What do I hear is a multinational collaboration to explore formative and theoretical questions of accessibility and inclusivity through sensory translation. 

During this research our team is: revisiting past research, developing and applying new concepts, carrying out testing, designing prototypes, creating small personal works for experimentation and demonstration, presenting prototypes in the form of a public laboratory, organising workshops, analysing results, archiving and publicising our process,

The first public public presentation took place at Bradwolff Projects 22- 28 november 2021 in Amsterdam. During this first trial we were showing a prototype of an immersive haptic installation for sensory translation. This current period of artistic research was focused on drafting a plan for the future realisation of such a space. In order to understand what is technologically feasible and artistically fruitful, we created prototype ‘tools’ focused on the translation of sound and movement into tactile architectural objects. These tools are being tested theoretically, technologically and practically, for their ability to convey complex sound into an equivalent other-sensory experience for a wide variety of ‘listeners’. Using these preliminary tools, some of us will create artworks based in our own practice to determine the potential of these tools to expand our own artistic field and the audiences who can engage with it.