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SUMMARY:Art Exhibition Open House – Sensorial Plurality
DESCRIPTION:Sensorial Plurality: positioning access as a generative force\nSensorial Plurality brings together works by artists who completed residencies at Centre[3] and VibraFusion Lab (VFL) in 2024. This exhibition reflects a sustained period of experimentation\, learning\, and exchange focused on haptic and multisensory practices as vital modes of artistic inquiry and access.  \nFeatured artists Ebony R. Gooden\, Willy Le Maitre\, Connor Yuzwenko-Martin\, Olivia Brouwer\, Salima Punjani\, and Kim Fullerton engage touch\, vibration\, sound\, light\, movement\, and material responsiveness as central components of their work. Through diverse approaches and lived experiences\, these artists challenge dominant visual-centric models of artmaking and exhibition\, instead foregrounding embodied knowledge\, sensory plurality\, and disability-led innovation.  \nSupported by the technical and conceptual frameworks of VFL\, the works in this exhibition explore how haptic technologies and tactile strategies can expand both artistic expression and audience engagement. They invite viewers to consider how access is not an afterthought\, but a generative force – one that reshapes form\, process\, and relationship. \n  \n  \nArtist Bios\nEbony R. Gooden is a filmmaker\, director\, and changemaker dedicated to reimagining accessibility through bold storytelling and immersive art. As the founder of Deafinitely Digital (to be renamed Silent Soul Studio)\, she creates platforms that amplify BIPOC Deaf voices across film\, theatre\, and digital media. Ebony currently serves as the Marketing Coordinator at Inside Out Theatre\, where she supports inclusive arts initiatives.  \nShe was featured in SHADES Season 2 by Humainologie and has developed short films through the CSIF and Storyhive programs. Her works have received support from the Calgary of the Arts\, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Canada Council for the Arts\, including the production of a new short animation.  \nEbony has directed and produced numerous projects\, including Miscommunication In Our Language\, Expression Unmasked and His Hands\, His Art\, blending artistic vision with accessibility innovation. Her work challenges traditional forms and creates space for underrepresented communities to be seen\, heard\, and celebrated. \nInstagram: @BlackNotIvory\nFacebook: @EbonyRGooden\nTwitter: @EbonyRGooden  \nWebsite: Deafinitely Digital Inc.\nCV: Resume \n  \n\n\nWilly Le Maitre is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist whose work in immersive media engages participants in perceptual experiences conjured through generative imagery\, virtual and extended reality environments\, and experimental sound. For over two decades\, he has been recognized for a pioneering approach — creating artworks that challenge how audiences see\, hear\, and inhabit digital and physical space. Working at the intersection of art and technology\, his practice investigates the fluid boundaries between virtuality and embodiment\, deploying 3D imaging\, spatialized sound\, and sensory interventions to heighten perceptual awareness.  \nHis installations and media works have been exhibited nationally and internationally in galleries\, festivals\, and research-driven art contexts. Le Maitre has collaborated with artists\, designers\, and scientists on projects that explore simulation\, cognition\, and the expanded field of sensory experience. Known for his inventive visual language and technical experimentation\, he continues to influence Canada’s media-arts landscape. At the Haptic Horizons Art Symposium\, he will share his insights into immersive environments\, perception\, and multisensory creative practice. \nWebsite: Willy Le Maitre \n  \n\n\nConnor Yuzwenko-Martin (he/him\, they/them) is a Deaf performance artist\, producer\, and playwright based in Edmonton\, Alberta. His work focuses on creating performance rooted in Deaf culture\, sign languages\, and inclusive practice. \nConnor is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Invisible Practice (TIP)\, a Deaf arts organization dedicated to developing Deaf-centric creativity through any genre and medium that Deaf artists choose to inhabit. His artistic practice challenges traditional performance structures and expands access in the arts toward meaningful inclusion. Recent major work includes two live productions\, After Faust and CARBON MOVEMENTS\, the latter of which is currently embarking on national tour. Other notable work includes a digitally edited and streamed performance piece\, also named The Invisible Practice\, which reflects his commitment to blending theatre\, language\, tactile embodiment\, and innovative accessibility techniques. \nBeyond his creative practice\, Connor is widely recognized for his leadership in accessibility and intersectional justice. His North Star is a vibrant arts ecology that embraces and uplifts Deaf creatives and audiences\, and where Deaf-centric stories emerge to be shared across the land. \n  \nInstagram: @the_invisible_practice & @temporalways \nWebsite: Invisible