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2004 Annual
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Dane Mitchell - Present Surface of Tell
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Once Upon A Time
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Andrew McLeod: Largess
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VOLUME
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The Physics Room Annual 2003
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Dr Don: or how I learned to stop worrying and love Helen
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An Automatic Welcome
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The Flower People
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Much Like a Traveller
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Sightseeing - Essay by Rosemary Forde
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The Physics Room Annual 2002
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Audible: New Frontiers
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The Loni and Roni Show
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HARDSELL!! Because you want it
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The Physics Room Annual 2001
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Bombs Away the catalogue
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Ruth Watson: Without Parachute
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LOG Illustrated is a contemporary art magazine
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Bombs Away - exhibition offers chance for all to understand
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Grunt Machine Publication
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Physics Room Journal - December 1996
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SIAP Newsletter November 1995 - No 17
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2007

Interview with Nova Paul
RDU 15 May, 2007
<available online MP3, [3Mb] >

Distinct Lack of Gravitas
artbash.co.nz, retrieved 09/05/07
<available online>

We all need Guidance
artbash.co.nz, retrieved 09/05/07
<available online>

Science fact or science fiction?
artbash.co.nz, retrieved 09/05/07
<available online>

Siren’s Call
artbash.co.nz, retrieved 09/05/07
<available online>


2006

Free to air
Art Reviews, The Press, 25 June 2006
Harold Grieves

‘Private Gardens’
Arts, Canta, Issue 13, 7 June 2006
Harold Grieves

WARNING:
artbash.co.nz, retrieved 19 June 2006
<available online>

Insectile Wendyhouse
artbash.co.nz, retrieved 30/06/06
<available online>

What a Load of *hit
artbash.co.nz, retrieved 19/05/06
<available online>

Safety for a while
Art Reviews, The Press, 24 May 2006
Kate Montgomery

Perfect for public viewing
Art Reviews, The Press, 10 May 2006
Harold Grieves

Artist talk
Ayşe Erkmen
Recorded at the Physics Room Saturday 1 April 2006, 2pm
<Available online MP3 (73.9Mb) ~ WMA (18.8Mb)>

awesome
Ayşe Erkmen
RDU interview with Wammo, RDU mornings, 30 March 2006
<Available online MP3 (5Mb) ~ Real Audio (2.5Mb)>

The View Out My Window: Ayşe Erkmen as The Physics Room’s 2006 Artist in Residence
Presto, May 2006
Sally Ann McIntyre
<available online via the Physics Room Archive>

awesome RDU Radio Advert
Broadcast during April 2006
<available online MP3 (501Mb) ~ Real Audio (106Kb)>

Impermanence
Listener, Vol 203, No 3445, May 20-26 2006
Andrew Paul Wood
<available online>

Super Natural
RDU interview (with Super Natural curator Emily Cormack and artist Regan Gentry), RDU mornings, 28 February 2006
Wammo
<Available online MP3 (5.4Mb) ~ Real Audio (2.8Mb)>

Visual arts
Art Beat, The Press, 4 March 2006

Regan Gentry: Lightness and weight
Artbash - news and reviews of the visual arts in Christchurch
Reviewed by: Artbasher 13/03/06
<Available online>

Chokehold
Listener, Vol 203, No 3437, March 25-31 2006
Andrew Paul Wood
<available online>

Super Natural RDU Radio Advert
Broadcast during March 2006
<available online MP3 (1.3Mb) ~ Real Audio (307Kb)>

Family First
RDU interview, RDU mornings, 20 January 2006
Wammo

Stirring the middle class
Art Reviews, The Press, 25 January 2006
Kate Montgomery

Visual arts
Art Beat,
The Press, 28 January 2006

Mood of conflict
Arts Rated,
CITYlife, 7 February 2006
Georgina Barr

Visual art
Art Beat, The Press, 11 February 2006

Family First
Presto, March 2006
Andrew Wood

Famly First RDU Radio Advert
Broadcast during February 2006
<available online MP3 (1Mb) ~ Real Audio (256Kb)>

Family First at The Physics Room
Presto, March 2006
Jack James

2005

Sublime technology
Listener, Vol 201, No 3421, December 3 - 9 2005
Andrew Paul Wood
<available online>

Get some art down ya
Presto, December 2005
Andrew Paul Wood

Visual arts
Art Beat,
The Press, 5 November 2005

He Knew Something Was Up…He Could Smell It!
Arts,
Canta, Issue 24, October 5 2005
KM

