# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Opening Weekend Celebration | Direct Bodily Empathy – Sound, Signal, Feedback
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 09:45 am – Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for an expansive opening weekend celebration. Across two days, a series of lively public programmes invites you into deeper, embodied encounters with the exhibition, offering in-depth activations that move beyond observation and into spaces of critical thinking and direct, relational engagement with the artworks.


Saturday 27 June:

9:45 am – 11:15 am 
Curator and artist tour: sound as a medium — acoustic ecologies and alternative energy.
Location: Ngāmotu House and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
See event listing for full details: https://govettbrewster.com/events/event/E31357D1734


11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Composing with Decomposition: a fermentation series after Yuko Mohri.
Location: Todd Energy Learning Centre at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre. 
See event listing for full details: https://govettbrewster.com/events/event/E31344D1602


1:30 pm - 2:05 pm 
Environments 12 (2023) sound installation by Machine Listening. 
Location: Len Lye Centre Cinema. 
See event listing for full details: https://govettbrewster.com/cinema/film/machine-listening-environments-12


3:00 pm - 4:15 pm 
Sirening (as a verb): Aotearoa Chapter | a conversation and performance. 
Location: Len Lye Centre Cinema. 
See event listing for full details: https://govettbrewster.com/events/event/E31359D1606


4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 
Environmentality: a lecture-performance by Machine Listening. 
Location: Len Lye Centre Cinema. 
See event listing for full details: https://govettbrewster.com/events/event/E31361D1607


Sunday 28 June:

10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Konvolute B: Environments a participatory workshop by Machine Listening.  
Location: Todd Energy Learning Centre at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre. 
See event listing for full details: https://govettbrewster.com/events/event/E31363D1610


10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Toi ma te whānau | Family Art special
Location: In the gallery.
See event listing for full details: https://govettbrewster.com/events/event/E25916D524




Image: Yuko Mohri, Decomposition, 2022. Fruit, speaker, cable, wood, computer, dimensions variable. Installation view in Art & New Ecology, The 5th Floor, Tokyo, 2022. Image: Naoki Takehisa. Courtesy of the artist, Project Fulfill Art Space, mother’s tankstation, Yutaka Kikutake Gallery, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, WHITE SPACE.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-plymouth/opening-weekend-celebration-direct-bodily-empathy-sound-signal-feedback/200030205735037
- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, exhibitions, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: New Plymouth
- **state**: TK
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre
- **lat**: -39.058722592736
- **long**: 174.07007405353
- **full address**: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre, 48 Queen St, New Plymouth 4310, New Zealand, New Plymouth

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Opening Weekend Celebration | Direct Bodily Empathy - Sound, Signal, Feedback being held?
  - **A:** Opening Weekend Celebration | Direct Bodily Empathy - Sound, Signal, Feedback takes place on Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 09:45 am to Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre, 48 Queen St, New Plymouth 4310, New Zealand, New Plymouth.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Opening Weekend Celebration | Direct Bodily Empathy - Sound, Signal, Feedback?
  - **A:** Opening Weekend Celebration | Direct Bodily Empathy - Sound, Signal, Feedback is organized by Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Opening Weekend Celebration | Direct Bodily Empathy - Sound, Signal, Feedback is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in New Plymouth, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Opening Weekend Celebration | Direct Bodily Empathy - Sound, Signal, Feedback sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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