with a commitment to excellence
vi. Organizational workforce
1. Concept of the institution
Innovation is fundamental in order to respond effectively to the challenges of globalisation and the
opportunities that it provides.
The capacity for innovation is closely tied to creativity, like a personal attribute based in talent and
cultural and interpersonal values. In order to take maximum advantage of it, it must be
disseminated amongst the population.
LABoral Centro de Arte y creación Industrial believes that art and culture play a decisive role in
the social consolidation of technological advancements.
The activity programme of LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial has chosen to comply
with these new requirements of a society in continual mutation, taken special interest in the
relations and interactions that arise between different languages and media.
c. Conceptual position of the Centre
i. General
There are 5 principal areas of activity :
Exhibition: LABoral‟s exhibition programme aspires to become a local, national and international
reference for its investigation into innovative formats and languages that reflect the emergence of
contemporary contemporary artistic production.
Education/Training: This area hopes to make up for currently existing deficiencies – in relation to the
use of new technological media – in schools, universities and professional training fields, stimulating, at
the same time, participation on behalf of the citizenry and amateur enthusiasts.
Research: The CREATIC Laboratory, through scholarships for young researchers in the ICT field and
making available advanced research infrastructure.
Creation-production: A Multimedia Workshop that acts in two areas, producing works of an artistic
character and high quality productions in the field of visual industries.
Cultural: En In harmony with the rest of its project, LABoral is dedicated to the cultural dissemination
of new artistic practices and reative industries, produced principally with or by means of technological
media.
2. Nature, subject matter, mission and mandate
The activities of LABoral are carried out with a wide scope
i. La Fundación La Laboral was created by the Government of the Principality of Asturias with
the aim of strengthening the domain of technological culture as part of its strategy to design alternative
models for the future of Asturias and to continue advancing the development of the Knowledge
Society.
3. Institutional and programmatic discourse
ii. Short and long-term goals
To contribute to the development of innovative projects by carrying out this mandate.
To develop projects associated with new languages, narratives and technologies that are open to
possible social, artistic and industrial applications.
3. Institutional and programmatic discourse
iii. Programmatic axes
Paradigm shifts and the transformation of society
Societal transformations are, today, a given, in large part thanks to scientific and technological
advancement.
Having recourse to theory, practice and collaborative efforts with relevant individuals and groups
allows LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial to investigate and to observe the diverse
changes that are currently taking place, promoting debate about them and about society as a whole.
Perspective on territory, ecology and sustainability
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial promotes collective reflection and public
awareness in the search for new formulas of respectful coexistence with the natural
environment and with the ideas of a sustainable society.
3. Institutional and programmatic discourse
iii. Programmatic axes
The supremacy of the image in contemporary culture
The contemporary information society perceives and constructs its reality principally through the
image.
LABoral promotes reflection on the preeminance of the technical image, independent of its origins, in
art as much as in society.
New narratives
Communication technologies open up a panaorama that favours the development of new narrative
forms.
It is important for LABoral that the concept of the narrative be applicable, as such, to information
processing systems, whether they be natural or of human design, opening itself up, as a
consequence, to a wide spectrum of emerging practices.
3. Institutional and programmatic discourse
iv. Relations with nearby organisations
LABoral fosters fruitful relationships with people and organisations that aid in the development of a
society that patently dedicates its time to creation and innovation.
3. Institutional and programmatic discourse
Axencia Asturiana pá la Discapacidá
v. The Centre’s role in other relationships: the international, national, regional and
local fields
LABoral has established agreements with public and private organisations – such as cultural,
academic and social organisations – that favour the exchange of experiences and knowledge.
Organisational networks will be fostered, facilitating and contributing to the establishment of
professional relationships and the promotion of teamwork.
3. Institutional and programmatic discourse
vi . Extent, identity and corporate image, publicity and public relations
The trademark of LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial combines the visual arts and industrial
creativity, the objective of the Centre‟s activity. The identification of these two aspects is precisely
what the logo wants to communicate. It symbolically translates the corporate identity of the Centre.
This trademark, created by the designer of Asturian origin who has studied in London, Fernando
Gutiérrez, is the primary element of LABoral„s personality. It is envisioned as atemporal, easy to apply
and develop – while maintaining a clear connection and unity – in every one of the areas of activity of
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial. Its purpose is to help LABoral be recognised and
identified yet be distinguished from other organisations that promote art and culture. But, at the same
time, it must compete with other notable international brand names, with its own personality as a
differential element.
3. Institutional and programmatic discourse
Visual corporate identity, elements of LABoral‟s visual corporate identity
3. Institutional and programmatic discourse
i. Public
LABoral is directed towards the following audiences:
Society in general, with special attention paid to Asturias
Social communication media, generalised and specialised
Asturian artist collectives, national and foreign
Students, youth and children
Critics, gallery owners, external curators and people interested in the current art world
Educational centres, universities, art schools
Public and private institutions, from cultural as well as other fields
Organisations working in technological fields
The business network interested in sponsoring cultural activities
Those linked to creative industries, such as television and the audiovisual world
The tourism and hotel sector of Asturias, the network of travel agencies and tourist boards
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
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24 months of LABoral
i. Communication and Public Relations
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
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LABoral in the media. Comprehensive Communication Plan
i. Communication Tool
Three kinds:
- Conventional acts of communication and dissemination
- Use of the possibilities offered by new technological media to propagate information and generate
discussion and opinion: web 2.0 and social networks
- More specific, transgressive acts, arising from the creativity, innovation and highly technological
character of the activity surrounding LABoral
FORBES SPRINGERIN NEURAL EL PAÍS SEMANAL
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
53NEW YORK ARTS MAGAZINE NEO2 MU LA VANGUARDIA
ii. Action Plan
• The Centre‟s presentations and its activities
• Sending information periodically to the communication media Convocatoria de ruedas de prensa
• Calling press conferences
• Focusing upon and managing interviews, reports and the supply of information and images
• Programmes organised for invited members of the press
• Press files with informative and expert texts, supporting the aim of disseminating knowledge and
creating audiences for art
Preparing written and multimedia presentations with the aim of promoting El Centro.
