TaikaBox is all about collaboration. We team up with local and international technology businesses for regular collaborative research projects, developing new ways to integrate dance and technology and providing unique product development opportunities for businesses.
ARE YOU BRAVE ENOUGH?
Oulu Dance Hack is an annual international event that brings together outstanding artists and tech experts. ODH gives your upcoming technology a front row seat for a cultural test environment in nothing less than the European Capital of Culture in 2026! So don’t just spectate – participate – join us as we kickstart the future of performance.
Why collaborate?
- Association with culture is good profiling for business
- Opportunities to stress-test your product
- Gain direct feedback of the physical, psychological and social impact of your product
- Collaboration between people from different fields is a superior way to enhance innovation
- Staff development – Inspire your workforce and enhance production
- Produce uniquely creative marketing materials
How to collaborate:
- Lend us your product and help us make it hackable
- Participate in Oulu Dance Hack – Come to the studio and join in the fun
- Attend matchmaking events – Opportunities to meet other cultural producers and showcase your product
- Engage in ongoing research – We can visit your workplace to test the suitability of your product
- Commission a unique performance for 2026 that features your product!
Regular Collaborators
TROIKATRONIX
THE CREATIVITY SERVER
Troikatronix is a software development company based in Berlin that creates Isadora – the visual programming language that powers the Dance Hack and most of TaikaBox’s interactive systems. Each year we are given a batch of temporary Isadora licenses so that Dancehackers can get personal with the software.
PIPO
NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS SENSORS
Pipo Interfaces is based in Belgium and develops multi-purpose wireless sensors. TaikaBox has been helping to test the prototypes of these sensors before they go into production. Pipo Interfaces has supplied us with 5 brand new Pipo Motion units for use in the 2026 production Porous, premiering in Oulu in November.
PROBOT
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
TaikaBox and Probot have been working together since 2016. Their collaborative research has produced films, demonstrations and performances that integrate dance and industrial robotics.
The engineers at Probot helped us to create a system for a robot arm to move in response to sensors on a dancer.
NEAR REAL
REMOTE HEALTH SERVICES
Near Real provided the tech for a hybrid version of Born Old, enabling us to perform in Tórshavn without travelling to the Faroe Islands. The partnership was initiated in 2021 with a Tech Art grant from Oulu City. In 2026, Near Real became collaborators in our hackIT! artist-in-business residency research.
OAMK
OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
The first 3 Oulu Dance Hack intensives were hosted at OAMK dance studios and EduLAB.
We regularly integrate media and dance students and lecturers from OAMK into Oulu Dance Hack.
The 2026 Dance Hack Summit is organised in collaboration with AVARA Art & Tech, OAMK’s annual conference.
FINPEDA
DIGITAL EDUCATION RESOURCES
Finpeda is an Oulu-based digital studio, providing innovative solutions for design of schools and education spaces.
TaikaBox and Finpeda are working together to develop new ways for performances to be hosted in virtual spaces.
Finpeda provided a platform for our Digital Tiny Space at tinyspaces.eu.
BUSINESS OULU
BUSINESS SERVICES
Business Oulu provides support for small businesses and individuals and works with TaikaBox to create arts/business networking opportunities.
BOSCH SENSORTEC
MICROELECTROMECHANICS
Bosch Sensortec provided support, equipment and solutions for Oulu Dance Hack 2024, donating equipment that we used to stream data from moving dancers.