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SUMMARY:YourBan Festival Barcelona
DESCRIPTION:A 10-day event focused on material demanufacturing and reprocessing will take place from 23 April to 3 May in Barcelona. At the heart of the event will be a mobile plant housed on a truck\, stationed in the city and open to everyone. \n\nExperts will offer knowledge-sharing sessions and training opportunities.\nCitizens will be invited to share their needs and expectations.\nArtists will participate in artistic residencies\, contributing creative solutions inspired by art and culture—going beyond mere functionality.\nUrban Factories will join the initiative through a Cascade Funding mechanism to support the artistic residencies.\n\nTogether\, these activities aim to co-create active urban ecosystems that support the circular economy in Europe. \nPROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS\nYouRban Festival in Barcelona kicks off on the evening of Thursday\, 23 April with an opening event\, leading into a packed 10-day program of workshops\, talks\, and performances. \nHighlights include co-creation workshops bringing together designers from the Open Calls\, citizens\, and professionals\, alongside school demonstrations running throughout the week. Thought-provoking thematic talks on design experiences and circularity add depth to the programme\, while the exhibition celebrates project outcomes from both Milan and Barcelona pilots. \nEach evening comes alive with live music\, DJ sets\, and performing arts\, building up to a vibrant closing festival on Sunday\, 3 May featuring storytelling\, bands\, and a final celebration of the YouRban Festival. \nCheck our residents results and join the activities!
URL:https://fablabbcn.org/calendar/yourban-festival-barcelona
LOCATION:Dhub\, Pl. de les Glòries Catalanes\, 37-38\, Barcelona\, 08018\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Open Call: Territorios Productivos Cataluña 2026 – Residencias en Barcelona
DESCRIPTION:¿Te interesa la creación textil\, la economía circular y la innovación comunitaria?\nFab Lab Barcelona\, en colaboración con Back to Eco y la Biblioteca Camp de l’Arpa\, lanza una convocatoria para 3 residencias artísticas en Barcelona en el marco del programa Territorios Productivos 2026. \nTerritorios Productivos es una iniciativa que activa prácticas culturales situadas con un enfoque intergeneracional\, conectando redes culturales locales en distintas comunidades autónomas. El programa impulsa procesos participativos que combinan tecnologías emergentes\, memoria colectiva y prácticas tradicionales\, fomentando nuevas formas de creación desde lo local. \n  \nSobre la residencia en Barcelona\nEsta convocatoria se desarrollará en el makerspace circular de la Biblioteca Camp de l’Arpa\, un espacio de experimentación y producción abierto a la comunidad. \nSe seleccionarán tres proyectos de creación\, investigación o experimentación que utilicen el textil como medio principal\, con especial atención a: \n\nReciclaje\, upcycling y economía circular\nTécnicas textiles tradicionales\nNuevos materiales y procesos de innovación\n\nLas propuestas deberán establecer un vínculo con la biblioteca y su comunidad\, promoviendo la participación y el intercambio intergeneracional. \nLa residencia se concibe como un proceso de exploración\, más que como la producción de una obra cerrada. Al finalizar\, se realizará una presentación pública de los resultados. \nLíneas de investigación\nLas candidaturas podrán inscribirse en una o combinar varias de las siguientes líneas: \n\nNarrativas textiles: proyectos que utilicen el textil para recolectar\, archivar o expresar historias del territorio.\nDiseño y textil: desarrollo de objetos\, prototipos o servicios vinculados a la biblioteca\, con enfoque en diseño circular.\n\nCondiciones de la residencia\n📍 Ubicación: Biblioteca Camp de l’Arpa (Barcelona) \n🧵 Formato: presencial \n🕒 Dedicación: 25 horas presenciales \n📅 Periodos: \n\n15 – 26 de junio\n6 – 17 de julio\n\n💶 Beca: 400 € \n🛠️ Acceso a espacio maker y herramientas \n🤝 Acompañamiento por parte de Back to Eco y Fab Lab Barcelona \nLa residencia incluirá sesiones de seguimiento\, encuentros con otros territorios del programa y actividades de intercambio. \nPerfil de las personas candidatas\nLa convocatoria está dirigida a: \n\nArtistas\, diseñadoras\, artesanas\, makers\, investigadoras o creadoras vinculadas al ámbito textil\nPersonas interesadas en la experimentación material\, la creación comunitaria y la innovación cultural\nPerfiles con capacidad de trabajo autónomo y una propuesta clara y viable\n\nFechas clave\n\nApertura de convocatoria: 29/04/2026\nCierre de convocatoria: 20/05/2026\nComunicación de resultados: 27/05/2026\n\nMás información\n📄 Consulta las Bases Completas de la residencia aquí 👉 [Descargar PDF de las bases] \n📝 Envía tu candidatura aquí 👉 [formulario] \n 
URL:https://fablabbcn.org/calendar/open-call-territorios-productivos-cataluna-2026-residencias-en-barcelona
LOCATION:Biblioteca Camp de l’Arpa\, Carrer de la Indústria\, 295\, Sant Martí\, Barcelona\, SPAIN\, 08041\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Open Call