He knew something was up. He could smell it!
Artbash - news and reviews of the visual arts in Christchurch
Artist:Sam Eng at The Physics Room
Reviewed by: Artbasher 26/10/05
<Available online>

Something of an art diary
Presto, October 2005
Andrew Paul Wood

Dane Mitchell
Flash Art International, No. 244, October 2005

Teen Rebellion & Other Dramas; Lousie Tullet’s Tribute To The Ingham Twins
Arts, Canta, Issue 21, September 14 2005
Jkasper Johns

oh poor boy
Arts, Canta, Issue 22, September 13 2005
Jkasper Johns

Caught in full flutter
Arts Rated,
City Life, 16 August 2005, p8
Georgina Barr

Long time, good time all night long
Art Murmur, Avenues, Issue 19, September 2005
Andrew Paul Wood

Art/Christchurch
The Guide, Sunday Star Times, 21 August 2005

Art/Christchurch
The Guide, Sunday Star Times, 21 August 2005

Thriller
Listener, Vol 199, No 3405, August 13-19 2005
Andrew Paul Wood

Once Upon A Time
Appliance, Artists Alliance magazine issue #72

New horizons
The Press, 20 July 2005
Sally Blundell

Visual arts
Art Beat, The Press, 23 July 2005

The future we are forever rearranging
the johndoryreport #4
Kate Montgomery

Re-routing, studs, ponys and steads; Rachel Brown, Jacqui Greenbank, and Malcolm Terry
Arts, Canta, Issue 14, July 13 2005
Jkasper Johns

Mind Candy
Presto, July 2005
Andrew Paul Wood

Telling Tales
Artnotes - NZ South Island
Art Monthly Australia, #180, June 2005

Twisted nursery tales
Art Reviews, The Press, 29 June 2005
Margaret Duncan

Visual arts
Art Beat, The Press, 14 May 2005

Foreign Strangers Pools; Geoff Newmann
Arts, Canta, Issue 14, July 13 2005

BYO Music/All We Have Is Now
Canta, Issue 11, May 25 2005
Regis and Kathy Lee

Chaotic Speaker Fun
Artbash - news and reviews of the visual arts in Christchurch
<Available online>

Breathing space at Physics Room
Artnotes - NZ South Island

Art Monthly Australia, retrieved 11/04/2005 from
http://www.artmonthly.org.au/artnotes.asp?
area=NZ+South+Island&issueNumber=178

Yes
Artbash - news and reviews of the visual arts in Christchurch
<Available online>

breathing space
artplaces
<available online>

breathing space
Appliance, Artists Alliance magazine issue #71

breathing space
Presto, May 2005
Sally Ann McIntyre
<also available online>

Laying it on
Art Murmur
Avenues, Issue 15, May 2005
Andrew Paul Wood

breathing space
Arts, Canta, Issue 7, April 27 2005
Jkasper Jhons

Jesus, put some clothes on!
Art Murmur,
Avenues, Issue 14, April 2005
Andrew Paul Wood

The Icon 500
Artbash - news and reviews of the visual arts in Christchurch
<Available online>

Art/Christchurch
The Guide,

Sunday Star Times, 20 March 2005

Higher profile for Wayne Youle
Artnotes - NZ South Island

Art Monthly Australia, retrieved 23/03/2005 from http://www.artmonthly.org.au/artnotes.asp?
area=NZ+South+Island&issueNumber=177

Performance
Art Beat
The Press, 9 February 2005

Polar Projects
Art Beat
The Press, 15 January 2005

Polar Shit
Artbash - news and reviews of the visual arts in Christchurch
<Available online>

Polar Projects
Art Beat
The Press, 22 January 2005

Sonic starlight
The Press, 26 January 2005
Rosa Shiels

Art/Christchurch
The Guide
Sunday Star Times
30 January 2005

2004

The Birds
Artscene, The Package, 25 November - 1 December, 2004

Top Drawer
Arts on Wednesday,
The New Zealand Herald, October 20, 2004

Top Drawer
Arts on Wednesday, The New Zealand Herald, November 10, 2004

National Drawing Award
Art Beat, The Press, November 13, 2004

Drawing democracy in action
The New Zealand Herald, November 17, 2004

National Drawing Award announced
Wasabi, The Package, 25 November - 1 December, 2004

