Hex Waves live at The Physics Room
'Venturi Effect' by Hex Waves, live at The Physics Room, Christchurch NZ, 10 April 2015.
Something Entirely Natural - 360 Video
Video work by Biljana Popovic for the exhibition Synthetic Baby at The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand. 27 September - 28 October 2018. Performed by Ruby Read. Sound design by Claire Duncan.
Voices Project - the back story
Voices Project, 2014
by Olivia Webb
4-channel sound installation/artwork
For her 2014 'Voices Project', Olivia Webb created a series of sound installations at sites around Christchurch, New Zealand, intended to activate church / community spaces which had been lost or relocated since the devastating earthquakes of 2011. Created with the direct participation of three parishes and their surrounding communities across the city, 'Voices Project' sought to create a live monument, re-energising spaces for the community groups involved and documenting the social architecture with which small communities re-form and adapt in response to changing environments.
This video provides details to the back story to this artwork, and revisits these parishes two years on, in 2016.
Heartfelt thanks to the parishes and communities of Mariehau, the Catholic Cathedral and Lyttelton, and to the participants and organisations involved in the making of this artwork.
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'Voices Project' was supported by The Physics Room Contemporary Art Space and Creative New Zealand - Christchurch Creative Communities.
This video was commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival with support from the Scottish Government Festivals Expo Fund and Creative New Zealand.
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© 2014-2016 Olivia Webb. All rights reserved.
Tackling simulation with role playing - Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
My favorite simulation story. This video shows the valuable educational tool of 'role playing' with sim man.
Christchurch’s Arts Centre - A Remarkable Restoration
Philip Aldridge has been in his chief executive role for one year but he knows Christchurch’s Arts Centre intimately.
In a newly-released documentary from Frank Film, Aldridge reveals how he was on site on 22nd February, 2011 when the earthquake hit. Then, he was in charge of the Court Theatre. leading rehearsals for ‘The Mystery of Irma Vep.’
The play never made it to the stage; with the entire Arts Centre fenced off for months while engineers and insurers assessed the damage to the collection of 23 heritage buildings - the largest grouping in the country.
In a fortuitous decision, insurance cover for the complex was increased in 2010 - from around $30M to $120M and, according to Aldridge “that saved the Arts Centre.”
In total, across three separate earthquake claims, an insurance settlement of $163M was reached and by 2012 the restoration project had begun.
“It’s the biggest project of its type in the world,” says Aldridge, and is set to take a decade to complete, albeit with a current funding shortfall of $35M. That means the fenced off buildings along Worcester Street will remain an eyesore for some time yet.
Philip Aldridge admits his role now is a juxtaposition - juggling a mammoth $290M project while managing an arts organisation through financially difficult times in the inner city.
“It's a challenge in a city where rents are difficult, hospitality is a challenge, retail a big challenge so we face the same issues as the rest of the city.”
Aldridge adds “that’s part of our constitution, we’re here to provide facilities for the arts and for the public, that’s why we exist, it’s not economic.”
Anchor tenants are key, one being the University of Canterbury which has moved some classes into the buildings it originally occupied in the late 19th century.
A 33-room boutique hotel is planned for the physics and biology block, and the Lumiere Cinema - a two theatre offering operated by local cinema identity Nick Paris - is set to open in the next few weeks.
With Aldridge as tour guide, Frank Film gains entry to the refurbished creative suites for artists-in-residence. Their most recent resident, Bic Runga, will perform at a fundraising concert in the Great Hall in July.
Attention is turning to pulling more punters through the heritage doors, especially tourists.
“We get a lot of tourists,” says Aldridge. “We’re bad at turning that into money to support the site and that’s something we’re actively working on.”
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Point View School BP Tech Challenge
Point View School hosted the Inaugural East Auckland BP Technology Challenge for Primary School Children in NZ
QuadP Weirdos 4K4 '15 (Hostel)
This video is a fictional events depicted from Malaysian boarding students' experiences. It's not related to anyone anywhere. Hope you enjoy. Drop a like if you like it. Teehee
Farewell Haka for Mr. John Adams
Mr. John Adams Retires
At assembly this morning we bid farewell to Mr. John Adams, the school Guidance Counsellor, who is retiring from teaching. Mr. Adams is moving to Nelson to be closer to his family so that he can dedicate more of his time to them.
Mr. Adams has provided thirty years of dedicated service to Palmerston North Boys’ High School and the young men who attend this school. Mr. Adams was appointed to a long term relief position teaching science and agriculture in February 1986 and gained a permanent position as a teacher of science and physics in June 1986. He was the Year 10 Dean from 1989 – 1993, the Assistant Head of the Science Department from July 1990 – December 1992, and the Head of the Physics Department from 1992 – 1997.
In 1998 Mr. Adams was appointed as the Head of the Science Department, a key leadership position in the school, and one he held until the end of 2004. He was awarded a Royal Society Teacher Fellowship in 2001, when he spent time at Massey University researching renewable energy sources. This fellowship recognised the high esteem with which Mr. Adams was held in the physics and science teaching fraternities in New Zealand and the outstanding results students he taught had achieved over a long period of time.
