Yesterday was the first test of the full DORIS marine mapping system I'm developing with Amber Teacher and David Hodgson at Exeter University. We went out on a fishing boat from Mylor harbour for a 5 hour trip along the Cornish coast. It's a quiet season for lobsters at the moment, so this was an opportunity to practice the sampling without too much pressure. Researcher Charlie Ellis was working …

FoAM took part in Werkweek rond Ecologie, an educational project at the Kunsthumaniora School in Brussels. Rasa Alksnyte and Shelbatra Jashari guided 5th-grade students through various experiences and approaches towards a relationship with nature. On the program: a walk and discussion about the identity of various trees in the city of Brussels, and creating urban ikebana sculptures in the schoolyard.

To start our new Mus-E traject this year, Kunst in de Keuken (Art in the Kitchen), I decided to take my class to the Brussels Royal Fine Art Museum to explore the themes of food and food culture in festive celebrations and communal gatherings as they are portrayed in the works of the old masters.