LABORAL - CENTRO DE ARTE Y CREACIÓN INDUSTRIAL

About Laboral

LABoral Art and Industrial Creation Centre is an exhibition centre for art, science, technology and advanced visual industries. But it is also a venue for artistic and technological production, research and training; and for the dissemination of new forms of art and industrial creation. To fulfil these goals, laboral will be a space for exchange between different art disciplines; a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary centre and a dynamic environment for creators / works / researchers / teachers / audiences.

Organically, the centre depends on a non-profit foundation comprising corporations and institutions, founded expressly to ensure the intellectual and financial feasibility of the centre. The project was developed under the auspices of the Government of the Principality of Asturias, promoter of the conversion of part of the building originally designed as workshops for the former Gijon vocational training centre. The refurbishment of the 14338 square metres of functional space for the centre required an investment in excess of €11 million.

Asturias' industrial tradition and the universal vocation of its people make this region the perfect location for this unique space for artistic exchange which wishes to forge an alliance of art, industry and economic growth.

Laboral aims to...

• Become an international reference for art, science and new technologies by encouraging the creation of highly qualified productions.
• Foster international dialogue between creators, scientists and experts from varied origins.
• Discover new values in art and industrial creativity (emerging and experimentation).
• Promote interaction with wide audiences as well as a knowledge and appreciation of new trends in art, science and technology.
• Project industrial art creation in Asturias and encourage its knowledge and appreciation in international art circuits, thus contributing to the creation of a cutting-edge and innovative image for Asturias.

To achieve these goals, the contents, programmes and activities of LABoral Art and Industrial Creation Centre revolve around five strategic axes: exhibition and dissemination, research, training, production and other programmes.