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| 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. | 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. |
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| 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. | 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. |
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| 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. | 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. |
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| 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. | 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. |
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