•Writing texts and institutional presentations
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
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iii. Action Plan
• Using the web as an element of dissemination and a vehicle for mobile, permanent and accessible
communication for the media, users of the centre and the artistic community
•Development and implementation of the Press Room for the facilitation of access to real time
information on El Centro for the communication media, advocating an image of transparency,
veracity and accessibility
•Sending personal or mass emails using LABoral‟s data base
•Publicity campaigns in specialized national and international as well as in fixed media
•Acts that consolidate LABoral‟s presence on the web 2.0 (wikis, blogs, Twitter, Facebook…) with the
intention of accessing new communication channels and taking advantage of the possibilities offered
by the new media for creating and drawing the interest of new audiences
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
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LABoral in the media 01.01.07 / 31.03.09
Comparative 2007 - 2008
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
www.laboralcentrodearte.org
January -December 2007
Num. Of sessions 86.594
Pages sent 346.713
January -December 2008
Num. Of sessions 93.178
Pages sent 404.773
iv. On the internet
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
monthly ebulletin
Sent to approximately 5,000 email
addresses in the data base
LABoral On the Weekend Agenda
Bimonthly
Sent to approximately 1,000
addresses in the Asturian data base
LABinfo Summer special edition
Inserts on the 17th of July to be
included in:
EL COMERCIO43.000 copiesLA NUEVA ESPAÑA75.000 copiesLA VOZ DE ASTURIAS12.000 copies
E bulletin Agenda quincenal de Fin de Semana
v. Recently implemented activities
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
vi. Services demanded by the public
Lounge and Information Area
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
vi. Services demanded by the public
Cafetín
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
vi. Services demanded by the public
LABshop
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
vi. Services demanded by the public
Restrooms
d. Key Elements : Analysis and Evaluation
e. Building
i. The different areas of the building
4094 m² are apportioned to 6 exhibition galleries, with two of them containing areas of more than 1000
m² each. The expository ensemble is completed with workshops and laboratories dedicated to
research, production, training and the applied visual arts.
AREAS
Galleries floor
Lower-ground floor
Ground floor
Mezzanine
First floor
TOTAL
FUNCTIONAL
261.28 m2
8,510.72 m2
4,553.33 m2
144.21 m2
868.59 m2
14,338.13 m2
BUILT
348.47 m2
9,478.50 m2
6,119.76 m2
179.78 m2
1,112.21 m2
17,238.72 m2
EXHIBITION SPACES 4,094 m2
Gallery 1A 1,230 m2
Gallery 1B 700 m2
Gallery 2A 375 m2
Gallery 2B 1,036 m2
Platform1 387 m2
Platform 2 366 m2
WORKSHOPS AND LABS 498 m2
MEDIATEQUE 170 m2
STORAGE AREA 500 m2
LABlounge (Main Hall) 1.090 m2
LABcafé 1.113 m2
SOUTH COURTYARD 347,33 m2
Source: Article by Miguel Díaz Negrete, doctor of architecture. 2007
LABoral Press dossier. March 2007
Spatial distribution
C1 LABcine
CR Creatic. Creativity and Technological Research Laboratory
4. Building
Spatial distribution
First Floor
1 A Exhibition Gallery UDO.1 Didactic unit
2 A Exhibition Gallery UDO.2 Didactic unit
P1 Production. Projects Office. Platform 1 UDO.3 Didactic unit
P2 Platform UDO.4 Didactic unit
Ground Floor
4. Building
Spatial distribution
1 B Exhibition Gallery UD-1.1 Didactic unit
1 C Exhibition Gallery UD-1.2 Didactic unit
2 B Exhibition Gallery M Mediatheque
Planta -1
4. Building
Spatial distribution
e. A new reality
The vitality of artistic creation today, the incorporation of new spaces of diverse kinds, the irruption of
new technological tools used widely by artists, the notion of “process,” a new concept of time, multi-
trans- and inter-disciplinary work, the variety of projects that attract young audiences to this new and
complex reality: all this obliges us to ask if we find ourselves before a new definition of art and the
function of the artist in society, a mutation that allows us to discern aesthetic, social and even ethical
motives that are different from those of only a decade ago. It is here that the research of LABoral is
carried out.
Spaces for Creation
5. 30 months of LABoral
LABoral is the only existing centre in Spain dedicated – from its conception – to technological culture,
artistic research, production, education, exhibition and the dissemination of art and creative industries.
The activity programme of LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial is a faithful reflection of the
spectacular changes experienced by society and its immersion in today‟s visual culture.
LABoral‟s activity aims to contribute to the development of the information society, encouraging the creative
use of new technological tools.
The determination of the Government of the Principality of Asturias to endow the region with such an
innovative Centre has been matched by the enthusiasm and support of a large number of public and private
enterprises that have joined the Board of Patrons that govern LABoral.
These contributions and continual networking – the driving forces behind each and every one of the
programmes organised by LABoral – have brought about collaboration with other art centres, museums and
public as well as private institutions since its inauguration on March 30th, 2007. It represents a constant in
the past and the future trajectory of our Centre.
LABoral hopes to become a key component of the strategy of the Government of the Principality of Asturias
to fully incorporate Asturias into the Information Society, understanding this to be the only means by which
to achieve an improvement in the quality of life of its citizens, sustainable creation of economic wealth and
to transform our society into one that is freer, more cultured and better educated.
Since LABoral opened its doors on March 30th, 2007, the Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial has put on a
total of 30 exhibitions, for which 33 curators selected more than 397 works of art by 408 artists and
collectives.
The exhibitions have all shared outstanding quality in the art works sleected, the contents developed by the
curatorship, their design and their standards for assembly and presentation.
Special attention has been paid to exhibition architecture, always with the goal of encouraging a dialogue
between the art work and the exhibition spaces at LABoral.
Exposición
i. Feedback 30.03.07-30.06.07
Art that Responds to Instructions Input or its Environment
Curatorship: Christiane Paul and Jemima Rellie Assistant Curator: Charlïe Gere Organised by: LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial Architecture:Leeser Architecture
38 collectives and artists 11 collaborating cultural institutions
FEEDBACK interweaves two themes relating to responsive art. One theme traces the concept of
feedback from artistic creation to art that sets up open systems reacting to external input. A second theme
explores the concept of light and the moving object and image from Kinetic Art and Op Art to responsive
notions of television and cinema.
f.Exhibitions
Exposición
i. Gameworld 30.03-30.09.2007
Videogames on the Edge of Art, Technology and Culture
Curatorship: Carl Goodman, Museum of Moving Image, NY, USA Assistant Curator: Daphne Dragona (Greece). Exhibition Design: Leeser Architecture, USA. Patrononage: Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón
A selection of historic videogames with an innovative design, alternative games and works of art reflecting
the influence of videogames in modern life.
