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Exhibitions
On now
Desert Rose
Tyne Gordon
13 June to 02 August
Past
B42040A1A1A
Luke Willis Thompson
18 April to 31 May
Another School
Lee Richardson
13 February to 29 March
25
Star Walker: The Physics Room Annual Fundraiser
Supported by Fraser Flynn
05 December to 12 December 2025
The Crystal Palace
Ilish Thomas
31 October to 30 November 2025
09 07 25
Aidan Taira Geraghty and Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence
29 August to 19 October 2025
Bootleg
Abigail Aroha Jensen and Tamsen Hopkinson
05 July to 24 August 2025
OFFSITE: IN/DIGITAL SPACES
Bea Gladding, Janaye Henry, Nicholas Ahu Gartner, and protectionspell
07 June to 21 June 2025
Te oorokohanga mai o te tangi o te mooteatea
Ngamako Rota
23 May to 29 June 2025
Dalosa, Lafo & Iva
Lolani Dalosa, Ma'alo Lafo and Axel Iva
28 March to 18 May 2025
Blank Banquet
Joel Cocks and Tarren Johnson
01 February to 16 March 2025
24
The Physics Room Annual Fundraiser
2024
09 December to 15 December 2024
Body of Remembering / WHO CALLS ME ON WHEN NO ONE IS HOME
Ella Rerekura
30 November to 30 November 2024
Yawning at the Fray
Ruby Chang-Jet White and Steven Park
26 October to 08 December 2024
Off the mark(ings)
Etanah Lalau-Talapa
07 September to 20 October 2024
OFFSITE: A fire that blackened the rocks
Conor Clarke, Eleanor Cooper, Kate Te Ao
03 August to 19 September 2024
Homing Instinct
Ananta Thitanat, Ari Angkasa, Kahurangiariki Smith with Buntheun Oung, Dieneke Jansen
19 July to 01 September 2024
Like a broth, like a cure
Aroha Novak, Sriwhana Spong and George Watson
31 May to 14 July 2024
Distance is a blade
Akil Ahamat, Olyvia Hong and Yumoi Zheng
04 April to 19 May 2024
I’m so into you
Laila Majid, Dayle Palfreyman and Peng Zuqiang
01 February to 28 March 2024
23
My throat/a shelter
Selina Ershadi and James Tapsell-Kururangi
27 October to 10 December 2023
I am a salt lake
Ana Iti
09 September to 22 October 2023
ㅁ: each mouthful a comma or period
Min-Young Her
01 September to 01 September 2023
Like water by water
Carol Anne Bauer, Dilohana Lekamge, Fiona Pardington, Suji Park
12 August to 03 September 2023
Te puku o te taniwha
Aj Fata, Kahurangiariki Smith and Tyrone Te Waa
04 August to 03 September 2023
The air, like a stone
Emma Fitts and Rosalind Nashashibi
16 June to 30 July 2023
Objects in Practice
Yona Lee
28 April to 11 June 2023
Backdirt
Priscilla Rose Howe and Daniel John Corbett Sanders
09 March to 21 April 2023
Te Hā
Megan Brady, Kiringāua Cassidy, D Harding, Ruby Mae Hinepunui Solly, Areta Wilkinson
27 January to 03 March 2023
22
the way things are
brunelle dias
29 October to 11 December 2022
KALOUGATA: under the earth
Jahra Wasasala
24 September to 23 October 2022
The moon and the pavement
Teresa Collins, Yukari Kaihori, Susu, and Sam Towse
12 August to 18 September 2022
PAKANGA FOR THE LOSTGIRL
Heidi Brickell
05 August to 18 September 2022
Perhaps she comes from/to_Alang
林安琪 Anchi Lin (Ciwas Tahos)
23 June to 10 July 2022
Invasive weeds
Hana Pera Aoake, Wesley John Fourie, Taarn Scott
23 June to 31 July 2022
Te Whakawhitinga
Jeremy Leatinuʻu
29 April to 12 June 2022
Kāpuia ngā aho 單絲不綫
Wai Ching Chan and Tessa Ma'auga
12 March to 24 April 2022
For the feral splendour
Owen Connors, Laura Duffy, and Aliyah Winter
29 January to 06 March 2022
21
Spirit Ether
Xi Li 李曦
26 November to 27 November 2021
World made of steel, made of stone
Honey Brown, Josephine Jelicich, Deborah Rundle, Isabel Wadeson-Lee, and Daegan Wells
06 November to 12 December 2021
iLakolako ni weniqia: A Veiqia Project exhibition
The Veiqia Project
25 September to 31 October 2021
Surfacing
Emily Parr
31 July to 19 September 2021
Light enough to read by
Fiona Connor, Lucy Skaer, Rachel Shearer and Cathy Livermore
11 June to 25 July 2021
Heavy trees, arms and legs
Nicola Farquhar and Sorawit Songsataya
24 April to 18 July 2021
Bedrock
Emerita Baik, Maia McDonald, and Nââwié Tutugoro
15 April to 30 May 2021
Shelter House
Grace Crothall
27 February to 04 April 2021
Monitor 3.1
with new commission by Qianye Lin and Qianhe 'AL' Lin
30 January to 21 February 2021
20
Monitor 3.0
with new commission by Min-Young Her and Orissa Keane
12 December 2020 to 24 January 2021
TA'AI
Nina Oberg Humphries
17 October to 29 November 2020
Room to breathe: Ka tau hā te mauri
Martin Awa Clarke Langdon with collaborators
29 August to 11 October 2020
Kiosk: Directors' Commentary
Eddie Clemens
11 July to 23 August 2020
Domino Domino
Daniel Shaskey, Luke Shaw, and Phoebe Hinchliff
20 May to 05 July 2020
Open Online
The Physics Room
26 March to 20 May 2020
SILVERCITY
Mark Schroder
15 February to 28 June 2020
The Shouting Valley: Interrogating the Borders Between Us
Cushla Donaldson, Hoda Afshar, Jun Yang, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, and Shahriar Asdollah-Zadeh
29 January to 15 March 2020
19
A response to Sympathetic Resonance
Daniel Shaskey, Luke Shaw, and Phoebe Hinchliff
19 October 2019 to 09 February 2020
Two Oceans at Once
Rhea Maheshwari, Skawennati, and Kahurangiariki Smith
03 October to 17 November 2019
Timely Additions
A partnership between the Eastern Southland Gallery and The Physics Room
28 September to 01 December 2019
A Wandering Thing
Sophie Bannan and Joshua Harris-Harding
08 August to 15 September 2019
Spontaneous Intentionality
Tuafale Tanoa'i
11 July to 04 August 2019
The Freedom of the Migrant
Matthew Galloway
16 May to 30 June 2019
SAVAGE IN THE GARDEN
Tanu Gago
04 April to 12 May 2019
Hey māmā, come play with me
Turumeke Harrington
21 February to 31 March 2019
Dead Reckoning
Megan Brady and Oliver Perkins
17 January to 17 February 2019
18
Transit Through Handshake
An exhibition by Isabelle Sully accompanied by Valentina Curandi and Anna Daučíková
29 November to 23 December 2018
The Romantic Picturesque: The Postcard Trilogy
Christopher Ulutupu
01 November to 25 November 2018
Synthetic Baby
Biljana Popovic
27 September to 28 October 2018
(Un)conditional V
Ana Iti, Clara Wells, Kerry Ann Lee, Miranda Parkes, and Tim McLaughlin
09 September to 21 October 2018
Games and Politics
An interactive exhibition by the Goethe-Institut, in cooperation with ZKM | Center for Art and Media
16 August to 23 September 2018
(Un)conditional IV
Eve Armstrong, John Vea, and Mike Hewson
05 August to 31 August 2018
(Un)conditional III
Cushla Donaldson & Ayesha Green at Melbourne Art Fair
02 August to 05 August 2018
Prospecting
Wendelien Bakker
05 July to 05 August 2018
Are you being looked after?
