Patchbay presents a multisensory print-project by Doug Tewksbury and Laine Groeneweg. Printing with conductive inks, Tewksbury and Groeneweg’s works on paper are offered as interactive surfaces to generate sound through touch. Named after the hardware hub used to connect audio outputs with the printed works on display, Tewksbury and Groeneweg’s project exemplifies the exciting potential in creative collaboration to transcend traditional media boundaries and imagine new ways of connection through artistic experience.
Doug Tewksbury is a multi-media artist, curator and musician based in Hamilton, ON, working with images, sound, photo/video, electronics, coding, sculpture, and field recordings among other media. He has developed works for numerous museums, galleries and public spaces in Canada and internationally in the United States including the Art Gallery of Hamilton; Hamilton Supercrawl, Artpark, Lewsiton, NY; and the Sarasota Art Museum in FL. He has been selected for residencies or fellowships at The Arctic Circle Residency, The Banff Centre, the University of California – Irvine, McMaster University, and others. He is a Fulbright Fellowship alumnus. Alongside his independent artistic practice, Tewksbury is also a Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Niagara University in Lewiston, NY.
Laine Groeneweg is a Hamilton-based artist, collaborator, and educator. Groeneweg has worked extensively as a technician, teacher and collaborative printmaker at nationally-renowned printmaking studios including Open Studio in Toronto and Centre[3] in Hamilton before founding Smokestack Studio in 2013. In his personal artistic practice, Groeneweg’s commitment to experimentation in analog print disciplines has incorporated a wide variety of print techniques through projects that demonstrate an equally wide range of subjects. His print works have been presented in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and internationally in the United States, Italy, Spain, India, Mexico, Belgium, Taiwan, and Russia.