Practice \n  \n\n\nOlivia Brouwer is a multidisciplinary artist based in Cambridge\, Ontario\, whose work explores blindness\, perception\, and the complexities of visual culture. A graduate of the University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College’s Art & Art History program\, she works across painting\, printmaking\, sculpture\, sound\, and multisensory installation. \nAs a partially blind artist\, Olivia draws on her lived experience to investigate how knowledge\, vision\, and meaning are constructed\, often inviting audiences to engage with her work through touch\, sound\, and embodied movement. Her practice combines organic and geometric abstraction\, referencing natural organisms\, spiritual symbolism\, and metaphors of sight and non-sight. \nOlivia has exhibited across Southern Ontario\, including at Tangled Art + Disability\, the Art Gallery of Mississauga\, Blackwood Gallery\, and Centre[3]. She has participated in multiple residencies and received support from the Ontario Arts Council\, the Canada Council for the Arts\, and the Waterloo Region Arts Fund. Her work contributes to advancing accessible\, sensory-diverse approaches within contemporary art.  \nInstagram: @olivetreeonthemount\nWebsite: Olivia Brouwer \n  \n\n\nSalima Punjani is a Montréal-based multisensory artist whose work explores connection\, care\, and sensory accessibility through immersive sound\, touch\, and interactive installation. With a background in social work\, her practice blends art and relational ethics\, transforming biological and everyday sensory data — such as heartbeats\, brainwaves\, or domestic soundscapes — into environments that invite rest\, empathy\, and shared experience. \nHer projects\, including Will You Pass the Salt? (PHI Foundation) and The Cost of Entry is a Heartbeat (Spatial Sound Institute\, Budapest)\, consider multiple sensory entry points for people to experience the work. Working across sound\, vibration\, soft sculptures\, multimedia and participatory storytelling\, Salima creates spaces that challenge traditional sensory hierarchies\, contributing to contemporary conversations on accessibility\, intimacy\, and multisensory artistic practice. \nInstagram: @picturesalima \n  \n\n\nKim Fullerton is a Toronto-based visual artist\, arts promoter\, and accessibility advocate whose career spans more than four decades in Canada’s contemporary art sector. Beginning her work as an artist and curator in the early 1980s\, Kim later founded Akimbo Art Promotions in 1998\, a groundbreaking national platform that supported artists\, galleries\, and cultural organizations by amplifying exhibitions\, events\, and emerging talent across the country. Through Akimbo\, she played a pivotal role in shaping how Canadian art is communicated\, promoted\, and experienced. \nSince stepping away from Akimbo in 2021\, Kim has returned to her own multidisciplinary practice\, creating work in drawing\, animation\, video\, and mixed media. Her lived experience as a wheelchair user deeply informs both her art and her advocacy\, positioning her as a prominent voice for accessibility\, disability justice\, and inclusive design within arts institutions. Kim’s leadership continues to influence conversations about equity and meaningful access across Canada’s cultural landscape.  \nInstagram: @kim_m_ful \n 
URL:https://haptichorizonsartsymposium.ca/event/open-house-sensorial-plurality/
LOCATION:Centre[3]\, 173 James St N.\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, L8R 2K9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Art Installation – What if an Hourglass Felt Like an Earthquake?
DESCRIPTION:What if an Hourglass Felt Like an Earthquake?\n9:30 PM Introduction by Deirdre Logue\, Artist\nWorks of vibration\, geography and everyday disorientations. \n  \n  \nArtist Bio\n \nDeirdre Logue is a Canadian film and video artist and activist with over two decades of experience working with artist-run organizations dedicated to media arts exhibition and distribution. Her solo work\, grounded in performance for the camera\, focuses on the self as subject\, exploring anxiety\, queerness\, vibration and the limits of ability through single-channel works and multi-channel installation. Her compelling self-portraits investigate what it means to inhabit a queer body in an age of anxiety. \nLogue co-directs the Feminist Art Residency (FAR) alongside her partner and collaborator\, artist Allyson Mitchell\, somewhere in Ontario. Deirdre and Allyson also produced the iconic Killjoy’s Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House between 2013 and 2019. She is currently undertaking a PHD at Queen’s University. \nWebsite: Deirdre Logue
URL:https://haptichorizonsartsymposium.ca/event/art-exhibition-what-if-an-hourglass-felt-like-an-earthquake/
LOCATION:Spice Factory\, 121 Hughson St. N\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, L8R 1G7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Art Installation – Entomophonia