Ōtautahi Kōrerotia
28 May to 24 June 2018
Innocent Bystanders
Julia Harvie, Kosta Bogoievski, Josie Archer, David Huggins. Curated by Khye Hitchcock
02 May to 19 May 2018
(Un)conditional I
Ana Iti, Clara Wells, Kerry Ann Lee, Miranda Parkes, and Tim McLaughlin
05 April to 29 April 2018
(Un)conditional II
Ayesha Green, Cushla Donaldson, Eve Armstrong, Gabby O'Connor, & Rob Hood
18 March to 27 May 2018
(Un)conditional I
Ayesha Green, Cushla Donaldson, Eve Armstrong, Gabby O'Connor, John Vea, Mike Hewson, Rob Hood
01 March to 31 March 2018
Gas
Mark Harvey in collaboration with Shaun Hendy
18 January to 18 February 2018
17
Salt of the Earth: A Temporary Public Artwork
Melissa Macleod
05 December to 18 December 2017
Property is Theft!
Reuben Moss
25 November to 24 December 2017
Kaitani Curated by Ema Tavola
Featuring the University of Canterbury Fijian Students Association and Kulimoe’anga 'Stone' Maka
25 November to 24 December 2017
Surplus Reality
Nova Paul
13 October to 19 November 2017
Dossier:
A working archival exhibition celebrating two decades of The Physics Room
13 October to 19 November 2017
Share / Cheat / Unite
An exhibition developed in conversation between The Physics Room and Te Tuhi
02 September to 08 October 2017
Still, Like Air, I'll Rise
Hannah Brontë, Skawennati, Esther Ige, Lisa Reihana, Salote Tawale, Leafa Wilson & Olga Krause
22 July to 27 August 2017
Fffuture Fffocused Art Prize
Riff Raff
17 June to 16 July 2017
Surplus Reality
Nova Paul
06 May to 11 June 2017
Westerlund 2
Hannah Beehre
06 May to 11 June 2017
Monuments and other reminders
Reuben Moss
30 March to 30 April 2017
A line that was not
Mikaela Marshall
30 March to 30 April 2017
Like stepping from concrete to carpet
Charlotte Drayton
18 February to 26 March 2017
16
Beyond Exhausted
Matthew Galloway, 3-ply and Caitlin Patane
19 November to 23 December 2016
The Wits' End
Ben Clement
08 October to 12 November 2016
Passionate Instincts
Curated by Henry Davidson, Khye Hitchcock, Emma Ng, and Ted Whitaker
08 October to 12 November 2016
Pillow Torque
Lauren Burrow & George Egerton-Warburton
27 August to 01 October 2016
Seki
Lana Lopesi
27 August to 01 October 2016
Brick Fall, Glass Wall
Amy Howden-Chapman
16 July to 20 August 2016
PLACEHOLDER
Brian Fuata
16 July to 20 August 2016
A-Library residency
Beth Caird
16 July to 20 August 2016
Ōtākaro
Bridget Reweti & Terri Te Tau
04 June to 09 July 2016
International Foodcourt/Global Classic
Annie Mackenzie & Dave Marshall
04 June to 09 July 2016
limbic bait
James Oram
04 June to 09 July 2016
Dilutions and Infinitesimals
Sonya Lacey
30 April to 28 May 2016
They say this island changes shape
Eleanor Cooper
30 April to 28 May 2016
"you are an alien too"
George Watson
30 April to 28 May 2016
Woahmanchester (A Road Movie of Intrepid Dimensions)
All the Cunning Stunts
24 March to 23 April 2016
Urban Aspiration
Curated by Vera Mey
19 March to 23 April 2016
La nuda vida
Peter Wareing
05 February to 12 March 2016
Kelekele mo'ui
Kalisolaite 'Uhila
05 February to 12 March 2016
15
Meine Bilder
Zac Langdon-Pole
05 December 2015 to 30 January 2016
The Dairy Project
Signe Rose & Sorawit Songsataya
05 December 2015 to 09 January 2016
Open Book
Coordinated by Shelley Jacobson
05 December 2015 to 30 January 2016
the blue-grey wall
Curated by Barbara Sirieix
21 October to 28 November 2015
Silicon-dry computer systems and wet, living biologies
Hana Aoake
21 October to 28 November 2015
Christchurch Poster Project
Newspaper Reading Club
08 September to 08 October 2015
Embodying the archive
Curated by Anneke Jaspers & Melanie Oliver
05 September to 10 October 2015
Persistency
Curated by Melanie Oliver
25 July to 29 August 2015
To Voice (發聲) Introducing Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement (2014)
Curated by Sampson Wong
25 July to 29 August 2015
Hardboiled city
Christopher L G Hill & Francesco Pedraglio
13 June to 18 July 2015
loca projects / rehearsal
David Clegg
13 June to 29 August 2015
I'm sorry I can't go any faster
Michael Lee & Zak Penney
02 May to 06 June 2015
Thinking Feeling
Curated by Paula Booker
02 May to 06 June 2015
Pro-Form: The Performance of Running in Place
Vanessa Preston
02 May to 06 June 2015
CERA (Community Environment Relevance Activities)
Dawson Clutterbuck
28 March to 25 April 2015
While you were sleeping
Zoe Crook
28 March to 25 April 2015
Field recordings
Simon Ingram, Patrick Lundberg, Raewyn Martyn
21 February to 21 March 2015
Interference
Francis van Hout
21 February to 21 March 2015
14
One does not pet a rattlesnake until it has been defanged
Tim Wagg
13 December 2014 to 15 February 2015
Stars Rocked
Fantasing
13 December 2014 to 15 February 2015
Thinking about building
Curated by Melanie Oliver
25 October to 07 December 2014
Sports Jacket for Marlow Moss
Emma Fitts
25 October to 07 December 2014
Variables and binaries
Ash Kilmartin
30 August to 12 October 2014
Dowsing Schools: Preliminary Findings and Corresponding Survey Kit
James Beckett
30 August to 12 October 2014
(Graphic) Design School School
Luke Wood & Brad Haylock
14 July to 24 August 2014
Cones of Possibilities & Impossibilities
Pauline Rhodes
07 June to 12 July 2014
The Periphery State
Liv Worsnop
07 June to 12 July 2014
Art and Social Change Research Project: Delhi Residency, 2013
Curated by Mercedes Vicente
17 April to 01 June 2014
Towards doing more
Shannon Te Ao
08 March to 13 April 2014
The day is a fume
Curated by Elle Loui August
01 February to 02 March 2014
13
An unbearded, athletic youth
Ella Sutherland
23 November to 22 December 2013
RASEN KAIGAN: The Spiral Shore
Lieko Shiga
11 October to 17 November 2013
Supply + Demand
David Bennewith, Robert Hood, Amy Howden-Chapman, Anja Kirschner & David Panos, Kim Paton
31 August to 06 October 2013
Hit me with your best shot
Janet Lilo
26 July to 25 August 2013
S/F project
With Xin Cheng, Michael Parr, Blaine Western
22 June to 21 July 2013
The Quarry
Gavin Hipkins
18 May to 16 June 2013
The Mallarmé Suite
Kim Pieters
20 April to 12 May 2013
Shadow is shade
Kirstin Carlin & Emma Fitts
20 April to 12 May 2013
iTrash/ youTrash/ weTrash
Karin Hofko
15 March to 14 April 2013
YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT YOU
Agatha Gothe-Snape
15 March to 14 April 2013
