Lab de Labs is a methodological device designed and facilitated by researcher Caro Novella — a specialist in practice-based research — that brings together a Community of Practice around cultural and artistic mediation. Driven by the Fàbriques de Creació network, it promotes shared exploration, exchange of experiences, and collective reflection. Its approach is generative, open, and situated: it values the diversity of practices within the network and opens up questions about how to work with communities through art.

At the heart of Lab de Labs is its Community of Practice, formed by professionals from the different creative factories. It’s not a closed working group, but a living space for sharing knowledge, challenges, and methodologies. Collective practice and mutual support are central pillars for advancing together and influencing the structures of the network.

Each yearly edition is structured in two phases: a first phase of listening and identifying key topics, and a second phase of in-person labs across various factories. Sessions combine experimental methodologies and creative tools to open questions, activate practice, and make visible the knowledge that emerges from lived experience. Each gathering features diverse formats such as listening circles, oracular practices, drawing, or movement.

2025 EDITION
Session 1 – May 14: conjuring questions with the “Esayé” project.
Session 2 – July 1: testing games and resources with La Brossa (and guest artists).
Session 3 – September: “Project Speed Dating.”
Session 4 – November or December: “Genealogies and Archive.”

This space offers open-access materials. A living, evolving archive designed to multiply knowledge and encourage transfer between different contexts.

Download the fanzine published in 'Polièdrica' about the project
Download the final report of Lab de Labs 2024
Download the summary of the opening session of Lab de Labs 2025