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

Radio Astronomical Observatory (2020) by Zoe Bokany

8mm film transferred to digital video, silent, 1 minute 21 seconds.
Camera: Torben Tilly.

22 July – 1 September 2025

“In your mind, you have capacities, you know
To telepath messages through the vast unknown
Please close your eyes and concentrate
With every thought you think
Upon the recitation we're about to sing
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft”
The Carpenters

Zoe Bokany is an artist based in Pōneke Wellington.

Past projects

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