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Exhibitions

On now

09 07 25
Aidan Taira Geraghty and Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence
29 August to 19 October

Past

Bootleg
Abigail Aroha Jensen and Tamsen Hopkinson
05 July to 24 August OFFSITE: IN/DIGITAL SPACES
Bea Gladding, Janaye Henry, Nicholas Ahu Gartner, and protectionspell
07 June to 21 June Te oorokohanga mai o te tangi o te mooteatea
Ngamako Rota
23 May to 29 June Dalosa, Lafo & Iva
Lolani Dalosa, Ma'alo Lafo and Axel Iva
28 March to 18 May Blank Banquet
Joel Cocks and Tarren Johnson
01 February to 16 March

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
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André Hemer: hyper/links

White Fungus: The Subconscious Restaurant

Louise Menzies: Local Edition 25.07.12

Toshi Endo: New Super Turbo Warriors

Blaine Western & Michael Parr: company

John Ward Knox: Sesame Seeds

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

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Lonnie Hutchinson, Tele i’a O Le Sami / Let me hear your whisper, 2019

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