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When astronauts return into the Ionosphere of the Earth, after yet another space mission, make their way though endless layers of spacejunk and touch down on the planet, who is waiting for them?
Is anybody still interested in their adventures?

Astronauts Johannes Sterk and Elias Tieleman are expected to arrive at 'In Search of the Unknown' an exhibition at NIMk, Amsterdam around 18:00 hours. (local time)

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

Panel conversation with Elke Van Kampenhout, Constant & FoAM, about the connection between a certain vision on the future, and the conceptualization of a contemporary artistic practice, as a part of the Performatik Festival:

http://www.kaaitheater.be/productie.jsp?productie=529

The Winter Solstice. The Return of the Light. Amaterasu, Choimus, Deygān, Dōngzhì, Hogmanay, Karachun, Коляда, Sviatki, Dazh Boh, Makara Sankranti, Meán Geimhridh, Midvinterblót, Sanghamitta Day, Saturnalia, Sol Invictus or Wayeb.

Nik Gaffney and Maja Kuzmanovic will participate in the Real Code experiment at the Piksel Festival. As a part of FoAM's series of Future prehearsals (inspired by ex-yu "Nothing Can Surprise Us" drills), they will conduct various experiments with food, flavours and expectations, in an environment filled with machinery and software, with little access to organic ingredients.

FoAM is hosting a Co-creation meeting organised by The Hub Bruxel...

Dear friends of the Hub,

We invite you for an evening of open space for meaningful conversations at our next Co-creation meeting, Monday October 20, 18.30 - 21.30.

The Dialogue on Art, Culture & Climate Change is an investigation into the role of culture and the arts in the cross-cultural dialogue on climate change between and in Asia and Europe. The project gathers 50 Asian and European artists, designers, architects, cultural practitioners, environmentalists and scientists.

Maggie Buxton will be representing FoAM as one of the event's facilitators.

More information: http://www.culture360.org/artandclimatechange/

FoAM is hosting a meeting of the Solvay Women's Network, where Maja Kuzmanovic will present FoAM's approach to leadership, as well as a summary of the 'Leadership and policy for the 21st century' course of Harvard's Kennedy School & the Young Global Leaders forum.

FoAM is hosting a networking dinner on social entrepreneurship in Belgium and Europe, organised by The Hub Bruxel.

Please note this event is by Invitation only, and is now full.

A Summit organised by the World Economic Forum, bringing together 100 participants from civil society, business, policy and academia to discuss how the relationships between the environments, ideas and people can bring forth visionary, as well as sustainable innovation - locally & globally.

Presentations by Maki Ueda, Maja Kuzmanovic and Nik Gaffney

FoAM presentation and mini-workshop on 'Creative Innovation' in collaboration with the Social Innovation Park in Singapore.

Moderated by Penny Low

On the longest day of the year two astronauts land in Amsterdam-West. They do a warm-up jog on the square before going into the Jerusalem Church where they get fitted into their suits.

According to palaeontologysts the first objects to be vererated were meteorites, and the metal in them. Later this was extended to monoliths, which were used as burial stones or judgementstones. In time this would also include stone statues, ivory or wooden statues, and long after that all kinds of religious relics and works of art. But it started apparently with astroliths.

A re-enactment of the Apollo 11 mission of 1969. Foamlab not only recycles this icon of technological confidence, but also the materials used to build it. At the exhibition 'Kunstvlaai / Art Pie International', two brave astronauts; Elias Tieleman and Johannes Sterk, can be seen jogging around in preparation for their mission. They exit the Lander accompanied by the original sound recordings from the Moon landing in '69, for general exploration of the lunar-surface, setting-up lunar camera's, collecting stone samples and planting the flag.

Stories within stories, presentation for the the story-telling panel discussion with Paulo Coelho, John Osbourn, Gordon Crovitz, Robert Polet and Orville Shell.

http://libarynth.org/davos_stories