34 collectives and artists 14 collaborating cultural institutions
f. Exhibitions
Exposición
iii.LAB_ciberespacios 30.03-30.06.2007
Cyberspace as a Universal Meeting Point
Organised by: LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial Design:Kero-Kawamura-Ganjavian, Switz. and Spain. Development of Exhibition Presentation: Manuela Pfaffenberger (Ars Electronica)
Open international competition. 10 works of art reflect the idea of cyberspace as a meeting point.
133 artists from 26 countries submitted entries 4 collaborating cultural institutions
f. Exhibitions
Exposición
iv. Extensiones - Anclajes I and II 30.03-30.06.2007 and 05.07-30.09.2007
A Look at Creation today in Asturias
Curatorship: Francisco Crabiffosse Independent Curator, (Coruño - Llanera)
Together with Asturian artists, LABoral Centro de Arte ventures outside its locality of Gijón on a search.
The exhibition had two phases and traced surprising itineraries through the geography of the Principality,
outside the traditional urban centres.14 artists 13 art exhibits
f. Exhibitions
Exposición
v. It´s Simply Beautiful
A Look at the concept of beauty in the art of today27.07-22.10.2007
Curatorship: Peter Doroshenko, Jérôme Sans Produced by: LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial and Cajastur
5 artists
A show posing questions as relevant as What is beauty?, its importance in our daily lives or the ability of
works of art to raise the spectator‟s spirit.
5 site specific works in installation format
f. Exhibitions
Exposición
vi. Gameworld Expansion Pack: Playware 21.09.2007-24.03.2008
The World ofVideogames. Expansion Pack
Curatorship:Ars Electronica and Museum of the Moving Image Exhibition design:Leeser Architecture
The world of videogames, focusing on the act of play as a metaphor for social relations and human
interaction and as a driving force behind creative and technological research.
24 artists 14 Artistic games and 10 multi-player digital art installations
f. Exhibitions
Exposiciones actuales
vii. Emergentes 16.11.07- 12.05.08 Coproduced Fundación Telefónica
10 Projects by Latinamerican Artists / Works in Progress
Travelling exhibition with recent art works from Latin America dealing with the relation and hybridisation
between science and technology.
Curatorship: José-Carlos Mariátegui Project Coordinator: Victoria MessiExhibition Design:Fernando Muñoz and Sergio Sebastián architects
12 artists 10 works in installation format
f. Exhibitions
viii. Homo Ludens Ludens 18.04.08 - 23.09.08
Situating play in Contemporary Society and Culture
Homo Ludens Ludens deeply examines the question why we need to play, how play animates our culture
and the impact it is having on contemporary societies. The exhibition reviews how players create their
identities and these free them from themselves while searching for their utopias.
Curatorship: Erich Berger, Laura Baigorri, Daphne Dragona Architecture: Nerea Calvillo
43 artists 31 art works
f. Exhibitions
Curatorship: Karin Ohlenschäger Architecture: Jovino Martinez Sierra
Next Venue: ZKM
ix. Banquete_nodos y redes 06.06.08 – 03.11.08 Coproduced: Fundación Telefónica and SEACEX
Interactions between Art, Science, Technology and Society in Spain’s Digitial Culture
Banquete_nodos y redes explores the artistic practices being carried out today in Spain. Through more
than thirty digital art and interactive projects, the exhibition poses a number of critical reflections and
participatory experiences to explore networks as the common organisational pattern at every level of life.
35 artists 35 art works
f. Exhibitions
x. Nowhere/NowHere 09.10.08 – 20.04.08
Investigating new lines of enquiry in contemporary design
Nowhere/Now/Here is a journey exploring a number of projects and tests that are creating proposals and
alternatives to accepted interpretations, reflecting present-day concerns in the world of objects we decide
to surround ourselves with and the role of design.
The Curators: El Último Grito (Roberto Feo y Rosario Hurtado)
Consulting Curators: Professor Catherine McDermott, Daniel Charny and Ilka Schaumberg
Exhibltion Design: Patricia Urquiola & Martino Berghinz
Graphic Design and Catalogue: Fernando Gutiérrez
67 artists / 78 works / 20 countries
f. Exhibitions
xi. There is No Road (The road is made by walking) 12.12.08-16.03.09
Curated by: Steven Bode. Director of Film & Video Umbrella. London
An exhibition of artists’ journeys to mountains, off-road places and other remote destinations
There is No Road presents a selection of work by fourteen international artists working on the notion of
“travelling” in moving images, photography and installations. Borrowing its title from the poem by Antonio
Machado “Caminante, no hay camino”, the exhibition registers and explores the experiences evoked in
journeys through Asturias or other equally remote and mountainous terrains, and the implicit acceptance of
a certain kind of narrative, frequently in terms of literary associations with walking and writing
f. Exhibitions
Exposiciones actualesg. Projects Office
i. Situation Room. Pablo de Soto 18.01.08 - 17.03.08
Design and launch of a prototype of a citizen’s Situation Room in Asturias
Design: Pablo de Soto (hackitectura.net) and Jaime Díaz (sietezeta.net)
Assembly: Susana Serrano, Ángel Ortea, José Manuel de Soto and Pablo de Soto
Produced by: LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Pablo de Soto and hackitectura.net
A competition open to all Asturian artists of less than 35 years of age. In collaboration with the Instituto
Asturiano de la Juventud.
Winning artist: Pablo de Soto (Asturias, 1977)
ii. PSJM: Project MARX® 28.03.08 – 9.06.08
The creation of the MARX® brand name and the establishment of a trademark for the products, the publicity
campaign and the MARX® boutique that were exhibited together in LABoral.