National Drawing Award
Pulp Weekly Skew, Pulp online, 23 November, 2004

Editorial,
Art News, Volume 24/Number 4, Summer 2004
Virginia Were

Auckland
Art News, Volume 24/Number 4, Summer 2004
Sue Gardiner

Press to Start The Rise of Invisible Cities
Sampler catalogue: Alex Monteith
Essay by Maria Walls
<available online>

Sit Dog Sit
Presto, October, 2004
Scott Flanagan

Interior World
Art Beat, The Press, October 9, 2004

Following two Artists' Journeys
The Press, October 13, 2004
Margaret Duncan
Review of Interior World

'AHOY!'
Presto, October, 2004
Rosemary Forde

Natalie Robertson
Mana Tangata, National Radio
In two parts, September 26, September 28
Interviewer: Dale Husband
(The Physics Room has copies of these)

Cuz - Natalie Robertson
Te Karere September 5, 2004

Natalie Robertson - Tahu FM interview
September 2nd, 2004
Interviewer: Aubrey Hughes

Culture gone Mad
The Press, August 25, 2004
Margaret Duncan

The Blood of the Famous
Listener, September 6, 2004
Andrew Paul Wood
<Available online>

Philip Dadson - RDU interview
RDU - August, 10, 2004
Interveiwer: Wammo

Dadsonics
The Package 23rd August 2004
Sally   
<available online via the Physics Room Archive>

Dr Don: or how I learned to stop worrying and love Helen
Sampler catalogue: Scott Flanagan
essay by Jennifer Hay
<available online>

Perseverance
Breakfast show, RDU interview, July 2nd, 2004
Interviewer: Spanky

Lee Campbell
Whats Going On, National Radio, July 2nd, 2004
Interviewer: Simon Morris

Perseverance
Presto July 2004
Andrew Wood

Perseverance
The Press, July 7th 2004

Persevering with the Ordinary
Art Monthly Australia, # 171, July 2004
Ali Bramwell

Perseverance
Wasabi, The Package, 15-21 July, 2004

Its Only Words
i-D magazine, #246 August 2004
Alex Costello

Off the Wall
Presto, July 2004
Sally Blundell
About Iain Cheesman

Incubator
State of the Arts April - June 2004
KIOSK / Physics Room profile

An Automatic Welcome
Sampler catalogue: Iain Cheesman
essay Andrew Paul Wood
<available online>

This Man and a Dog
The Package
Soda Squirrel
<available online via the Physics Room Archive>

Michael Morley
Version On-Line Magazine, June, 2004
Alastair Crawford
<also available online>

Humiliation vs. Stereo
The Package
Jkasper
<available online via the Physics Room Archive>

MuVi
Presto, May 2004
Rosemary Forde

MuVi: Music video clips from Germany
Bulletin (Christchurch Art Gallery) #137, May / June 2004

MuVi: Music video clips from Germany
The Press Saturday May 29th 2004

Art Beat
The Press, 8th May 2004
Christopher Moore

1000 Dreams of Stella Brennan
URBIS, September 2004
Andrew Wood

Stella Brennan
Breakfast show, RDU interview, May 5, 2004
Glen Williams

Techno-UtopianMalfunction
NZArtMonthly Online, May 4, 2004
Jaenine Parkinson

Stella Brennan and Joanna Langford
NZArtMonthly Online, May 20, 2004

NZ South Island
Art Monthly Australia, May 20, 2004
Compiled by Ali Bramwell

Psychedelia Revisited
Arts in Brief
The Star, May 5, 2004

Tomorrow Never Knows
Presto, May 2004
Zoe Roland

Tommorrow Never Knows
The Package, 10th June 2004
Soda Squirrel

The Flower People
Presto, May 2004
Zoe Roland

The Flower People
Sampler catalogue: Joanna Langford
essay by Gina Irish
<available online>

The Flower People
The Package, 27th May 2004
The Soda Squirrel
<available online via the Physics Room Archive>

Kiosk Work - Joanna Langford
The Package, 3rd June 2004
Soda Squirrel

Dear Victoria
Presto May 2004
A conversation with Sally McIntyre

Dear Victoria
Whats Going On, National Radio, April 2004
Tarek Bazley

Every girl in the room is called Emma
Art Review, Listener, May 1, 2004
Sally Blundell
<Available online>

Much Like a Traveller
Sampler Catalogue: Karin van Roosmalen
Essay by Charlotte Huddleston
<available online>

Postcards (Christchurch)
Art News New Zealand, Autumn, 2004
Sally Blundell
About Falling Free
<Available online>

Falling Free
The Package, 1st February 2004
Andrew
available online via the Physics Room Archive>

