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| ==== Winter Newsletter 2013 draft ==== | ==== Winter Newsletter 2013 ==== |
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| While we contemplate slowing down and revaluing silence as the northern hemisphere descends into wintry hibernation, it's time look back on FoAM's bustling activities over the last months as well as look forward to what the new year brings. Travels, talks, workshops, celebrations, residencies (punctuated by copious EC reporting and accounting) -- there’s been much interesting ferment (and fermentation). Some things are simmering down, more is bubbling up, and there's much that is quite new to all of us. At FoAM Brussels we continue to deepen and broaden our investigations in food and speculative culture. FoAM Kernow has found its niche in blending science, technology and the arts, thereby benefiting both the scientific community and wider society. FoAM Amsterdam is touring the world with Sphaerae, and FoAM Nordica consolidates its work on Foodprints. So without further ado, here’s a guided tour of the highlights. We hope you’ll be inspired, and be in touch! | While we contemplate slowing down and revaluing silence as the northern hemisphere descends into wintry hibernation, it's time look back on FoAM's bustling activities over the last months as well as look forward to what the new year brings. Travels, talks, workshops, celebrations, residencies (punctuated by copious EC reporting and accounting) -- there’s been much interesting ferment (and fermentation). Some things are simmering down, more is bubbling up, and there's much that is quite new to all of us. At FoAM Brussels we continue to deepen and broaden our investigations in food and speculative culture. FoAM Kernow has found its niche in blending science, technology and the arts, thereby benefiting both the scientific community and wider society. FoAM Amsterdam is touring the world with Sphaerae, and FoAM Nordica consolidates its work on Foodprints. So without further ado, here’s a guided tour of the highlights. We hope you’ll be inspired, and be in touch! |
| A few days afterwards, Maja and Nik welcomed the Australian artist [[http://www.sarahneville.com/about/|Sarah Neville]] and her five-month-old daughter Florence as [[http://fo.am/family-residency-sarah-neville/|family in residence]] at Castelletto Parenzana, FoAM's temporary residence in Istria, Croatia. The four of them spent an intensive week exploring the past, present and future of weather lore in a time of turbulent climate change. Our collaboration with Sarah will continue at our mobile studio in Adelaide, Australia during February 2014, and may involve Sarah's return to Europe to participate in one of Future Fabulators' events. Read more in [[http://lib.fo.am/research_report_parenzana|Sarah's research report]] and the [[http://lib.fo.am/parenzana_residency_notes|Parenzana residency notes]]. | A few days afterwards, Maja and Nik welcomed the Australian artist [[http://www.sarahneville.com/about/|Sarah Neville]] and her five-month-old daughter Florence as [[http://fo.am/family-residency-sarah-neville/|family in residence]] at Castelletto Parenzana, FoAM's temporary residence in Istria, Croatia. The four of them spent an intensive week exploring the past, present and future of weather lore in a time of turbulent climate change. Our collaboration with Sarah will continue at our mobile studio in Adelaide, Australia during February 2014, and may involve Sarah's return to Europe to participate in one of Future Fabulators' events. Read more in [[http://lib.fo.am/research_report_parenzana|Sarah's research report]] and the [[http://lib.fo.am/parenzana_residency_notes|Parenzana residency notes]]. |
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| Finally -- you might laugh after reading all of the above -- we are working hard on a new field of study at FoAM: [[http://fo.am/doing-nothing|Doing Nothing]]. In view of the malaise fuelled by stress, overwork, financial and social uncertainty and other well-known pain points pervading the cultural sector (though also the wider society of Europe and beyond), FoAM has initiated a practice-based research programme on how to do nothing: creating space and time to decompress amidst our hectic lives. So far the research has looked at how to do this on a daily basis at a microcosmic scale, in FoAM itself, but in 2014--2015 the programme will be extended. In the spirit of Doing Nothing, we may not document it explicitly or extensively, but we do encourage you to browse some of the exercises and inspirations that have begun to amass on the project's dedicated [[http://lib.fo.am/doing_nothing/|Libarynth page]]. | Finally -- you might laugh after reading all of the above -- we are working hard on a new field of study at FoAM: [[http://fo.am/doing-nothing|Doing Nothing]]. In view of the malaise fuelled by stress, overwork, financial and social uncertainty and other well-known pain points pervading the cultural sector (though also the wider society of Europe and beyond), FoAM has initiated a practice-based research programme on how to do nothing: creating space and time to decompress amidst our hectic lives. So far the research has looked at how to do this on a daily basis at a microcosmic scale, in FoAM itself, but in 2014--2015 the programme will be extended. In the spirit of Doing Nothing, we may not document it explicitly or extensively, but we do encourage you to browse some of the exercises and inspirations that have begun to amass on the project's dedicated [[http://lib.fo.am/doing_nothing/|Libarynth page]]. |
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| To conclude this newsletter, we'd like to wish you a wonderful Yuletide and a beautiful 2014, with much space for speculation, experimentation, good food, fun and games. But above all else we wish you plentiful time to do nothing and enjoy the abundance of life, whatever it may bring. Looking forward to seeing you on the other side of the holidays, in person or online… | To conclude this newsletter, we'd like to wish you a wonderful Yuletide and a beautiful 2014, with much space for speculation, experimentation, good food, fun and games. But above all else we wish you plentiful time to do nothing and enjoy the abundance of life, whatever it may bring. Looking forward to seeing you on the other side of the holidays, in person or online… |
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| This newsletter is supported by the Flemish Authorities and the Culture 2007–2013 Programme of the European Commission. | |
maja