Technologies of Touch is a 3 year project funded by DFG Germany and AHRC UK. Bringing together a diverse group of researchers across musicology, performance, wearable technology and digital interaction, we explore how the meaning and possibilities of touch can be manifested with innovative materials in a musical context.
Learn MoreOn October 5 & 6 2026 the entire Technologies of Touch team will meet in Berlin. Day 1 will be a review of project progress and technical testing with collaborator Celine Kim. Day 2 we welcome Erämaa Trio, and will conduct our first tests of the wearable prototypes in the context of their performance of Déplacement by Atau Tanaka.
Technologies of Touch has a paper at NIME 2026 in London. Entitled “What NIME Talks About When It Talks About Touch”, this publication represents a thematic analysis of the NIME corpus 2000-2025. NIME is a community deeply engaged with music, but when we looked in the literature we could find little directly about touch. Since touch is a huge part of music we carried out this analysis to get a full picture of what NIME says on the theme of “touch”.
On April 27 & 28 2026 the entire Technologies of Touch team will meet in Berlin for a workshop on the Ethics of Touch. On Day 1 we will welcome speakers who will talk on the topic of accessibility, consent and ethics. These speakers include: Fabio Morreale, Sony AI, Barcelona ES Celine Kim, mdw, Vienna AT Jay Pocknell, Sound Without Sight, Bristol UK On day 2 we welcome a number of performers to the Kammersaal at UdK, to perform and talk about the role of touch in their practice. These performers include: