Len Lye is known for his lifelong preoccupation with movement, and the idea of making motion tangible.

Considering journeys and states of transition across multiple timescales, sites and species, Fibrous Soul presents major new and recent works by Aotearoa-based artist Sorawit Songsataya, alongside a new installation by Maata Wharehoka.

Christine Hellyar, Gary Cocker, Cao Xun

Gathering three generations of artists, Set Dressing examines photography’s capacity to harness, distil, and complicate desire.

Energtopia is Sean Hill’s new installation made for the Gallery’s Open Window.

Ranging in scale and appearing in varied contexts in and outside gallery spaces, Hill’s work proposes multiple possibilities for experiencing painted form, colour, and texture.

Kineticism: Len Lye and Howard Wise Gallery draws upon Lye's work in and around one of New York's most celebrated gallerists, to survey the artist's practice as a kinetic sculptor during the 1960s. 

Shelling out explores the often-overlooked stop motion animations of Len Lye - Experimental animation (1933) and Birth of the Robot (1936) - to showcase the immense versatility in Lye’s early practice. 

Forming part of the Make Visible: Taranaki project, this collaborative work is a window-based intervention in the Len Lye Centre that makes visible different spectrums via the lenses of identity and gender. The Unfurling comprises two distinct yet spiritually connected window works by Novak and Clothier.

Ko Te Kihikihi Taku Ingoa is a memorial to the sacrifice made by the children and people of Parihaka.

Since 2022, the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery has been supporting artist Shannon Novak in an ongoing project Make Visible: Taranaki.

Taranaki artist WharehokaSmith (Taranaki, Te Ātiawa, Ngāruahine) created this wall painting, which echoes the building’s unique architectural space.

Much like a composer might write a musical score, Len Lye composed sequences of motion, harnessing intangible energetic forces to sculpt matter.