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+==== Welcome to the Libarynth ====
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-<html><font size=120>The performance piece "reconstructing the libarynth, in alphabetical order" is currently underway. .,. </font></html>
+The ever-growing Libarynth is exactly what its name implies – a hybrid between a library and a labyrinth, a maze of pages in various stages of completion. It is a deeply intertwingled collection of documents, notes and [[randomness]] - many of which are related to [[start?do=search&id=foam|FoAM]], a network of transdisciplinary labs at the intersection of art, science, nature and everyday life.
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+FoAM's collaborators and friends use the Libarynth as their research diary, sketchbook, or activity log. Some sections of the Libaryth are well structured, others are overgrown and forgotten. There are valuable pages on a variety of topics, from visual programming to inflatables and even vegetarian-friendly restaurants around the world. Many pages are in development, containing a few links and a couple of short notes, inviting interested wiki-gnomes to complete them. Others are fully fledged research reports and project descriptions. For weeks the Libarynth might be quiet, with sudden bursts of activity when several people work on a joint project. It is a living archive of FoAM's interests and activities, continually changing and expanding.
-the libarynth (a parafictional, semifunctional (deeply [[Intertwingled]]) collection of documents, notes and Randomness in the smouldering rubble of babel) is currently being reconstructed, slowly and semi-diligently, page by page, in alphabetical order. many of the old pages will reappear in the near future, and current pages can be edited as you like. however, the creation of new pages will be disabled until all the old material has been moved into new positions... .{<sub><font size=2>insert appropriate excuses about colour schema, layout and design. <sup>mutterings about form over content</sup></font></sub>}}</font></font></html>((made possible by google cache, the internet archive and wayback machine, yahoo, msn and warrick)) -> [[todo|things to do]]
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+For some the Libarynth can be overwhelming, so we advise caution when first treading over its threshold. Once comfortable within the overgrown wilderness, you are very welcome to contribute: by starting new topics, editing existing pages, or making new connections into ot out of the Libarynth itself, beyond its porous edges.