‘Brendan Lee’
Breakfast show, RDU interview, March 17, 2004
Glen Williams

Art Murmer
Avenues, April 2004
Andrew Wood
About Robin Neate

Exhibitions - Christchurch
Art New Zealand, #111, Winter 2004, p50-51
Gina Irish
Reviews 'Sampler' by Robin Neate

<also available online>

Sightseeing
Sampler Catalogue: Robin Neate
Essay by Rosemary Forde
<available online>

Giacometti’s Poodle
The Package 14th March 2004
Captain Soda   
<available online>

Seeing is believing
Arts Review, The Press, April 21, 2004, p. C2
Margaret Duncan
About Dear Victoria & Sampler Series: Karin van Roosmalen

2003

In Short
The Press, November 26, 2003
About <re:Play>

‘The little art show that could…’
Staple Magazine, Issue 3, p111 - 110, 2003
DPS Spread

Art Scene
the Package, #215, 30 Oct - 5 Nov, 2003
Hamish
‘The little art show that could…’
<available online via the Physics Room Archive>

No Exit Part 2
the Package, #216, 6 - 12 November, 2003
Andrew Paul Wood
<available online via the Physics Room Archive>

Postcards (Christchurch)
Art News New Zealand, Autumn, 2004
Sally Blundell
About No Exit, Part 2

Introspective
The Press, Wednesday 19 November, 2003
Margaret Duncan
About No Exit, Part 2

Reviews : Wellington
Art New Zealand, Spring 2003; 108: p52-53
Lister, Aaron
Reviews 'Bombs Away' including 'Miasma' by Fiona Jack and 'No-one believes they are evil' by Richard Reddaway, Adam Art Gallery.
<also available online>

Up the Arts
Canta, # 23, p.24, 2003
Roger Schulbeuys
Reviews Para & Twilight

Shadows
The Press, C2 Arts, October 15, 2003
Margaret Duncan
Reviews Para & Twilight

Up the Arts
Canta, # 20, 2003
Roger Schulbeuys
Reviews Audible: New Frontiers

A watching brief
The Press, 2003 July 30, p. C2
Duncan, Margaret.
Push the Button: Toshi Endo, Terence Handscombe, Sean Kerr, Michelle Lawrence, Amanda Newell.

Up the Arts
Canta, #15, 2003, p.24
Roger Schulbeuys

Wassabi
The Package June 11, 2003
<available online via the Physics Room Archive>

Pacific Roundup - Art of the Pacific in Christchurch
Presto, July, 2003
Jess Johnson

Kiosk returns
The Press, 2003 May 28, p. C2
The Kiosk, New Zealand's smallest art gallery, has been developed and co-ordinated by the artist collective Oblique. It has now been taken over by The Physics Room.

Utopian idea fails to excite
The Press, 2003 May 7, p. C4
Duncan, Margaret.
A Constructed World: Jacqueline Riva and Geoff Lowe.

Construction Time Again
Pavement Magazine, April/May, 2003, p.18
Rosemary Forde

Up the Arts
Canta, #7, April, 2003, p.24
Roger Schulbeuys

A Constructed World
The Package,7 May, 2003
Schmess
<available online via the Physics Room Archive>

Open Season
The Weekend Press, April 19, 2003
David King

Her dissatisfaction
The Press, 2003 Apr. 2, p. C2
Exhibition by Rudolf Boelee.

Gallery Crawling Across the South Island
Off the Wall, Presto, #22, March 3, 2003 p.22
Sally Ann McIntyre

‘Up the Arts’
Canta, March, 2003, p.24
Roger Sculbeuys

A galling recipe for social control. Possibly
The Listener, March 1, 2003, p.61
Sally Blundell

‘Artscene’
The Package, January, 2003
Andrew Paul Wood

Neurosis language
The Press, 2003 Jan. 22, p. C2
Recent graduates, Robert Hood and Simon Lawrence, exhibition: Through my repeated attempts, I have developed pneumonia. Kathleen Peacock exhibition: Mouth to mouth : a phonetic attraction. Last of the Hardsell!! series.

2002

Domestic habits
The Press, 2002 Dec. 18, p. C3
Duncan, Margaret.
Lift: installation by Katharina Jaeger.

‘Artscene’
The Package, December, 2002
Andrew Paul Wood

‘Artscene’
The Package, October, 2002
Sally McIntyre

Climb for visual treat
The Press, 2002 Sept. 18, p. C2
Duncan, Margaret.
Black Maria, by Nathan Coley.

