In this hybrid seminar, Prof. Alison Kearney and Dr Cameron Harris discussed the ways in which they were able to make music with a collection of African instruments in the Wits Art Museum collection, without touching the instruments. The seminar took place in the museum, during the exhibition titled Encounters with the (im)material, curated by Prof. Alison Kearney. For more information on the exhibition, and Kearney and Harris’ collaborative project see www.alisonkearney.co.za and www.soundartjourneys.co.za