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20150601-20150730

Reporting (financial and technical) Enacting futures paper for the futures journal (FoAM)

20150626-20150627, Linz, AT

Future of Future Fabulators: final event and consortium meeting

20150620-20150627, Madeira, PT

M-ITI and Time'sUp exhibition of the Context Aware Physical Narratives: Lucid Peninsula (More info Here)

20150610-20150619, Brussels, BE

Family Residency Adam Nocek, Stacey Moran, Ivy and Fiona (some notes)

20150601-20150619, Brussels, BE, online

Graphic design and editorial futurist fieldguide

20150529 - 20150531, Linz AT, Funchal, PT

Preparing Lucid Peninsula (lucid_dreaming_implementation) for Exhibition Demo at Creativity and Cognition Glasgow, UK (M-ITI and Time's Up)

20150528 - 20150602, online

documenting and summarizing results of the Possible Futures of Migration scenario session (Time's Up)

20150527, Linz, AT

Possible Futures of Migration scenario session in Linz, Kunstraum Goethestrasse. images on flickr, first review in Loose Diary (Time's Up)

20150522, Internet

monthly skype update

20150520 - 26, Linz, AT, online

Finalizing the preparations for “Possible Futures of Migration“ Scenario Session (Time's Up / FoAM)

20150520, Linz, AT, online

Open Call for participation for Possible Futures of Migration scenario planning session with concentration on Linz (Time's Up)

20150515-25, Istria, HR

Fieldguide chapter meander (FoAM)

20150510, Madeira, PT

(M-iti) RIXC Renewable Futures Conf paper (accepted)

20150507, Helsinki, FL

M-ITI has a paper in Cultures in Sustainable Futures conference.

20150504, London, UK

Meeting Mariana Pestana of V&A in London about possible exhibition in 2017 (FoAM)

20150425, Brussels

Anarchodandyist pre-enactment at Fo[am]tones, FoAM

20150424, Internet

monthly skype update

20150421, Brussels, BE

Policy Lab OnSite (psw protected) #1 workshop 21 April: Social Change in a hyper-connected era, JRC, Brussels, Belgium (FoAM)

20150415, Köln, DE

Future Agenda workshop in Köln (FoAM)

20150317 - 20150321, Berlin, DE

M-ITI is carring an evaluation of the Public Exhibition at the Jewish Museum, Berlin: Yasmine's Adventures, an interactive context aware narrative

20150403, online

Writing and putting online the first draft of Futurist Fieldguide, to be written and edited on the libarynth. (FoAM)
Dismembered and forked futurish for inclusion in the fieldguide, articles on medium, blog posts, etc (FoAM)

20150301- 20150306, Madeira, PT

M-ITI is writing up for the conference ICEC title: 'Yasmine’s Adventures: An interactive urban experience exploring the socio cultural potential of Digital entertainment'

20150223 - 20150228, Amsterdam, NL

Sonic Acts: Geologic Imagination, with a workshop by Martin Howse and Nik Gaffney and a panel on the Noise in the Electromagnetic Spectrum moderated by Nik, as a follow-up of Nik's Dark Ecologies journey in October 2014.

20150217-20150221 Berlin,DE

20150202 - 20150227, online

Editing futurish (FoAM)
Designing futurist_fieldguide (FoAM)

Discussions and proposals for a possible follow-up of FFab as part of a bid for Pula2020 cultural capital.

20150126 - [...], Linz, AT

Beginning of implementation, embodiment for Mind the Map in close connection to Possible Futures of Migration in Europe (Time's Up)

20150122 - Madeira, PT

Scenario Planning: Capstone future scenarios 2015.

20150107 - 12, Linz, AT

Lucid Peninsula video-production (Time's Up)

20150104, Hasselt, BE

Finissage Future Fictions (FoAM)

20141220, Madeira, PT

M-iti continues to develop Yasmine Adventures. More Info here and here

20141217, Linz, AT

FFab - Future Lunchbox #5 Hypotopia - Die Milliardenstadt. Introduction of a compelling model of a possible city, envision a fully functional, sustainable city of the future.

