← ← ←
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

Past

The Physics Room Contemporary Art Kōrero
19 June
OPENING: Desert Rose
12 June NZSL Tour: B42040A1A1A
16 May Whakamanu Exchange Residency 2026
05 May to 17 May 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 Open Call: Attention Studies
14 January to 15 February 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 Artist Talk: Aidan Taira Geraghty & Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence
27 September 2025 Performance: Kelly/Shaw
18 September 2025 OPENING: 09 07 25
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 BOOK SALE
14 June to 15 June 2025 OPENING: Dalosa, Lafo & Iva
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
22 February 2007 Nicolaus Schafhausen Lecture
11 December 2006 Claire Doherty Public Lecture
07 December 2006 Constantly in Motion
08 November to 22 November 2006 Robert Johansson & Vanna Bowles artist talk
25 October 2006 Art Trek 2006
25 October 2006 Transubstantiation Loops
13 October 2006 Chat and Spill - Simon Denny
28 September 2006 Adventures in Animation
16 September 2006 The Physics Room Annual 2005 Publication Launch
13 September 2006 Artist Talk: Fiona Jack
23 August 2006 Artist Talk: Gaston Ramirez Feltrin
10 August 2006 Artist Talk: David Clegg
02 August 2006 Artist Talk: Nina Czegledy
24 July 2006 Transposition of a Mountain
11 July 2006 Sound Performance - Lawrence English, Greg Davis, Jeph Jerman
08 July 2006 Radio Kiosk 106.5FM
29 June to 18 July 2006 Mini- FM Radio Transmitter Building Workshop
25 June 2006 Artist's Talk: Rob McKenzie & Kain Picken
14 June 2006 Independent Publishing Discussion
13 May 2006 Wrap Me Up, Make Me Happy
29 April 2006 Black Screen, White Noise by Janne Vanhannen
20 April 2006 Illustrated Artist Talk: Ayşe Erkmen
01 April 2006 Artist Talk: Christoph Keller
17 March 2006 Experimental Film & Video Art Screening
15 March 2006 Floortalk - Dr Friedrich Meschede
11 March 2006 Sound Performance by Eye and Bruce Russell
03 December 2005 Sound Performance by Dr Philip Samartzis & Lawrence English
22 November 2005 Viva la Vida Film
25 October 2005 2004 Annual Publication Launch
12 August 2005 Art Attack!
27 July 2005 All For Show
14 July 2005 Woodenhead Film Screening
20 April 2005 Breathing Space Screenings
12 April 2005 Future Perfect Screening
06 April 2005 Antarctic Art
12 February 2005 White Noise
27 January 2005 Marl Video Art Award
03 November 2004 John White / Francesca Mountfort Album Release Party
28 September 2004 Ahoy! Public Art Project
13 September to 18 October 2004 Trambience 2004
05 September 2004 Philip Dadson Performance
10 August 2004 Avatar Body Collision
02 August 2004 Secondary School Art Teachers Evening
20 July 2004 MuVi - Music Video Clips from Germany
04 June 2004 Thursday 26 February 2004
26 February 2004 Concert Performance by Thomas Lehn & David Watson
20 January 2004 Trambience 2003
18 December 2003 <RE:PLAY>
27 November 2003 Birchville Cat Motel / Bruce Russell Performance
19 September 2003 Initiate - An Open Discussion
15 September 2003 'Faces and Powers' Lecture
18 August 2003 Transmediale Video Screening
10 June 2003 Who Owns That Image? Seminar
26 November 2002 Go Out. Go On. Go Elsewhere
08 November 2002 Turanga
11 October 2002 Dream / Wachseins
22 August to 27 August 2002 Sonic Sampler : Short Films with a Pulse
16 August 2002 Toshimaru Nakamura & Tetuzi Akiyama
03 August 2002 Eye to Eye by David Cross
11 July 2002 Set Upon a Curve / Balloon Adventure
06 July 2002 New Zealand and the Bomb Panel Discussion
20 June 2002 Piped Music Programme
10 April to 09 November 2002 Who owns that image?
26 November 2001 Craft
12 September to 01 October 2001 Crown Lynn New Zealand - The Ambiguous Image
01 September to 30 September 2000 Art on the Move
01 June 1998 to 01 February 1999 Berlin Alchemie
19 March to 20 March 1997 Artificial
07 December 1996 Hoardings
01 June to 01 December 1996
Publications

