FABMOBIL

In the rural, decentralized regions of East Germany there is a striking lack of cultural and artistic offers for young people. There are very few committed and activating projects that address young people. Current emancipatory issues of young people such as Creative Technologies, Digital Culture and Design / Media can not be adequately conveyed, as there is no lively and open scene on site. The increasing migration of young people from rural regions is one of the reasons and consequences of this youth and socio-cultural under-supply. The non profit Fabmobil organisation is running a mobile fab lab for these rural areas in Saxony. We as The Constitute planned, designed and manufactured the extra large workshop vehicle. The first Fabmobil was in operation from 2017 to 2022 and the current one, not published on this site, is on the road since 2022.

The „Fab-Mobil“ is a moving, art and digital laboratory equipped with digital and prototyping technology. It offers workshops, courses and an open media workshop regularly and regionally mobile for young people. The bus, which is equipped with creative technology (3D printer, computer, robotics, virtual reality headsets, etc.), is accompanied by a trained workshopp host, and stops at schools, cultural centers and informal meeting places in East Germany.

There is an extreme leeway in the field of cultural-political education and cultural education with new media. As a society, it is our personal concern to make a socio-political and sustainable contribution to the improvement of the cultural, artistic and social competence of young people. With the Fab-Mobil we are fully equipped and come directly to the young people, which is a great advantage in decentralized area regions.
The aim is to provide a deeper understanding of digitality through regular experimental design using new technologies while at the same time addressing cultural, social and socio-political aspects. In addition, the mobile art and technology laboratory combines youthful smartphone professionals with work-oriented and partly retired technicians in inter generational offers. In addition, a transversal generation-based competence transfer is generated by a continuous and regular learning process. Through the mobile nature of the project, a closer networking of the individual culture and educational centers distributed in the region is created. Course and workshop offers will be migrated, information material will be distributed more widely and attention for a regional cultural offer will be generated. New networks emerge.
There is currently no comparable project known in Germany. We would like to be the first to offer mobile technology and culture formats for young people prototypically in rural areas and to investigate exemplary transfer possibilities at federal level.

The project is carried out as an example in Oberlausitz and is being investigated and prepared for an adaptation for further regions. Intermediate steps are documented and published on the project website. For teenagers, parents and interested parties there will be an offer overview / timetable on the website.
Through the strong networking of the members of the Constitute in the German design, art, culture and technology scene, as well as in the university landscape, we can present the results of the project at conferences, festivals and cultural-political events. And thus, inspire, motivate and advise other supra-regional actors.