neither a window, opening or wall
Blaine Western & Michael Parr
16 February to 12 September 2013
World, Business, Lifestyle, Sport
Louise Menzies
13 February to 10 March 2013
12
company
Blaine Western & Michael Parr
08 December 2012 to 19 January 2013
Antipodal
Murray Hewitt
20 November to 09 December 2012
New Super Turbo Warriors
Toshi Endo
17 October to 16 November 2012
Lines of Flight
Curated by Peter Stapleton & Peter Porteous
02 October to 12 October 2012
F&SS
Fiona Connor, Gilbert May & collaborators
24 August to 27 September 2012
White Fungus
Wang Fujui
18 August to 23 August 2012
Melbourne Art Fair
Simon Lawrence
01 August to 05 August 2012
HADHAD
Sean Grattan
27 July to 10 August 2012
Port/ Starboard
Billy Apple & Inhouse
03 July to 21 July 2012
Local Edition: 25.07.12
Louise Menzies
25 June to 26 June 2012
Autoxylopyrocycloboros
Simon Starling
23 May to 23 June 2012
Measure the city with the body
Curated by Stephen Cleland
04 April to 19 May 2012
Song and Dance
Sean Kerr
03 March to 24 March 2012
11
Light Wave
Fiona Gilmore (with Amelia Holmes) presents John Ward Knox
28 September to 07 October 2011
Measure the city with the body
Curated by Stephen Cleland - ST Paul St
25 August to 23 September 2011
hyper/links
André Hemer
26 January to 27 February 2011
Bok
Seung Yul Oh
26 January to 27 February 2011
10
Dancing Celestial
Sriwhana Spong
17 November to 19 December 2010
Scheduled Entertainment
Geoffrey Heath
17 November to 19 December 2010
Personal Effects
Mike Boulden
25 September to 07 November 2010
Humans
Simon Lawrence
25 September to 07 November 2010
Staging Space
William Hsu, Patrick Lundberg and Layla Rudneva-Mackay
25 August to 19 September 2010
French Dressing
Geoff Newton
14 July to 15 August 2010
Studio of Exhaustion
Judy Darragh
05 June to 04 July 2010
Game Face
James Oram
05 June to 14 July 2010
Théâtre de Poche Revisited
Amit Charan
03 June to 28 June 2010
Making things clear
Sonya Lacey
21 April to 23 May 2010
After
Eve Armstrong
21 April to 23 May 2010
Nature Morte
Roger Boyce & Marie-Claire Brehaut
10 March to 11 April 2010
W.T.F.: Agaz
Sanjay Theodore
10 March to 11 April 2010
Towards a Cinema of Pure Means
Marco Fusinato, Bruce Russell & Adam Willetts
27 January to 28 February 2010
09
C.L.U.E. (Color Location Ultimate Experience)
robbinschilds & A.L. Steiner
25 November to 20 December 2009
A GREAT PLACE FOR BOATS EXCEPT ...DURING S.W. WINDS
XXXXX XXXXXXXX
21 October to 15 November 2009
yellow/gold
Justin Kerr
21 October to 15 November 2009
DANCE, SONS AND DAUGHTERS, DANCE! THE FUTURE IS OURS TO SHAPE AND MOLD!
Colby Bird, Rashawn Griffin, Leigh Ledare, Mads Lynnerup and Wu Ingrid Tsang
16 September to 11 October 2009
Physics is Pâté
Ms. & Mr.
16 September to 11 October 2009
L-shaped counter
Georgie Hill
12 August to 06 September 2009
Dear Paul...
Paul Johns
12 August to 06 September 2009
Infinity of wind muskets
Matthew Shannon
08 July to 05 August 2009
Wrecked Pathological Stimulus Soap Rotational Vacuum Idle Earth Manifold Detergent Runtime Dada Glue
Robert Hood
08 July to 05 August 2009
Théâtre de Poche
Aurélien Froment
03 June to 28 June 2009
The New Honesty: a critique of the Retreat
g. bridle
03 June to 28 June 2009
Cool Water Woman
Anya Henis
29 April to 24 May 2009
The risk of it all falling apart
Zina Swanson
29 April to 24 May 2009
Article 27
Curated by Richard Dale
25 March to 19 April 2009
B-Sides & Demos
Tony de Lautour
18 February to 15 March 2009
Speaking in Ramas
Kirstin Carlin and Krystie Wade
18 February to 15 March 2009
2008 National Drawing Award
New Zealand
21 January to 07 February 2009
08
Dinner Party
Oli Perkins
03 December to 20 December 2008
BASIS
Emma Fitts
03 December to 20 December 2008
Yellow Grotto
Richard Maloy
29 October to 22 November 2008
If I was a river
Hamish Palmer
29 October to 22 November 2008
the incompleteness theorem
Peter Trevelyan
19 September to 18 October 2008
MY EYES KEEP ME IN TROUBLE
Group Show
20 August to 13 September 2008
Twin Peaks
Brenda Nightingale
16 July to 09 August 2008
SI C'EST (IF IT IS)
Fiona Amundsen & Tim Corballis
16 July to 09 August 2008
The 3rd Artist’s Film Festival
Curated by Paula Booker
04 June to 07 June 2008
klunk, clomp, aaugh!
Sean Kerr
14 May to 05 June 2008
screening room / exhibition space C
Fiona Connor
07 May to 31 May 2008
The Water Show
Group Show
07 May to 31 May 2008
Welcome to the jungle
Richard Orjis
02 April to 26 April 2008
King Tides Rising
Pauline Rhodes
01 April to 26 April 2008
Another Lovely Daze
Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen
23 February to 22 March 2008
A Geekosystem
Adam Hyde, Julian Priest and David Merritt
23 February to 22 March 2008
Props Room Configuration #2: Hollywood Regency
Erica van Zon
23 January to 16 February 2008
Stay down
James Oram
23 January to 16 February 2008
07
Colonial Atmospheres
Mladen Bizumic
15 November to 15 December 2007
Gestapo Pussy Ranch
Dan Arps
15 November to 15 December 2007
A way of considering two things together
Simon Wachsmuth
10 October to 03 November 2007
Precious Little
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard : Curated by Louise Garrett
05 September to 29 September 2007
TTOMMORROWW WILL BE DIFFERENT
Matthew Griffin
28 July to 25 August 2007
yeah yeah yeah
Jon Campbell
28 July to 25 August 2007
Strands, Clumps
Nick Austin
27 June to 21 July 2007
Earth Works
Daniel Malone
27 June to 21 July 2007
Scene for New Heritage Trilogy
David Maljkovic
23 May to 16 June 2007
TWONE
Sriwhana Spong & Kate Newby
23 May to 16 June 2007
Zina Swanson
Zina Swanson
18 April to 12 May 2007
Guidance
Sarah Jane Parton
18 April to 12 May 2007
path of the path
Simon Lawrence
15 March to 07 April 2007
Centre of Gravity and Beyond
Eddie Clemens
15 March to 07 April 2007
Siren
Gerard Donaldson
07 February to 03 March 2007
Feel Every Beat
Kit Lawrence
07 February to 03 March 2007
06
National Drawing Award 2006
Various artists
02 December 2006 to 27 January 2007
Sweet Punch
Group Show Curated by Emma Bugden
25 October to 25 November 2006
Calling New Age Power (remix)
Robert Hood
27 September to 21 October 2006
Our Moment Together
Marnie Slater
07 September to 21 October 2006
Landscape Portrait
Clare Noonan
23 August to 16 September 2006
Undoing what is riveted. See river.
