Ove Holmqvist is a Finnish-born, Vancouver-based sound artist, researcher, designer and interactive music producer. His work is informed by concepts of sonic ecology, biomusicology, sociocybernetics, affective design, embodied cognition and enactivism.

Applying theories from human geography and urban musicology, Ove Holmqvist creates sonically and musically activated places that present participants with musical affordances - possibilities for musical improvisation.

Interaction in these opportunity spaces is embodied, situated and distributed, as it's also social, through the use of proxemics and interpersonal synchronisation with the holonic social musical communication features currently developed by Holmqvist.