On this week at This­tle Hall is the bien­ni­al Pho­to­Chop exhi­bi­tion, cen­tred around the art of col­lage. It’s all about tak­ing the ordi­nary paper mate­ri­als, and with scis­sors and glue, turn­ing it into some­thing new, with a selec­tion of fine works includ­ing repur­posed post­cards, a scenic Uruw­era set­ting for Willie Api­a­ta and a cou­ple of fine posters cel­e­brat­ing the gold­en years of Brit­ney Spears.

And the Word Col­lec­tive even have a lit­tle table set up so you can cre­ate your own col­lage mate­ri­als. (Seri­ous­ly, one of my favourite pas­times is chop­ping up old gos­sip mags and glue­ing them togeth­er to cre­ate some­thing new. It’s most relax­ing and enjoy­able.)

All items are for sale, and are rather afford­able at under $100 (most are well under that).

Pho­to­Chop III runs until Sun­day 23 Jan­u­ary at the This­tle Hall, upper Cuba St. Open 10am-6pm dai­ly.