Fiona Jack & Dee Williams
23 August to 16 September 2006
Homecoming
Louise Menzies
19 July to 12 August 2006
archive destruct: Christchurch 2006
David Clegg
19 July to 12 August 2006
Dirt Work
Daniel du Bern
14 June to 08 July 2006
Upping the Anti
Kain Picken & Rob McKenzie with Claire Fontaine & Food Not Bombs
14 June to 08 July 2006
welcome home my beautiful optimist
Bekah Carran
11 May to 03 June 2006
KIOSK: Modes of Multiplication
Compiled by Christoph Keller
11 May to 03 June 2006
Awesome
Ayşe Erkmen
01 April to 29 April 2006
Super Natural
Curated by Emily Cormack
01 March to 25 March 2006
Family First
Curated by Mark Feary
25 January to 18 February 2006
05
Mixed Blood and Migratory Paths
Kate Beynon
01 November to 03 December 2005
He knew something was up. He could smell it!
Sam Eng
28 September to 22 October 2005
The Sumidero Canyon
Kaleb Bennett
28 September to 22 October 2005
WE ARE HOUSED (in and around all of this stuff)
Alicia Frankovich
24 August to 17 September 2005
Painting Projects 2000-2005
Simon Morris
24 August to 17 September 2005
Arranging Sympathies
Simon Denny
20 July to 13 August 2005
Present Surface of Tell
Dane Mitchell
20 July to 13 August 2005
In Between
Richard Lewer
15 June to 09 July 2005
Once Upon A Time
Sara Givins, Jacquelyn Greenbank and Rachel Brown
15 June to 09 July 2005
All We Have Is Now
Kim Paton
11 May to 04 June 2005
BYO Music
Richard Reddaway
11 May to 04 June 2005
breathing space
Curated by The Physics Room
06 April to 30 April 2005
Trunk Rock III
Terry Urbahn
02 March to 24 March 2005
THE ICON 500
Wayne Youle
02 March to 24 March 2005
Polar Projects
Philip Dadson
19 January to 19 February 2005
04
National Drawing Award
Award Exhibition
02 November to 18 December 2004
Invisible Cities
Alex Monteith
06 October to 30 October 2004
Interior World
Séraphine Pick & Oli Perkins
06 October to 30 October 2004
Dr Don: or how I learned to stop worrying and love Helen
Scott Flanagan
01 September to 25 September 2004
Cuz
Natalie Robertson
01 September to 25 September 2004
rear window
Emily Harris, Gala Kirke, Richard Lewer
07 August to 27 August 2004
'Perseverance'
Lee Campbell, Alexander Costello, Sonia Bruce
08 July to 31 July 2004
An Automatic Welcome
Iain Cheesman
08 June to 03 July 2004
Humiliation IQ
Michael Morley
08 June to 03 July 2004
Joanna Langford
Joanna Langford
07 May to 29 May 2004
Tomorrow Never Knows
Stella Brennan
07 May to 29 May 2004
Much Like a Traveller
Karin van Roosmalen
06 April to 01 May 2004
Dear Victoria
Victoria Bell & Victoria Edwards
06 April to 01 May 2004
Robin Neate
Robin Neate
02 March to 27 March 2004
PROJEKT
Curated by Brendan Lee
02 March to 27 March 2004
Falling Free
Curated by Jae Hoon Lee
27 January to 21 February 2004
03
108- Walking Through Tokyo
Sarah Peebles & Christie Pearson
02 December 2003 to 17 January 2004
Time Trials
Fiona Amundsen
02 December 2003 to 17 January 2004
No Exit, Part 2
Ronnie Van Hout
28 October to 22 November 2003
twilight
Nathan Thompson
23 September to 18 October 2003
Para
Richard Wearn
23 September to 18 October 2003
Audible New Frontiers
Group Show
19 August to 13 September 2003
Push the Button
Group Show
15 July to 09 August 2003
The Loni and Roni Show
Lonnie Hutchinson & Veronica Vaevae
03 June to 05 July 2003
A Constructed World
A Constructed World: Jacqueline Riva and Geoff Lowe
29 April to 24 May 2003
her dissatisfaction_
Rudolf Boelee and others
25 March to 20 April 2003
No Direct Line From My Brain To My Heart
Drawings by Eight Artists
21 February to 15 March 2003
Through my repeated attempts to repair the window, I have developed pneumonia
Robert Hood and Simon Lawrence
15 January to 08 February 2003
Mouth to Mouth: A Phonetic Attraction
Kathleen Peacock
15 January to 08 February 2003
02
Lift
Katharina Jaeger
20 November to 21 December 2002
amoebase and crystalline matter
Lyndal Jefferies
20 November to 21 December 2002
Hacker 1
Georgiana Morrison
16 October to 09 November 2002
go out, go on, go elsewhere
Heimo Lattner
16 October to 09 November 2002
Dream / Wachseins
Eva-Maria Gaub
04 September to 05 October 2002
PHY09.02
Hannah and Aaron Beehre
04 September to 05 October 2002
The Black Maria
Nathan Coley
04 September to 05 October 2002
Sensible
Susan Ballard
17 July to 10 August 2002
[phage]
Mary Flanagan
17 July to 10 August 2002
Bombs Away
Curated by Sophie Jerram
12 June to 06 July 2002
Open Home Hamper
Mark Harvey
11 May to 01 June 2002
Eye Witness Frenzy: Rich and Fabulous
Deej Fabrye & Elvis Richardson
11 May to 01 June 2002
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
Douglas Rex Kelaher
10 April to 03 May 2002
Beautiful Stranger
Curated by Mitch Robertson
10 April to 01 June 2002
Reading
Juan Rubén Reyes
27 February to 28 March 2002
Without Parachute
Ruth Watson
26 February to 28 March 2002
One Only
Fiona Davies
30 January to 22 February 2002
A Painting and A Sculpture
Curated by Nicolas Chambers
30 January to 22 February 2002
01
This Lifeless Box May Be Full Of Energy Garry Arthur, Christchurch Press, 13 Aug. 1981
Paul Johns
05 December 2001 to 01 January 2002
The Dinner
Fiona Gunn & Chris Cree Brown
05 December 2001 to 01 January 2002
Flutter
Susan Jowsey
07 November to 29 November 2001
OBJECTion
Curated by Tim Silver & Russell Storer
07 November to 29 November 2001
Tomorrow People
Tessa Laird & Joyce Campbell
26 September to 27 October 2001
Recreation
Paula Collier
22 August to 08 September 2001
Risky Business
Dane Mitchell
22 August to 08 September 2001
A Good Tradition Well Maintained
Marcus Moore
22 August to 08 September 2001
Real Danger
Alex Gawronski
18 July to 11 August 2001
pHonic
Curated by R A D I O Q U A L I A
18 July to 11 August 2001
Thrash
Curated by Emma Bugden
28 June to 28 July 2001
Gleam
Curated by Chris Chapman
30 May to 30 June 2001
From Below
Sera Jensen & Brendan Lee
03 May to 20 May 2001
TAKE OUT (Sugar Takes Out Candy)
Julaine Stephenson
03 May to 20 May 2001
The Waiting Room
Curated by Instant Coffee and Emma Bugden
28 March to 20 April 2001
The Herbal Mixture
Areta Wilkinson
28 March to 20 April 2001
Cineary
Nathan Pohio
20 February to 17 March 2001
Travel Stories VI
Ina Johann
20 February to 17 March 2001
Epic (2)
Melissa Laing
20 February to 17 March 2001
Shifting Geometries
Liz Coats
17 January to 10 February 2001
Neural Notations
Curated by Donna Leigh Schumacher
17 January to 10 February 2001
00
Untitled (Summer Show)
Ella Reed
13 December to 23 December 2000
Moat
Eddie Clemens
13 December to 23 December 2000
A Winter Garden
Dan Arps
13 December to 23 December 2000
Cars and Houses
Harrell Fletcher
15 November to 18 December 2000
Register / Test Pattern
Leigh Martin
15 November to 18 December 2000
Hossein Valamanesh
Hossein Valamanesh
11 October to 05 November 2000
Bananaconda
Adrian Hall
11 October to 05 November 2000
That's Entertainment
Curated by Sean Kerr
13 September to 06 October 2000
Professional Man
David Clegg
16 August to 08 September 2000
Colonise
Paula Coulthard
16 August to 08 September 2000
The Fountain City
Stella Brennan
16 August to 08 September 2000
Come On In And Close The Door
Phil Price
12 July to 06 August 2000
Are You Experienced
Rubik
12 July to 06 August 2000
Strung: Hickman Vs Grigg
Sarah Minney
07 June to 01 July 2000
Total_World_View
John Fairclough
03 May to 28 May 2000
Pretty Choice Eh?
Tabatha Forbes
03 May to 28 May 2000
Pedestrian
Fiona Amundsen
03 May to 28 May 2000
The Drivers
Curated by Nicholas Spratt
03 May to 28 May 2000
Fact or Fiction: Meditations on Mary Finger
Veevee Palumbo
07 April to 20 April 2000
Piped Music
Adam Willetts
29 March to 20 April 2000
Toxic Gains
Eco Disposal (2000) Ltd
29 March to 20 April 2000
Red Bird Paparazzi
Mitch Robertson
23 February to 18 March 2000
Joyriding In The Land That Time Forgot
KIT
23 February to 18 March 2000
Pearly King Skip Falling
Evelyn Hewlett
19 January to 13 February 2000
Autonomous Action
Curated by Richard Dale
19 January to 13 February 2000
99
Simen Johan
Simen Johan
15 December 1999 to 08 January 2000
Gallery 5
Maddie Leach
14 December to 23 December 1999
Face t0 Face
Sean Kerr
14 December 1999 to 08 January 2000
I Win, You Lose
Gail Haffern
20 November to 10 December 1999
Filter
Eugene Hansen & Marcus Williams
20 November to 10 December 1999
ATTAGIRL
Nicola Jackson
13 October to 24 October 1999
Whisper II - Faint
Vanessa Narbey
13 October to 24 October 1999
In the Shape of a Body
Anne Ferran
13 October to 07 November 1999
Obsession
Megan Dunn
08 September to 19 September 1999
Sunnynook
Geoff Heath & Yvonne Todd
08 September to 08 October 1999
springsummercollection
Layla Rudneva-Mackay
08 September to 08 October 1999
Hi how are you
Andrew McLeod
11 August to 29 August 1999
Über Alles
A. D. Schierning & Daniel Malone
28 July to 29 August 1999
SEMEL INSANIVIMUS OMNES
Mayrose Crook
18 July to 08 August 1999
The End
Lisa Crowley
14 July to 25 July 1999
Avon Calling
Alastair Crawford
30 June to 11 July 1999
Echoes, Ripples, Buzz'd Whispers
Textbase
30 June to 25 July 1999
opacity
Olivia Lory Kay
09 June to 20 June 1999
Concrete Video
Julian Holcroft
26 May to 06 June 1999
Revlon-G
Michael Morley
26 May to 20 June 1999
Kroc
Konstantin Dimopoulos
20 April to 21 May 1999
Autumn Song
John Conomos
20 April to 21 May 1999
G3C
Group 3 Three
31 March to 11 April 1999
Corporeal Sky
Curated by Ed Osborn
17 March to 11 April 1999
Warchitecture
Shaun Oughton
24 February to 07 March 1999
Grunt Machine
Curated by Simon Cuming and Gwynneth Porter
09 February to 21 February 1999
This Time It's Personal
Kirsty Gregg
09 February to 07 March 1999
On Penis Envy and Land Rights
Lionel Budd
16 January to 13 February 1999
At Home
Maddie Leach
16 January to 13 February 1999
98
Lovesongs 'till Midnight
Judy Darragh
19 December 1998 to 10 January 1999
1st Floor Colouring Contest
Group Show
19 December 1998 to 10 January 1999
The Trench
Gavin Hipkins
30 November to 13 December 1998
Louise Palmer
Louise Palmer
14 November to 29 November 1998
Remote
Circuit
10 October to 08 November 1998
Raw Fishes
Group Show
05 September to 05 October 1998
Dog's Progress
Nobuhira Narumi
01 August to 30 August 1998
Avatar
David Haines
28 June to 28 July 1998
Thin Connections
Kevin Sheehan
28 June to 25 July 1998
Enclosure
Anna Sanderson
22 May to 21 June 1998
The Semantic Differential
John Fairclough
18 April to 27 April 1998
Space Invaders
Terrence Handscomb
18 April to 27 April 1998
Health, Housing and Happiness
Ava Seymour
14 March to 12 April 1998
The Karaokes
Co-ordinated by Terry Urbahn
14 March to 12 April 1998
#2 Composite
Kathy Waghorn
07 February to 08 March 1998
Ad Astra
Rachel Logie
07 February to 08 March 1998
97
A Funny Thing Happened
Ronnie Van Hout
13 December 1997 to 11 January 1998
Romeo and Juliet's Bogus Journey
Megan Dunn & David Townsend
13 December 1997 to 11 January 1998
Three Photographers
Ann Shelton & Fiona Amundsen & David Scott
01 November to 30 November 1997
The Unity of Appearance
Lionel Budd
01 October to 31 October 1997
Missing
Mediatrix/Seductor
01 September to 30 September 1997
Siphon
Joyce Hinterding
01 September to 30 September 1997
Hosting
Joyce Campbell & Michael Harrison
01 August to 31 August 1997
Work for the Asian Community
Daniel Malone
01 July to 31 July 1997
Aniwaniwa
Ani O'Neill
01 July to 31 July 1997
3x2 Phil Dadson & Mike Stevenson
Phil Dadson & Mike Stevenson
16 May to 22 June 1997
3x2 Fiona Gunn's Arcanum & Frances Joseph's Attached
Fiona Gunn & Frances Joseph
01 April to 11 May 1997
3x2 Joanne Moar & Jim Speers
Joanne Moar & Jim Speers
01 February to 16 March 1997
96
Monitor
Curated by Sean Kerr
06 December 1996 to 24 January 1997
Scale of Sorrows
Stuart Griffiths & David Watson
01 October to 31 October 1996
Rock Your World
Melissa McLeod
01 September to 30 September 1996
The Crime Show
Curated by The Physics Room
01 July to 31 July 1996
Events
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OPENING: Desert Rose
12 June
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Artist Talk: Luke Willis Thompson
18 April to 18 April
OPENING: B42040A1A1A
17 April
Another School: Closing Celebration
28 March
Night School with Hailey Loman from Los Angeles Contemporary Archive
17 March
Intercom Listening Session with Sara Plusplus from Weather Report
12 March
Laurel Doody Library Supply with Fiona Connor and Tristan Hirsch
11 March
Desktop Screensaver, Beanbag Screensaver with Tom Collins & Carl Lindström
09 March
