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.