projects and networks

Since the early 1990s, banquete_ promotes the development of projects that foster interaction and collaboration among artists, scientists, technologists, and other knowledge producers. Its purpose to structure and consolidate an environment for trans-disciplinary creation and research relating persons, projects, entities and institutions from quite diverse fields. The aim is to experience new hybrid forms of networked knowledge production and transfer, able to dynamize the ASTS (art-science-technology-society) interaction environment.

The project has taken shape in a series of actions and events, that also comprise an environment that serves as a catalyst for research and production projects.

Vacuum Virtual Machine, 2008
Álvaro Castro - Software art and installation Collaboration from: e-biolab, Instituto Nacional de Bioinformática-INB and Next Limits Technologies

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Bioscope, 2007-08
Kònic thtr/Kòniclab – An ASTS (art-science-technology-society) Project
Rosa Sánchez and Alain Baumann in collaboration with Eugenio Tisselli, Luis Rico and Martí Sánchez Fibla Collaboration from:: Sony Computer Science Lab-París, Asociación Cultural Banquete, CECN-centre des écritures contemporaines et numériques de Mons-Bélgica, Centro de Creación and Pensamiento Contemporáneo Can Xalant, Mataró (Catalunya), Departament de Cultura i Mitjans de Comunicació de la Generalitat de Catalunya. [ +info ]

Mangoro Dja, 2006
Raúl Díez Alaejos, Abelardo Gil-Fournier, Daniel Miracle, Luis Rico, Aminata Traoré and Joan Manuel Tresserras in collaboration with Ramata Arédraogo, Jordi Berenguer, Fatoumata Chabane, Alphonse Dara, Abdoulaye Dicko, Djelika Fofana, Seydou Kanté, Rogelio López-Cuenca, Fatoumata Traoré, Maridioukou Traeré, Moussa Traoré. Workshop on audiovisual creation and experimental television Forum pour l’autre Mali, Neokinok.tv, Mamutserver

Co-produced by: AECID-Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo, Banquete, Centro Amadou Hampate Bâ-Bamako, Centro Cultural Conde Duque and MediaLabMadrid. [ +info ]

Wikimapmadrid, 2006
Rafael Marchetti – Interactive urban map and workshop
Co-produced by: Ars Electronica Futurelab, MediaLabMadrid, Centro Cultural Conde Duque.

Collaboration from: Banquete [ +info ]

Madrid Mousaic, 2005
Influenza – Interactive installation
Concept: Rafael Marchetti and Raquel Renno.
Artistic Creation: Rafael Marchetti. Theoretical Research Review:Raquel Renno. Collaboration from: Banquete and MediaLabMadrid [ +info ]

Bordergames, 2003-2005:
La fiambrera Obrera
Videogame educational of social action

In collaboration with: Banquete y MediaLabMadrid [ +info ]

Del microcosmos a Gaia, 2005: traveling through time and scales
Ismail Alí, Lynn Margulis, Santiago Ortiz, Luis Rico and Mónica Solé.
Educational module with interactive digital tools [studies and prototypes]

Co-produced by: Banquete, Observatorio Reserva de la Biosfera del Cabildo de Lanzarote, MediaLabMadrid and Sciencewriters [ +info ]

GNOM, 2005
Santiago Ortiz in collaboration with Federico Morán, Luis Rico, Mónica Solé and Alfonso Valencia.
Trans-disciplinary research project on digital and physical interfaces for visualization, exploration and experimentation with genetic networks. Co-produced by: Banquete, MediaLabMadrid and the Protein Design Group at the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CBN / CSIC) [ +info ]

De parte de quien? Free Call – Call for free, 2003
Josep María Martín – Mixed media action and installation


Produced by: Banquete, Caravanas Moncayo S.A, MediaLabMadrid, Palau de la Virreina and Todo Fluye s.l. Telecommunications supplier: Telefónica. With collaboration from: Agencia Carmen Balcells [ ver vídeo ]

Panlingua, 2003
Miralda/Food Culture Museum – Intervention and Web application Creative development: Miralda / Ignasi Duarte. Project management: Ignasi Duarte / FoodCultureMuseum.Barcelona. Executive producers: Ana Roca and Todo Fluye S.L. Web and graphic software: Numen. Internet application: Marc Sallent and Numen. Oven design and construction: Hornos Tayso. PANlingua production and distribution: Pan Rústico. Oven modeling: Ion Santibáñez. Bread maker: Juan Benito Sánchez. Sponsored by: Hornos Tayso and Pan Rústico.

Co-produced by: Banquete, Fundación Food Culture, MediaLabMadrid/Centro Cultural Conde Duque. Collaboration from: FoodCultureMuseum.Miami, Museo del Pan Gallego, Manuel Barro Parra and Lemon Grafic. [ + info ]

Ecolocación algorítmica, 2002/03
Ramón Guardans and Adolf Mathias in collaboration with Götz Dipper, Martin Schüttler, Mathias Gommel, Renata Sas – – Visualization tool and interactive installation

Co-produced by: Center for Art and Media, ZKM de Karlsruhe, MediaLabMadrid, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Soundplots. In collaboration with: Banquete [ + info ]