The hosted workshop program is coordinated by Yun Lee and seeks to promote the following objectives: fostering interdisciplinary creativity, demystifying art and technology (from synthesizers and AI to smell and voice), sharing knowledge between disciplines, forming a mixed maker community, and developing talent. 

Workshops are offered by guest residents and members of iii’s community to adult professional and amateur artists, covering the following subjects:  DIY electronics, instrument building, 3D printing, sound art, AI art, e-wearables, performance, storytelling, improvising and composing sensory experiences (eg. olfactory, tactile, sonic), cultural entrepreneurship, and Dutch language for non-native artists. 

The program ultimately aims to empower people to understand and develop tools for their own use and self-expression. 

We support a curiosity-driven approach to art, technology and our environment, combining maker, experimental and theoretical perspectives. This means we take things apart, analyse, research, experiment, and build unexpected things. Through artistic lenses, we encourage critical and playful engagement with technology-use, design, and research.

The workshops that we develop in our hosted program are also on offer for schools and other organisations, sometimes accompanying performances or installations. Our workshops can be found at various partner organisations including Rewire, Marres, Ars Electronica, CTM Festival, Fiber Festival, the Asylum Seekers Center in Rijswijk, Rietveld Academy, and Baltan Laboratories.

These workshops can be adapted for different age groups. 

Please contact yun@instrumentinventors.org for more information. 

The workshop was very inspiring because it introduced something new, complex, and fun as a medium but in an organised and understandable way, which means it gave everyone something exciting to incorporate into their future work or interest/hobby.

-Haider (participant, DIY Synth workshop)

“I learned to be more aware of myself and what I actually already did while listening to sounds and making music. I trust myself more now. 

I dare to make choices in new projects that I’m now developing after the workshop.”



-Maj (Participant, Into the Thin Air)

“Taking this course (Artist Survival Guide) made me realise how little we learned in school”



-Bjarte (Artist Survival Guide)

“I didn’t have enough money to continue my studies in college, so I really appreciate being able to take these courses in programming and 3d modelling, which I otherwise wouldn’t have access to”

– Tracy (participant, multiple workshops)