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Sounds Like Touch

We connect makers with different skill sets for collaboration and exchange of knowledge.

We are a springboard for artists, designers and creators who like to make (literally) touching, electronic, performative arts by using their body for interaction.

20/04/2026

The performance at Rewire Festival opened with Devosek, by Atser Damsma, Maisie Palmer and Demi van Kuijk (.am).

Partly veiled, the performer became a character that was both themselves and something else. As the costume moved, its arm-like forms produced fragmented sounds derived from archival recordings of these rituals, connecting physical movement to cultural memory.

Like in folk traditions or dragon dances, disbelief is suspended and the figure is accepted as its own entity, not just a person.

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This work is the result of Tactology Lab 4, a structured programme spanning multiple days that brings artists and creators together to explore new ways of tactile interaction with electronics.

For Maisie, Demi and Atser the process involved continuous exchange and skill-sharing, from sewing and soldering to programming microcontrollers.

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15/04/2026

Last Sunday, in a basement full of wonderful people, we got to experience these Tactology Lab 4 performances:

‘Devosek’ by Demi van Kuijk (.am), Atser Damsma and Maisie Palmer

‘Stelliform; two steps forward, one step back’ by Rachit Puri (.puri.16), Kinga Molinska () and Cris Mollee ()

‘The entity is sleeping, the people are the dream’ is a performance by katarina kadijević (), Nina (Alex) Buurman and Niek van der Veer (.vd.veer)

The untitled ping pong installation by Anna Bielska (), Alessandro Miele () and Junying Wu ()

Stay tuned for more (moving) images!
📸Pics by Rogier Bogaard

Performance on April 12 2026 at

12/04/2026

Rather than working in isolation, Maisie Palmer, Atser Damsma and Demi van Kuijk (.am) were involved in a process of continuous exchange and skill-sharing, from sewing and soldering to programming microcontrollers.

Roles emerged organically, while ideas were developed collectively through ongoing discussion and iteration.

“Our starting point was motion. From there, we followed our own interests. Maisie focused on textiles, Atser on fragmented sound, and I on oral histories and archival material. It felt very natural that our ideas came together this way.” - Demi van Kuijk

📅 Come and experience this work TODAY live at from 15:00-16:00. Free entrance!
📍The Grey Space in the Middle (), The Hague

11/04/2026

🏓Anna Bielska (), Alessandro Miele () and Junying Wu (), are fascinated by the back-and-forth motion of ping-pong balls and how their movement gradually diminishes, similar to the way a pendulum slows down.

From this curiosity, the idea emerged to launch hundreds of ping-pong balls into the air, letting them hit metal plates to create sound.

The performance balances control and unpredictability.
📅 Come and experience this work TOMORROW live at from 15:00-16:00 (Sunday April 12th). Free entrance!

📍The Grey Space in the Middle (), The Hague

10/04/2026

In this project each participant’s movement actively shapes the sound and structure of the performance. Every person is equally needed.

Inspiration came from playful experiences, such as children’s string games, which guided the design of a star-shaped rope configuration anchored in the performance space.

‘Stelliform; two steps forward, one step back’ by Rachit Puri (.puri.16), Kinga Molinska () and Cris Mollee () will premiere at

📅Sunday April 12th 15:00-16:00
🎟️Free entrance!
📍The Grey Space in the Middle (), The Hague

09/04/2026

Over the past weeks Demi van Kuijk (.am), Atser Damsma and Maisie Palmer have been exploring of movement, textiles, and costume.

The work draws on ritualistic traditions such as May Day celebrations, where collective belief allows symbolic figures to be perceived as living entities.

As the costume moves, its arm-like forms produce fragmented sounds derived from archival recordings of these rituals, connecting physical movement to cultural memory.
📅 Come and experience this work live at on April 12th 15:00-16:00. Free entrance!
📍The Grey Space in the Middle (), The Hague

📸Rehearsal pictures by Rogier Bogaard, other pictures by Lize Kraan

08/04/2026

katarina kadijević (), Nina (Alex) Buurman and Niek van der Veer (.vd.veer) have been creating an ‘entity’ that responds to human touch, creating a feedback loop between participant and object.

The project began as an open exploration: creating something that doesn’t necessarily look alive, yet gradually evokes a sense of life. Inspired by how people instinctively attribute emotions to robotics, the artists focus on how movement and behaviour can suggest aliveness.

