We work with and against technology to produce experiences that reconnect people to place.

Voxstep is a performing and digital arts organisation based on Dharug Country in Parramatta. We specialize in mixing theatre with digital technologies like motion capture, mobile media and virtual production to crack open new experiences and meaningful connections with audience. We value curiosity, integrity and adventure.

We’ve made work with leading arts and cultural organisations including Sydney Festival, Riverside Theatres, FORM Dance Projects, The Joan and ATYP. We’ve also presented research and prototypes of our work at international forums such as the International Symposium on Electronic Art (Brisbane ’24, Seoul ‘25) and the International Conference on Motion and Computing (Utrecht, ‘25).

Background

Voxstep began in 2021, growing out of a series of small-scale digital performance experiments initiated through a Cultural Fellowship with the City of Parramatta. Led by Nick Atkins, these early works explored trust, belonging, and how technology can reshape our experience of public space.

Since then, the practice has expanded with support from the City of Parramatta, and the NSW and Commonwealth Governments. Voxstep (formerly Operated Coin) premiered its first major work, Message Bank, in Parramatta Square for Sydney Festival 2023. We’ve since collaborated with a local school to adapt Message Bank into a campus-wide scavenger hunt (Green Thumb), partnered with FORM Dance Projects on the audio installation Lost. Stories. Found. for the reopening of Parramatta Town Hall, and worked with The Joan in Penrith to stage Ghost as a foyer-based story experience. In 2024, Voxstep returned to Parramatta Square with Dancing Bear, shifting from locative media to a hybrid, real-time performance networked through WhatsApp. 

This work, and our broader inquiry into mobile and locative media performance, has been recognised internationally, featuring at ISEA (Brisbane & Seoul), the International Conference on Motion and Computing (Utrecht), SXSW Sydney, and Creative Australia’s ProtoX emerging company incubator.

Team

Company Manager Nick Atkins

Creative Producer Lily Hayman

Board

Chair Krissie Scudds

Treasurer Daniel Potter

Secretary Lily Hayman

Member Neel Banerjee

Member Nick Atkins