Touchy Toy Collective

The collective "Touchy Toy" was founded in 2021 by Gabriele Petrillo, Andrea Lupo, and Matteo Camerini, all alumni of Electronic Music Composition at Saint Louis College of Music, Rome. In late 2023, Christian D’Amico and David Quintarelli joined the group. Their work spans sound installations, audiovisual performances, and musical compositions, rooted in a utopian digital aesthetic and pop culture influences. They've showcased at festivals like Ladispolaneamente, CIM, and venues such as Palazzo Brancaccio (LCF) and Nuovo Cinema Aquila (LPM), where they explore live coding. Their A/V performance "Concrete Casings" premiered at Visual Sound Festival and was later presented at PatchLab Festival in Poland and D-CAF in Cairo.