Matadero Madrid will represent an extensive urban laboratory for contemporary creation, a social, urban and cultural catalyst for our times, as well as an instrument providing public aid for diverse forms of contemporary creation.

As a forum for ideas, a mixing pot for projects and a great shop window for contemporary creation, Matadero Madrid aims to become a reference point for the artistic community and the public at large, via original programming which presents and drives forward the main trends in all areas of contemporary creation.

Matadero Madrid will exhibit the most innovative and experimental works by Spanish and international creators, hosting the city's leading cultural programmes and acting as a shop window for the most interesting trends in the national and international art scenes. It will be a living space open to all fields of creation and will facilitate meetings and dialogue between creators and audiences. The fact that it will be both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary means that the project will benefit from the richness of interaction and exchange between creators, professionals and followers of different fields and disciplines.

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Matadero Madrid will firmly support creation, with its support programme forming a special line of work. In addition to courses, its programming will feature workshops, lectures, debates and meetings in which professionals from the art world will be able to share and contrast ideas and experiences.

Matadero Madrid will be an essential new meeting point for artists, creators, students and professionals, from the various fields related to cultural creation. The centre will appeal to both the specific audiences for each of the genres and also for the city's wider public, not forgetting Spanish and international visitors.