Eginzaleak! 2024

Food and maker practices for a sustainable future

Eginzaleak! is an annual meeting that celebrates the culture of ‘making’ and collaborative practices around technology, creativity and shared knowledge. This event has established itself as a showcase for the projects developed during the year at Medialab, also inviting other groups and agents who share an open philosophy based on DIY (Do It Yourself).
This year's edition of Eginzaleak! will be held in collaboration with Food Hack Lab, an open group that explores technologies that intervene in the entire food value chain, from production to consumption, always from a sustainable and free culture perspective. Thanks to this collaboration, this year's theme will revolve around the relationship between food and maker practices, highlighting creative, innovative, sustainable and circular solutions in urban and peri-urban contexts.
Throughout the day, Tabakalera will become a space for reflection and experimentation, with workshops, talks and demonstrations for the whole family that explore new ways of producing and consuming food responsibly. From cultivation systems to biomaterials created from waste, this event will bring together collectives, designers and researchers who seek to rethink our relationship with food and the urban environment through community participation.

The day will be structured in three thematic blocks active throughout the day (11:00-14:00/ 17:00-20:00):

1. Food production and urban gardens: We will explore new forms of cultivation in small spaces, such as hydroponic systems, urban gardens on balconies and vegetable oases that improve climate sustainability and comfort in built environments.

      -Antonio Scarponi

2. Eating habits and innovative equipment: We will reflect on how we can redesign the way we prepare, preserve and enjoy food in our everyday environments. From tools that transform domestic spaces into culinary laboratories to solutions that optimise energy efficiency and reduce waste, this block will explore how design and technology can drive more sustainable, healthy and creative habits in everyday urban life.

      -Domingo Club

      -Slow Lab

      -Food Hack Lab

3. Circularity and biomaterials: We will investigate how we can reuse food by-products and explore innovative materials for the creation of other objects, closing the consumption cycle and promoting a circular economy approach.

      -Lara Campos

      -Organic.Studio

Activities

11:30-13:00 Biomaterials in family. Turning eggshells into vases -- Paula Franco -- EU, families +5 years old with inscription

In this workshop we will learn how to reuse organic waste by creating bioceramics in a sustainable way. The whole process will be shown: cleaning, drying and crushing the shells, as well as the safe reactions of calcium through the modelling of artistic pieces.

A creative and fun activity for all ages to promote environmental awareness and create special pieces.

18:30-19:30 The Maker's Table: Food, sustainability and collaboration -- ENG, free entrance until full capacity is reached.
An open and informal discussion on the relationship between food and maker culture. This meeting will bring together around the table leading thinkers on these topics. Based on sustainability, innovation and collaborative creation, the gathering will provide a space to discuss this broad topic and share ideas in a friendly atmosphere.