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 == There and back again ==
-**[[http://sphaerae.net|Sphaerae]]** is a portable multidome performance space designed by Cocky Eek of FoAM Amsterdam. It recently travelled to Linz, where it was featured at this year's [[http://www.aec.at/totalrecall/en|Ars Electronica festival]], hosting a diverse program of performances and compositions. Subsequently, the inflatable was set up in the city hall of The Hague for the [[http://todaysart.nl/2013/|TodaysArt festival]], attracting huge crowds of Hagenezen (locals) intrigued by the strange large object emitting weird sounds. Future plans for Sphaerae include performances in South America and other continents, in association with [[http://www.synergeticalab.com/|Synergetica Lab]] and [[http://www.interfaculty.nl/|ArtScience Interfaculty]]. For more info see the [[http://li.fo.am/sphaerae/|Sphaerae blog]].
+[[http://sphaerae.net|Sphaerae]] is a portable multidome performance space designed by Cocky Eek of FoAM Amsterdam. It recently travelled to Linz, where it was featured at this year's [[http://www.aec.at/totalrecall/en|Ars Electronica festival]], hosting a diverse program of performances and compositions. Subsequently, the inflatable was set up in the city hall of The Hague for the [[http://todaysart.nl/2013/|TodaysArt festival]], attracting huge crowds of Hagenezen (locals) intrigued by the strange large object emitting weird sounds. Future plans for Sphaerae include performances in South America and other continents, in association with [[http://www.synergeticalab.com/|Synergetica Lab]] and [[http://www.interfaculty.nl/|ArtScience Interfaculty]]. For more info see the [[http://li.fo.am/sphaerae/|Sphaerae blog]].
-Meanwhile, Theun Karelse has been [[http://www.theunkarelse.net/text.html#baseLine|traversing the Iberian peninsula]] on a foldable bike for the second instalment of [[http://fo.am/splinterfields-default-1/|Default]], which is focusing on the Shifting Baseline syndrome. Some of the biotic samples taken from the expedition were transplanted to the Neringa peninsula in Lithuania during Theun's residency at the [[http://nidacolony.lt/|Nida Art Colony]], as a demonstration of [[http://fo.am/blog/2013/11/23/assisted-migration/|assisted migration]]. Check out Theun's Default blog
+Meanwhile, Theun Karelse has been [[http://www.theunkarelse.net/text.html#baseLine|traversing the Iberian peninsula]] on a foldable bike for the second instalment of [[http://fo.am/splinterfields-default-1/|Default]], which is focusing on the Shifting Baseline syndrome. Some of the biotic samples taken from the expedition were transplanted to the Neringa peninsula in Lithuania during Theun's residency at the [[http://nidacolony.lt/|Nida Art Colony]], as a demonstration of [[http://fo.am/blog/2013/11/23/assisted-migration/|assisted migration]].
-Intercontinental exchanges involving FoAM Brussels focused this autumn on the Euroaxacan Initiative of Transformative Cultures, in which European and Mexican artists spent two years working in urban and rural areas of Oaxaca, Mexico, as well as in Belgium, Sweden and the UK, combining traditional crafts with new technologies. The early beginnings of this project were seeded at a FoAM workshop in 2009, and this October the project 'came home' to Brussels for **Fiesta del EITC -- The Homecoming**, where we celebrated the project's closure. nadine and FoAM hosted the event and the subsequent consortium meeting under the gentle co-ordinating hand of Performing Pictures from Sweden. Designed and produced by Christina Stadlbauer, Loes Jacobs, Bart Vandeput, Pacome Beru and others, it was an opportunity for widely dispersed collaborators to reunite and harvest insights and some of the more tangible results of project, such as Bart and Christina's agave-inspired artworks developed with the glass artist Christian Thornton [link]. We saw old friends like Dougald Hine, Geska and Robert Brecevic, as well as a few of the other project partners for the first time. Aside from the exhibition, which displayed several of the multidisciplinary artworks emerging from the project, the event featured presentations by participating artists and a screening of Dougald's movie //Memories of Development,// which featured him and Gustavo Esteva in conversation.