20141216, Hasselt, BE

A-Z Lecture (FoAM)

20141212, Hasselt, BE

Godsheide Apero with the inhabitants of Godheide and researchers from UHasselt (FoAM)

20141204-05, Hasselt, BE

Agoras workshop by Pantopicon (FoAM)

20141201 - 20150121, Linz, AT

Final sketching and development of the Physical Narrative Mind the Map (Time's Up)

20141129-30, Godsheide, BE

Godsheide Futures workshop with Arck, UHasselt (FoAM)

20141127-28, Brussels, BE

FTA2014 conference #foresight4EU (in particular new_approaches_and_needs_in_foresight) (FoAM)

20141119-20, Hasselt, BE

Extrapolation Factory Workshop as part of Future Fictions (FoAM,TU)

20141110-27, Linz, AT, Brussels, BE

Residency Alex Davies (TU, FoAM)

20141108-09, Ponta do Sol, PT

Narrative Strategies Symposium “Prototyping the Intangible” (M-ITI, FoAM, TU, AltArt). Info on the program here

Documentation here and here

20141106-07, Ponta do Sol, PT

Laurisilva Futures workshop (M-ITI, FoAM, TU, AltArt). More info here

20141103, Hasselt, BE

various design fiction experiments with MA students, Hasselt, Z33 with details at futures card games. (FoAM)

20141009-12, 'The Zone', NO/RU

Dark Ecology fieldtrip (FoAM)

20141008-09, Hasselt, BE

The Futures of Doing Nothing scenario workshop at Z33 (FoAM)

“FoAM Apero in the Futures Lab” at Z33 (FoAM)

20141005 - 20150104, Hasselt, BE

Future Fictions exhibition, with continuous FFab presence in the Futures Lab and the Doing Nothing pre-enactment (FoAM)

20141004, Hasselt, BE

Opening of “Future Fictions” exhibition at Z33 (FoAM) With Food Futures reception

20141003, Cluj, RO

Opening of Lucid Pensinsula Exhibition (AltArt, M-ITI, FoAM, TU)

20141001, Madeira PT

M-iti will start working on a new Context Narrative Experience.

20140926, Hainburg, AT

Opening of the Lucid Pensinsula Exhibition (TU, M-ITI) images on flickr,announcement Institute for media-archaeology

20140924, Brussels, BE

Registrations open for the The futures of doing nothing workshop

20140916, Brussels, BE

Third and last PULSE visioning day

For summaries see pulse_visiedagen

20140809, Hainburg, AT

Site visit in Hainburg for the lucid dreaming implementation.

20140728-31, Brussels, BE and online

Designing instruction cards for lucid dreaming a storyworld

Cleaning up documentation on http://lib.fo.am/future_fabulators/

Writing and designing promotional materials and atmospheres for The Futures Lab of the Future Fictions exhibition

20140729 Toronto, CA

Test of what's in the box exercise in the Guerilla Futures summer course of the Situation Lab (OCAD University) by Stuart Candy

20140725 - 20140925, Linz, AT

Embodiment Lucid Peninsula lucid_dreaming_implementation, images

20140720-21, Brussels, BE

Microresidency Stuart Candy

20140719-23 Linz AT

lucid_dreaming_implementation Framing of a Physical Narrative for the implementations of a scenario for exhibitions

20140714-18 Linz AT

Lecce 2019 - possible European Capital of Culture. Conception for a long-term project, continuing Future Fabulators ideas and strands.

20140704, Harlingen, NL

North Sea Region Sail interim conference, looking at sail driven and wind assisted ocean transport in the region and globally. Some notes.

20140704, Lisbon, PT

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20140702-30 Online

Interim report (All) Newsletter and several blogposts mentioning Future Fabulators and/or specific activities (FoAM):

20140710-11 Amsterdam, NL

visualizing the invisible scenario workshop and pre-enactment (FoAM)

20140628-20140701 Porto PT

Future Fabulators retreat (all) near and distanced futures of Future Fabulators- images

20140625-20140627 Porto, PT

xcoax workshop and pre-enactment (FoAM, all)

20140619 Linz AT

FFab - Future Lunchbox #4 with Ulli & Klaus Sambor: Unconditional Basic Income; notes & link collection

20140618, Linz, AT

Law & lore of the sea - a panel discussion looking at the plights and hopes of refugees, seasteaders, pirates, anarchists, free spirits, rescuers and tax dodgers. As part of our research in Possible Futures of Migration. (Time's Up)

20140617 Brussels, BE

Second of three PULSE Visiedagen workshops for the PULSE network. Second day included incasting and pre-enactment (FoAM)

20140613-16 Linz AT

Lucid Dreaming Storyworld extension towards a submission for a residency at PICA in Western Australia 2015

20140612 Internet

monthly skype update

20140609 Adelaide, AU, Online

Nik Gaffney & Maja Kuzmanovic talk (remotely) about Future Fabulators at Vitalstatistix, part of Sarah Neville's Adhocracy residency (FoAM)

20140606-20140609 Adelaide, AU

Adhocracy residency by Sarah Neville & family, as a follow-up of Weatherlore residency (FoAM)

20140606 Brussels, BE

Retrocasting Michka Melo's Edge Hiker scenario (FoAM)

20140601 Linz, AT

Experiments wtih lucid dreaming a storyworld (Time's Up & FoAM)

20140526-29 Attersee, AT

booksprint post DE14 (all…) Photos:by Barbara and by FoAM (FoAM's Album includes Data Ecologies)

20140523-24 Linz AT

Data Ecologies '14 symposium; Notes: Time's Up; FoAM

DE14 - audio recordings, DE14 photos (Time's Up)

20140521-20142306 Linz AT

Future Fabulators in Residency: Mara Dionisio from M-ITI at Time's Up; Practioner in Residency; Maras blogentry

20140520 Brussels, BE

PULSE Visiedagen scenario workshop for the pulse network (FoAM)

20140514 Brussels, BE

writing abstracts for DE14 and xCoAx (FoAM)

20140513 Linz AT

FFab - Future Lunchbox #3 with Christian Lanz: Introduction to a multi-level platform using the concept of of a “time-stockmarket”. http://www.timesozial.org/index.php?id=38

20140509 Internet

monthly skype update

20140505 - 20140519 Brussels, BE

design and planning PULSE Visiedagen and begining design for Future Fictions (FoAM)

20140425 Brussels, BE

transiency scenarios with Michka Melo (FoAM)

20140423, Internet, Brussels, BE

Online documentation of food futures and Lisa Ma's microresidency (FoAM)

20140420 Edinburgh, UK

LateLab Open Sauces event at the Edinburgh Science Festival, based on food scenarios and food futures (FoAM)

20140414-20140419 Brussels, BE

Translating food scenarios into a tasting menu (FoAM)

20140413 - 20140506, Milibizi & Harare, ZW

development and exhibition of Tales of Resilience (Time's Up) images

20140407-20140413 Brussels, BE

Microresidency of Lisa Ma, speculative designer, developing a concept of “Bioluddites”. The residency ended with a public research gathering (FoAM)

20140402-04 Brussels,BE

First pass at using CLA and Generic Futures methods to explore food futures. Designed four food scenarios (FoAM)

Meeting with PULSE about facilitating scenario building and prehearsals for their Visioning Days in May, June, September, October. (FoAM)

20140401 Brussels, BE

Design meeting with Karen Verschoren for the Future Fictions exhibition, decision to collaborate on the Future Fictions Lab (FoAM)

Skype with Time's Up about Data Ecologies, Book sprint and Storyworld construction in May-June 2014 (Time's Up, FoAM)

20140328 Linz AT

FFab - Future Lunchbox #2 with Gerhard Dirmoser Current developments on renewable energies and their implementation in Austria

20140328 Internet

monthly skype update

20140304-20140306 Internet, Glenelg AU

Literature research summary on pages linked from background (FoAM)

20140301-20140303 Internet, Glenelg AU

preliminary reference collection at https://www.zotero.org/groups/future_fabulators/items (FoAM)

action foresight experiential futures integral futures design fiction scenario methods prehearsal methods

