Masons Screen

Masons Screen is an outdoor 24-hour public screen for artists' videos.

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.

Samantha Cheng, Take a 10

Current video

Samantha Cheng, Take a 10 (2022-23)

Digital video, sound, 12 minutes 7 seconds

3 September-14 October 2024

In Take a 10 the artist tests the possibilities of their legal minimum employment break by complimenting her work attire with an inflatable. Samantha Cheng is an artist currently based in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Past projects

  • 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)

Contact us

Pippa Sanderson, Senior Arts Advisor

Mobile: 021 454 039

Email: pippa.sanderson@wcc.govt.nz