+Intercontinental exchanges involving FoAM Brussels focused this autumn on the [[http://euroaxaca.org/|Euroaxacan Initiative of Transformative Cultures]], in which European and Mexican artists spent two years working in urban and rural areas of Oaxaca, Mexico, as well as in Belgium, Sweden and the UK, combining traditional crafts with new technologies. The early beginnings of this project were seeded at a FoAM workshop in 2009, and this October the project 'came home' to Brussels for [[http://fo.am/eitc-wrapup/|Fiesta del EITC -- The Homecoming]], where we celebrated the project's closure. [[http://nadine.be/|nadine]] and FoAM hosted the event and the subsequent consortium meeting under the gentle co-ordinating hand of [[http://performingpictures.se/|Performing Pictures]] from Sweden. Designed and produced by [[http://apiary.be/|Christina Stadlbauer]], Loes Jacobs, [[http://www.bartaku.net/|Bart Vandeput]], Pacome Beru and others, it was an opportunity for widely dispersed collaborators to reunite and harvest insights and some of the more tangible results of project, such as Bart and Christina's agave-inspired artworks developed with the glass artist [[http://www.xaquixe.com/glass/christian-thornton.php|Christian Thornton]]. We saw old friends like [[http://dougald.co.uk/|Dougald Hine]], Geska and Robert Brecevic, as well as a few of the other project partners for the first time. Aside from the exhibition, which displayed several of the multidisciplinary artworks emerging from the project, the event featured presentations by participating artists and a screening of Dougald's movie //Memories of Development,// which featured him and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Esteva|Gustavo Esteva]] in conversation.
-Leading up to the EITC closing event, two Mexican artists -- Daniela Porras and Luis Canseco, together with their child Dante -- spent a month at FoAM working with elements of Oaxacan and European culture to create their playful pieces for the exhibition. Luis shared an old machete -- a family heirloom -- to create a piece of participatory 'action drawing', while Daniela hand-painted coasters as a memory game of things that surprised, delighted and puzzled her about her experiences in Belgium and Oaxaca. As they were departing with teary eyes, they made us promise to come to Oaxaca after the project ends, and maybe even set up a FoAM studio in their home…
+Leading up to the EITC closing event, two Mexican artists -- Daniela Porras and Luis Canseco, together with their child Dante -- spent a month at FoAM as [[http://fo.am/family-residency-porras-and-canseco/|family in residence]], working with elements of Oaxacan and European culture to create their playful pieces for the exhibition. Luis shared an old machete -- a family heirloom -- to create a piece of participatory 'action drawing', while Daniela hand-painted coasters as a memory game of things that surprised, delighted and puzzled her about her experiences in Belgium and Oaxaca. As they were departing with teary eyes, they made us promise to come to Oaxaca after the project ends, and maybe even set up a FoAM studio in their home…
-[[http://euroaxaca.org/|EITC]]\\
-[[http://nadine.be/|nadine]]\\
-[[http://www.bartaku.net/|Bartaku]]\\
-[[http://apiary.be/|Christina Stadlbauer]]\\
-[[http://performingpictures.se/|Performing Pictures]]\\
-[[http://dougald.co.uk/|Dougald Hine]]\\
-[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Esteva|Gustavo Esteva]]\\
-[[http://fo.am/eitc-wrapup/|Fiesta del EITC]]\\
-[[http://fo.am/family-residency-porras-and-canseco/|Porras and Canseco]]
 == Hosting and sharing ==
-One of the pillars of our work at FoAM Brussels is the facilitation and support of a wider community of generalists -- the transdisciplinary and speculative cultural proletariat. We call this work our 'service' to the cultural sector and beyond. In the spirit of sharing resources, skills and knowledge, we keep a library, offer coaching and mentoring, host residencies and much more. A new service that we started in June 2013 is Hosting Craft, a series of tutorials where we train a group of cultural workers in facilitating co-creation and group processes, using techniques gleaned from other sectors and developed ourselves in FoAM's workshops, masterclasses and retreats. We're currently experimenting with the format of the tutorials, and might open them up to wider groups in coming years.
+One of the pillars of our work at FoAM Brussels is the facilitation and support of a wider community of generalists -- the transdisciplinary and speculative cultural proletariat. We call this work our [[http://fo.am/services/|services]] to the cultural sector and beyond. In the spirit of sharing resources, skills and knowledge, we keep a library, offer coaching and mentoring, host residencies and much more. A new service that we started in June 2013 is [[http://lib.fo.am/hosting_craft|Hosting Craft]], a series of tutorials where we train a group of cultural workers in facilitating co-creation and group processes, using techniques gleaned from other sectors and developed ourselves in FoAM's workshops, masterclasses and retreats. We're currently experimenting with the format of the tutorials, and might open them up to wider groups in coming years.
