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Bella Field vs Nathan Pohio 
from either ends of the video century
A night of music videos
Friday 12 April, 8pm

Alternative Exchanges: The Transitional Economic Zone Of Aotearoa In Christchurch
Presented By The Physics Room And Letting Space
Tuesday 9 April, 5.30pm

Simon Pope
Netwalking
Masterclass 28 March, 11am-4pm
Public Walk 29 March, 11am-4pm

Saturday 30 March
ADA Mesh Cities Symposia Launch

Publication launch
John Ward Knox
Sesame Seeds

Saturday 9 March, 12 noon

Join us for the launch of a new artist book on John Ward Knox, designed by Alice Baxter, featuring a text by Thomasin Sleigh.

16 February - 12 September 2013
neither a window, opening or wall
Blaine Western & Michael Parr

13 February - 10 March 2013
World, Business, Lifestyle, Sport
Louise Menzies

company publication

from Arts on Sunday on Sunday 10 February 2013

A welcome return to Christchurchs CBD - the contemporary art space The Physics Room reopens two years after the big shake. Director Melanie Oliver describes what's changed and what's stayed the same. The Physics Room reopens this Wednesday with Louise Menzies' exhibition 'World, Business, Lifestyle, Sport'.

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1 February 2013
Leighton Craig (Brisbane)
with local support from David Khan and Months

Return to Tuam Street.

Friday 14th December
The Physics Room Xmas Party!  
55 Sandyford Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
6pm

8 – 22 December 2012, 8 - 19 January 2013
company
Michael Parr and Blaine Western
The Physics Room and the artists welcome your presence at the Tuam St premises during the installation period of 30 November to 7 December 2012.

Opening: 2pm Saturday 8 December

20 November – 9 December 2012
Antipodal
Murray Hewitt

Opening : 20 November 2012, 6pm

12 December 2012
Imbogodom
with Adam Willetts
55 Sandyford Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
8pm

12 December 2012
UPSTAGE 12.12.12
55 Sandyford Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
12 noon to 12 midnight with live performances every half hour
Cost: Free

17 October - 16 November 2012
New Super Turbo Warriors
Toshi Endo
Opening : 16th October 2012, 6 pm

The Physics Room is pleased to welcome Melanie Oliver as their new director.

19 October 2012
Heather Leigh Murray
AltMusic Tour
with: Robbie Yeats, Roy Montgomery
55 Sandyford Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
8pm
$10

29 September 2012
Lines of Flight 2012

Physics Room, Christchurch
Saturday 29 September

Archive
If you missed Lines of Flight 2012 last weekend never fear. The Physics Room is hosting an installation of a number of works by Line of Flight artist until October 10.
Come by the gallery to experience these rarely seen works.

24 August to 27 September 2012
FF & SS Distribution Centre
F & SS and Co
A shared project by Fiona Connor, Gilbert May and collaborators,

F & SS Distribution Centre will operate between 24 August and 27 September as an enterprise for the collation and distribution of materials and events .

Opening : 24th August 2012, 6 pm

18 August 2012
'The subconscious Restaurant'
Publication Launch and event
presented by White Fungus and The Physics Room
18 August 6pm

10th August 2012
Pete Swanson
with IRD and Gate
Alt Music Tour
55 Sandyford Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
8pm
$10

27 July - 10 August 2012
HADHAD
Sean Grattan

First screening 27th July 6pm
Screening on the hour every hour following

25th July 2012
Local Edition: 25.07.12
Louise Menzies
Publication Launch

55 Sandyford Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
6pm

1 - 5 August 2012
Simon Lawrence
Melbourne Art Fair

3 July - 21 July 2012
Port/Starboard
Billy Apple

Performances by Tim Coster,
Adam Willetts, Awesome Vortex
Saturday 23 June, 8pm

Ann Liv Young screening
Introduced by Hamish Win
Wednesday 13 June, 6pm

The Artists' Cinema
Curated by Mark Williams
Publication launch and screening

Phil Dadson, Sean Grattan
Alex Monteith, Gray Nicol
Sriwhana Spong, Ronnie van Hout
Friday 1 June, 7pm

23 May - 23 June 2012
Autoxylopyrocycloboros
Simon Starling

4 April - 19 May 2012
Measure the city with the body; an itinerant Physics Room project - extended till 19 May

Escaping Bodies: Jumping Bricks Talk and Workshop-Performance by Mark Harvey
The Physics Room
55 Sandyford Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Saturday April 21, 1pm

4 April - 19 May 2012
Measure the city with the body; an itinerant Physics Room project
Claire Fontaine, Daniel Malone, Junebum Park, Mark Wallinger, Pak Sheung Chuen,
William Hsu, Yuk King Tan

55 Sandyford Street, Sydenham

Opening preview: Wednesday 4 April 2012, 6pm

André Hemer, hyper/links
Published to document Andre Hemer’s exhibition hyper/links, 26 January–27 February 2011 (interrupted by February 22 Earthquake)

The Physics Room is pleased to announce the launch of our temporary Sydenham site at 55 Sandyford St, our temporary home while The Physics Room’s Tuam St site undergoes refurbishment within the Red Zone cordon.

03 March - 24 March 2012
Song and Dance
Sean Kerr

55 Sandyford Street, Sydenham

Opening preview: Friday 2 March 2012, 6pm
featuring Warren Roberts and Planet of the Tapes.

André Hemer, hyper/links
Published to document Andre Hemer’s exhibition hyper/links, 26 January–27 February 2011 (interrupted by February 22 Earthquake)

The 2010 Physics Room Annual launch
ABC Gallery, 337 Lincoln Rd, Christchurch
Friday 30 September 2011, 6pm

28 September - 7 October 2011
Light Wave
Fiona Gilmore (with Amelia Holmes)
presents John Ward Knox

An itinerant Physics Room project

DSA Gallery
Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic
Reigo St, off Albany St
Dunedin

Opening preview: Tuesday 27 September 5pm

25 August - 23 September 2011
Measure the city with the body
ST PAUL St Gallery One
40 St Paul St
Auckland, New Zealand

Opening preview: 5:30 pm Thursday 25 August

Due to the 22 February Canterbury Earthquake The Physics Room is currently closed until further notice and all scheduled events have been postponed. We are pleased to report that all our staff and board members are safe.

A detailed assessment of our building at 209 Tuam Street has been conducted and although our premises were reasonably unscathed it resides within a cordoned off area of the Christchurch CBD which is not currently accessible. We were granted limited access to our building to retrieve essential items and have relocated our office to CPIT where we have joined a number of other Christchurch arts organisations left homeless after the earthquake.

Thank you to all those who have offered support over this time as our city, and the wider region, looks to rebuild and develop. We look forward to reconnecting with our audiences as the arts and culture have an important part to play in this process.

As further information becomes available we promise to keep you informed.

To contact us please call +64 3 379 5583 or email Stephen

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Infinity of wind muskets
Artist talk: Matthew Shannon
Audio online

Since the Great Depression - Raised by Wolves
Performance video online.

Patterns of Self-concern
Artist Talk: g. bridle
Audio online

Every Plant Tells a Story
An illustrated talk by Dr. Trevor Partridge, City Botanist of Christchurch.
Audio online