Hyper Creative, Episode 5, takes you on a deep dive into Landfall — a concurrent artist residency and exhibition of contemporary photography by new generation Ottawa-based, North Bay raised artist Ava Margueritte, which ran July 29 to September 6, 2025, at White Water Gallery. This episode includes footage from the finissage and an intimate dialogue between Ava and WWG Executive Director Alex Maeve Campbell.
Join the conversation about Ava’s artistic origin story, photography myths, self-portraits vs selfies, mental health and the arts, artist-run culture, wild art experiences, and all things Landfall.
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:
