Masons Screen

Supported by Wellington City Council and programmed by CIRCUIT Artist Moving Image, Masons Screen presents a new artist’s work each month.

The screen is located on Masons Lane – a pedestrian walkway between The Terrace and Lambton Quay.

Current video

Vailahi Vailahi, Drone footage of Nanumea and Funafuti (2024)

Digital Video, Sound, 7 minutes 16 seconds

10 June - 21 July 2025

Mapping parts of Tuvalu under threat from rising seas, this video is part of a body of work which seeks to explore how technology can act as a vehicle to safeguard stories, traditions, and sacred sites.

Vailahi Vailahi is an artist based in Pōneke.

Past projects

• Andrew Wright, Untitled (2020)
• Nat Tozer, A Sapling to Tie (2025)
• Wesley John Fourie, Mason's Ballad (2024)
• Claus Lucas, Three Studies (2024)
• Alex Plumb, Elena (2017)
• Samantha Cheng, Take a 10 (2022-23)
• Antonia Van Sitter, Mānawatia te Whenua, Mānawatia te Tangata (2024)
• Yvonne Todd, Denim Seagull (2013)
• Robyn Jordaan, The Lady at the Pier (2024)
• Noel Meek and Jake Kīanō Skinner, Rua Kōhatu / Two Stones (2024)
• the observatory project, non-standard measures (2023)
• Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Bledisloe Bebop (2020)
• Hiona Henare, THEY AIN'T WOKE YET (2023)
• Keri-Mei Zagrobelna (Te Āti Awa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) – Te Pito (2023)
• Hana Pera Aoake – I saw the mountain erupt (2023)
• Leala Faleseuga – Vessel: Dissolution | It's in the milk (2023)
• Matthew Cowan and Jana Müller – Background Scenes (2022)
• Xi Li – Prosperity or Emptiness (2022)
• Cat Auburn – Crying Cliffs (2010)
• Richard Frater – Sweet Apparition (2008)
• Yona Lee – Propositions (2021)
• Arapeta – Te Orokoomaa (2022)
• Suzanne Tamaki – Manu does Matariki (2022)
• Bruce Barber – Spectres of Marx (2015)
• Sione Faletau – Kupesi o Mason Screen (Patterns of Mason Screen) (2022)
• Jamie Berry – Wai whakaika (2022)
• Gabriel White – Scenic Journey (2022)
• Louie Zalk-Neale, Mana tipua tuku iho – Transcestor (2021)
• James R Ford – Infinite Monkey Syndrome (2012)
• Jae Hoon Lee – A Leaf (2003)
• Louisa Afoa – Pink Flamingo (2016)
• Phil Dadson – Am I Dreaming? (2020)