In 2005 Mr. Adams was appointed as the school Guidance Counsellor, a position he has held until now. In order to fulfill this position Mr. Adams was required to complete a counselling qualification, a Master of Counselling, which he did in 2007, having been selected to receive a teacher study award.
Mr. Adams has a real affinity for young men and has worked tirelessly in all of his roles to remove obstacles to student learning and to help ensure that our young men are able to achieve the best possible academic results. In his role as Counsellor, Mr. Adams has assisted countless young men and families in some very trying circumstances. Each of these situations has been approached with empathy, genuine care and concern, and strategies enacted that have the best interests of the young men concerned at their core.
Additional to this service at Palmerston North Boys’ High School, Mr. Adams served as a parent representative on the Board of the New Zealand Correspondence School from 1995 – 1998 and in 1998 was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Correspondence School.
Prior to his teaching career Mr. Adams had a range of experiences as a dairy farmer, in forestry and a stint as a possum trapper. A notable component of his teaching was how he was able to draw on these experiences in the classroom and put his teaching into context for the young men in his classes. This has played a significant role in the outstanding academic results his classes have achieved.
This morning at assembly Mr. Adams was presented with an Academic Stole. This award, normally made at the end-of-the-year at the full school prizegiving, is reserved to recognise those teachers who have had an unwavering focus on academic achievement throughout their careers. Mr. Adams has certainly embodied the requirement for this award.
Guidance counselling by its very nature often involves being the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff – responding to problems and crises after they occur. Mr. Adams has endeavoured to also bring a proactive approach to his role. An example of this is the system of support that has been implemented for our young Pasifika men on his initiative. Mr. Adams is also a staunch supporter of the Palmerston North Boys’ High School Leadership programme, recognising the proactive nature of this approach to the development of young men.
Mr. Adams has been fully involved in the co-curricular life of the school. He has coached rugby teams, been involved with the mountain biking group, and more recently managed hockey and basketball teams. Mr. Adams has a particular interest in the outdoors, and has organised and participated in a wide variety of school camps, including running one on his own farm a number of years ago.
On behalf of the young men of Palmerston North Boys’ High School, the staff, Board of Trustees and the wider school community, I would like to thank and acknowledge Mr. Adams for the very significant impact he has had on our school over the last thirty years, and to wish him all the best for his retirement.
D M Bovey
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Adam McGrath - People Like Us @ BoxFresh Live 4
This production was made possible by:
Christchurch City Council
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Christchurch Arts Festival
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A quick tour for new UC Science students
To welcome new College of Science students to the University of Canterbury in 2019, we enlisted 3rd year BSc student Leon Batten to give a quick tour of the campus, and introduce a few helpful people.
To learn more about UC Science, visit
a year in Science 2013, 9CRD
an overview of the Science programme as experienced by 9CRD at Christchurch Girls' High School over four terms in 2013. It incorporates stills and video captured on the students' cell phone cameras.
How important is New Zealand science in the big picture of things?
Professor of Physics Shaun Hendy talks to Professor Rod Dunbar, Maurice Wilkins Centre and School of Biological Science following TVNZ's 'What Next ?'
PERSEVERANCE Lee Campbell in conversation with Simon Morris Radio New Zealand 2004
RARE RECORDING of Lee Campbell on Radio New Zealand July 2004 of
Lee Campbell's PERSEVERANCE at the PHYSICS ROOM, Christchurch NZ
(Bulldog image by Alexander Costello)
ALEXANDER COSTELLO * LEE CAMPBELL * SONIA BRUCE
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Planet of the Tapes Limbo Surf live at Physics Room Carpark BBQ 2012AD Christchurch
Quake-Cam by Shakin' Luke Wood.
House Heating (New Zealand)
Commander Robot @ The Darkroom
Commander Robot's first song from his first ever live performance. The Darkroom, Christchurch, October 29 2011.
Gap Filler's Super Street Arcade
Gap Filler presents… Super Street Arcade – New Zealand’s first giant, outdoor arcade game system that channels 80s arcade classics. Launching the project is Attack of the Cones, a distinctly Christchurch-flavoured game. Get active as you move the giant joystick and jump on the over-sized buttons to guide the game’s cycle-mounted hero through the streets of Christchurch, blasting evil road cones and leaping over potholes and cracks. More games will follow, so stay tuned.
Minimum two players required.
Make a new friend, play a new game!
From early December, 2016 to Autumn 2017
Vodafone Building, Tuam Street/High Street, Christchurch
Learn more: superstreetarcade.co.nz
Video created by Jono Smit, 2017
Caller To Newstalk ZB On Chemtrails/ Geo-engineering - January 4, 2012
On January 4th, 2012, Marian Sutherland of North Canterbury, New Zealand, phoned Newstalk ZB and spoke to talk show host, Bruce Russell about chemtrails/ geo-engineering. This video includes photos of chemtrails taken by Marian in North Canterbury and by others from around New Zealand. Thank-you to Marian Sutherland for her courage.
Dr Frederique Vanholsbeck from the Department of Physics
Food safety protocol will be transformed with the development of a new, innovative test, that will provide bacteria counts within 30 minutes.