Exposiciones actuales
Produced by: The Projects Office of LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial and the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno
(CAAM of Gran Canaria)
g. Projects Office
iii. TACs. Íñigo Bilbao 27.06.08 - 29.09.08
Experimentation with biomedical imaging
TACs is an exhibition project consisting of a series of digital sculptures and a video-projection. Using tools
from the fields of medicine and industrial design, Iñigo Bilbao portrays the external, changing, temporary
appearance of the models as well as their more lasting and solid internal structure, their bone structure, as
part of a project that investigates the connections between art and medicine.
g. Projects Office
iv. Paul Woodrow & Alan Dunning. Ghosts in the Machine (2008) 24.10.2008-12.01.2009
Ghosts in the Machine uses the ideas inherent in Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) to examine ways in
which we construct the world and extends it to the visual. The project has been developed by The Einstein‟s
Brain Project, a collaborative group of artists and scientists who have been working together for the past
twelve years. The aim of the group is the visualization of the biological state of the body through the
fabrication of environments and simulations
g. Projects Office
i. DRIFT. Jana Winderen 21.12.2007-07.01.2008
Sound Installation
Collage of underwater hydrophone recordings from the following rivers: Fjadrárgljúfur (Iceland), Akerselva
and Hardangerfjorden (Norway), Spree (Germany), Ouse (United Kingdom), Ping and Mae Taeng
(Thailand).
Comisario: Erich Berger, Comisario Jefe de LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
h. Cubo de Sonido
ii. Las Larvas: Chopping Piano –in C- 28.03.08 – 09.06.08
Sound Installation.
Colabora: Laboca
Starting March 28th, the Asturian collective Las Larvas will perform their work of sound art Chopping piano
–in C- in the Gallery Platform 2 of LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial.
h. Cubo de Sonido
iii. Montreal Mutado (2008). Francisco López 27.06.08 – 29.09.08
Sound Installation
Original source environmental recordings done in Montreal, 2000-2006. Mutated, composed, recorded and
mastered at Mobile Messor (Madrid, Bucharest, Montreal) and Centre de Création Musicale Iannis Xenakis
(Paris), 2000-2006. Remastered and re-structured for this sound installation at Mobile Messor
(Amsterdam), 2008.
Imagen de Francisco López
h. Cubo de Sonido
The opening of the Laboratorio de Creatividad e Investigación
Tecnológica [Laboratory for Creativity and Technological
Research], Creatic, an initiative set in motion by Fundación
CTIC, is a response to the need for the establishment of an
effective alliance between art, technology and society,
promoting creativity, research and innovation.
In recent years, the creation of programmes of “Artists in
Scientific Laboratories” on an international level has become
increasingly common. It is a clear sign of the recognition of the
fruitful consequences issuing from the collaboration between
artists and scientists.
The establishment of Creatic was made possible thanks to the
contribution of the Alcoa España Foundation.
i. Research
Creatic is the instrument by which ALCOA and LABoral will contribute to the creation of employment.
Creatic is a project unprecedented in Spain, conceived as a foctory of creativity. It is a laboratory that will
host young researcher so that they can develop projects in the domain of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT).
Creatic offers a novel format. It focuses upon researchers that are in a phase previous to “business
incubators”. It is where seeds can be planted, a space for technological creativity that serves as the first link
in the value chain in the Area of R+D+i.
i. Research
Why Creatic?Any pool of innovative ideas coming from young talents
ought to be structured given that neither ideas nor young
talents appear spontaneously. The proposed model is a
space for the generation of innovative ideas (Innovation).
The Alcoa Foundation has made it possible.
i. Research
What is Creatic?
-A model of innovation and creativity that will be one of the
first links of the value chain in research and innovation.
-A factory of innovation and creativity in ITC targeting
young university graduates around the world, offering them
a place where they can develop technological ideas and
product prototypes.
-A test bed for innovative ideas and revolutionary
proposals conceived by young talents.
-A shared space for innovation for the development of free
and copyrighted technologies, products and services.
-A pool of new researchers.
-An innovative form of research involving young talents,
enterprises, university, techological centres and the public
administration in a shared space for collaboration (a
creativity and innovation cluster).
i. Research
Creatic Model
How will ideas and young researchers be selected?
A committee comprising members from sponsoring
enterprises, CTIC and LABoral the Centre for Art and
Creative Industries, will:
- Follow-up the evolution of Creatic and its functioning in
accordance with preset goals, every two months.
- Select young talents on a long-term basis and dedicate
special interest in attracting people from around the world.
- Overseeing “individual” ideas.
The idea must be proposed by the person willing to develop
it within the framework of Creatic.
When the ideas are proposed by an enterprise, CTIC will
study the suitability of its inclusion in Creatic and who should
select the young researchers to develop it.
What is the average duration of a project at Creatic?
The average duration will be one year.
i. Research
i. Research
Mediatheque
A place for research and the promotion of contemporary visual culture In the last quarter of this year,
LABoral will open the Mediatheque. It is a documentation centre offering experts from various disciplines
and the public in general access to printed and digital bibliographic materials as well as the most
experimental audiovisual content from cultural and contemporary creation sources, placing spacial
emphasis on the field of art-science-technology.
LABoral‟s mediatheque will be dedicated to contemporary visual culture and will specialise in material
including moving images, photography, media art and creative-architectural industries, design and sound
and audiovisual creation.
i. Research
LABoral Chill-out
A space for meeting, leisure, participation and rest During the last qaurter of this year, in conjunction with
the opening of the Mediatheque, LABoral will inaugurate a new space: LABoral‟s chill-out, a flexible zone
to be put to various uses. The Asturian architect studio Longo+Roldán have renovated an area that,
through simple touches, has become an environment for rest and experimentation, a place for leisure and
repose, a place to take a break while visiting the exhibitions at El Centro de Arte. Further, visitors are
invited to sit and read information on LABoral and its activities, concerts and exhibitions, or even use our
WIFI connection to access the internet. Priority was given to making LABoral‟s Chill-out comfortable,
inviting and restful, something relaxing without being strictly functional. The task was taken on by
Longo+Roldán, architects that have achieved wide acclaim for their work, including the bestowal of El
Premio Asturias de Arquitectura.
Round table discussions, symposia and workshops are all been organised in conjunction with every one of
LABoral‟s exhibitions. These favour dialogue with the citizenry and provoke debate and reflection on the
relationship between society with technological culture today.
LABoral organised 56 workshops and 4 theoretical discussions given by 120 instructors. There were a
total of 10.200 participants coming from the local region, other parts of the country and around the world.
The workshops, intended for professionals, students the family and the general public children, were
conceived as a programme parallel to the exhibitions, always taking into account the specific needs of the
professional local creative community. Emphasis has been placed on education and the use of open code
software for creative ends.
j. Educational programmes
Programa 2007 – Seminarios y talleres
The e-image era 30.03.07-02.04.07
A conference cycle reflecting on the reach and impact of the
electronic image in today‟s society.