Printing, teaching, learning with Trent Walter from Negative Press
03 March
Fair Enough Art Book Fair with Linnea Lindgren & Agnes Isabelle Veevo
02 March
Another Picnic at Lincoln University
01 March
Sign-up Sheet with Interlude
01 March
Baking Competition at Lincoln University
27 February
Another Table Launch at Lincoln University
26 February
Table Making and Re-making with Nico B. Young
18 February
Orientation with Lee Richardson
16 February
OPENING: Another School
12 February
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Star Walker: The Physics Room Annual Fundraiser
12 December 2025
Book Launch: Correspondence IV
27 November 2025
Screening Night: Irani Bag کیف ایرانی & Onibaba
19 November 2025
Artist Talk: Ilish Thomas
01 November 2025
OPENING: The Crystal Palace
30 October 2025
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27 September 2025
Performance: Kelly/Shaw
18 September 2025
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28 August 2025
Car Boot Sale with Abigail Aroha Jensen
02 August 2025
Critical Laundering: a roundtable discussion
01 August 2025
Lecture: Billy Tang
31 July 2025
Book Launch: My throat/a shelter
24 July 2025
Curatorial Talk: Bootleg
19 July 2025
OPENING: Bootleg
04 July 2025
Te Reo o te Whakataukī e Hīkoi Ana
19 June 2025
Late night at The Physics Room
19 June 2025
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
18 June to 06 July 2025
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14 June to 15 June 2025
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27 March 2025
Dripfeed.tv Screening Night
19 February 2025
Workshop with Tarren Johnson and Joel Cocks
08 February 2025
Blank Banquet: Performance
05 February 2025
OPENING: Blank Banquet
31 January 2025
The Physics Room Annual Fundraiser 2024
12 December to 15 December 2024
Kōrero & Togetherness Through Craft with Steven Junil Park
07 December 2024
OFFSITE Exhibition: Ella Rerekura
30 November to 30 November 2024
PUKAPUKA CELEBRATION: Ana Iti's What is that salty voice?
07 November 2024
OPENING! Yawning at the Fray
25 October 2024
play_station film festival
10 October 2024
Other tongue 餓 ghost kitchen
03 October to 25 October 2024
Writing Workshop with Cassandra Barnett
28 September 2024
Te Wiki o te reo Māori: Kahurangiariki Smith in digital residence
16 September to 20 September 2024
OPENING! Off the mark(ings)
06 September 2024
Space-Body Entanglement: Film Screening
28 August 2024
The Physics Room at Small Press Fest
17 August 2024
Art, Not Science Episode 62
16 August 2024
Hand Book Launch: Essential for any artist’s toolkit
14 August 2024
LAUNCH EVENT: Correspondence 3.2
24 July 2024
Homing Instinct Opening Day Talks
20 July 2024
Late night with soup & reading
22 June 2024
Samoa House Library X TPR: *Curriculum*
11 May 2024
Interrogating notions of peace: A lecture by Mahdis Azarmandi
13 April 2024
Te Kiekie Writing Workshop 2024
15 March to 16 March 2024
To Resist: A Film Screening
06 March to 06 March 2024
Curator introduction, I'm so into you
02 February to 02 February 2024
Sleepwalker, a live performance
25 January to 25 January 2024
Publication launch: Correspondence 3.1
14 December 2023
The Physics Room Fundraiser 2023
12 December to 16 December 2023
Protest sign making workshop
09 December 2023
Lunchtime artist talk: Selina Ershadi
08 December 2023
Film screening: Jumana Manna, Foragers
07 December 2023
(Artist) Life School: How to pitch to festivals
15 November 2023
Palestinian and Indigenous short film screening
27 October 2023
Ōtautahi Arts Network: Strategies for more accessible communication
25 October 2023
(Artist) Life School: professional practice panel
24 October 2023
(Artist) Life School: Introduction to tech workshop
14 October 2023
Monthly writing and discussion group
19 September 2023
The moon and the pavement publication launch
15 September 2023
What if a taniwha shapeshifted into poi?
18 August to 18 August 2023
Publication launch: Correspondence 2.2
30 July 2023
To read, to listen: an evening event
28 July 2023
(Artist) Life School: How to hold space and speak in public
26 July 2023
Lunchtime artist talk: Emma Fitts
06 July 2023
(Artist) Life School: How to pack and store your art
07 June 2023
Art Publishing in Aotearoa New Zealand
20 May 2023
Queer horizons dance party
22 April 2023
Lunchtime artist talk: Daniel John Corbett Sanders and Priscilla Rose Howe
21 April 2023
(Artist) Life School: Jobs and roles in the art world
19 April 2023
Wā and its counter-colonial possibilities: Implications for the human self: A lecture by Carl Mika
28 January 2023
The 2022 Physics Room Annual Fundraiser
15 December to 18 December 2022
Singing with Practical Intent: a performance lecture by Balamohan Shingade
07 December 2022
Correspondence Issue 2.1 launch
30 November 2022
Andy Butler: Beyond safe white spaces
24 November 2022
KALOUGATA: under the earth Live embodiment
19 October 2022
Audio Description Workshops with Judith Jones
08 October to 09 October 2022
Publication launch: Heavy trees, arms and legs
08 September 2022
(Artist) Life School: Creative Copyright with Karen Workman
25 August 2022
He aha rā te hinengaro?
