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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!
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-After weeks of planning, preparation, testing, tasting, listening and above all cooking, we hosted [[http://fo.am/smoke_vapour/|Smoke & Vapour]], two etherial evenings and degustation dinners dedicated to smoke and vapour in their many forms. Maja Kuzmanovic, Stevie Wishart, Rasa Alksnyte, Nik Gaffney and Alkan Chipperfield composed a synaesthetic experience where food and sound melted and evaporated into one other. On the first evening we invited guests from within the FoAM network who gave us feedback about the experience, based on which we tweaked various aspects of the dinner. Two days afterwards we hosted the wider public event, with visitors ranging from civil servants to food stylists, performance artists to food activists. We’re happy that both evenings were well received by our guests, and also gave us such exhilarating pleasure to produce and perform. You can find an 'insider's perspective' of Smoke & Vapour's creation in [[http://fo.am/blog/2013/12/09/creating-smoke-vapour/|Maja’s blog post]], browse the [[http://libarynth.org/open_sauces:smoke_vapour|documentation of the process, inspirations, and specially designed recipes]], and peruse the [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157635490865219/|photos spanning the entire production]]. Nik Gaffney and Dave Griffiths are currently working on the Open Sauces website, where these and other of FoAM's recipes and food-related information will migrate in 2014.
+After weeks of planning, preparation, testing, tasting, listening and above all cooking, we hosted [[http://fo.am/smoke_vapour/|Smoke & Vapour]], two etherial evenings and degustation dinners dedicated to smoke and vapour in their many forms. Maja Kuzmanovic, Stevie Wishart, Rasa Alksnyte, Nik Gaffney and Alkan Chipperfield composed a synaesthetic experience where food and sound melted and evaporated into one other. On the first evening we invited guests from within the FoAM network who gave us feedback about the experience, based on which we tweaked various aspects of the dinner. Two days afterwards we hosted the wider public event, with visitors ranging from civil servants to food stylists, performance artists to food activists. We’re happy that both evenings were well received by our guests, and also gave us such exhilarating pleasure to produce and perform. You can find an 'insider's perspective' of Smoke & Vapour's creation in [[http://fo.am/blog/2013/12/09/creating-smoke-vapour/|Maja’s blog post]], browse the [[http://libarynth.org/open_sauces:smoke_vapour|documentation of the process, inspirations, and specially designed recipes]], and peruse the [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157635490865219/|photos spanning the entire production]].
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+Nik Gaffney and Dave Griffiths are currently working on the Open Sauces website, where these and other of FoAM's recipes and food-related information will migrate in 2014.
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 In September Dave Griffiths attended [[http://www.pawfal.org/dave/blog/2013/09/dagstuhl-collaboration-and-learning-through-live-coding/|Collaboration and learning through live coding]], a seminar in Schloss Dagstuhl that explored live coding with experts in the fields of education and software engineering, leading to some exciting new collaborations (watch this space). He has also co-authored a new publication featured in the //Ecology and Evolution Journal//: [[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.888/full|Smartphones in ecology and evolution: a guide for the app-rehensive]]. It includes discussions of the [[|http://fo.am/doris/|DORIS]] lobster mapper, [[http://fo.am/boskoi/|Boskoi]] and [[http://www.ushahidi.com/|Ushahidi]].
-And finally, [[https://www.codeclub.org.uk/|CodeClub]] at Troon Primary School broke up for the holidays last week by making lots of Christmas games. Next year we're moving on to Raspberry Pi thanks to a donation from a rather large internet company!
+And finally, [[https://www.codeclub.org.uk/|CodeClub]] at Troon Primary School broke up for the holidays last week by making lots of Christmas games. Next year we're moving on to Raspberry Pi thanks to a donation from a rather large internet advertising company!
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