Matias Homar

In this TEDx talk, Matías Homar explores how music, technology, and human connection can create something alive, unpredictable, and deeply collaborative. Through interactive wearable devices that transform movement into sound, he reflects on creativity, error, and enactive composition: the idea that art emerges through listening, adaptation, and shared experience.

The talk proposes that differences, imperfections, and interactions are not obstacles to creation, but the conditions that make meaningful connection and innovation possible. It also reflects on collaborations with dancers, students, and communities, presenting technology as a tool for creativity and human interaction rather than as an end in itself.

This talk was presented at an independently organized TEDx event. Learn more about the format at TEDx.

This 15-minute documentary presents Open Futures 2024 and follows six selected artists: Stephanie Keane, Paddy Mulcahy, Matías Homar, an0th3r.l0p3z, Billy Kemp, and Sophie Hutchinson as they investigate new possibilities through movement, technology, and collaboration.

Documented by Lucy Dawson and edited by Dawson with Open Futures co-curator Laura Murphy, the film offers a view into the artists’ research processes and the shared work developed across two residency periods in Limerick. The participating artists work across dance, music, digital, and screen-based practices, testing ideas and methods at the intersection of movement and technology.

Also featured are Open Futures co-curator Jürgen Simpson, masterclass facilitators MHz (Bex Anson and Dav Bernard), and Andrew Quinn.