-[[http://fo.am/services/|Services]] offered at FoAM bxl\\
-[[http://lib.fo.am/hosting_craft]]\\
-We're delighted to let you know that the digital catalogue of our physical library is now online. Alkan has been cataloguing the publications and sorting them on the shelves, so it is now much easier to find what you're looking for in our humble but exciting collection of more than thousand books, magazines, grey literature and other ephemera informing and emerging from FoAM's activities. From 2014 we're planning to hold Open Library Days and Salons, giving not just our audiences but also ourselves a chance to enjoy reading and sharing our love of books and the written word. If you're interested to peruse the library, email us at bxl@fo.am for an appointment.
-[[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library/items|Zotero digital catalogue]] of the FoAM library\\
-Soon after the library was catalogued, one of our families in residence used it in the most creative manner. Lies Declerck and her two-year-old son Adriaan spent a week in FoAM cooking from recipes found in FoAM's food-related books. This was one of the most unique and generous residencies we have ever experienced. Lies experimented with the bleeding edge between work and life, art and housework and took care of FoAM and our guests for a week. In exchange we looked after Adi and involved both of them in the daily life of the lab.
-Aside from short-form residencies, the library is being used extensively by our two current macrotransients, Luea Ritter and Michka Melo. Luea is working on how to facilitate transitions on personal, organisational and even societal scales, while Michka (having just started a few weeks ago) has wallpapered a loft in Post-Its outlining plans to disentangle from a scientific career and explore the boundaries between self-sufficiency and interdependence. Their transiencies will continue well into 2014, so you can expect further updates in coming newsletters. Both Luea and Michka are supported through FoAM's coaching programme, lead by executive coach and FoAM board member Vali Lalioti. There are still a few places left for artists and other creatives in Flanders and Brussels who feel the need for coaching, so if you're interested, drop us an email at bxl@fo.am.
-[[http://fo.am/macrotransiencies/|Macrotransiencies]]\\
+We're delighted to let you know that the [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library/items|digital catalogue of our physical library]] is now online. Alkan has been cataloguing the publications and sorting them on the shelves, so it is now much easier to find what you're looking for in our humble but exciting collection of more than thousand books, magazines, grey literature and other ephemera informing and emerging from FoAM's activities. From 2014 we're planning to hold Open Library Days and Salons, giving not just our audiences but also ourselves a chance to enjoy reading and sharing our love of books and the written word. If you're interested to peruse the library, email us at bxl@fo.am for an appointment.
-[[http://fo.am/family-microresidency-declerck/|Lies and Adi Declerck's microresidency]]\\
-[[http://fo.am/coaching|Coaching with Vali Lalioti]]\\
-[[http://fo.am/macrotransiency-luea-ritter/|Luea's macrotransiency]]
-[[http://fo.am/macrotransiency-michka-melo/|Michka's macrotransiency]]
+Soon after the library was catalogued, one of our families in residence used it in the most creative manner. [[http://fo.am/family-microresidency-declerck/|Lies Declerck and her two-year-old son Adriaan]] spent a week at FoAM cooking from recipes found in FoAM's food-related books. This was one of the most unique and generous residencies we have ever experienced. Lies experimented with the bleeding edge between work and life, art and housework and took care of FoAM and our guests for a week. In exchange we looked after Adi and involved both of them in the daily life of the lab.
-Finally -- you might laugh after reading all of the above -- we are working hard on a new field of study at FoAM: **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 Libarynth page.
+Aside from short-form residencies, the library is being used extensively by our two current [[http://fo.am/macrotransiencies/|macrotransients]], [[http://fo.am/macrotransiency-luea-ritter/|Luea Ritter]] and [[http://fo.am/macrotransiency-michka-melo/|Michka Mélo]]. Luea is working on how to facilitate transitions on personal, organisational and even societal scales, while Michka (having just started a few weeks ago) has wallpapered a loft in Post-Its outlining plans to disentangle from a scientific career and explore the boundaries between self-sufficiency and interdependence. Their transiencies will continue well into 2014, so you can expect further updates in coming newsletters. Both Luea and Michka are supported through [[http://fo.am/coaching/|FoAM's coaching programme]], lead by executive coach and FoAM board member Vali Lalioti. There are still a few places left in 2014 for artists and other creatives in Flanders and Brussels who feel the need for coaching, so if you're interested, drop us an email at bxl@fo.am.
-[[http://lib.fo.am/doing_nothing|Idleness in progress]]
+Finally -- you might laugh after reading all of the above -- we are working hard on a new field of study at FoAM: [[http://lib.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 Libarynth page.
 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.
+This newsletter is supported by the Flemish Authorities and the Culture 2007–2013 Programme of the European Commission.