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"The Future of the Lab will provide opportunities for discussion and engagement with a diverse range of professionals on three layers: expert meetings for invited international guests from art and technology labs across Europe and beyond, as well as a number of Dutch labs; an afternoon bringing in local, regional and national participants from a diversity of sectors; and a programme for the general public on Monday, November 30.

A workshop looking at various future directions of gRig & gRiggers in Europe and beyond.

FoAM, nadine & gRig (the Guild for Reality Integrators and Generators) a society of people exploring the realities emerging from mixing art, science and technology, organise gRig Froesjels, a celebration of mixed realities and the Guild's annual meeting.

During the last three days of October 2009, the Guild will host a public gathering, gRig Froesjels, a chance to encounter gRig members, funders & fans, as well as experience some of the Guild's works.

Maja Kuzmanovic will be taking part in the "Long Conversation" during Transmediale 2010.

http://www.transmediale.de/en/futurity-long-conversation

Splinterfields is an initiative of several Brussels based organizations active within the fields of technological and media arts (Constant, FoAM, nadine and OKNO) to foster collaborative, agile and flexible learning. The programme of workshops, study-groups and field-tests is open to artists, designers, technologists and other generalists curious to explore tools and mindware for experiments in contemporary culture and daily life.

http://www.kobakant.at

To explore the possibilities of bringing electronics closer to bodies and plants we are organizing a workshop with the artists Hannah Perner-Wilson and Mika Satomi in which you will learn how to use textiles and electronics to interact with humans and plants.

FoAM and The guild for Reality Integrators and Generators (gRig) invite you to a frothy evening dedicated to the culture, science and sensory experimentation with beer. This f0amfr0th promises to become an adventure through zymurgy and beerology, lost and found traditions, techniques and ingredients.

The gRig Research retreat in Slovenia, organised by Kibla and designed by FoAM will focus on the topic of food & environment. This retreat will be a part of the series of research retreats organised by gRig partners. About 20 artists, scientists and
researchers from different cultural and professional backgrounds will be brought together to discuss their methodologies, exchange experiences and experiments. The retreat will be facilitated by Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino (http://www.designswarm.com/)

Bart Vandeput will lead a gRig workshop on Photovoltaics for artists.

Dave Griffiths is presenting groWorld at Futuresonic, Environment 2.0 - Art, Ecology and Social Media alongside data visualisation artist Aaron Koblin, Usman Haque talking about creating systems for connecting and sharing realtime environmental sensor data and Tapio Makela talking about art, ecology and information Design.

Groworld: borrowed scenery at the "Biotech Art Revisited" Exhibition at the Experimental Art Foundation.

http://www.eaf.asn.au/2009/biotech09.html

At the Burning Ice festival: Re-thinking the Future'
Two of FoAM's researchers in residence will talk about their climate related work.

Bartaku will present PhoEf in the form of a mini-workshop and a talk.
http://x4.fo.am/phoef/

Angelo Vermeulen will present his project Biomodd in the evening.
http://www.biomodd.net/

http://www.kaaitheater.be/productie.jsp?productie=511

Meeting of Art and Science centers at NOW - CCCB

Theun Karelse will participate in a panel discussion with Adam Bly, Michael John Gorman and Marcos García. The participants will discuss about the role, function and formats of hybrid centres for art, science and technology in light of the "new culture" generated by the network society.

http://www.cccb.org/now/ca/
http://www.cccb.org/now/en/activitat-networks_nodes_and_bridges-30044

These workshops are organised by Marko Peljhan. FoAM is doing two remote presentations at the two workshops (on Saturday the 14th of February and Tuesday 17th of February).

groWorld: Borrowed Scenery 0.1