We are Sounds Like Touch, a springboard for artists, designers and creators who like to make (literally) touching, electronic, performative arts by using their body for interaction. To be able to do this, many different expertises are needed. That is why Sounds Like Touch connects makers with different skill sets for collaboration and exchange of knowledge.
Program
Sounds Like Touch organises Tactology Lab, symposia, meetups, and collaborative sessions that encourage artistic experimentation and knowledge exchange.
We host meetups in the form of artist talks, workshops, brainstorming sessions and try-outs in our Makerspace. Below you can see more of our past and upcoming events.
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Sonic Suit - DIY Wearable sound controller workshop
Past event
Sunday July 13th — 12:00 - 17:00 Sounds Like Touch MakerspaceAre you a musician, performer, designer, coder, dancer, or a curious maker who loves mixing sound, movement, and wearables? Then join us at the Sounds Like Touch Makerspace for a unique hands-on workshop where you’ll learn how to build your own interactive sonic garment using sensors, sound design tools, and your body.
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Exploration Meetup: Anneleen Bertels
Past event
Saturday May 10th — 16:00 - 18:00 Sounds Like Touch MakerspaceAre you a maker, artist, engineer, or designer interested in interdisciplinary crossovers? Then we warmly invite you to this Exploration Meetup where we dive into and dissect and brainstorm the possibilities of textile craft and sound, on Saturday May 10th, with Anneleen Bertels.
Network meetup // knowledge exchange // social get-together
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Tactology Lab 3: Craft Performance at Rewire Festival
Past event
Sunday, April 6th — 16:00 - 17:00
The Grey Space in the Middle, The HaguePerformances at Rewire Festival 2025 by the new Tactology Lab cohort!
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New Year’s meetup: Perforator
Past event
Saturday January 11th — 15:00 - 17:00
Sounds Like Touch Makerspace
Meetup about tactile interaction within electronic, performative arts and interdisciplinary crossovers.
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BROMWOL at u? festival
Past event
Saturday November 9th 2024 — 13:00 - 18:00
Hof van Cartesius, De Loods
At U? Festival, we presented Bromwol: an interactive performance where you can experience and play electronic textile musical instruments created by music technologist Roald van Dillewijn, body-based interaction designer Dianne Verdonk and electronic textile designer Michelle Vossen.
13:00 - 18:00 Exhibition open
14:00 - 14:45 Performance
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NIME Conference 2024
Past event
4th - 8th September 2024
Various locations in Utrecht and online
Sounds Like Touch is, together with HKU Music Technology and Gaudeamus, founding partner and initiator of bringing the NIME conference to Utrecht in September 2024. -
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INTERWAVE MEETUP
Past event
Monday 22th of Januari 2024 — 19:30 - 22:00
Sounds Like Touch Makerspace
Interwave is a platform that transfers physical, tactile interaction into digital parameters to create music or other digital performative arts.Over the last months, creative software designer + sound artist Roald van Dillewijn and physical interaction designer + musician Dianne Verdonk have created a prototype box with sensors and we are looking more than forward (sideward?) to test it with you and to hear your ideas for more interactions!
Projects supported by Sounds Like Touch
We support many kind of projects where artists, makers and performers are collaborating, experimenting and innovating new forms of tactile interactions with technology.