Exhibitions : Christchurch
Art New Zealand, Sum 2002/2003; 105:50-51

Duncan, Margaret
Reviews 'PHY.09.02' by Hannah Beehre and Aaron Beehre, and 'Black Maria' by Nathan Coley.

High noon at art saloon
The Press, 2002 Sept. 11, p. A9
Nathan Coley, Scottish artist, has erected a saloon facade called Black Maria above The Physics Room on Tuam Street. It is one of 19 site-specific art works...

‘Artscene’
The Package, August, 2002
Andrew M. Bell

‘Dream / Wachsein’
Theatre News, August/September, 2002, p.5
Elizabeth O’Connor

‘Artscene’
The Package, August, 2002
Sally McIntyre

`Virus' art takes viewers on journey to heart of computer
The Press, 2002 Aug. 6, p. C5
Americal digital artist Mary Flanagan has created a computer virus to explore the architecture of the computer it invades. Result is (phage), on view at The Physics Room.

Computer virus as artform
Christchurch star, 2002 July 24, p. B2
Americal digital artist Mary Flanagan has created a computer virus to explore the architecture of the computer it invades. Result is (phage), on view at The Physics Room.

‘Artscene’
The Package, August, 2002
Matthew Appleby

Off the Wall
Presto, July 2002, p 22 - 23
Sally Anne McIntyre talks to Emma Bugden

Bombs Away - exhibition offers chance for all to understand
Christchurch Citizen, June 17, 2002, p.22
Jaimee Astle
Interview with Sophie Jerran

<also available online via the Physics Room Archive>

Nuclear Politics on Show
The Press, July, 2002
Dorothee Pauli

‘Up the Arts’
Canta, June, 2002, p.28
Roger Schulbeuys

Social Rites Study
The Press, May 30, 2002, p 32
Dorothee Pauli
Mark Harvey, Deej Fabyc, Elvis Richardson.

Views of Remoteness
The Press, 2002 May 1, p. 32
Peers, Robyn.
Beautiful Stranger: an exhibitionn by three Canadian artists.

Artscene
The Package, #143, April 18 - 24, 2002
Sally McIntyre

Fugitive Landscape
The Package, April 2002
Sally McIntyre

Hearts and hankies
The Press, 2002 Mar. 20, p. 34
Peers, Robyn.
Without Parachute, by Ruth Watson.

Artscene
The Package, #143, April 18 - 24, 2002
Sally McIntyre

Map of the Human Heart
The Listener, March, 2002
Sally Blundell
about Without a parachute and Let the heart take flight (Air Force World)

A view on the archives
The Press, 2002 Feb. 20, p. 36
Pauli, Dorothee.
One Only by Fiona Davies. Includes archival materials relating to Shackleton's expeditions.

First principles
The Press, 2002 Feb. 13, p. 29
Pauli, Dorothee.
A Painting and a Scultpure.

But is it Art?
The Press, 06 Feb, 2002
Warren Feeney
about conceptual art and controversy


A Painting & a Sculpture
Presto, Feb, 2002
Sally McIntyre
<also available online>

In the Summer Months
Presto, Feb 2002
Dan Arps
Profile of Martin Creed

Are You Serious?
Presto, March 2, 2002
Andrew Paul Wood

A Painting and a Sculpture...
The Package, Feb, 2002
Andrew Paul Wood

A Load of Rubbish
Sunday Star Times, Feb, 2002
Profile of Martin Creed

Australian curating city gallery shows
Christchurch star, 2002 Jan. 30, p. B7
A Painting and a Sculpture; A Painting and a Photograph with Martin Creed, John Nixon, Reuben Keehan, Darren Sylvester.

Making a Meal of it
The Listener, Jan 14, 2002, p.53
Sally Blundell
about The Dinner

Susan Jowsey - Flutter
Log 15, Summer 2002, p. 48-49
Robyn Stoney
<also available on-line>


2001

In praise of the dinner
The Press, 2001 Dec. 12, p. 36
Dunbar, Anna.
The Dinner, an art collaboration by composer Chris Cree Brown and sculptor Fiona Gunn.

