Cocky Eek

Tactile Research Lab

Cocky led the Tactile Research Lab from 2009 till 2015 at the ArtScience Interfaculty

The lab deals with all sorts of physical and lightweight structures. With a focus on topics as: manufactured and edible landscapes, wearables, lightweight structures and bio-grown matters. The aim is to find your own way in all of these processes in order to merge digital and tactile worlds. Its a place for syneasthetic and playful exploration to create new experiences coming from ZERO.

Outputs of the lab were presented at the Salone Internationale del Mobile (Milano), Korzo (The Hague, Nl), Van Gogh Museum, Habitat and TransNatural Amsterdam.

see more on the research blog : Tactile Research Lab

test Philip Vermeulen with a spinning threads
test Philip Vermeulen with a spinning threads
Pollu Oskam: test bio elastic film
Edible solarcells workshop with Bartaku

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Nenad Popov and Clara Ravat: growing living matter directly on 16mm film loops.
listening device
Nenad Popov: preparations for his slimemould farm
Falco Pols: charcoal study
Testing a listening devise by Juan Cantizani. 2011