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2 presentations from FoAM's artists in residence from 'down-under', with a gastronomic degustation of 'native foods' from Australasia;

Radioqualia (Honor Harger): Sonifying Space: Creating Radio Astronomy

Rachael Tempest and Lucas Chirnside: softBomb.

as part of OFFF04 http://www.offf04.be/

Sonifying Space: Creating Radio Astronomy http://www.radio-astronomy.net
Author: Honor Harger
Organisation: r a d i o q u a l i a
Contact: honor@va.com.au

"…the ubiquitous Qfwfq, is emblematic of unity amidst the heteroglossic variety of possibilities offered by expanded degrees of perception made possible by scientific devices. In one story, Qfwfq is a dinosaur, but in other stories he is also a fish, a small mammal, a subatomic particle eternally plummeting through the void. Qfwfqs constantly shifting position in the universe, despite his consistent first-person narration, suggests the extent to which his form accommodates his point of view.

Mayday celebration in ost.europa style. Associated with the offf04 festival. 01 May 2004, FoAM, Brussels, Belgium

The de-auguration of the Temporary Embassy of KREV in Brussels.

Swollen from months of breathing hot summer air, FoAM and Code 31 mark the end of the holiday season with a celebration of 'surface tension', the inflatable, the blown-up, the puffed-out and amplified space, contained within (hot-air) baloons, portable pools, inflatable architecture, inflatable clothing, soap bubbles, airy sounds, fizzy drinks, artificial muscles and pneumatic interfaces. The swelling party includes new installations and minute performances fresh from our summer labs, topical nourishment in media and matter, and the kick-start of the autumn season.

f0amfr0th 02: Imagine the interfaces between the corporeal and the digital environments, in 1 month, 1 year, 1 decade, 1 century. Come and share your wishes, plans and musings in an informal setting with FoAM, Code 31 and their esteemed guests. Jonah Brucker-Cohen (MIT Media Lab Europe, Ireland), Katherine Moriwaki (University of Dublin, Ireland) and Stephen Barrass (CSIRO, Australia) will be presenting their work and ideas, accompanied by a musical and gastronomic 'Aperitivo'.

To celebrate (or perhaps invoke) its fertility, we will kick-off 2008 in a `down to earth' way. Our first event of the year will be the screening of Audrius Mickevicius' documentary about farmer Jonas and his horse. Jonas is one of the few remaining examples of the nearly extinct "Man – Horse" generation. A generation based on the existential relationship, a symbiosis of sorts, between the human and the animal.

We invite you to join us for the screening and a drink:

What: f0amfr0th09: Man - Horse
When: Friday, 4 January 2008, 17:30

f0amfr0th08: Infernal Noise, with Postworld Industries' Infernal Noise Brigade and Filastine. 14 July 2005, FoAM Lab, Koolmijnenkaai 30-34, B-1080 Brussels.

http://www.postworldindustries.com/

Experimental drawing workshop as part of the MA Textile Futures course. 16-18 January 2008, Central St Martins College of Arts and Design, London, UK.

txOom public workshop, 11-16 October 2002, Norwich School of Art and Design, England, UK

Alive Textiles was a professional development workshop in the field of smart/active/responsive materials, exploring the boundaries between materials and media.

P~lot or the Play Lab on Open Grown Territories brought together a motley crew of artists, designers, students, theorists and enthusiasts in the tiny Istrian village of Groznjan. P~lot was a workshop designed to examine the 'play' and 'games' as tools for mixing physical and digital realities.

SutChwon (or Subject to Change without notice) is a continuous inquiry into software protocols and systems for remote collaboration, design and performance. It is a supporting initiative that develops through, with and as a part of other FoAM activities.

foamfood: 2004-2010

Materials for transforming cultures
Working with physical materials is a wonderfully sensual experience. We touch, stroke, knead, cut & tear at them and they guide us to the forms and functions hidden in their pores. Material-centred design allows the artists and designers to discover new designs from the 'inside-out', beginning with the basics - manipulation of matter. Do we choose a material for a purpose, or do we sculpt the purpose from the material? How do we make physical designs more responsive, malleable and active, as living tissues, organisms and landscapes?

Self-sustaining realities against the culture of mass extinction