Academic and Learning Programs
At the core of the Institute for Postnatural Studies lies a commitment to education as a space for critical learning that fosters collective and individual practices. Through a wide range of pedagogical formats—such as mid-term programs, thematic seminars, experimental methodologies —the IPS offers tools for speculative thought, interdisciplinary dialogue, and situated learning. These initiatives challenge dominant epistemologies and amplify emerging voices engaged with ecological thought and the political dimensions of environmental issues.

Research based Projects, Exhibitions, and Design Practice
The Institute for Postnatural Studies develops long-term projects that address the intersections of ecology, politics, and territoriality. These inquiries take shape in exhibitions, curatorial programs, audiovisual works, and critical design. Expanding the boundaries of conventional research, the IPS works across disciplines as a studio that proposes new forms of knowledge and sensibility, aiming to reconfigure our understanding of the postnatural, producing and imagining alternative futures.

Cultural Programing and Production
The Institute for Postnatural Studies fosters a vibrant ecosystem of close collaborators through residencies, workshops, and open activities that inform and shape its cultural programming. Operating at the intersection of Spanish and global contexts, the Institute is based in Madrid, housed in a warehouse that includes a workshop, residency accommodations, and shared workspaces, a space of mutual support, care, and contemporary creation. Its programming gathers practitioners who align with the Institute’s approach and contribute to its evolving lines of inquiry.

Tender Radio
Tender Radio is a research methodology that places radiophonic practices, sound art, and listening at its core, focusing on the oral potential of knowledge sharing and the emotional exchange within text-based academic structures. At IPS, we believe that collective audio practices and experimental sound pieces can help us imagine different worlds and possible futures by engaging senses beyond the visual. Some of the programs are a collaboration with La Casa Encendida Radio, while others have been collectively created as part of the Postnatural Independent Program in partnership with Radio Relativa. 

Matteo Guarnaccia
Co-Founder / Graphic Design and Research

Pablo Ferreira
Co-Founder / Production, Design and Architecture

Identity
Bureau Borsche

Website
Carlos Mayo

The Institute for Postnatural Studies has worked and collaborated with:

Aarhus School of Architecture, Aral Culture Summit, ARCOmadrid, Art Jameel, Art and Culture Development Foundation (Uzbekistan), Association of Visual Artists, Oslo, CA2M – Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Caja Negra Editora, CaixaForum, Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporánea, CentroCentro, Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cultural Office of the Spanish Embassy in Washington D.C., Delfina Foundation, Domaine de Boisbuchet, ETH Zurich, European Climate Foundation, Fabrica, Floating University Berlin, Forensic Architecture, FRAC Lorraine, Fundación Mar Adentro, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Global Art Forum - Art Dubai, Government of Uzbekistan, HEAD – Genève, Haute école d'art et de design, IED Istituto Europeo di Design, Inland-Campo Adentro, Institute for Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS), Institute for Queer Ecologies, Intermediae, Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg, La Casa Encendida, MACBA - Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Matadero Madrid, MediaLab, Mira Festival, Muse Museo delle Scienze (MUSE), Trento, Museo JUMEX, Never at Home, Núcleo FAIR - Universidad Católica de Santiago, Onomatopee Projects, Oslo Botanical Garden, Paisanaje, Pedagogías Invisibles, Pradiauto Gallery, Red PLANEA, School of Commons, TBA 21 - Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary, The Oslo People and Plants Project, Thyssen Bornemisza National Museum, Universitat de Barcelona, Universitá di Bologna, among others.