DESCRIPTION:Entomophonia\n(vibro-tactile installation edition)\n9:20 PM Introduction by Leon Louder\, Artist\nCommissioned by the Montreal Insectarium for the 2023 MUTEK festival\, Entomophonia is an 11-track work composed entirely from insect song\, transforming the sounds of more than fifty species into expansive electronic compositions. Developed in partnership with VibraFusionLab\, this vibro-tactile edition reimagines the project as a multi-channel installation\, translating pulses\, chirps\, and buzzes into physical vibration across four speakers and haptic transducers. \n  \n  \nArtist Bio\n \nLeon Louder is a Montreal-based Canadian composer and experimental musician whose practice spans experimental electronic and electroacoustic music. His work engages unorthodox sound sources\, including homebuilt instruments and field recordings\, which he transforms through advanced sampling and real-time manipulation to create hyper-detailed\, immersive sound environments. Often shaped by serendipity\, dream-like juxtapositions\, and an ongoing exploration of the psychological dimensions of technology\, his compositions foreground texture\, rhythm\, and physical sensation as much as pitch or harmony. \nRecent projects include a 2023 commission for the Montreal Insectarium in collaboration with MUTEK\, as well as ongoing audiovisual\, tactile\, and vibro-tactile explorations that translate sound into embodied\, non-visual modes of experience. \nInstagram: @LeonLounder\nWebsite: Leon Lounder \n 
URL:https://haptichorizonsartsymposium.ca/event/art-installation-entomophonia/
LOCATION:Spice Factory\, 121 Hughson St. N\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, L8R 1G7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Art Exhibition Opening Reception – Sensorial Plurality
DESCRIPTION:Sensorial Plurality: positioning access as a generative force\nwith 5:00 PM Opening Remarks by David Bobier\, Curator\n  \nSensorial Plurality brings together works by artists who completed residencies at Centre[3] and VibraFusion Lab (VFL) in 2024. This exhibition reflects a sustained period of experimentation\, learning\, and exchange focused on haptic and multisensory practices as vital modes of artistic inquiry and access.  \nFeatured artists Ebony R. Gooden\, Willy Le Maitre\, Connor Yuzwenko-Martin\, Olivia Brouwer\, Salima Punjani\, and Kim Fullerton engage touch\, vibration\, sound\, light\, movement\, and material responsiveness as central components of their work. Through diverse approaches and lived experiences\, these artists challenge dominant visual-centric models of artmaking and exhibition\, instead foregrounding embodied knowledge\, sensory plurality\, and disability-led innovation.  \nSupported by the technical and conceptual frameworks of VFL\, the works in this exhibition explore how haptic technologies and tactile strategies can expand both artistic expression and audience engagement. They invite viewers to consider how access is not an afterthought\, but a generative force – one that reshapes form\, process\, and relationship. \n  \n  \nArtist Bios\nEbony R. Gooden is a filmmaker\, director\, and changemaker dedicated to reimagining accessibility through bold storytelling and immersive art. As the founder of Deafinitely Digital (to be renamed Silent Soul Studio)\, she creates platforms that amplify BIPOC Deaf voices across film\, theatre\, and digital media. Ebony currently serves as the Marketing Coordinator at Inside Out Theatre\, where she supports inclusive arts initiatives.  \nShe was featured in SHADES Season 2 by Humainologie and has developed short films through the CSIF and Storyhive programs. Her works have received support from the Calgary of the Arts\, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Canada Council for the Arts\, including the production of a new short animation.  \nEbony has directed and produced numerous projects\, including Miscommunication In Our Language\, Expression Unmasked and His Hands\, His Art\, blending artistic vision with accessibility innovation. Her work challenges traditional forms and creates space for underrepresented communities to be seen\, heard\, and celebrated. \nInstagram: @BlackNotIvory\nFacebook: @EbonyRGooden\nTwitter: @EbonyRGooden  \nWebsite: Deafinitely Digital Inc.\nCV: Resume \n  \n\n\nWilly Le Maitre is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist whose work in immersive media engages participants in perceptual experiences conjured through generative imagery\, virtual and extended reality environments\, and experimental sound. For over two decades\, he has been recognized for a pioneering approach — creating artworks that challenge how audiences see\, hear\, and inhabit digital and physical space. Working at the intersection of art and technology\, his practice investigates the fluid boundaries between virtuality and embodiment\, deploying 3D imaging\, spatialized sound\, and sensory interventions to heighten perceptual awareness.  \nHis installations and media works have been exhibited nationally and internationally in galleries\, festivals\, and research-driven art contexts. Le Maitre has collaborated with artists\, designers\, and scientists on projects that explore simulation\, cognition\, and the expanded field of sensory experience. Known for his inventive visual language and technical experimentation\, he continues to influence Canada’s media-arts landscape. At the Haptic Horizons Art Symposium\, he will share his insights into immersive environments\, perception\, and multisensory creative practice. \nWebsite: Willy Le Maitre \n  \n\n\nConnor Yuzwenko-Martin (he/him\, they/them) is a Deaf performance artist\, producer\, and playwright based in Edmonton\, Alberta. His work focuses on creating performance rooted in Deaf culture\, sign languages\, and inclusive practice. \nConnor is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Invisible Practice (TIP)\, a Deaf arts organization dedicated to developing Deaf-centric creativity through any genre and medium that Deaf artists choose to inhabit. His artistic practice challenges traditional performance structures and expands access in the arts toward meaningful inclusion. Recent major work includes two live productions\, After Faust and CARBON MOVEMENTS\, the latter of which is currently embarking on national tour. Other notable work includes a digitally edited and streamed performance piece\, also named The Invisible Practice\, which reflects his commitment to blending theatre\, language\, tactile embodiment\, and innovative accessibility techniques. \nBeyond his creative practice\, Connor is widely recognized for his leadership in accessibility and intersectional justice. His North Star is a vibrant arts ecology that embraces and uplifts Deaf creatives and audiences\, and where Deaf-centric stories emerge to be shared across the land. \n  \nInstagram: @the_invisible_practice & @temporalways \nWebsite: Invisible Practice \n  \n\n\nOlivia Brouwer is a multidisciplinary artist based in Cambridge\, Ontario\, whose work explores blindness\, perception\, and the complexities of visual culture. A graduate of the University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College’s Art & Art History program\, she works across painting\, printmaking\, sculpture\, sound\, and multisensory installation. \nAs a partially blind artist\, Olivia draws on her lived experience to investigate how knowledge\, vision\, and meaning are constructed\, often inviting audiences to engage with her work through touch\, sound\, and embodied movement. Her practice combines organic and geometric abstraction\, referencing natural organisms\, spiritual symbolism\, and metaphors of sight and non-sight. \nOlivia has exhibited across Southern Ontario\, including at Tangled Art + Disability\, the Art Gallery of Mississauga\, Blackwood Gallery\, and Centre[3]. She has participated in multiple residencies and received support from the Ontario Arts Council\, the Canada Council for the Arts\, and the Waterloo Region Arts Fund. Her work contributes to advancing accessible\, sensory-diverse approaches within contemporary art.  \nInstagram: @olivetreeonthemount\nWebsite: Olivia Brouwer \n  \n\n\nSalima Punjani is a Montréal-based multisensory artist whose work explores connection\, care\, and sensory accessibility through immersive sound\, touch\, and interactive installation. With a background in social work\, her practice blends art and relational ethics\, transforming biological and everyday sensory data — such as heartbeats\, brainwaves\, or domestic soundscapes — into environments that invite rest\, empathy\, and shared experience. \nHer projects\, including Will You Pass the Salt? (PHI Foundation) and The Cost of Entry is a Heartbeat (Spatial Sound Institute\, Budapest)\, consider multiple sensory entry points for people to experience the work. Working across sound\, vibration\, soft sculptures\, multimedia and participatory storytelling\, Salima creates spaces that challenge traditional sensory hierarchies\, contributing to contemporary conversations on accessibility\, intimacy\, and multisensory artistic practice. \nInstagram: @picturesalima \n  \n\n\nKim Fullerton is a Toronto-based visual artist\, arts promoter\, and accessibility advocate whose career spans more than four decades in Canada’s contemporary art sector. Beginning her work as an artist and curator in the early 1980s\, Kim later founded Akimbo Art Promotions in 1998\, a groundbreaking national platform that supported artists\, galleries\, and cultural organizations by amplifying exhibitions\, events\, and emerging talent across the country. Through Akimbo\, she played a pivotal role in shaping how Canadian art is communicated\, promoted\, and experienced. \nSince stepping away from Akimbo in 2021\, Kim has returned to her own multidisciplinary practice\, creating work in drawing\, animation\, video\, and mixed media. Her lived experience as a wheelchair user deeply informs both her art and her advocacy\, positioning her as a prominent voice for accessibility\, disability justice\, and inclusive design within arts institutions. Kim’s leadership continues to influence conversations about equity and meaningful access across Canada’s cultural landscape.  \nInstagram: @kim_m_ful \n 
URL:https://haptichorizonsartsymposium.ca/event/opening-reception-sensorial-plurality/
LOCATION:Centre[3]\, 173 James St N.\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, L8R 2K9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition,Reception
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