Director: José Luis Brea
Venue: Auditorium of Laboral Ciudad de la Cultura
9 contributors
110 registered participants
LED Throwies 28.03.07-29.03.07
50,000 led trowies were thrown (lithium battery + led +
magnet)
Directed by: Graffiti Research Lab: Amanda Mc Crowdley,
Evan Roth and James Powderly (New York)
Locations: Oviedo, Gijón, Langreo and Avilés
Sponsored by: Codi Soluciones integrales
2 collaborating institutions
k. Seminars and Workshops
Talleres Profesionales
i. SummerLAB Camp 5.08.08 – 9.08.08
The SummerLAB is a gathering of audiovisual creators from around Spain that work mainly with free tools
(FLOSS). The way it is organised reproduces the way in which free software is developed – there is no
heirarchy, only the creation of a context.
Concept and definition :
I. Professional Workshops
ii. LABabierto
LABabierto is an open space for exchange between artists and creators. It is an opportunity to think, share
and develop ideas, as well as to seek consultation about newly emerging projects or works in progress. Any
artists or creators that want to share a few hours of reflection, discussion and consultation about digital
processes and tools are invited to participate.
http://www.lababierto.laboralcentrodearte.org
Talleres Profesionales I. Professional Workshops
m. Didactic and Creation Workshops
LABniños. These workshops aim to encourage creativity in a young audience. Activity programmes are
offered in accordance with determinate age groups and their specific needs.
LABenfamilia. This is an initiative intended for fathers, mothers, teachers or family members that want to
participate in activities alongside their children, offering them the opportunity to become familiar with the
creative process and to examine different artistic practices in greater detail.
LABescuela. These are itinerant workshops: the classes are given in different educational centres, as well
as in LAB itself, during school hours. School trips to LABoral are also included.
LABjoven. This initiative complements the interest of the young public in new tendencies and positions in
the world of art and new technologies. It consists in programmes specifically designed for an audience of 12
to 18 years of age, offering workshops, thematic activity days or meetings with creators.
LABoral has also begun its programme of artistic production with a total of 53 works of art produced so
far, amongst which are included 26 creators by Asturian artists for the Extensiones-Anclajes, It‟s Simply
Beautiful, Situation Room, Marx®, TACs, Homo Ludens Ludens, Banquete_nodos y redes, and There is
No Road exhibitions as well as limited edition art objects for the LABshop.
n. Artistic production
Situation Room. Pablo de Soto PSJM: Project MARX®TACs. Íñigo Bilbao
The LEV Festival is an initiative of the Fiumfoto collective in which Laboral Escena and LABoral Centro de
Arte also participate. It is held in La Ciudad de la Cultura and in the LABcafé. It is an annual event
dedicated to culture and electronic audiovisual art. 8,000 people have attended the two editions of the
festival.
17 concerts in which musicians from Asturias, the rest of Spain and from around the world have given the public a demonstration of the current state of musical creation.
o. LABconciertos
LABacción is a six-day-long festival that gathers together important artists from the national and local art
scene in the field of art action and electronic music.
LABacción is organised in collaboration with the Gijón City Hall through its “Arte en la calle” [“Art in the
street”] programme. It complements this renowned cultural event with a selection of highly topical projects
that are grounded in an artistic tradition of unquestionable relevance.
Curatorship by:
Asturias Performance Programme: Ladines Centro de Investigación Artística
National Performance Programme: Luan Mart
Dj Programme: Scattini
LABacción was held over six days in August. 1,900 people were in attendance.
LABacción took place in different locations in Gijón city centre, on public stages set up in by the municpal
Government.
p. LABacción
Bailarinas Parabólicas Cuco Suárez Dj 40 oz
LABoral organised a programme of workshops and round table discussions within the framework of the
XXVIth Encuentros Internacionales de Juventud Cabueñes that took place from the 22nd to the 26th of
September. Within the section entitled “Los discursos contemporáneos del arte” [“Contemporary
discussions about art”], the creative processes in art and emergent visual creation were analysed.
In addition, LABoral organised a nanovideo festival, the One Second Video Festival, that formed part of the
activities complementary to Cabueñes 2008. In this way, the Centro de Arte began its collaboration with this
traditional event for youth that is held annually in Gijón, with a series of discussions reflecting upon
technological media and creative tools in the Information Era.
q. Encuentros de Cabueñes
Collaborating organisations:Organisers:
An open door day with activities for families and youth on the Sundays during the months of July and
August. Sundays at LABoral offered a diverse programme in the spaces of the Centro de Arte, with ludic
workshops on the use and design of items for juggling, kites and other objects of skill, designed and
marketed by Eolo-Sport, Spain‟s leading kite company, that collaborated with LABoral in the organisation
of this initiative.
Entry to the exhibitions was free of charge to all vistors.
1,502 people participated.
Domingos en LABoralr. Sundays at LABoral
LABoral participated in La fiesta de las asociaciones Gijón 2008, a meeting point for organisations and
young people of the region, where a wide variety of the activities usually carried out by these associations
were represented, promoting and encouraging participation and the formation of associative groups, turning
the festival into an open space in which young people and associations gathered together to consider
questions about information, leisure, free time and culture.
IV Fiesta de las Asociacioness. IV Fiesta de las Asociaciones
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Astragal gallery, managed by the Conseyu de Mocedá de
Xixón, through which have passed many young Asturian artists, many of whom have continued their
creative careers, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial and the Astragal Gallery commemorated this
event with an exhibition. The public art project occupied the city, using the exhibition gallery as a meeting
point. 16 winners of the Astragal Award and other artists and creators selected by both institutions were
invited to participate. With this collaboration, Astragal and LABoral hoped to give support to the most
experimental kind of art with help from, on the one hand, a veteran institution and, on the other hand, a
much younger one, working together to achieve common objectives in Asturias.
t. Proyecto Cabina
Solos para un espacio blanco is an initiave of Laboral Escena. The four sessions that composed the
series took place in different areas of the art centre.
