beginning in 2004, in an effort to remedy a perceived lack of experimental media education in belgium, foam, together with nadine, and okno, organized a series of workshops under the name "x.med. k.". these workshops first began as introductory tutorials and were later expanded to range from master classes to informal gatherings. the programme allowed participants to become prolific media artists over a period of two years, encouraging the use of free media tools and the creative use of open source and free software. workshop topics have included max/msp, final cut and dvd studio pro; physical computing, how to build a computer to fit people's specific needs, and the issues of environmentally sustainable media arts and design. in later workshops, after participants gained technical proficiency, they could opt for instruction from foam and okno in the use of real-time audiovisual systems and tools, and online collaboration tools, while in other seminars nadine has explored the artistic use of computer games and gaming engines.