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SUMMARY:Besòs Productivo: Territorio Creativo\, Industria y Futuros Circulares [MESA REDONDA]
DESCRIPTION:Del suelo industrial al territorio productivo: producción local\, creatividad y derechos colectivos\n¿Y si la regeneración urbana no solo tratara de reutilizar espacios abandonados\, sino de transformar la ciudad en un territorio productivo? Esta jornada propone replantear el eje del Besòs como un espacio donde industria\, cultura e infraestructura comunitaria se entrelazan\, impulsando modelos alternativos de desarrollo urbano. \nEl Besòs es un territorio con una profunda historia industrial\, actualmente marcado por dinámicas inmobiliarias\, desafíos socioambientales y procesos de transformación económica. Al mismo tiempo\, se presenta como un espacio emergente de innovación\, donde ecosistemas industriales circulares y espacios de producción ciudadana y creativa abren nuevas oportunidades para repensar y revitalizar la ciudad. \nUbicado en un territorio de transición metropolitana\, entre Barcelona (distrito de Sant Martí)\, Sant Adrià de Besòs y Santa Coloma de Gramenet\, el Besòs se configura como un corredor estratégico donde confluyen escalas urbanas\, sociales y productivas. Esta condición lo convierte en un laboratorio clave para repensar cómo la arquitectura y el urbanismo pueden activar procesos productivos\, fortalecer comunidades y abrir nuevas formas de habitar y producir en la ciudad. En este contexto\, el encuentro se alinea con la iniciativa Barcelona Capital Mundial de la Arquitectura 2026 (UNESCO-UIA)\, que propone extender el debate sobre arquitectura\, urbanismo y paisaje a todos los barrios de la ciudad.  \nDesde Territorio Besós\, Fab Lab Barcelona (IAAC) y la Red de Espacios Productivos Ensemble os invitamos a un diálogo sobre estas trayectorias\, explorando cómo la producción puede ser actividad económica\, derecho colectivo\, práctica cultural y estrategia territorial. \nLa mesa de debate incluirá ponentes representantes del sector creativo del Besòs\, iniciativas públicas sobre regeneración urbana en la zona\, expertos en urbanismo participativo y representantes institucionales y responsables de políticas públicas\, aportando una mirada plural que conecte práctica\, política y ciudadanía. \nEste encuentro quiere ser también un espacio abierto de intercambio: invitamos a todas las personas participantes a compartir sus ideas\, experiencias y visiones para imaginar colectivamente el futuro productivo del Besòs. \nOrganizadores:\nTerritorio Besòs\, Fab Lab Barcelona (IAAC)\, Red Ensemble  \nColaboradores:\nThe Social Hub \nEste evento está organizado con el apoyo del Fab Lab Barcelona (IAAC) a través de la financiación del Proyecto PENCE (Power Europe Narrative for Civic Ecology)\, en virtud del acuerdo de subvención Europea nº 101147563.
URL:https://fablabbcn.org/calendar/besos-productivo-mesa-redonda
LOCATION:The Social Hub Poblenou\, 49 Carrer de Cristóbal de Moura\, Barcelona\, Catalonia\, 08019\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Discussion Panel
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SUMMARY:Workshops in Berlin | Fab Lab Barcelona at re:publica 2026
DESCRIPTION:Fab Lab Barcelona at re:publica 2026\nThis year\, once again\, Fab Lab Barcelona joins re:publica with a series of workshops\, installations\, and conversations exploring making as a form of collective care\, cultural participation\, and social infrastructure. Hosted within the Makerspace organised by Global Innovation Gathering (GIG)\, the programme continues a long-standing collaboration between Fab Lab Barcelona and GIG\, grounded in shared values around distributed knowledge\, peer learning\, and community-led innovation. \nOver many years\, this collaboration has created opportunities for exchange between makers\, researchers\, artists\, activists\, and local communities across different contexts and geographies. At re:publica 2026\, this ongoing relationship expands further through the involvement of the make-a-thek project\, opening up new possibilities for collaborative textile practices\, repair cultures\, and situated forms of making within the festival environment.  \n  \nAlso! This will be the official kick-off for the make-a-thek bus tour 🤩 \n  \nWorkshop: Artivist Zine making as Collective Care and Imagination\n18.05.2026 | 16:15–17:15 | Makerspace Community Garden \nA hands-on workshop using zine-making as a practice of critical hope and imagination. Participants explore small-scale publishing as a tool for reflection\, artivism\, and collective care beyond dominant public narratives. \n👉Link: https://re-publica.com/de/session/artivist-zine-making-collective-care-and-imagination \nIn times marked by ecological crisis\, political fatigue\, and fragmented public discourse\, practices of collective imagination become acts of care. This workshop invites participants to engage in zine-making as a critical and embodied form of cultural production. Drawing on feminist pedagogy and activist design practices\, the session positions zines not as nostalgic artefacts but as living tools for reflection. Participants will work individually and collectively to produce small-scale publications that respond to shared questions around care\, power\, and response-ability. Through prompts\, discussion\, and making\, the workshop foregrounds process over polish.  \nNo prior experience is required. All materials will be provided\, and participants are encouraged to bring their own perspectives\, questions\, and concerns into the collective space. Participants can contribute to a collective zine or make one zine on their own to take home.  \nWith Jessica Guy from Fab Lab Barcelona  \n  \nParticipatory textile installation: Collective Stories in the Making \nThroughout the whole festival at the Makerspace in Hall 8 Community Garden\n \nA participatory textile installation that weaves together memories\, artefacts\, and reflections from makers\, designers\, and creatives. Participants contribute through drawing\, embroidery\, and stamping\, collectively shaping a fabric that traces past experiences and imagines futures of making. \n👉Link: https://re-publica.com/de/session/collective-stories-making \nCollective Stories in the Making is a dynamic\, participatory installation that explores how collective memory\, imagination\, and practice intersect in maker cultures. The work begins with a massive textile cloth containing core narratives and physical artefacts contributed by a community of makers\, designers\, and creatives from Barcelona and beyond. Throughout re:publica\, participants are invited to intervene in the cloth—through drawing\, embroidery\, stamping\, and sewing—to inscribe their own stories of engagement with making. Contributions can also include hopes and visions for the next twenty years of prototyping and co-creating futures. The installation emphasises process over product: no single author or owner emerges\, but rather a temporally and socially situated record of communal imagination. Following the festival\, the textile will be exhibited during Barcelona Design Week and other venues\, foregrounding collaborative authorship\, relational knowledge\, and the materialisation of shared cultural practice. \nWith Jessica Guy from Fab Lab Barcelona  \n  \nFrom Maker Faire Shows and Festivals to Social Infrastructure(s)\n19.05.2026 | 13:45–14:45 | Home Base \nHow a seemingly generic festival format can evolve into a trusted platform for participation\, community resilience\, and long-term impact. \n👉Link: https://re-publica.com/de/session/maker-faire-shows-and-festivals-social-infrastructures \nIn this session\, I draw on my experience from Czechia\, where Maker Faire festivals gradually evolved into a decentralized and essential social infrastructure. To open the topic at re:publica I invite others who work with networks in different cultural\, social\, and organizational contexts in order to explore a shared field of perspectives and practice. \nTogether\, we will explore how these social networks form\, how they change over time\, and how they can be integrated more effectively for mutual aid\, knowledge  and resources exchange and community resilience. For the re:publica audience\, this conversation offers a chance to see how trust-based networks emerge and evolve in different settings. Where international connections add value and how locally grounded initiatives can grow into durable social infrastructures without losing their roots. \nWith Barbora Pesek from makemore\, Fadia Elgharib from Global Innovation Gathering\, Jessica Guy from Fab Lab Barcelona  \n  \nmake-a-thek at the re:publica Makerspace \nTogether with the make-a-thek project\, Fab Lab Barcelona will co-create an interactive textile space within the re:publica Makerspace\, transforming it into a site for repair\, exchange\, learning\, and collective experimentation. Building on the shared ethos between Fab Lab Barcelona\, Fashion Revolution Germany and Global Innovation Gathering\, the initiative introduces new opportunities for participatory textile practices and accessible forms of making within the festival context. \nThroughout the festival\, visitors will be able to engage with a variety of sewing stations\, collaborative repair activities\, collective quilt-making sessions\, and clothing swap opportunities. The space invites participants not only to make and repair together\, but also to reflect on textiles as carriers of memory\, care\, and social connection
URL:https://fablabbcn.org/calendar/workshops-in-berlin-fab-lab-barcelona-at-republica-2026
LOCATION:re:publica Maskerspace\, Berlin\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:FAB26 Fab Lab Conference & Symposium - Boston (USA)
DESCRIPTION:FAB26 is the 22nd edition of the annual Fab Lab Conference & Symposium\, an immersive technosocial conference. \nSpanning six days\, the program thoughtfully balances practical and theoretical content for a diverse group of individuals united by a passion for digital fabrication\, technology\, and innovation. After a 10-year world tour\, the event returns to the Greater Boston Area in July 2026. \nIAAC and Fab Lab Barcelona will be attending this amazing conference\, hope you can join us!!
URL:https://fablabbcn.org/calendar/fab26-fab-lab-conference-symposium-boston-usa
LOCATION:MIT\, 48 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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