Mujeres abandonadas en un Centro de Arte. A new collaboration between the Laboral Theatre and the
Centro de Arte with performances in which spectators are encouraged to reflect on certain topics as they
share the scenic space with the performing artists.
u. LABescena
2009 Activity Plan
Exhibitions
1THE PAST IN THE PRESENT. April 3/09-June 29/09
Curatorial: Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes, exhibtion curator , Madrid
2AUTO. DREAM AND MATTER .May 15/09-Sept. 21/09
Curatorial: Alberto Martín, exhibition curator, Salamanca
3FEED FORWARD. THE ANGEL OF HISTORY. July 17/09-Jan 12/10
Curatorial: Christiane Paul & Steve Dietz, New York
4ARCADI. October 2/09
Curatorial:Jose Luis de Vicente
THE PROJECTS OFFICE WILL PRODUCE 4 BIMONTHLY EXHIBITIONS:LAB_JOVEN. FERNANDO GUTIÉRREZ. Jan 30/09-April 6/09
JAVIER LONGOBARDO. April 17/09-June 15/09
FÉLIX LUQUE. June 26/09-Sept. 7/09
DONKIJOTE:ORG. Sept. 25/09-Jan. 15/10
Industrial Creation: Galleries 2A and 2B
Visual Arts: Galleries 1A, 1B and 1C
Projects Office: Platform 1
Visual Art Exhibitions: 2
Industrial Creation Exhibitions: 2
Projects Office: 4
TOTAL NUMBER OF EXHIBITIONS IN 2009: 8
2009 Exhibition Programme
The Past in the Present and the Foreign in the Self
April 3rd – June 29th 2009
The interrelationship between territory and memory – how they mutually
influence one another and how they are resignified in a return journey – is what
this exhibition aims to analyse through the work of a number of artists devoted to
the concept of terrain and its social and historical connotations.
Curatorial: Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes
Artists (selection): Juan José Pulgar, Maite Centol, Avelino Sala, Fiumfoto, Ángel
de la Rubia, Benjamin Menéndez, Susan Phillips, Jeremy Deller, amongst
others. Venues: Galleries 1A, 1B and 1C
2009 Visual Arts Programme
Auto. Dream and Matter. May 15th 2009 – September 21st 2009
This project analyses the presence of the car in contemporary art, or, more
precisely, the relation between car culture and artistic creation in recent
decades. In fact, car culture is not simply something personal but it is a
complex and global phenomenon. The central role of the automobile as a
fundamental element of the material culture of the 20th century, modern design
and as a symbol of consumer society.
Curatorial: Alberto Martín Expósito, exhibition curator, Salamanca
Venue: Galleries 2A and 2B
ARCADIA. October 02.2009 – 07.December 2009
Games from a Culture of Innovation is posited as an observatory to
explore the main lines of investigation undertaken today in the various
fields of contemporary game culture; from the design of toys and games
to the independent development of videogames, not overlooking game
art and so-called 'serious games'
2009 Programme: Industrial Creation
Feedforward. The Angel of History. July 17. 2009 – January 12. 2010
In his essay “On the Concept of History,” Walter Benjamin interprets Paul
Klee‟s painting, Angelus Novus, as an “angel of history” that has been
brought to a halt by the ruins of the past piled up before him while a
windstorm pushes him backwards toward an uncertain future (progress).
Once more, Benjamin‟s angel of history seems to capture the present
moment, a moment in which the wreckage of political conflict and
economic disparity cumulate ever higher, unresolved, while the economic,
political, technological and cultural forces of globalisation push us
inexorably in a direction that may, or may not, represent progress.
Production
This will be a research, educational and production centre that
will have have at its disposal the latest in digital manufacture
machinery for the creation of physical objects by means of digital
technologies as well as incorporating digital technologies and
communication with said objects.
Platform 2 will have all the equipment proper for a Production
Workshop with work spaces for experimentation and
production with audio, vídeo, light, artificial vision and
videogames, making possible research into a new class of
intelligent objects in intermediated environments.
Platform 2: Resource Centre
LAB_jovenExperimenta January 30th – April 6th
Crisálidas [Chrysalis], 2008
Crisálidas uses the biological metaphor as a point of departure to construct a
universe of events and fragmented emergences in transformation, inviting us to
world that iconographically approaches the subconscious.
An open invitation to all Asturian artists of 35 years of age or less. In
collaboration with the Instituto Asturiano de la Juventud.
Award-winning artist: Fernando Gutiérrez, Gijón
Venue: Platform 1
JAVIER LONGOBARDO April 17th – June 15th
Space Clips consists in high resolution video clips in which the artists‟ interest in
landscapes and their sculptural possibilities is made manifest. Music adds
narrative tension: There will be no engulfing sounds but rather, songs. Further, 3
object-viewers similar in appearance to videogame consoles from the 1980s will
be included. These will permit slides of different scenarios to be visualised and
will function as sculptures.
Venue: Platform 1
2009 Programme: Projects Office
FÉLIX LUQUE June 26th – September 7th
This project consists of an installation composed of an interactive sonic
sculpture and a series of videos. The spectator-listener will encounter a
geometric object that emits a code composed of lights and sounds. Its form
represents an amalgam of the different geometric signs present in the
imaginary world of science fiction and that frequently personify
configurations of artificial intelligence or even poles of mystical energy.
Coproduced with I-mal, Brussels
Venue: Platform 1
Donkijote.orgSeptember 24, 2009, to January 11, 2010
GALLERY: Platform 1 of LABoral and various locations throughout Asturias.
Donkijote.org, by the artist Cristian Bettini a.k.a P.ankh, was selected as the
winning project for DIGITAL_LAB, an opencompetition organised by,
intended for creators from Spain and around the world, whose objective is
the production of a work of art with both an installation and a virtual
dimension. Donkijote.org is a combination of the analogue and the digital
that will gather data using innovative techniques during four journeys taken
by the artist with a donkey through different areas of Asturias.
2009 Programme: Projects Office
EducationThe programme will foment the
development of mobile culture and
media literacy in all of their distinct
manifestations
First Quarter: January, February, March
2009LABniños
FILM:
“Para Niños” [“For Children”] with the Parpalló
Gallery (Valencia)
From December 20th to January 11th.
From 12:00 to 1:00 PM and 5:00 to 6:00 PM
WORKSHOPS:
Game and Art Workshop _El Bibio
January 18th to February 15th
Weekend Camps_Jenni Walford
January 18th to March 29th
LABenfamilia
WORKSHOPS:
Familt internet users _ Noelia Sueiro (8-14 yrs)
January 18th to February 15th
LABescuela
WORKSHOPS:
Animation video workshop _Rodrigo Calvo
Every Friday from January 18th to March 29th
LABoratory of the Senses_Pintar-Pintar
Every Wed. from January 18th to March 29th
LABescuela in the City: “Hybrid
Playground”_Clara Boj and Diego Díaz (lalalab)
March 23rd to the 27th
Creative Writing_El gaviero
LABjoven
Youth Programming workshop II
David Pello
January 18th to March 29th
Robots (abbreviated format)_ Alfonso
Flórez
Professional Programme
Free tools for creators: Audio Linux
Lluis Carbonell
OTHER PROGRAMMES
FILM
“Mathematics and film”
In collaboration with the University of
Oviedo
Fridayt March 27th
Symposium on The Past in the Present
in the framework of the exhibition The
Past in the Present and the Foreign in
the Self.
