White Water Gallery is pleased to present Haptic Voices, a vibrotactile exhibition experience from Hamilton-based VibraFusionLab, from September 19 to November 15, 2025! The exhibition opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 5 to 9 pm, during North Bay’s Downtown Gallery Hop. Co-creators David Bobier and Jim Ruxton will be on site.
Haptic Voices is a sound and vibrotactile installation from VibraFusionLab, founded by David Bobier. The Haptic Voices installation was designed and created by media artist and electronics engineer and VibraFusionLab partner Jim Ruxton. Other works in the exhibition are from the studio of David Bobier.
Haptic Voices features a large scale ten channel vibrotactile wall with the potential for 10 independent streams of sound signals. Visitors are invited to stand against the wall to experience vibrations that are controlled using an iPad.
Five sound compositions, designed explicitly for the vibrotactile experience, were commissioned for the wall. The composers include Toronto-based John Gzowski and Ravi Naimpally, Deaf Irish composer Ailís Ní Ríain and Haptic Voices co-creator Jim Ruxton.
Using vibration as the final output, Haptic Voices is equally accessible to the hearing, Deaf, and hard of hearing communities to experience the wall.
WWG would like to thank our funders for making this exhibition possible:
