ABOUT

The Institute for Postnatural Studies (IPS) is a center for artistic experimentation and critical research that explores and challenges the concept of the postnatural as a framework for contemporary creation. Founded in 2020, it operates as both a platform for critical thought and a collaborative network of artists, researchers, curators, and thinkers engaged with the complexities of the ecological crisis.

MISSION

Rooted in transdisciplinary and situated practices, the IPS uses artistic methodologies to question dominant narratives about nature, technology, and culture, opening new spaces for political imagination. Its activities prioritize collective learning, affective alliances, and experimental forms of knowledge production.

Rather than functioning as a conventional institution, the Institute acts as a dynamic ecosystem that critically examines the material, discursive, and aesthetic dimensions of the postnatural condition—offering tools to navigate and reimagine our planetary present.

LINES OF ACTION

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.

In parallel, the Institute runs its own publishing platform: Cthulhu Books.

TEAM

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    GABRIEL ALONSO

    Co-Founder / Academic and Artistic Director

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    KAROL MUÑOZCANO

    Co-Founder / Managing Director

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    YURI TUMA

    Co-Founder / Artistic and Academic Co-Director

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    CATALINA IMIZCOZ

    Cthulhu Books Publisher

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    ALICIA SÁNCHEZ

    Graphic Designer

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    DANIEL H. REY

    Curator of Programs and Networks

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    DEVON MILLER

    Project Assistant and Operations Coordinator

Co-Founders

Matteo Guarnaccia
Co-Founder / Graphic Design and Research

Pablo Ferreira
Co-Founder / Production, Design and Architecture

Credits

Identity
Bureau Borsche

Website
Carlos Mayo

Network

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, Paisanaje, Onomatopee Projects, Oslo Botanical Garden, 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.