March 23rd to the 28th
Programme for People with Disabilities:
“Programa Animo” [“Spirit Programme”]
Utani Social Lab January 19th-23rd
2009 Programme: Education I
Second Quarter: April, May, June 2009
LABniños
WORKSHOPS:
Music and Creation Workshop_Sara Múñiz
April 19th to June 7th
Weekend Camps_Jenni Walford
April 18th and June 13th
LABenfamilia
WORKSHOPS:
Light in motion_ José González Macías
April 19th and May 24th
LABescuela
WORKSHOPS:
Creation Videogames Workshop
Every Friday from April 17th to June 12th
From 12:00 to 1:30 PM
Transversalia: learning through art_Clara Boj
May 4th- 8th
LABjoven
Youth Progamming Workshop III_David Pello
January18th to March 29th
Robots (abbreviated format)_ Alfonso Flórez
Creative Writing_El gaviero
Professional Programme
Free tools for creators:
Generative Audio Lab- Xavi Manzanares
and Oscar Martín
LEV festival workshops
Light Workshop- Pablo Valbuena, within
Nowhere Now Here
OTHER PROGRAMMES
LABcine: Film “Datos”
Friday May 29th
Digital Citizenry Symposium
From May 18th to the 22nd
LEV festival_workjshops and activities
2009 Programme: Education II
Third Quarter: July, August, September 2009
LABniñosHOLIDAY CAMPS
“Learn English while playing” Camp_El Bibio and Jenni Walford
From July 1st to the 31st (Monday to Friday)
LABjovenVinyl Workshop: Dj school
July 6th to the 17th
Vj Workshop
From July 20th to the 31st
Professional ProgrammeFrom August 3rd to the al 9th
OTHER PROGRAMMES
FILM: “Al Aire Libre” [“In the open air”]
Every Friday during the summer
FeedForward Symposium
June 2009
Programme for People with Disabilities: Sonic Floor, v2
Programme for elderly people: Animo_Utani Social Lab
2009 Programme: Education III
SummerLAB Camp 2009
Introducción
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial has organised the SummerLAB
Camp 2009, the second edition of a gathering of digital creators who work
mainly with free tools (FLOSS). Coordinated by Hangar (Barcelona), the
SummerLAB Camp consists in a meeting of artists, students and professionals
in the field of digital creation with the purpose of promoting interconnectivity on
the Spanish digital scene. From August 3rd to the 8th, work units on free
software and hardware, discussions on creation and debates on projects
related to digital creation will all be on offer.
Third Quarter: July, August, September 2009
2009 Programme: Education III
SummerLAB Camp 2009
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial has organised the SummerLAB Camp 2009, the second edition of a gathering of
digital creators who work mainly with free tools (FLOSS). Coordinated by Hangar (Barcelona), the SummerLAB Camp
consists in a meeting of artists, students and professionals in the field of digital creation with the purpose of promoting
interconnectivity on the Spanish digital scene. From August 3rd to the 8th, work units on free software and hardware,
discussions on creation and debates on projects related to digital creation will all be on offer.
Fourth Quarter:
October, November, December 2009
LABniñosFILM
“Para Niños” [“For Children”]_with the Parpalló Gallery (Valencia)
WORKSHOPS
Game and Art Workshop_El Bibio
Weekend Camps_Jenni Walford
January 18th to March 29th
LABenfamiliaWORKSHOPS
Family internet users _ Noelia Sueiro
LABescuelaWORKSHOPS
Animation video workshop _Rodrigo Calvo
LABoratory of the Senses_Pintar-Pintar
LABescuela in the City:
“Hybrid Playground”_Clara Boj and Diego
Díaz (lalalab)
Creative Writing_El gaviero
LABjovenYouth Programming workshop_David
Pello
Dj school_Iván Lomas
Professional ProgrammeFree tools for creators: Open
Frameworks _Chris Sugrue
Biology and Art workshop _SymbioticA
Research Lab
OTHER PROGRAMMES
LABcine
Process as Paradigm Symposium
October
2009 Programme: Education IV
A graduate level university course will now be offered in collaboration with :
Innova – University of Oviedo
The Humanities department of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Supinfocom (a centre specialised in teaching computer animation, animated infographics and other cinematographic topics such as concept and production design) Le Fresnoy
These institutions and centres of learning will work together to create a Máster’s Programme in Audiovisual Culture (music, photography, video, animation, film,
publicity, communication, animated infographics)
General Course: Creation of Audiovisual Content on the Web 2.0
Theory(10 h.)
Audiovisual projects:
Script.
Audiovisual Language.
Equipment and Audiovisual Production:
Digital Videocamaras.
Digital Camaras.
Formats.
Domestic and professional production.
Digital Post-Production:
Photographic treatament.
3D Creation 3D: Modelling, Materials and textures, lighting and
animation.
Editiing tools: Premiere, Final-Cut Pro, Avid.
Computer Visualisation.
Composition: After Effects, Combustion.
Practice – Digital Production (6 hours): 2 professors.
Digital Video.
Digital Photography
Digital Sound.
Lighting.
Machinery.
Chroma Key Production.
Multi-camera Production .
Photographic treatment.
Practice – Creation with After Effects (12 hours): 1 professor.
Editing.
Composition.
Animation.
Working with layers.
Models, masks and finishes.
3D Space.
Camaras.
3D Lighting effects.
Constructing Heirarchies.
Effects.
Texts.
Importing and interpreting.
Practice – Difusión Web 2.0 (2 horas): 1 profesor.
Codificación.
Broadcasting on the Web.
2009 Programme: Graduate level
university course
A day and a half of the Master´s Programme in Social Sciences will be held in LABoral
Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial (April 2009).
Coordinators:
• From the University of Oviedo, José Antonio López Cerezo and Cipriano Barrio Alonso
• From the University of Salamanca: Ana Cuevas Badallo
• From the Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (OEI): Juan Carlos Toscano Grimaldi
2009 Programme: Colaboration with the
Master’s Programme in the Social Sciences
Conferences and workshops “The past in the present”
(April)
Coinciding with the inauguration of the exhibition of the same name, this
conference cycle will investigate the influence of the past in the present and the
relation between territory and memory. Prestigious philosophers and
academics from various formeign and national universities will be in
attendance. They will consider topics directly connected to history and to the
neighbourhood in which the seminar is to take place.
“Feedforward” Symposium (June)Coinciding with the inauguration of Feedforward , theorists and artists will
explore in depth the topic of the exhibition.
Process as Paradigm Symposium (April)
A two-day-long congress of renowned national and international experts.
Artists, designers, researchers and scientists will explore the basic concepts
and diverse aspects of process-based research and creation.
Digital Citizenry Symposium –LABmeipi- (May)A project to create a Tactical Digital Cartography of Asturias. A collaborative
project with digital citizenry directed by Pablo de Soto and the hackitectura
collective.
2009 Programme: Symposia
Other activities
LEV FESTIVAL (May)The third edition of the festival dedicated to contemporary digital art and
experimental music.
In collaboration with the Laboral Theatre
Organisers: Fiumfoto (Asturias)
ANIMATED FILM SESSIONS (January)Programme coproduced with the Parpalló Gallery.
The second of LAB‟s animated film cycles. It will take place in the
cineLAB gallery.
LABABIERTO (all year)Every two weeks, LABoral will open up its laboratories in order to
establish a continuous dialogue with and to give support to artists and
professionals. As a novelty, LABabierto will head out to the centre of
Gijón. Participation in LABabierto does not imply free use of its
Resource Centre.
MUJERES ABANDONADAS EN UN CENTRO DE ARTE
[WOMEN ABANDONED IN AN ART CENTRE]The Laboral Theatre and LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
continue carrying out their joint collaboration programme. It is a monthly
series of three solo performances that share, as a common denominator,
reflection on the body within the interdisciplinarity of new tendencies and
contemporary languages . The new series will be entitles “Women
Adandoned in an Art Centre.”
2009 Programme: Festivals and other
Activities
2009 Programme: Festivals and other
Activities
SOLU&ARBOL: KAAMOS TRILOGY27th February 2009
Finland-born Mia Makela (SOLU) is focused on the practice and teaching
of real-time audiovisual art, independent research and cultural activism.
She currently lives in Barcelona.
LABafterhoursFor this edition, in collaboration with Sonotone, LABoral is commited to
the fervor of rock and black music, with a selection of bands not
submitted to any of the predominant trends.
THE REAL MCCOYSON, MEOWS, BUBBLEGUM, PLATILLOS
VOLANTES SONIDO ALFREDO, THE LIZARDS
LABafterhoursFor this second series of concerts the Club from Gijón is also drawing up the programme. LABoral will be the meeting place for different musical
styles, following the rich and eclectic musical offer from Sonotone.
LOS GUAJES, LORD ROCHESTER, THE KINGS OF MAKAHA
IDEALIPSTICKS , CASHMONEY BROTHERS , THE SWEET VANDALS
2009 Programme: Festivals and other
Activities
MEIPI ASTURIAS: A COLLABORATIVE
DIGITAL-TACTICAL CARTOGRAPHY OF ASTURIAS
Meipi Asturias is a Tactical Cartography project of Asturias consisting of
a digitalized map that can be edited as a wiki, where the user can link
multimedia files with a precise point in the territory. Therefore, pictures,
personal impressions, sounds, stories and landscapes as perceived by
inhabitants can be shared quickly and easily. MEIPI is a developmental
project of a multimedia, flexible and expandable environment for the
creation of a collective citizen memory promoting citizen‟s involvement in
the social and cultural life of their neighbourhood/town.
Mugatxoan 2009
Mugatxoan 09 is an art project organised by Entrecuerpos-Mugatxoan to
offer various representative examples of the contemporary arts
(performance, visual arts, dance, theatre) and to open up room for
research, reflection and the production of new works.
• Fashion Design Award (call for submissions in May)
• ESAPA Industrial Design Award / DesignLAB (call for
submissions in January)
• LABjoven_experimenta Award (call for submissions in
June)
• 2010 Graphic Designer Award (call for submissions in
October)
CALL FOR SUPPORT FOR ASTURIAN ARTIST
PRODUCTION
LABoral, through its Projects Office, will establish
agreements with other centres and museums in order to
secure support for production by two Asturian artists. Part of
the project will take place abroad.
Ana Nuño. 2009 Graphic Designer of the
Year
GLOGAUair, Berlin, Germany
2009 Programme: Awards and
Scholarships
* February 26th 4:00-8:00 PMWorkshop with SOLU (ESP/FI) - Live Cinema
* February 27th 6:30 PM SOLU Presentation (ESP/FI)
* February 27th 8:00 PMLABconcierto SOLU SOLU (ESP/FI)
* April 23rd 4:00-8:00 PMWorkshop with Marius Watz (US/NO) Data Visualisation
* April 24th 6:30 PM Presentacion Watz/Rishaug (US/NO)
* April 24thLABconcierto Watz/Rishaug (US/NO)
* June 25th 4:00-8:00 PMWorkshop with Mattin (ESP) – Live sound improvisation
* June 26th 6:30 PM Mattin Presentation (ESP)
* June 26th 8:00 PMLABconcierto Mattin (ESP)
* August 27th 4:00-8:00 PMWorkshop with Robin Fox (AUS) Light/Sound/Space
* August 28th 6:30 PM Robin Fox Presentation (AUS)
* August 28thLABconcierto Robin Fox (AUS)
* October 29th 4:00-8:00 PMWorkshop with Phil Niblock (US) Minimalism and drones
* October 30th 6:30 PM Phil Niblock Presentation (US)
* October 30th 8:00 PMLABconcierto Phil Niblock (US)
* December 17th 4:00-8:00 PMWorkshop with Maja Ratke (NO) –Voice as an instrument
* December 18th 6:30 PM Maja Ratke Presentation (NO)
* December 18th 8:00 PMLABconcierto Maja Ratke (NO)
Each concert will be accompanied by a workshop.
As an extension of the workshop and concert programme, we will be in contact with La Casa de
Musica de Oporto (musical creation with the computer, digital television and mobile telephony) in
the hopes of establishing a future collaboration.
2009 Programme: LABconciertos
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