Art without Morrow
Presto, Oct 2001
Dr Bruce Jenner

Objection, Flutter
The Package Oct 2001
Andrew Paul Wood

The Tomorrow People
The Package, October, 2001
Sally McIntyre

The Tomorrow People Catalogue
2001
ISBN# 0-473-08158-X

<available online>

Oh You Pretty Things
essay by Tessa Laird
The Tomorrow People Catalogue
2001
ISBN# 0-473-08158-X

<available online>

Introduction
by Joyce Campbell
The Tomorrow People Catalogue
2001
ISBN# 0-473-08158-X

<available online>

Tomorrow People
Pavement, Oct issue, p.50, 2001
Sally McIntyre

Arising on the Crest of a Wave
Canta, Oct , 2001
Andrew Paul Wood

Young & Contemporary
The Package, September, 2001
Lee Devinish

Strutting their stuff
The Press, 2001 Aug. 29, p. 34
Peers, Robyn.
Recreation by Paula Collier; Risky Business by Dane Mitchell; A Good Tradition Well Maintained by Marcus Moore.


Phonic

Log 15, Summer 2002, p. 46-47
Joyce, Zita
<also available on-line>

Phonic
The Package, July, 2001
Lil Arch

Phonic
Canta, July, p.23, 2001

Sister city art shows
Christchurch star, 2001 May 30, p. B3
Work from Adelaide at the Physics Room.

Gleam
The Package, June, 2001
Claire

A Retards Guide to Culture
Canta 2001, p.22, 2001
Andrew Paul Wood

Gleam Group Show
The Press, Wednesday 27 June, 2001
Dorothee Pauli

Gleam at the Physics Room
Presto, June, 2001
Matthew Appleby

It's hip to be flat
Log 14, Spring 2001, p. 32-33
Bugden, Emma
Gleam curated by Chris Chapman

<also available on-line>

Thrash Mix
Log 14, Spring 2001, p. 32-33
Chapman, Chris
Thrash curated by Emma Bugden
<also available on-line>

Images looking up
The Press, 2001 May 16, p. 36
Ussher, Robyn.
From Below: an installation by Brendan Lee and Sera Jensen; Take Out by Julaine Stevenson.

The Forbidden Room
Christchurch Star, 2001 May 2, p. C4
Grant, Barry.
The Clinic, at the Physics Room.

Forbidden Layers
The Press, 2001 April 25
Sarah Hoult
The Clinic, at the Physics Room.

The Forbidden Room
The Press, 2001 Apr. 30, p. 5
Clark, Lindsay.
The Clinic, at the Physics Room.

The Forbidden Room
Canta, 25-30 April, 2001
Andrew Paul Wood

Extra Theatrical Experience
The Press, April, 2001
Christopher Moore
Profile of Adam Hayward

The Waiting Room
Log 13, Winter 2001, p. 30-31
<also available on-line>

Battery Operated
The Package, 11-15 April, 2001
Sally McIntyre

Chilling theme
The Press, 2001 Apr. 11, p. 40
Ussher, Robyn.
The Herbal Mixture: an installation by Areta Wilkinson; The Waiting Room: video work by Jinhan Ko.

Three Guys
Presto #.55, May, 2001
Dan Arps

The Waiting Room/The Herbal Mixture
Canta, April, 2001
Andrew Paul Wood

The Arts
The Package, April, 2001
Sally McIntyre
The Waiting Room & The Herbal Mixture

Fresh
Art New Zealand, #99, winter 2001, p.52
Margaret Duncan
about Ina Johann

Classy to dull
The Press, 2001 Mar. 14, p. 34
Ussher, Robyn.
Installations by Melissa Laing, Ina Johann, Nathan Pohio.

Fresh
The package, Feb 28 - 2 March, 2001
Matt
Profile of Nathan Pohio

Cineary
Canta, Feb/March, 2001

It came from California
Log 13, Winter 2001, p. 32-33
Wood, Andrew Paul
Neural Notations, a group show curated by Donna Leigh Schumacher

<also available on-line>

Neural Notations
Asian Art News, vol. 11; March/April 2001, p.88
Fusco, Cassandra

Neural analysis
The Press, 2001 Jan. 31, p. 30
Wright, Nik.
Neural Notations curated by Donna Leigh Schumacher.


2000

Retro-style colours
The Press, 2000 Nov. 22, p. 38
Wright, Nik.
Leigh Martin - Registered Test Pattern; Harrell Fletcher - Cars and Houses.

Physics Room shows
Christchurch star, 2000 Sept. 27, p. A8
That's Entertainment and The Ambiguous Image.

Thats Entertainment
Log 12, 2001, p. 45-46
Cullpepper, Daunte
<also available on-line>

It's a material world
The Press, 2000 Sept. 6, p. 36
Ussher, Robyn.
Exhibitions by David Clegg, Paula Coulthard, Stella Brennan.

