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Non-profit and #OpenSource #research, #design and development studio for environmental and social purpose. (used to be called FoAM Kernow)

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Finally got a hold of this record made with samplebrain! Brain Mutants by DMX Krew. A liberal application of disco records and TR 101 samples in quite a full on record...
https://ara-u.bandcamp.com/album/brain-mutants-ep
https://gitlab.com/then-try-this/samplebrain
A green record sleeve propped up next to a record on a turntable
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Our new studio looking exactly as cosy as it is this evening
Single storey shed like building with glowing lights from inside, a tree with fairy lights in it, and a bigger tree shadowed against the sky
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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In September we took over Sheffield's Wintergarden with knots and woven robots with @Khipumancer and @yaxu as part of the @alpaca Festival

You could create knot patterns based on Inca/Andean Khipu technology that would program the robots remotely, and […]

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Three children play with woven robots, with scattered cushions on the ground A group of people manipulating knots on a table One person examines an knot while children play with robots in the background.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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We had a lucky break in the weather yesterday morning to get out with Cornish artist Libita Sibungu to Nangiles mine with our DIY mineral sound recording rig (contact mics and a electromagnetic sensor). As well a sounds, we collected lots of minerals […]

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Libita Sibungu surrounded by rocks listening to sounds we had just recorded while examining a mineral sample. Also visible are recording equipment, rock hammers and an orange bucket.
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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We've built a special type of loom designed by Peter Collinwood to create the amazing illustrations in his book "The Techniques of Tablet Weaving". This is to help us closely examine the patterns and mathematics behind this weaving technique on the […]

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A row of wooden pegs in holes in a wooden board, with black and white cord woven between them.
October 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Organised Atoms Fun Palace 2025! We smashed rocks, found crystals and raved out in the rock lab. Thanks go to the Royal Society of Chemistry for supporting this kind of thing! https://thentrythis.org/notes/2025/10/08/organised-atoms-2025-fun-palace-events/
Three people with protective googles surrounded by mine waste and concrete structures Two people playing music on a synth made from a bunch of circuits mounted on a plank of natural wood with a smaller volca modular synth wired up to it. Two people looking at a microscope image on a monitor with scattered rocks and e-waste on the table.
October 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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New-new studio so close to being up and running ✨ be nice to see an end to the relentless moving and carrying and shelf building and to be back in the world
Photo of some shelves with books, some tangling trailing plants on the top shelf, and our studio sign propped up. There is a lot of ambient light.
September 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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First bits in our new spot, welcome to the 'Propagation Studio', it is the nicest place we've ever been
A long wood table in an otherwise empty room. The space has a sloped ceiling with a large roof window and a tree visible above. There are two simple black and white pendant lights. It is painted white, with a polished concrete floor.
September 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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OMG it's #organisedatoms time of year again
10 cardboard boxes all with electronic components, dials, speakers and crystal holders with spring and wires to connect them
August 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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So our spot in Gray's Wharf will be available from 1 Oct if anyone happens to want a decent size studio with a humane landlord...
Square studio with lovely exposed wood beams and high ceiling. The floor is painted grey, it has lots of our things in it including our prized plants!
August 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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We only just moved studio, but unexpectedly then got offered one we've had our eye on for a whole decade... so from September we'll be heading out to Potager as our new work-home! It's a beautiful spot, with hammocks, a huge greenhouse to sit in, a fab […]

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A large immaculate polytunnel with 4 rows of tomatoes and chillies A pink cotton hammock strung between two gnarly lichen covered trees, behind there are more trees and a large table with benches
August 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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We're excited to be hosting Alpaca conference from 12-20th September 2025, with a huge range of talks, workshops and performances exploring algorithmic patterns in the creative arts.

Algorithms aren't just about computers, they're also used to make […]

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Geometric, angular pattern in blue
August 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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We are doing #organisedatoms again this summer, watch this space for dates!

Family fun smashing rocks, crystal collecting, identification, microscopes, electronics and NOISE at United Downs Raceway, St Day, #cornwall

We are currently building some of […]

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A slice of wood with circuits screwed to the top, connected by wires to two small volca modular synthesisers and a zoom recorder on a wooden workbench
July 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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We're having a little studio warming on 16 Aug, 11am-2pm, at Gray's Wharf in Penryn - all welcome!