17 August to 18 August 2022
(Artist) Life School: Marketing Toolkit for Creatives
16 June 2022
Correspondence 1.2 Release
11 June 2022
Whare Tīhau in Te Whakawhitinga
08 June 2022
Wetlands wānanga: ngā taonga mahinga kai
28 April 2022
Kāpuia ngā aho 單絲不綫 kōrero with contributors
19 April 2022
(Artist) Life School: Tax for creatives, with Margot van de Water
31 March 2022
Call for Proposals 2022
16 January 2022
The 2021 Physics Room Annual Fundraiser
13 December to 19 December 2021
Haptic landscapes: Materials, environments, and the Arts and Crafts Movement
04 December 2021
Correspondence Volume One Issue One launch
30 November 2021
(Artist) Life School: How to talk about your work, with Emma Fitts
24 November 2021
Seminar with Luisa Tora the 2021 UC Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies Artist in Residence
14 October 2021
Queer History Series: Through our eyes with an introduction by Luisa Tora and The Death and Life of
06 October 2021
Panel discussion: The Veiqia Project in talanoa
25 September 2021
(Artist) Life School: Budgeting for wellbeing
16 September 2021
Online screening of Moana Calling Me Home
28 August to 29 August 2021
(Artist) Life School: How to write a proposal
22 July 2021
Ko ngā hau me ngā wai: a wānanga with Cathy Livermore
20 July 2021
Talk + art writing situation with Gwynneth Porter
03 July 2021
The light changes: readings by Claudia Jardine and Vana Manasiadis
23 June 2021
Book Launch: Through That Which Separates Us
26 May 2021
Jogakbo Workshop with Steven Junil Park
22 May 2021
Panel discussion: some politics and practicalities of working with clay
15 May 2021
ART ABOUT | Josie Archer movement response to Bedrock
21 April 2021
An artist talk with Fiona Connor
17 April 2021
The Little Black Lamb Goes to a Rave: A talk by Anna Smith
27 March 2021
Monitor 3.1 final screening with popcorn
17 February 2021
Monitor 3.1 screening with popcorn
10 February 2021
Barrel of Monkeys Tournament
23 January 2021
Monitor 3.0 screening with popcorn
14 January 2021
HAMSTER Whitu: Launch and Listening
15 December 2020
The 2020 Physics Room Annual Fundraiser
04 December to 06 December 2020
TA'AI—FIKA responses
28 November 2020
Recontextualising the Staff God: Talk by Dr. Karen Stevenson
25 November 2020
Audio Description in Action with Judith Jones
21 November to 22 November 2020
Talk and presentation with Joseph Hullen
10 October 2020
Stones, Site, and Gothic Formations—Walking Tour
03 October 2020
HAMSTER Ono Release Day
26 September 2020
IKAP—Total Recall
23 August 2020
High Street Histories
09 August 2020
Invitational Kiosk Archive Platform
04 August to 23 August 2020
Domino Domino Closing Event
03 July 2020
ArgenTech Liquidation Auction
27 June 2020
An afternoon of Domino Domino
20 June 2020
Call for Proposals: HAMSTER Ono and Whitu
10 March to 29 March 2020
HAMSTER 5 Release
14 December 2019
The 2019 Physics Room Annual Fundraiser
06 December to 08 December 2019
Reading Groups with Övül Durmuşoğlu
04 December to 18 December 2019
Femisphere #3 Launch
30 November 2019
FIKA Writers respond to Two Oceans at Once
09 November 2019
Inbox Anxiety: Open Workshop
21 September 2019
Yuichiro Tamura: Artist Talk and Screening
12 September 2019
Dr. Aisling O'Sullivan: Wetlands, Wastewater & Sustainability
11 September 2019
sometimes my layers clash with your layers: a conversational writing workshop
07 September 2019
PATU! Film Screening and Talk
30 July 2019
Spontaneous Intentionality: A Performance
27 July 2019
From Kabul to Christchurch: The Twisted Ironies of the Terrorism Discourse
27 June 2019
Collective Perceptions: Talk with Janneth Gil and button badge making
22 June to 23 June 2019
HAMSTER Magazine Issue 4 Launch
19 May 2019
Panel discussion: Auditing Masculinity
12 May 2019
Panel discussion: After the exhibition, the lifespan of an artwork
30 March 2019
TPR Library Open Day
02 February 2019
Black Forest book launch
26 November 2018
Hewsonclad: The Physics Room Fundraiser 2018
21 November to 21 November 2018
Love in vain: readings about heartbreak
14 November 2018
Living Pulse
27 October 2018
Emerging technologies and alternatives to Capitalism
24 October 2018
Hamster Issue 3 Launch
03 October 2018
Dungeons & Dragons Character Building Workshop and Game
16 September 2018
Identity politics and gaming
15 September 2018
Beyond entertainment: CerebralFix talk and Q&A on the role of games
12 September 2018
Public Talk: Filipa Payne and Cushla Donaldson
29 August 2018
Light it up!
06 July to 05 August 2018
Unconditional I Talks: Kerry Ann Lee & Richard Bullen
28 April 2018
Show Room: an interior decorating consultation
28 March 2018
Eve Armstrong: Trading Table
07 March to 09 March 2018
The Longest Day + Chch Art Map Launch
07 March 2018
Gravelty (The scars of Wilson City): Volker Strübing
29 January 2018
The Physics Room Christmas Party
16 December 2017
Girls on Hope, Judy Darragh: 2017 Fundraising Exhibition
06 December to 09 December 2017
Salt of the Earth, Melissa Macleod: a temporary public artwork
05 December to 05 December 2017
Constancy Projections by Mark Harvey
05 November 2017
Blame it on the rain: a one night only film screening
10 October 2017
Still, Like Air, I'll Rise: Talks
29 July 2017
The Physics Room Open Studios
15 July 2017
Fffuture Fffocused Art Prize Panel Discussion
01 July 2017
Feedback, White Hole: A live performance by Mark Harvey
01 July 2017
The Longest Night & Chch Art Map Launch
21 June 2017
John Chrisstoffels responds to Nova Paul's Surplus Reality
03 June 2017
Decoherence: A live performance by Mark Harvey
01 June 2017
Screening and artist talk with Dieneke Jansen
24 April 2017
Uncertainty Principle: a live performance by Mark Harvey
22 April 2017
Janine Eisenächer Artist Talk
20 April 2017
Length Contraction: a performance-talk by Mark Harvey
23 March 2017
CIRCUIT Critical Forum: Preliminary Meeting
22 February 2017
Beyond Exhausted: Artist talk
17 December 2016
The Apple Tree
01 December 2016
Beyond Exhausted: performative lecture & curator talk
19 November 2016
Reflections and Directions
12 November 2016
Seen and Heard
29 October to 30 October 2016
Passionate Instincts: artist talk
08 October 2016
Lana Lopesi artist talk and cooking demonstration and Kākano Cafe
01 October to 01 October 2016
Artist talk: Lauren Burrow & George Egerton-Warburton
27 August 2016
PLACE HELD HOLD NOTHING performance by Brian Fuata
11 August 2016
Mapping La Mancha booklaunch
06 August 2016
A-Library workshop and filesharing session with Beth Caird
30 July 2016
Woosung Lee: Outdoor Painting Project
06 June to 10 June 2016
Artist talks: Annie Mackenzie, Dave Marshall & Bridget Reweti
04 June 2016
Dark Watch Book Launch
20 May 2016
Phytophilic: Why Look at Plants?
12 May 2016
Speaking Places: Hamilton 2015
18 March 2016
Murdoch Stephens Public Talk
12 March 2016
Kalisolaite 'Uhila Artist Talk
05 February 2016
The Distance Plan Journal Issue #3
20 January 2016
FOREIGN BODIES: a sequence of actions in grey space
19 January to 23 January 2016
PHYSICS ROOM XMAS PARTY ♫
12 December 2015
Mapping La Mancha
09 December to 12 December 2015
One Mimic Octopus in an Abstract Painting
28 November 2015
Silent Auction Fundraiser 2015
25 November 2015
Emerging Curators Programme 2015/16
12 November to 15 November 2015
Moist media reading event
21 October 2015
Our Future Network
26 September 2015
The History of Performance
05 September 2015
Exercises in Traversality, or: I Walked With A Zombie
08 August 2015
with fluidity
12 July 2015
Works in Progress
11 July 2015
Sampson Wong Public Talk
01 July 2015
Nathan Gray Artist Talk
23 June 2015
CHAT&SPILL / CHRISTOPHER L G HILL TALKING ABOUT HARDBOILED CITY AND OTHER THINGS
13 June 2015
Lauren Burrow & David Egan Artist talks
07 May 2015
Ziggy Lever, Michael Lee & Zak Penney Artist talks
02 May 2015
HEX WAVES with guests LES BAXTERS & MOTTE
10 April 2015
CERA (Community Environment Relevance Activities)
31 March 2015
Dawson Clutterbuck Artist talk
28 March 2015
LAFIDKI with guests ROSEN, TEAM CAT FOOD
13 March 2015
Clare Noonan and Marnie Slater Artist Talk
05 March 2015
Tino Graß and Catherine Griffiths Design Talk
26 February 2015
David Clegg Artist Talk
24 February 2015
FANTASING music video release party
14 February 2015
Reading Walking Writing Workshop
29 January to 01 February 2015
The Drowned World
12 December 2014
Walter Benjamin and The Arcades Project
29 November 2014
Artist Residency Fundraiser
28 November 2014
Field Theory The Stadium Broadcast
14 November to 17 November 2014
Sophie Bannan Modern Living Tour
26 October 2014
Ash Kilmartin This walk is becoming
30 August 2014
What is the problem in "problem solving"? Brad Haylock
16 July 2014
Liv Worsnop Artist Talk
05 July 2014
Olivia Webb Voices Project
29 June 2014
James Beckett Artist Talk
05 May 2014
Supporters Launch
30 April 2014
Shannon Te Ao Artist talk
08 March 2014
Resingularity
01 February 2014
The Physics Room Summer Art Writing Workshop
22 January to 25 January 2014
#physicsroom partypartyparty
13 December 2013
Urban T(act)tics: A symposium exploring tactics and acts of urbanism
26 October 2013
Local Time
25 October to 28 October 2013
Photography Now
12 October 2013
Louise Tu'u An Anthem of Hope
04 October 2013
Supply + Demand Mark Feary talk
27 September 2013
Brent Harris Posteering
25 September to 11 October 2013
Janine Randerson Neighbourhood Air
12 September 2013
Supply + Demand Time Bank
07 September 2013
Supply + Demand Stephen Hickson & Eric Crampton talk
05 September 2013
Janet Lilo Artist Talk
27 July 2013
Jo Burzynska Oenosthesia
20 July 2013
Lieko Shiga Artist Lecture
12 July 2013
1/3
29 June 2013
John Cousins The Loudspeaker as Shaman
17 May to 16 June 2013
Bella Field vs Nathan Pohio
12 April 2013
Alternative Exchanges: The Transitional Economic Zone of Aotearoa in Christchurch
09 April 2013
ADA Mesh Cities
30 March 2013
Simon Pope Netwalking
28 March to 29 March 2013
Publication launch John Ward Knox Sesame Seeds
09 March 2013
Leighton Craig
01 February 2013
Physics Room Xmas Party
14 December 2012
Imbogodom
12 December 2012
This is not Keith
17 November 2012
Heather Leigh Murray
19 October 2012
Lines of Flight
29 September 2012
God destroyer Teen Haters IRD Months
08 September 2012
Publication launch & event - The Subconscious Restaurant
18 August 2012
Peter Swanson (with IRD and Gate)
10 August 2012
Publication Launch - Local Edition 25.07.12
15 July 2012
Performances by Tim Coster, Adam Willetts, Awesome Vortex
23 June 2012
Ann Liv Young Screening
13 June 2012
The Artists' Cinema
01 June 2012
Escaping Bodies: Jumping Bricks Talk and Workshop-Performance by Mark Harvey
21 April 2012
2010 Physics Room Annual Launch
30 September 2011
Artist talk: André Hemer
12 February 2011
The Physics Room Annual Christmas Party
17 December 2010
The Sound of the Underground: Earthquakes, Music and Art
15 December 2010
Artist talks: Geoffrey Heath & Sriwhana Spong
17 November 2010
TOMUTONTTU
25 September 2010
Meredith Johnson Creative Time, New York
18 August 2010
FRESH LICKS OF PAINT: Justin Paton
14 August 2010
Communal Skins - Jemima Wyman
04 August 2010
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ACHIEVEMENT - Lawrence Green
04 July 2010
Studio of Exhaustion Judy Darragh
05 June 2010
Toby Huddlestone Lecture - APATHY
28 April 2010
Nature Morte
10 April 2010
Postcard Landscapes Esther Ruelfs
30 March 2010
WTF: Agaz Sanjay Theodore
27 March 2010
Cash ‘n’ Carry Fundraising Edition
19 March 2010
Book launch: Bruce Russell's Left-handed blows
28 January 2010
C.L.U.E. (Color Location Ultimate Experience) intervention
05 December 2009
C.L.U.E. POSTER CAMPAIGN
25 November to 20 December 2009
RECREATIONAL BUREAUCRACY
28 September to 02 October 2009
Emory Douglas and the Art of Revolution
22 September 2009
The Collection (II)
20 September 2009
Ms. & Mr. Artist Talk
14 September 2009
Dear Paul Closing Event
06 September 2009
Discussion Evening
03 September 2009
Cash 'n' Carry Tote Bag Fundraiser & Design Competition
01 August 2009
Artist Talk: Matthew Shannon
08 July 2009
Tony de Lautour Book Launch
11 June 2009
Artist Talk: g. bridle
03 June 2009
Every Plant Tells a Story
21 May 2009
Since the Great Depression - Raised by Wolves
04 May 2009
Pimmon With Support from Peter Wright
03 May 2009
Artist Talk: André Guedes
03 May 2009
Artist Talk: Young Sun Han
18 April 2009
PITS, Coster & MacKinnon Performance
30 March 2009
Art Trek 2009
11 March 2009
Artist Talk: Gary Hill
02 March 2009
Trambience
28 February 2009
Richard Francis & Bruce Russell Performance
27 February 2009
Poor Racer Thomas Hirschhorn
15 February 2009
The Enright House Performance
19 December 2008
The Physics Room Annual 2006 Publication Launch & Christmas Party
13 December 2008
Artist Talk: Alessandro Ludovico
12 October 2008
Free Tours
19 September to 02 November 2008
Runway - Launch Party
18 August 2008
Si C'est (if it is) Open Discussion
14 July 2008
Trace Performance
11 July 2008
Rafael Toral's Space Studies
29 June 2008
Book Launch: Christina Read
27 June 2008
Tim Coster and Adam Willetts
07 June 2008
Tour Guides Wanted
01 June to 15 July 2008
Vera Dika Talk
29 May 2008
Artist Talk: Thomas Hirschhorn
17 May 2008
The Water Show Discussion Evening
14 May 2008
Lullatone Performance
27 March 2008
Art Trek 2008
19 March 2008
Artist Talk: Mischa Kuball
18 March 2008
The National Grid #4 Launch Party
06 March 2008
Trending Networks Symposium
23 February to 24 February 2008
SÉANCE FOR NAM JUNE PAIK
23 February 2008
Layering Buddha: Robert Henke Performance
21 February 2008
Robert Henke Workshop
21 February 2008
Sparkling Duets
24 November 2007
Artist Talk: Mladen Bizumic
15 November 2007
Art Trek 2007
14 November 2007
Ronnie van Hout End Doll Edition Launch
08 August 2007
Gloss Enamel
27 July 2007
Artist Talk: Jon Campbell
27 July 2007
Shoeb Ahmad Performance
15 June 2007
Artist Talk: Shigeyuki Kihara
24 May 2007
Artist Talk: Sriwhana Spong & Kate Newby
22 May 2007
Pink and White Terraces Film Screening
15 May 2007
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait Film Screening
09 May 2007
Artist Talk: Sarah Jane Parton & Zina Swanson
18 April 2007
The Bolivarian Dream Screening
15 April 2007
Reuben Derrick CD Launch
11 April 2007
Bonaparte - Berlin Bang Bang Tour
09 March 2007
DJ Olive Performance
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