Focus on objects in Physics Room shows
Christchurch star, 2000 Aug. 23, p. A5
Exhibitions by David Clegg, Stella Brennan and Paula Coulthard.

Mixed doubles
The Press, 2000 June 28, p. 42
Ussher, Robyn.
Exhibitions by Sarah Minney and John Fairclough at Physics Room; Lauren Winstone, Rebecca Waldron and Pip Robertson at High Street Project.

Total_World_View & strung Mickman vs Grigg
PRESTO', issue 25
Andrew Paul Wood

Text 1-3 For (C)ouch
Log 10, 2000, p. 38
Forbes. Tabatha
Text to accompany show by Tabatha Forbes

V.P.Lumb’s ficto-lecture series Fact or Fiction: Meditations on Mary Finger
Log 11, 2000, p. 30
<also available on-line>

The boys are back in town
The Press, 2000 May 24, p. 39
Ussher, Robyn.
The Drivers, Pretty Choice, Eh? and Pedestrian.

The Drivers
Log 11, 2000, p. 28-29
The Nick Spratt curated show
<also available on-line>

Joyriding in the land time forgot
Log 10, 2000, p. 37
Sargeant, Mary
Review of KIT

Rubik 10, Are you experienced
Log 12, 2001, p. 47
Bugden, Emma
<also available on-line>

Virtual buzz
The Press, 2000 Mar. 15, p. 36
Ussher, Robyn.
Joyriding in the Land that Time Forgot: an installation by KIT; Red Bird Paparazzi: photographs by Mitch Robertson.

Art in face of adversity
The Press, 2000 Jan. 26, p. 35
Wright, Nik.
Pearly king skip falling: Evelyn Hewlett and Autonomous Action: new Chinese art on video curated by Richard Dale.

Cultural stories using video
Christchurch star, 2000 Jan. 26, p. B5
Pearly king skip falling; Evelyn Hewlett and Autonomous Action; new Chinese art on video curated by Richard Dale.


1999

Showing of three
Christchurch star, 1999 Dec. 22, p. B5
Face to Face/The Minimalist Massacre Part II, by Sean Kerr; Gallery 5 by Maddie Leach; exhibiton by Simen Johan.

Manufacturing dis-consent
The Press, 1999 Dec. 8, p. 44
Wright, Nik.
Filter, by Eugene Hansen and Marcus Williams; I win, You Lose by Gail Haffern.

Spectral pasts
The Press, 1999 Oct. 27, p. 33
Wright, Nik.
Anne Ferran - in the Shape of a Body.

Examining women's role in history
Christchurch star, 1999 Oct. 13, p. B6
Shape of a Body, by Anne Ferran.

Sharp yet hypnotic
The Press, 1999 Sept. 15, p. 21
Ussher, Robyn.
Obsession, by Megan Dunn; Sunnynook, by Yvonne Todd and Geoff Heath; Spring Summer Collection, by Layla Rudneva-Mackay.

Judy Darragh
ART AsiaPacific, 1999; 23:110
Reviews 'Judy Darragh : love songs 'til midnight', Physics Room, Christchurch, Dec 1998-Jan 1999.

New room shows work to proper advantage
The Press, 1999 Apr. 7, p. 16
Lorimer, Wayne.
Corporeal Sky and G3C: group shows.

Smart, new, all in black
The Press, 1999 Feb. 17, p. 19
Ussher, Robyn.
This Time It's Personal, by Kirsty Gregg; Grunt Machine, videos.


1998

Tidy fireworks, pavement art
The Press, 1998 Dec. 9, p. 19
Ussher, Robyn.
The Trench, by Gavin Hipkins; Sidewalk Art project, Worcester Boulevard.

Minimal installation clever, empty
The Press, 1998 Nov. 25, p. 21
Ussher, Robyn.
An installation by Louise Palmer.

Concept fails to deliver
The Press, 1998 Oct. 28, p. 18
Venning, Esther.
Remote: Circuit.

Caught from Pacific tradition
The Press, 1998 Sept. 30, p. 16
Venning, Esther.
Raw Fishes: Urban Body Adornment.

Dog's-eye view of the world
The Press, 1998 Aug. 26, p. 18
Ussher, Robyn.
Dog's Progress, a video installation by Nobuhira Narumi.

