Designing Mediterranean Futures Workshop

MEMBERS-ONLY /  19th FEB / 18:30 TO 20:30 

RED ROOM (4TH FLOOR) / LAPTOP & SCREEN-FREE

This event is a space for deep inquiry, creative prototyping, and reflecting on what it truly means to build with responsibility.

Join us for a hands on workshop led by the current Artist-in-Residence, Sara Groborz (Sarabiotic) as part of the art residency programme at Norrsken Barcelona, where we move beyond the numbers and screens, to explore more dynamic ways we can build-with-care. In simple terms - you'll spend 2hrs with Sarabiotic making new creations with physical objects and mediums. Drawing inspiration from the Mediterranean as both a literal system under stress and a metaphor for the modern startup, we will challenge the "growth-at-all-costs" mindset. 

We invite you to step away from your screens and into a state of discovery.

The Workshop Experience

Led by artist Sara Groborz and moderated by Rodrigo Ghattas, this Futures Lab workshop explores how creativity is a vessel to address the biggest challenges of our time. 

• Tactile Prototyping: Build physical artifacts using recycled electronics and found Mediterranean objects to explore concepts of care and systemic limits.
• Creative Dialogue: Participate in a moderated conversation bridging the gap between artistic practice and social impact.
• Deep Focus: A strictly screen-free, 25-person environment designed for depth, not optimization.
• Lasting Impact: Your insights and physical creations will directly contribute to the creative exploration of Exhibition I (March 2026) at Norrsken House.

About Futures Lab 

Norrsken Artist in Residence Programme.

Futures Lab is the international engine for creative innovation at Norrsken House Barcelona, Europe’s largest hub for impact and technology. Through immersive experiences, collaborative research, and art residencies, it aims to explore new ways to address the world’s biggest challenges, promoting encounters between impact-driven individuals, including artists, entrepreneurs, and technologists.

Starting in 2026, the art residency programme will explore creative experimentation as engines for designing desirable futures, reimagining how radically better systems for people and the planet might emerge. Grounded in transdisciplinary collaboration, Futures Lab hosts one Artist-in-Residence each year, inviting them to work alongside creative visionaries, developers, scientists, and entrepreneurs. Together, they prototype new methodologies, craft artistic interventions, and unlock creative excellence to spark new ways of doing good.

Futures Lab operates as a shared space for artistic research and innovation, connecting creative inquiry with the business and impact community to inspire new ideas, practices, and technologies.

Resident artists develop a 12-month research and development cycle in dialogue with members of the Norrsken impact startup ecosystem, producing a single evolving body of work presented through public moments and encounters throughout the residency period.