Matadero Madrid
L.E.V. Matadero will take place at the Center of Contemporary Creations Matadero Madrid.
Sponsored by the Government Culture and Sports Area of Madrid City Council, Matadero was opened to the public in 2007. Located in the city’s old slaughterhouse and cattle market, it is a space with a great heritage and architectural value, with a strong personality and a landmark for all the citizens.
Matadero Madrid is a center for cultural creation and production, open to all kinds of artistic expression and research: visual, scenic and performative arts, design, literature, digital culture, architecture and many other creative practices.
Matadero Map:
http://www.mataderomadrid.org/map#0
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Address:
Matadero Madrid
Paseo de la Chopera no 14
28045 Madrid
Nave 16
A versatile, all-purpose, flexible space which can be used as a big, diaphanous venue, or as a group of smaller independent spaces.
Nave 16 will be equipped with Soundscape, an immersive sound system designed by d&b audiotechnik, which will enable the audience to listen and feel all the shows in this space in a unique way.
This venue will host projects by international artists who work in the field of avant-garde electronic sound creation. Some of them have been created exclusively for this immersive sound system, like Morton Subotnick, who will revisit his work Silver Apples of the Moon with the help of Alec Empire and Lillevan; Francisco López, renowned internationally for his immersive performances in the dark; Aisha Devi and her new work; and a live show by Djrum.
Nave 0
The old slaughterhouse’s cold store, with a rectangular floor and an extension of 881 m2, preserves its original appearance and it is especially unique due to its diaphanous structure of flying arches shaped as horseshoes and columns. Traces of a fire from the 90s and some minimal architectural interventions made in order to reinforce and preserve its structure have turned this space into one of the most singular areas in Matadero Madrid.
Nave 0 and Cineteca will host VORTEX (VRTX), the new L.E.V.´s section focusing in immersive experiences, an event about new formats of digital composition and virtual worlds. It will take places in October from Thursday 17 to Sunday 20.
Cineteca Madrid
Dedicated to audiovisual creations, Cineteca is a pioneering complex in Spain, both for its contents and its architecture. Its 2688 m2 preserve the existing spatial structure and are distributed in five spaces: two cinemas, a set, an archive, a canteen and a terrace.
Cineteca will host along 4 days works in the crossroads of cinema, arts and technology, gaming and electronic creations, all distributed in different spaces.
Plaza Matadero
There are not only singular buildings inside Matadero Madrid. The spaces among the warehouses work as a big meeting point at the Center of Contemporary Creations, due to their dimensions and urban quality, and they can hold big open air events. They are two public access spaces that articulate the distribution of the different institutions which live together in Matadero, and they can be accessed through several points: Plaza de Legazpi, Paseo de la Chopera, Junta de Arganzuela and Madrid Río.
The outdoor program will takes places in Plaza Matadero, October 19 and 20.