It'll also be the launch for Drawings About Things (our new illustration and print offerings) so there will be lots of lovely textural print bits and bobs to take a look at.
Etching of a strand of DNA, with a person dragging it out of the etching plate. It also says open studio, 16 Aug, 11am-2pm.
July 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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The Royal Society used our game Nergal at their Disability & Technology report launch on 23 June 💚

This is to the best of our knowledge the first time a citizen science game has been made so folks with little or no sight can play and contribute data […]

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Photo of two people playing Nergal at a table, one looking over, and two looking at something on a screen behind. There are opulent looking chandeliers in the background and old dark wood door frames. Someone playing nergal at a laptop with someone smiling at them. We've overlaid a plant pic from the game and some coloured stripes. A person grinning while playing the game and another also smiling. We've overlaid a ghosty game character wearing a mushroom hat, and a moon and stars. Three people looking at Nergal on a screen at a table. We've added a ghost character wearing a pink striped party hat and some stars.
July 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Spent the first half of the week up in London for the Royal Society Summer Exhibition opening night, where we were showing our game Nergal with the folks we made it with at the University of Edinburgh to their 800 or so visitors. Snuck some nergal hats […]

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People stood around a table playing nergal game on tablets, two are 'wearing' cardboard hats on sticks, in the background is a huge oil painting of a stern old man, with a nergal hat stuck on (there is glass covering the painting don't worry), at the front one of the University of Edinburgh pair stands over a cut out stood up nergal character.
July 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Showing Nergal at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition opening night, managed to sneak some hats on the old dudes
A grand building with summer science banners and a progress pride flag Oil painting with a stuck on bobble hat and a bit of a poster about the game Oil painting with stuck on pussy hat (from the anti trump protests the first time round) and some tablets and a wooden plant shape on a table
July 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Just got the keys to our new studio, moving over the next 2 weeks 🌱
Almost empty new studio with grey painted floor, a few shelves on the wall, and big wooden beams with a high ceiling. A few bits have been moved in including a monstera plant and some wood benches.
June 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Frantic prop making is DONE for the Royal Society Summer exhibition in London next week, come say hi if you're nearby on the 1st from 6-10pm.
Set of laser cut ply plant shapes painted dark blue and standing up, with stand up game characters tucked between them, in our studio
June 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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We've been making life size Nergals for the Royal Society Summer Exhibition (Oatly for scale 😆) https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/07/lates-nergal/
Four cut out stand up card characters from our nergal game, the shortest is slightly higher than an Oatly carton, the tallest nearly double.
June 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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More info on our Nergal event at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition on the 1st July - come along and meet the nergals!

https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/07/lates-nergal/

#citizenscience
Screenshot of Royal Society website with "Lates: The world of Nergal", and a screenshot of the game.
June 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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We'll be showing Nergal at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition opening night in London on 1 July, 6-10pm - it's free, come along 🌟

https://thentrythis.org/events/nergal-at-the-royal-society-summer-exhibition/
a little nergal character peeking out from behind a baobab tree, with some other plants and a fluffy cloud - all hand drawn illustrations used in the game
May 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Documentation just finished for how to build a SmogOff air pollution sensor.

These have realtime displays of data, alternating with a smiley, neutral or sad face depending on how bad it is - designed to be put out on the street for local activism […]

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Three smogoff sensors lined up on a bench, with a black and white dog in front who has a large nose A smogoff sensor viewed from the front, with a smiley face showing on the screen, a cloud-ish shaped sticker around the screen, and a fluorescent acrylic shelf inside holding the various sensors
May 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Fiddly process getting new SmogOff sensors designed, to hopefully build and get shipped out by the end of the week?! Balancing needing it to actually work, not look too-too bad, and be easy for people to make without specialist tools
Box with holes at the bottom, a sensor shelf, and a small paper white screen holder on the box cover The same thing just open in a way where the wiring is visible
April 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Getting into making prints - these are part of an exhibition on this Tues/Weds at Lovepark in Falmouth, come along if you're around...

5 of the 6 prints outline ways we can do better at communicating climate/environmental issues, based on evidence […]

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Three prints, white ink on khaki green paper - one is called 'welcome the elephant into the room' and has an illustration of an elephant being handed a cup of tea, one is called 'do the deep dives, even if it's ugly' and has two deep sea fish, and the last one is called 'take care over language' and has a series of 5 species' hands (koala, dog, mouse, gecko, human) Two embossed toads on a print called 'shine a spotlight on the overlooked' Embossed polar bear looking up at a wind turbine on a print called 'be wary of polar bears' embossing of 3 ants with their little footsteps, on a print called 'the small print'
April 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM