Thematics π These five thematic journeys provide signposts amid diverse contents on this website, from the conviviality of the dinner table to the turbulent uncertainties of our current times.
An Anarchive ποΈ A series of experimental publications unearthing things with generative potential for the here-and-now and the yet-to-come. The Anarchive weaves together a curated selection of stories, tools, artworks, and experiences across FoAM's network, suggesting ways to grow your own worlds.
IBEX Business Plan ποΈ This is a business plan for The Institute for Experiments with Business (IBEX). It considers what an experimental business might do, and what it means to 'plan' in conditions of uncertainty.
The Alpine Feral MBA π A radically different kind of training course in business for artists and others.
Encoding Matter π Turning to the underside of worked form; on pattern, threshold, and what gets through. A new cluster from the Anarchive's Silver Reader.
Coalition & Infrastructure π What if reimagining technology starts not with better tools, but with how we organise and gather?
Crystal: Navigating Uncertainty ποΈ An edited reader for acting, relating, and hesitating in uncertain times. Wading hip-deep in our thick present, contributors share stories, experiences, and techniques to seed new realities and grow your own worlds.
Futuring IBEX π To celebrate the publication of the IBEX Business Plan as an Open Access document, we undertook a deeper layer of investigation, using a scenario-based method of futuring practised by FoAM. The futuring session ran over three days, organised around the question: What do we want to be doing in IBEX in two and twelve years?Β
Arka Kinari π Subversive, immersive and partially submerged, Arka Kinari is a multimedia performance staged from the deck of a traditional sailing ship. Using live music and cinematic visuals Arka Kinari imagines life after the carbon economy, resilience to climate change, and re-engagement with our last great commonsβthe sea.
Mapping the silver route π A canvas of possibilities from the 'silver route', expanding surface where gathered fragments challenge how digital worlds are built and bound.
Certainty Ltd. π Certainty Ltd. offers support for personal and organisational transitions, including strategic unplanning, critical uncertainty diagnostics, VUCA therapy, ambient foresight, and bespoke situational awareness.
Superject π Superject is a card game grounded in the speculative philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. It's a tool for questioning, prototyping, discussing, and feeling the world anew.Β
Wabi-sabi: Weathering Transience ποΈ An edited reader which dwells with the transient, incomplete, and unnoticed.
Scent Imprints & Mnemonic Trails π In Which a Profusion of Words is Distilled into Six Evanescent Fragrances
Green: Multispecies Entanglings ποΈ Concerning reciprocal relations with the living world; the plants, animals, landscapes, and other beings with whom we share this planet.