Episode Playlist
The Physics Room Contemporary Art Kōrero - Episode 21: Attention Studies ( 0:28:45)
Episode Information
Attention Studies is a quick-spirited serial responding to a year of cultural observation. The rōpū of writers meet on a monthly basis, and a published outcome is developed following the hui. In this episode, a selection of texts from our first three issues are read by the authors Oscar Bannan, Josiah Morgan, Meg Doughty and Julieanna Preston. You can read the full issue as a pdf on our website or find a physical copy in the gallery.
Published: 15/05/2026 8:00:00 p.m.
The Physics Room Contemporary Art Kōrero - Episode 19: Weather Report by Sara Plusplus( 0:48:27)
Episode Information
This month we are sharing the episode of Weather Report that was played in the gallery for our Intercom Listening Session event last week as part of Another School. Weather Report is a weekly live music project by Sara Plusplus, based in Amsterdam. Sarah made the following statement about this piece: “With this recording, I hope to bring you a glimpse of the sonic landscape of Weather Report...Many of the recordings are jam sessions between people, first sonic encounters of different music practices.”
Published: 23/03/2026 10:42:24 a.m.
The Physics Room Contemporary Art Kōrero - Episode 16: Holiday Special - AAKI( 0:52:1)
Episode Information
It's a holiday special! For the last episode of The Physics Room Contemporary Art Kōrero in 2025, AAKI is sharing the set they played for our fundraiser event. As AAKI, local takataapui creative Honey Brown conjures up vivid, swampy soundscapes that move the body and wairua. At times a wash of noise and karakia; at times a relentless thump of bass and pixelated synths.
Published: 19/12/2025 8:00:00 p.m.
The Physics Room Contemporary Art Kōrero - Episode 14: Ilish Thomas( 0:29:24)
Episode Information
Artist Ilish Thomas joins Jane on this episode, ahead of her upcoming solo exhibition at The Physics Room. Ilish talks through some of the points of reference for this new moving-image work which orbits The Crystal Palace Theatre in Maungawhau, Tāmaki Makaurau, and in her wider practice.
Published: 17/10/2025 8:00:00 p.m.
The Physics Room Contemporary Art Kōrero - Episode 11: Artist Documents #1 - Abigail Aroha Jensen( 0:28:21)
Episode Information
This is the first of a mini-series called Artist Documents that we will be hosting on Contemporary Art Kōrero over the coming months. Artist Documents is a conversation with an artist from The Physics Room programming in which we speak about points of reference for their practice recently–maybe a place, a song, a particular material, a text, an object. In this episode, Jane speaks to Abigail Aroha Jensen, currently exhibiting in the gallery with Tamsen Hopkinson as part of our current exhibition Bootleg, about some of the objects and ideas that informed her work for the show.
Published: 18/07/2025 8:00:00 p.m.
The Physics Room Contemporary Art Kōrero - Episode 10: Matariki Special - E Rongo e by Ngamako Rota( 0:55:49)
Episode Information
Broadcast on the Matariki holiday, this episode features an audio component from our current exhibition, Te oorokohanga mai o te tangi o te mooteatea by Ngamako Rota. Shared here, E Rongo e is the sonic counterpart to Ngamako's film work, in which she receives her moko kauae at Rangiriri. The work builds on the whakapapa of mooteatea, and the frequencies of iro, ngaro, and the way they etch whenua and flesh.
Published: 20/06/2025 8:00:00 p.m.