Tactology Lab 3

Tactology Lab

Jun 15

In this Tactology Lab, the starting point to make an instrument is the combined existing knowledge within the groups of a craft and electronics, and builds towards contextualizing this in an audiovisual performance. This can be achieved by using the craft in the fabrication process, or embedding the act of the craft within the performance directly. We are not teaching a craft or a technology, but rather starting from the knowledge within the mixed groups, and guiding this towards a performance where craft, technology, sound and performance are on equal footing.

In Lab 3 we aimed to combine performative audiovisual practices with creative technology and artisanal production, where a craft is incorporated in performance, prototype fabrication process or both.

2025 — Lab 3: craft

Manouk Hasebos,
Ilya Tokareva,
Tijmen Lohmeijer,
Alec Gordon,
Malou ter Horst,
Andrej Antonič,
Olaf Wisselink,
Livia Ribichini,
Sue Kim,
Britt van den Boogaard,
Lux Nautilus,
DuctTape Collective

Participants Lab 3

Theme: Craft

An artisan can be seen as a blend of a craftsperson and an artist: someone skilled in creating objects—whether artistic or functional—partly or entirely by hand. This craftsmanship can extend beyond traditional forms, applying to a musician crafting or modifying their own instruments, a performer designing their own costumes, or a designer creating their own tools. Artisanal technology, then, involves viewing technology through the lens of an artisan's deep, embodied knowledge. Like a skilled musician, an artisan possesses an intimate understanding of the tools and materials they work with, and constant involvement of the hands in the process is key.