All

Attention Studies
Correspondence IV My throat/a shelter Sāmaria Response: Looking for old fire, new fire Pomelo leaves in hot water What is that salty voice? The air, like a stone publication Correspondence 3.2 Critical response: Unknowable Critical response: Like water by water Critical response: The work has to settle Critical response: Mokomoko as tail-eater Correspondence 3.1 The moon and the pavement Correspondence 2.2 Correspondence 2.1 Heavy trees, arms and legs Correspondence 1.2 Avian Loop Correspondence 1.1 Through That Which Separates Us One and Many Mirrors: Perspectives on Graphic Design Education HAMSTER Issue 7 HAMSTER Issue 6 Kiosk Logbook HAMSTER Issue 5 Call for Proposals HAMSTER Issue 5 HAMSTER Issue 4 HAMSTER Issue 3 Wendelien Bakker: Prospecting HAMSTER Issue 2 HAMSTER Issue 1 Louise Tu'u: Performing the Margins: An Anthem of Hope Call for Proposals: HAMSTER, a new publication A Year of Conscious Practice Mapping La Mancha Pauline Rhodes: Dark Watch natural sympathies and weird weather Reading Walking Writing Brent Harris: Posteering Shannon Te Ao: I can press my face up against the glass The Physics Room Journal 2013 WORK-BOOK John Ward Knox: Sesame Seeds Blaine Western & Michael Parr: company Toshi Endo: New Super Turbo Warriors Louise Menzies: Local Edition 25.07.12 White Fungus: The Subconscious Restaurant André Hemer: hyper/links The Physics Room Annual 2001 - 2010 Zina Swanson: The risk of it all falling apart MY EYES KEEP ME IN TROUBLE Tony de Lautour: B-Sides & Demos André Guedes: The Airotiv Papers Dan Arps: Gestapo Pussy Ranch James Oram Brenda Nightingale: Twin Peaks Fiona Amundsen & Tim Corballis: Si c'est (if it is) Simon Lawrence: path of the path Louise Menzies: Sparkling Duets Christina Read: Evidence Jon Campbell: Yeah Yeah Yeah Sriwhana Spong and Kate Newby: TWONE Zina Swanson Sarah Jane Parton: Guidance Clare Noonan: Landscape Portrait Sweet Punch: recent Nordic video Ayse Erkmen: awesome Super Natural Family First Daniel du Bern: Dirt Work Louise Menzies: Homecoming Kaleb Bennett: The Sumidero Canyon Simon Morris: Painting Projects 2000-2005 Dane Mitchell: Present Surface of Tell Once Upon a Time Andrew McLeod: Largess Volume Series Sampler Series Audible: New Frontiers The Loni and Roni Show HARDSELL!! Because you want it LOG Illustrated Issues 1-15 Bombs Away Ruth Watson: Without Parachute Tomorrow People 4Eva - A Tribute to Fantaticism GRUNT MACHINE
Podcast

Upcoming

Episode 24
21 August 2026

Past

Episode 23
17 July 2026 Episode 22
19 June 2026 Episode 21
15 May 2026 Episode 20
17 April 2026 Episode 19
20 March 2026 Episode 18
20 February 2026 Episode 17
16 January 2026 Episode 16
19 December 2025 Episode 15
21 November 2025 Episode 14
17 October 2025 Episode 13
19 September2025 Episode 12
15 August 2025 Episode 11
18 July 2025 Episode 10
20 June 2025 Episode 9
16 May 2025 Episode 8
18 April 2025 Episode 7
21 March 2025 Episode 6
21 February 2025 Episode 5
17 January 2025 Episode 4
20 December 2024 Episode 3
15 November 2024 Episode 2
18 October 2024 Episode 1
20 September 2024
Shop
Latest Publications Artist Editions Merchandise

Publications

Sāmaria
Attention Studies #1
My throat/a shelter
What is that salty voice? 
The air like a stone publication
Correspondence IV
The moon and the pavement
Heavy trees, arms and legs
ATE Journal of Māori Art: Volume Two
ATE Journal of Māori Art: Volume Three
ATE Journal of Māori Art: Volume Four
LOG Illustrated Issue 1
LOG Illustrated Issue 3
LOG Illustrated Issue 4
LOG Illustrated Issue 5
LOG Illustrated Issue 8
LOG Illustrated Issue 9
LOG Illustrated Issue 12
LOG Illustrated Issue 13
LOG Illustrated Issue 15
Otherwise worlding
Fiona Connor, +1 310 951 9459
GRUNT MACHINE
public practices
Tales Untold: unearthing Christchurch histories
4Eva – A Tribute To Fanaticism
The Loni and Roni Show
Audible: New Frontiers
Andrew McLeod: Largess
Dane Mitchell: Present Surface of Tell
Sweet Punch: recent Nordic video
Jon Campbell: Yeah Yeah Yeah
Christina Read: Evidence
Louise Menzies: Sparkling Duets, Christchurch
James Oram
Dan Arps: Gestapo Pussy Ranch
Tony de Latour: B-Sides & Demos
MY EYES KEEP ME IN TROUBLE
André Hemer: hyper/links
White Fungus: The Subconscious Restaurant
Louise Menzies: Local Edition 25.07.12
Blaine Western & Michael Parr: company
John Ward Knox: Sesame Seeds
WORK-BOOK
Brent Harris: Posteering
Reading Walking Writing
Pauline Rhodes: Dark Watch
Mark Shorter: Mapping La Mancha
Wendelien Bakker: Prospecting
One and Many Mirrors: Perspectives on Graphic Design Education

Merchandise

Preorder: Logo Collage T-shirt
Preorder: Atom Cowboy T-shirt
More

Subscribe to email


About Contact /
Location / Hours Access Library History Archives Support Volunteer Opportunities
Shop
Cart
The Physics Room — A contemporary art project space
Preorder: Logo Collage T-shirt

Preorder: Logo Collage T-shirt

$50

Info View cart Continue shopping

Preorder: Atom Cowboy T-shirt

Preorder: Atom Cowboy T-shirt

$50

Info View cart Continue shopping