Sensory Inclusion at TURF Talk 2025

Can you feel music? Or experience a performance without seeing? On 27 November 2025, researchers Antal Ruhl and Michel Witter will delve into these questions during their TURF Talk titled “Sensory Inclusion” at the TRIPLE O Campus, Breda Robotics.

Turf Talk: Sensory Inclusion with Antal Ruhl and Michel Witter

Can you feel music? Or experience a performance without seeing?

In their talk, researchers Antal Ruhl & Michel Witter delve into ‘sensory inclusion’. They will tell you more about their research on how technology can make art, music, and performances accessible to a sensory diverse audience. This approach is not about limitations, but rather about how an experience can be connecting for everyone.

Date and Time: 27 November 2025, 13:30–13:55

Location: TRIPLE O Campus, Breda Robotics

More information: https://www.turf-event.nl/program#aA0DcJe9kO_artist-2063677

These images offer an impression into the ongoing research by Antal Ruhl (first and second image) and Michel Witter (third and fourth image).

About TURF

TURF is a vibrant, city-wide festival in Breda that activates the intersections of music, art, technology and culture. From 27 to 29 November 2025, the city becomes a stage for future-oriented creativity, during the day and deep into the night.

TURF Talks: Critical conversations, keynotes and debates where creators, thinkers and researchers address the role of imagination, design and technology in shaping the future.
TURF Live: Immersive installations and performances where sound, movement and media merge in sensory-rich experiences.
TURF by Night: A celebration of electronic music culture through club nights and experimental DJ sets, connecting local talent and international acts.

Learn more: turf-event.nl

Tactile Beats

Tactile Beats is a practice-based research project by Antal Ruhl. In the project, Antal investigates how musical performance might be extended or recontextualized through multisensory technological interventions.

Embodied Interaction

This research focuses on the design of tactile interfaces, using sensor technology.

‘Through an interplay of design and research, the apt questions and necessary tools can be discovered and applied to each research project.’

Antal Ruhl is a researcher within the Situated Art, Design and Technology research group and a tutor at the Communication & Multimedia Design programme at Avans University of Applied Sciences in Den Bosch.

Antal Ruhl

‘Investigating the potential of sensory augmentation to bridge the sensory gap between deaf and hearing.’

Michel Witter, with a foundation in computer science and digital art, integrates technology and art in education. As a tutor since 2002 at Communication & Multimedia Design program of Avans, he specializes in information design and accessibility. Currently, Michel is researching sensory augmentation for his PhD.

Michel Witter

Research Group: Situated Art, Design and Technology

Living in cities developed around data and acting within the inscrutable structure of our techno-society demands art and design that can help understand how we relate to these rapidly changing surroundings and to reflect on that relationship. The research group Situated Art, Design and Technology responds to this exigency by fostering a situated turn in art and design through a diverse portfolio of interdisciplinary research projects in partnership with academic and cultural partners, as well as with government and industry.

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