20140218- [...] Internet, Glenelg AU

collecting Possible Futures & Parallel Presents, crowdsourced futures, experiential futures and method agglomeration scenario methods, prehearsal methods, other interesting background research filled with unexplored rabit holes, unsorted references and notes (FoAM)

20140211 Internet, Glenelg AU

various threads > forecasting, non predictive strategy, scenario_building confabulations

5 whys exercise related to experimental futurism at FOAM, formulating the beginning of a position statement

20140203 - 20140205 Internet

Editing Scenarios and underlying pages (FoAM)

20140110 - 20140228 Linz AT, Perth AU, online

Second intense phase for sketching & developing Mind The Map, connected to Possible Futures of Migration (Time's Up)

20140201-[...], Linz AT, Internet, Perth, AU, Waulagoda, SL

Beginning of research phase for Data Ecologies14

20140124 Internet

monthly skype update

20140120 - 20140122 Funchal PT

Scenario Session on M-ITI Capstone projects in Human Computer Interaction and Media Entertainment Technology notes, summary from the session the sessions

20140117 - 20140118 Funchal PT

“M-ITI Futures” scenario workshops lead by Maja and Nik from FoAM. http://fo.am/miti-scenario-workshops/ (FoAM & MITI)

More information on the future scenarios developed

20140101 Funchal PT

M-iti is starting to develop new software for context aware narratives. Mara Dionisio will be joining the Future Fabulators team.

20131217 Internet

Updates, restructuring, cleaning up of the FFab wiki, writing missing scenarios.

20131212 Brussels BE

FoAM Newsletter featuring Future Fabulators

20131220 Internet

monthly skype update

20131211 Brussels BE

Meeting with Guy Guypens of Kaaitheater about a scenario workshop at the end of March as part of the Burning Ice festival

20131205 - 20131218 Brussels, BE Funchal, PT

design and development of the two scenario workshops taking place at M-ITI in January 2014, facilitated by FoAM

20131203 - 06 Linz AT

First sketch for Mind The Map, connected to Possible Futures of Migration

20131128 Internet

monthly skype update.

20131122-[...], Linz AT

Research kick-off on the future of migration in Europe for Mind The Map (Time's Up)

20131122 Linz, AT

20131121 Linz, AT

Approaching Science Communication; Time's Up meets Center for advanced Bioanalysis (CBL)

20131117 Linz, AT

Final Decision on the Future Fabulators CI is made

20131111 - [..] online

first entry, mentioning Future Fabulators in the Time's Up Loose Diary

20131107-20131108 Cluj, RO

The future of the city future scenario session / workshop with AltArt (all partners, facilitated by AltArt

20131103-20131106 Nantes, FR

Site visit at Le Lieu Unique. Associated partner in FFab, which will exhibit results of FFab in 2014 and/or 2015 Overview Le Lieu Unique some images

20131030-20131102 Frankfurt, DE

Visit at the B3 - Moving Image Biennial about “Expanded Narration”. Webpage Biennial and some Notes From BBB13

20131026, Gent, BE

Human Invasive Interaction scenario workshop (FoAM)

20131025 Internet

monthly skype update

20131015 Brüssel

various wiki editing, trailer searching and chocolate eating

20131014 Brussels

EACEA KickOff meeting that was more useful than the last one. Andrea and Tim.

20131013 Linz

breakfast meeting with Schwarzen Bären and friends, Debriefing notes of both of the sessions (all partners)

20131012 Linz

scenario planning session on "Fear 2033". (all partners, session lead by FoAM) images on flickr

20131009-20131013 Linz, AT

Future Fabulators Coordination Meeting, starting with what is the legacy of Future Fabulators. (all partners, session facilitated by FoAM)

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more images on flickr

201310 Rusnjak, HR

see parenzana residency notes

201309 Brioni Islands

26th - 29th of September, FoAM and Time's Up attended at Practical Utopias / Brioni Summit 2013 http://practicalutopias.org/ / Developed and organized by YKON and Drugo More and co-organized by Electra

20130905, Brighton, UK

Presentation at Improving Reality 2013. (FoAM)

20130901 [init]