📅 You are very welcome to experience the results of their collaborative process during Tactology Lab 4: MOTION at on Sunday April 12, 15:00 - 16:00 📍The Grey Space in the Middle (), The Hague

07/04/2026

Every person is equally needed 🪢 Cris Mollee (), Rachit Puri (.puri.16) & Kinga Molinska () constructed a large rope-based instrument designed as a responsive system that reacts to the movements of all participants.

Early on, the group explored multiple ideas, ultimately choosing rope as the central material because it enabled a truly collaborative performance.

You are very welcome to experience the results of their collaborative process during Tactology Lab 4: MOTION on 📅Sunday April 12, 15:00 - 16:00 📍The Grey Space in the Middle (), The Hague
📸First pic by Rogier Bogaard, other pics by Lize Kraan

06/04/2026

The creative process of Junying Wu (), Anna Bielska () and Alessandro Miele () was both chaotic and highly productive.

Ideas emerged quickly, and the artists responded on the spot, building and testing components as they went. Tasks were divided according to skills, but much of the work happened collaboratively, blending hands-on making with conceptual development.

The unpredictability of materials and mechanics fuelled experimentation, making the process playful, dynamic, and iterative.

📍 Join us to experience this playful experimental work on Sunday April 12, 15:00 - 16:00 at The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague.

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🎬 As Tactology Lab 4 is nearing its final performance at Rewire Festival, we’re sharing bits of the collaborative processes, experiments, trials and small previews of the upcoming performances. Video by Quinten Swagerman

05/04/2026

How can we suggest aliveness? 📡✨‘The entity is sleeping, the people are the dream’ is a performance by Niek van der Veer, Nina (Alex) Buurman & katarina kadijević that will premiere on next weekend.

The group has been developing an ‘entity’ that responds to human touch, creating a feedback loop between participant and object. Through sound and material, the entity reacts, and is inviting a relationship rather than a one-sided action.

You are very welcome to experience the results of their collaborative process during Tactology Lab 4: MOTION on 📅Sunday April 12, 15:00 - 16:00 📍The Grey Space in the Middle (), The Hague

With live performances by Alessandro Miele (), Anna Bielska (), Atser Damsma, Cris Mollee (), Demi van Kuijk (.am), Junying Wu (), katarina kadijević (), Kinga Molinska (), Maisie Palmer, Niek van der Veer (.vd.veer), Nina (Alex) Buurman & Rachit Puri (.puri.16).

📸First pic by Rogier Bogaard, other pics by Lize Kraan

25/03/2026

Pingpong balls, climbing gear, tentacles and a satellite disc.. 🏓🐙🪢📡 Tactology Lab 4 is in full swing! Here are some sneak peeks of the projects that the four groups are working on.

Thank you Jeroen Vissers for hosting and helping us during the prototyping weekend at
Curious about the results? Come and experience it at on April 12th 15:00-16:00.
Photos by Lize Kraan
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Sunday April 12 15:00 - 16:00
The Grey Space in the Middle (), The Hague
Free entrance!

With live performances by Alessandro Miele (), Anna Bielska (), Atser Damsma, Cris Mollee (), Demi van Kuijk (.am), Junying Wu (), katarina kadijević (), Kinga Molinska (), Maisie Palmer, Niek van der Veer (.vd.veer), Nina (Alex) Buurman & Rachit Puri (.puri.16).

16/03/2026

Tactology Lab 4: MOTION live at Rewire Festival 2026
At Sounds Like Touch, we believe that our bodies are key to expressing ourselves. We host programmes for artists to experiment on physical ways of interacting with technology.

Tactology Lab is our main program, which gathers twelve different makers in a 6-day pressure cooker in Utrecht to work towards performances in small groups, while being coached by experts.

This year’s edition of Tactology Lab is curated by Vincent Schoutsen () and Dianne Verdonk () and is about ‘MOTION’. In this fourth lab, participants have been experimenting with materials, bodily movements and electronics to lower the bar of transferring bodily movements into (electronic) artistic expression.

You are very welcome to experience the results of these collaborative processes in their joint performance at Rewire Festival 2026 .

With live performances by Alessandro Miele (), Anna Bielska (), Atser Damsma, Cris Mollee (), Demi van Kuijk (.am), Junying Wu (), katarina kadijević (), Kinga Molinska (), Maisie Palmer, Niek van der Veer (.vd.veer), Nina (Alex) Buurman & Rachit Puri (.puri.16).

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Sunday April 12 15:00 - 16:00
The Grey Space in the Middle (), The Hague
Free entrance!

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