LOOK BETTER NAKED!!
LOG Illustrated Spring 1998, p30
Midori Matsui
Nobuhira Narumi, Dogs Progress, The Physicsroom, NZ. 1998

<also available on-line>

 

Invisable presence taunts imagination
The Press, 1998 July 15, p. 18
Lorimer, Wayne.
Avatar, by David Haines and Thin Connections, by Kevin Sheehan.

Interesting sociology, but is it art?
The Press, 1998 June 17, p. 16
Ussher, Robyn.
Enclosure, an installation by Anna Sanderson.

A visual punch
The Press, 1998 Apr. 1, p. 17
Ussher, Robyn.
Health, Happiness and Housing, by Ava Seymour; The Karaokes, by Terry Urbahn.

Exhibitions: Christchurch
Art New Zealand, Win 1998; 87:30-31
Pauli, Dorothee
Reviews 'Health, happiness and housing', photomontages by Ava Seymour, Physics Room, Art Centre.

Architectural ensembles
The Press, 1998 Mar. 4, p. 16
Fusco, Cassandra.
Sleep: Hamish Wright, at the Space. Ad Astra: Rachel Logie, installation, at the Physics Room.


1997

Welcome to paranoia
The Press, 1997 Dec. 17, p. 20
Garrett, Louise.
A funny thing happened: Ronnie van Hout.

Introversion dulling
The Press, 1997 Nov. 19, p. 22
Lorimer, Wayne.
Photographic installations by Fiona Amundsen, David Scott, Ann Shelton.

Art, torture meet in Budd's `quibbling chaos'
The Press, 1997 Oct. 22, p. 15
Garrett, Louise.
The Unity of Appearance, by Lionel Budd.

Architecture of association compelling viewing
The Press, 1997 Sept. 3, p. 14
Garrett, Louise.
Missing, Mediatrix/Seductor Productions at The Physics Room : the work enlarges on the possibilities of the computer as an expressive medium.

Break in transmission?
The Press, 1997 Aug. 13, p. 14
Feeney, Warren.
Hosting, Michael Harrison and Joyce Campbell paintings and photographs.

Participatory Elements
2 CENTS 12 June 1997
Nick Cain
Phil Dadson and Micheal Stevenson @ The Physics Room

<only available online>

Stevenson and Dadson show fails to impress
The Press, 1997 June 11, p. 18
Lorimer, Wayne.
Let Those who Ride Decide, by Mike Stevenson, and Voicings, by Philip Dadson.

Unevenly Spaced
2 CENTS 1 June 1997
Felicity Milburn
Fiona Gunn and Frances Joseph @ The Physics Room
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Beyond art, science at the Physics Room
The Press, 1997 Apr. 23, p. 14
Rewi, Adrienne.
Tessa Laird takes over the gallery from Jonathan Bywater.

Interpretations of art installations
The Press, 1997 Mar. 12, p. 16
Feeney, Warren.
3 x 2, installations by Jim Speers and Joanne Moar.

Indulgent, demanding, but excess kept at bay
The Press, 1997 Jan. 15, p. 14
Feeney, Warren.
Monitor, video works.


1996

Praxis, Artlaw, Crime Show; the art of politics and the politics of art
Physics Room Journal, December 1996, p 3 - 6 , 9 - 10
Stephen Pritchard
<also available online>

Nostalgia of stonework
The Press, 1996 Oct. 9, p. 16
Ussher, Robyn.
Scale of sorrows: the view Wakatipu, installation by Stuart Griffiths and David Watson.

Moved to walk and dance : two shows acknowledge kineticism
The Press, 1996 Sept. 4, p. 16
Ussher, Robyn.
Ears to the ground: a dance in three acts, by Nancy de Freitas; Rock your world, by Melissa MacLeod.

Headline works make `Crime Show'
The Press, 1996 July 24, p. 20
Feeney, Warren.
Art which has made headlines in court case at the Physics Room, Arts Centre.

Physics to arts
The Press, 1996 July 10, p. 16
Feature. New gallery under the Observatory tower. First exhibition, Crime Show.

Art Law
TLC Creativity April 2005, issue 33
Review by Eva Yocum
<available online>

Hoardings
Physics Room Journal, December 1996, p 7 - 8, 11, 14 - 16, 19,
Julian Bowron
Reviews a series of art posters under the project title Hoardings
<also available online>

Crime Show
Physics Room Journal, December 1996, p 20 - 22
James Wallace

<also available online>

Melissa MacLeod 'Rock Your World'
Physics Room Journal, December 1996, p 23 - 24
Celia Mendoza

<also available online>