Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) launches the 28th edition of the Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art with summer-long events that opneinteractive exhibitions as well as the four day Sound Travels Intensive coinciding with World Listening Day on July 18. The festival opens on June 6 at 7 pm EDT with a Pride Concert. Featured is a performance by Kat Estacio as well as The Elemental Trilogy by Barry Truax, who recently was awarded the Order of Canada. The concert will be in-person and livestreamed with a Q&A component.
Sound Travels Pride Concert
In-Person and Online Performance presented in association with Almagiun Pride
June 6, 2026 at 7 pm Doors open at 6 pm for Vegan meals, Gluten Free Baked Goods and a special video screening
In-Person at NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario, Canada.
Online audiences register in advance for access.
Tickets $15
In-Person and Online Performance presented in association with Almagiun Pride
June 6, 2026 at 7 pm Doors open at 6 pm for Vegan meals, Gluten Free Baked Goods and a special video screening
In-Person at NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario, Canada.
Online audiences register in advance for access.
Tickets $15
The Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art opens on June 6 at 7 pm EDT with a Pride Concert. Featured is a performance by Kat Estacio as well as The Elemental Trilogy by Barry Truax, who recently was awarded the Order of Canada. The concert will be in-person and livestreamed with a Q&A component.
Androgyne, Mon Amour by Barry Truax will be screened in the workshop studio before the concert from 6 to 7 pm and played online after the concert.
Androgyne, Mon Amour by Barry Truax will be screened in the workshop studio before the concert from 6 to 7 pm and played online after the concert.
Waterscape
By Lina Choi
June 11 to September 14, 2026. Open 10 am to 4 pm Thursday to Monday
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
Waterscape is a sound sculpture by Lina Choi that produces water-like sounds through small motor-driven devices. Each element creates subtle drops and flows, forming an evolving, immersive sound environment.
Inspired by the movement of water, the work reinterprets these rhythms through mechanical systems, blurring the line between natural and artificial. The surrounding sounds invite listeners to slow down and experience a shifting sonic landscape.
By Lina Choi
June 11 to September 14, 2026. Open 10 am to 4 pm Thursday to Monday
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
Waterscape is a sound sculpture by Lina Choi that produces water-like sounds through small motor-driven devices. Each element creates subtle drops and flows, forming an evolving, immersive sound environment.
Inspired by the movement of water, the work reinterprets these rhythms through mechanical systems, blurring the line between natural and artificial. The surrounding sounds invite listeners to slow down and experience a shifting sonic landscape.
Lina Choi is a Montreal-based artist working with sound, installation, and performance. Her practice explores the relationship between water, sound, and the body through immersive and meditative environments. Drawing from field recordings and experimental sound processes, she creates works that evoke fluidity, memory, and sensory experience.
Voice of the Water
Interactive Installation
By Eric Powell
Ongoing, Thursday to Monday, 10 am to 4 pm
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
Voice of the Water is an interactive rotary telephone-based listening station. Using sounds collected from inside the lakes and rivers around South River, Voice of the Water encourages listeners to connect with the local waterways as they explore the boundaries and overlaps between planes of existence. The Artist's goal is to create a venue for contemplation, catharsis, and a deeper engagement with the surrounding environment
Interactive Installation
By Eric Powell
Ongoing, Thursday to Monday, 10 am to 4 pm
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
Voice of the Water is an interactive rotary telephone-based listening station. Using sounds collected from inside the lakes and rivers around South River, Voice of the Water encourages listeners to connect with the local waterways as they explore the boundaries and overlaps between planes of existence. The Artist's goal is to create a venue for contemplation, catharsis, and a deeper engagement with the surrounding environment