This is a short visual tour in the final installation of the works of artists that met at regular intervals during the whole foam.lab:

foam = a mass of bubbles of air or gas in a matrix of liquid film, especially an accumulation of fine, frothy bubbles formed in or on the surface of a liquid, as from agitation or fermentation.
foam = a thick chemical froth, such as shaving cream or a substance used to fight fires.
foam = frothy saliva produced especially as a result of physical exertion or a pathological condition.
foam = the frothy sweat of a horse or other equine animal.
foam = the sea.
foam = any of various light, porous, semirigid or spongy materials used for thermal insulation or shock absorption, as in packaging.
to foam = to produce or issue as foam; froth.
to foam = to produce foam from the mouth, as from exertion or a pathological condition.
to foam = to be extremely angry; rage: was foaming over the disastrous budget cuts.
to foam = to teem; seethe: a playground foaming with third graders.
to foam = to cause to produce foam.
to foam = to cause to become foam.
foam = a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid;
foam = foamfroth
foam = shaving foam - toiletry consisting of a liquid preparation containing many small bubbles that soften the beard before shaving
foam = foambubble - a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
foam = foamhead - the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a large head of foam"
foam = foamlather - the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
foam = lather, soapsuds, suds - the froth produced by soaps or detergents
foam = spume - foam or froth on the sea
foam = white water, whitewater - frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls
foam = a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
foam = foammaterial, foamstuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object;
foam = styrofoam - a light resilient foam of polystyrene
foam = foam rubber - spongy rubber; made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization and used for cushioning or upholstery
to foam = become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"
to foam = effervesce, fizz, form bubbles, froth, sparkle
to foam = lather - form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered"
to foam = bubble - form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"
to foam = seethe - foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid"
foam = capuccino, soap, seafoam, shaving-foam, antiterroristfoam, quantumfoam, frog-foam, firefighting-foam,
foam = contagious
foam= fragile walls which we share with each other and which separate us from each other
foam = a collection of ever shifting spheres
foam = fragility
foam = a multichambersystem with fragile walls which connect AND separate us
foam = pluri-spherology
FOAM=UNGRASPABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NL (english below)

Kunstenaars Ruben Kindermans en Wannes Goetschalckx bewonen FOAM.LAB met een nieuwe performance! Voor Spel D wordt Echo.Base hun territorium en schuim het materiaal om mee te leven.

Zaterdag 11/04/2009, PERFORMANCE "SPEL D", deuren: 19u, spel toegankelijk van 20u tot 23u

Ruben Kindermans en Wannes Goetschalckx, leerden elkaar kennen op het HISK in Antwerpen, en werken sindsdien regelmatig samen aan site-specifieke projecten. Ze maken performances in de vorm van een spel. Ze proberen zich de locatie waarin ze spelen eigen te maken. Ze vullen letterlijk de ruimte met een installatie. Zo’n installatie heeft de kwaliteiten van een autonome sculptuur, maar vormt tevens het toneel voor hun performance, hun speelplek.

Voorgaande spelen in de reeks waren: Spel A (2007), Playground, Stuk, Leuven; Spel B (2008), dedonderdagen, desingel, Antwerpen; Spel C (2008), It’s all in the game, avecom, CBK, Arnhem.

De kunstenaars geven langdurende performances in dergelijke installaties, waarbij de bezoeker zich gaandeweg al dan niet bewust wordt van de geldende regels. Zit er een ontwikkeling in het spel, herhaalt het zich, of werkt het toe naar een climax? Ondergaan beide spelers zelf een rolverandering, of zijn ze constant in hun karaktereigenschappen en bewegingen? In hoeverre is de installatie een draagvlak, in hoeverre werkt ze belemmerend? En in hoeverre zullen de kunstenaars één worden met hun kunstwerk, of blijven het toch twee verschillende identiteiten, ieder met hun eigen bestaansrecht?

Er zal een video van dit spel gecrëeerd worden om deel uit te maken van de finale performance installatie "foam.labOrint" in Echo.Base van 28/05 tot 21/06/2009.

EN

Artists Ruben Kindermans en Wannes Goetschalckx inhabit FOAM.LAB with a new element in their series SPEL (…). Echo.Base will become their game board and foam the material to play with.

Saturday 11/04/2009, PERFORMANCE "SPEL D", doors: 7 pm, game acceccible 8pm till 11 pm.

Ruben Kindermans and Wannes Goetschalckx met at HISK, Antwerp and have been collaborating since on a series of performances, titled Spel (…) These works take the shape of games they invent for themselves. With their performances they inhabit the place in which they play. They literally fill the space to produce an installation in the course of playing. They recreate the interior of the location using it as objects of the game. This installation is at the same time an autonomous sculpture and also the world the players live in.

Previous games in the series were: Spel A (2007), Playground, Stuk, Leuven; Spel B (2008), Dedonderdagen, desingel, Antwerpen; Spel C (2008), It’s all in the game, avecom, CBK, Arnhem.

The spectators step inside an long ongoing activity. They are challenged to find out the rules of these games. Perhaps they are not fixed? Will there be a climax or a turning point? Can there be a winner? Do the players act out characters? Is the installation a hindrance for them or a support? Will they become one with their work?

A video of Spel D will be shown as part of the performance installation "foam.labOrint" in Echo.Base 28/05 ’til 21/06 2009

After the first gathering we proceeded with our science-in-disguise at foam.lab and you’re very welcome to immerse yourself in the lab and get a taste of our research at Echo.Base, Ambtmanstraat 16b, 2000 Antwerp.

• on SATURDAY 28/03/2009 you can come and see ça a "labtest" by Eve Bonneau, doors: 7 p.m., start: 8 p.m.

EN If the body is a landscape, where do we find its horizon? Or maybe the
case is that we don’t live on a globe, but in a plurality of
space-bodies?

ça is a search into the intersubjective stories of the body and how they can be shared with the public.

NL Als het lichaam een landschap is, waar is dan de horizon? Of leven we
niet op een globe, maar in een veelheid van ruimtelichamen?

ça is een zoektocht naar de interpersoonlijke verhalen van het lichaam en hoe die met het publiek gedeeld kunnen worden.

• on SUNDAY 29/03/2009 you can join the foam.seminar by Bart Buseyne, Pat Bruggeman & Luk Mutsaert; they will dive into the Spheres and Foam from philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, doors: 2 p.m., start: 3 p.m.

EN Bart Buseyne, Pat Bruggeman & Luk Mutsaert take us on pathways through Peter Sloterdijks Bubbles, Globes and Foam. For the first seminar we set the tone with "love-affairs" and "inspiration".

NL Bart Buseyne, Pat Bruggeman & Luk Mutsaert nemen ons mee doorheen Bellen, Globen en Schuim van Peter Sloterdijk. Voor het eerste seminarie zetten we de toon met "liefdesaffaires" en "inspiratie".

Dear,

As you might know, investigations have started in the foam.lab. For the first time foam.scientists and apprentices will meet all together in Echo.Base. And I have a strong feeling, some love affairs have tied into this science, still fragile, but moving…

I look forward to welcome you at the public opening of our foam.lab. It will take place on Saturday 28/02/2009 at 8 p.m.

In our basement we will create a place for a performance, a dance of spaces, a lecture in spots. Over the coming months pathways will evolve through all this material. You’ll be witness to our first explorations into -and in the company of- muses, bubbles, globes, spheres, cappuccino, … Premature immune systems meet tentative contaminations.

I already want to forward some of the scientists’ most urgent questions:

Which words would leave foam on everyone’s lips? Which sounds bounce like the delicate movement of molecules over the curved hills of bubbles in a hot bath? And about those love affairs: how can we make them float up to the waters’ surface with their first breath, inspired, quivering like delicate mousse?

What food tastes like mental surfactants for the production of brain foam? Which part of the brain flicks like a finger through distinct perceptions or classifications? And from where do we poor the foundations of our habitat?

How to dance a documentary and where to look for a partner who will document the space in between two steps?

To sum up: a lot of experiments, we want to share with you.

I am drawing a map that will lead you right into the deep end of this foam.lab. Together with the other foam.scientists, we will guide you to a mark. An "X" to be performed. Like in a tourist guide indicating points-of-view. But our X is marginalized, unknown, always shifting and no longer able to offer any overview. Many kinds of foam will appear instead of this overview.

Over the coming months I will keep you posted on the research process in the lab, and you’ll receive invitations for the public moments every month.

I hope to see you soon,
foam.scientist

Samenvattingen van excursies die niet in de Nederlandstalige vertaling werden opgenomen.

Door Bart Buseyne.

Sferen 1, Hoofdstuk 3, Excursie 1 Telepathie: download

Sferen 1, Hoofdstuk 4, Excursie 2 Nonobjecten en nonrelaties: download

Sferen 1, Hoofdstuk 4, Excursie 3 Het Ei-beginsel: download

Sferen 1, Hoofdstuk 4, Excursie 4 Heideggers leer over de existentiale plek:download

Sferen 1, Hoofdstuk 5, Excursie 5 De zwarte plantage, deel 1: download

Sferen 1, Hoofdstuk 5, Excursie 5 De zwarte plantage, deel 2: download