Deep Wireless Festival of Radio and Transmission Art
The 24th edition of Deep Wireless returns in January with transmission art installations, broadcast performances and online listening. This year’s events are curated on the theme Sound Culture. Featured will be an exhibition of Anju Singh’s installation Material Transmissions which transforms an industrial sewing machine into a sound instrument. Cathartic drones and singing blend with the drone sounds of the machinery to invite the listener to interrogate assumptions about what noise, quiet and silence are meant to represent.
Material Transmissions
By Anju Singh
January 8 to March 30, 2026. Open 10 am to 4 pm Thursday to Monday
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
Material Transmissions is a machine-based sound sculpture that uses innate machine sounds and external sound sources infused back into the machine as sonic artifacts that are transmitted through transducers projected into a selection of found or hand made textile and industrial materials. This project is part of the MECHANICAL HYMNS project, a series of works developed by Anju Singh that explores the relationship between machines, industrial materials, and mechanical elements with sound, noise, and transmitted audio.
The artist's interest in these sounds began with her experience hearing hymns in temples as forms of music and then feeling there was a strong relationship between those drone sounds and machine noise, often droning and hypnotic in nature. She was curious about the acceptance of hymn-based drones while machine drones were considered purely noise, and this led her to better understand some underlying reasons for her aesthetic preference for noise-based textures that led her to become a noise artist. The MECHANICAL HYMNS series interrogates assumptions about the nature of noise, machine sounds, music, and mechanical silence.
By Anju Singh
January 8 to March 30, 2026. Open 10 am to 4 pm Thursday to Monday
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
Material Transmissions is a machine-based sound sculpture that uses innate machine sounds and external sound sources infused back into the machine as sonic artifacts that are transmitted through transducers projected into a selection of found or hand made textile and industrial materials. This project is part of the MECHANICAL HYMNS project, a series of works developed by Anju Singh that explores the relationship between machines, industrial materials, and mechanical elements with sound, noise, and transmitted audio.
The artist's interest in these sounds began with her experience hearing hymns in temples as forms of music and then feeling there was a strong relationship between those drone sounds and machine noise, often droning and hypnotic in nature. She was curious about the acceptance of hymn-based drones while machine drones were considered purely noise, and this led her to better understand some underlying reasons for her aesthetic preference for noise-based textures that led her to become a noise artist. The MECHANICAL HYMNS series interrogates assumptions about the nature of noise, machine sounds, music, and mechanical silence.
Art's Birthday Sound Art Jam
January 17, 2026 to January 17, 2022
In-Person at NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario, Canada
FREE
Come celebrate Art's Birthday with NAISA by participating in an indoor and outdoor sound art jam. Bring something that makes sound, or something you can use to strum or make percussive sounds on the Decomposing Piano. All experience levels welcome. The jam will be shared on the Art's Birthday Mesh Network, connecting with Art's Birthday celebrations happening around the world. And yes, there will be cake!
Art’s Birthday is an annual exchange art event celebrated internationally by the arts community. Happy 1,000,063rd Birthday, Art!
January 17, 2026 to January 17, 2022
In-Person at NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario, Canada
FREE
Come celebrate Art's Birthday with NAISA by participating in an indoor and outdoor sound art jam. Bring something that makes sound, or something you can use to strum or make percussive sounds on the Decomposing Piano. All experience levels welcome. The jam will be shared on the Art's Birthday Mesh Network, connecting with Art's Birthday celebrations happening around the world. And yes, there will be cake!
Art’s Birthday is an annual exchange art event celebrated internationally by the arts community. Happy 1,000,063rd Birthday, Art!
Sandpaper Hammock
Hybrid Radio Art Performance
By Aliyah Aziz
February 21, 2026, 7:00 pm
Café service available at 6 pm.
In-Person at NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario, Canada.
Online audiences register in advance for access.
Tickets $15
“Sandpaper hammock” is from a multimedia performance series by Aliyah Aziz that utilizes the sounds of electromagnetic frequencies, video signal, feedback, and vocal looping. Custom-made instrumentation techniques and probes allow Aziz to draw out sounds from old CRT monitors, a camera, and other electric signals.
The performance will start at 7 pm for both in-person and online audiences. Café will be open at 6 pm for vegan meals and gluten-free baked goods.
Hybrid Radio Art Performance
By Aliyah Aziz
February 21, 2026, 7:00 pm
Café service available at 6 pm.
In-Person at NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario, Canada.
Online audiences register in advance for access.
Tickets $15
“Sandpaper hammock” is from a multimedia performance series by Aliyah Aziz that utilizes the sounds of electromagnetic frequencies, video signal, feedback, and vocal looping. Custom-made instrumentation techniques and probes allow Aziz to draw out sounds from old CRT monitors, a camera, and other electric signals.
The performance will start at 7 pm for both in-person and online audiences. Café will be open at 6 pm for vegan meals and gluten-free baked goods.
Art's Birthday Sound Art Jam
January 17, 2026 to January 17, 2022
In-Person at NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario, Canada
FREE
Come celebrate Art's Birthday with NAISA by participating in an indoor and outdoor sound art jam. Bring something that makes sound, or something you can use to strum or make percussive sounds on the Decomposing Piano. All experience levels welcome. The jam will be shared on the Art's Birthday Mesh Network, connecting with Art's Birthday celebrations happening around the world. And yes, there will be cake!
Art’s Birthday is an annual exchange art event celebrated internationally by the arts community. Happy 1,000,063rd Birthday, Art!
January 17, 2026 to January 17, 2022
In-Person at NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario, Canada
FREE
Come celebrate Art's Birthday with NAISA by participating in an indoor and outdoor sound art jam. Bring something that makes sound, or something you can use to strum or make percussive sounds on the Decomposing Piano. All experience levels welcome. The jam will be shared on the Art's Birthday Mesh Network, connecting with Art's Birthday celebrations happening around the world. And yes, there will be cake!
Art’s Birthday is an annual exchange art event celebrated internationally by the arts community. Happy 1,000,063rd Birthday, Art!
Sandpaper Hammock
Hybrid Radio Art Performance
By Aliyah Aziz
February 21, 2026, 7:00 pm
Café service available at 6 pm.
In-Person at NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario, Canada.
Online audiences register in advance for access.
Tickets $15
“Sandpaper hammock” is from a multimedia performance series by Aliyah Aziz that utilizes the sounds of electromagnetic frequencies, video signal, feedback, and vocal looping. Custom-made instrumentation techniques and probes allow Aziz to draw out sounds from old CRT monitors, a camera, and other electric signals.
The performance will start at 7 pm for both in-person and online audiences. Café will be open at 6 pm for vegan meals and gluten-free baked goods.
Hybrid Radio Art Performance
By Aliyah Aziz
February 21, 2026, 7:00 pm
Café service available at 6 pm.
In-Person at NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario, Canada.
Online audiences register in advance for access.
Tickets $15
“Sandpaper hammock” is from a multimedia performance series by Aliyah Aziz that utilizes the sounds of electromagnetic frequencies, video signal, feedback, and vocal looping. Custom-made instrumentation techniques and probes allow Aziz to draw out sounds from old CRT monitors, a camera, and other electric signals.
The performance will start at 7 pm for both in-person and online audiences. Café will be open at 6 pm for vegan meals and gluten-free baked goods.