Espacio Open
Espacio Open (ES), a private non profit cultural association, is a creative and social projects accelerator based in Bilbao. Its objectives are to influence the local social and economic scene in the city by boosting emerging cultural trends through the design and implementation of innovation-based projects, mixing art, design, technology and social issues, with both local and global perspective. The organisation manages 1.000 square meters of installations and 15 workers. The project moved in 2011 to the Bilbao Old Cookie Factory, in the Zorrozaurre island. As a Fab Lab/ Makerspace, Espacio Open organizes the Maker Faire Bilbao since 2013, one of Europe’s oldest maker movement gatherings, launches annual calls for artistic residencies and is a partner in several European projects linked to urban innovation, among other activities.
Through Fab Lab Bilbao, Espacio Open offers a work space and professional support for the development of creative projects, through annual calls for artistic residencies. In addition, Espacio Open annually organizes the creative technologies festival Maker Faire Bilbao including professional workshops focused on creative talents. These activities are aimed at supporting professionals from different disciplines so that they can introduce open technologies into their creative processes and show their projects to broader audiences.
