LOT23 Studio

03/04/2026

Mōrena Ngāmotu 🌞 we’re excited to be here for the soft opening of Direct Bodily Empathy — Sound, Signal, Feedback and to celebrate Simon Ingram’s 𝘝𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥: 𝘙𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵.

Vibrating World: Rotokare Forest is an immersive artwork that reveals an ecosystem reclaiming its voice. A point cloud model of pukatea-kahikatea swamp forest is illuminated by the acoustic energy of the dawn chorus — the birdsong of kiwi, korimako, pōpokotea, riroriro, ruru, titipounamu, toutouwai, and tūī. By using LiDAR scans of native bush and spatial audio recordings of bird vocalisations in this way, Simon Ingram recodes the tools and technologies of Western science and extractive industries such as surveying and forestry towards ecological ends. The work is a call to listen, attune, and pay attention, to become sensitive to the vibratory realm of Tāne-mahuta (atua of the forest and birds).

Here’s a snap of Sam and Simon after months of post-production. An absolute pleasure to work with you Simon! .xyz

25/02/2026

Luke Willis Thompson’s Soro (2025) envisions a reenactment of the 2021 Dawn Raids Apology.

“Filmed in analogue black and white 35mm film, Thompson creates a dream-like atmosphere where an inferred, yet unnamed Prime Minister delivers the speech out of frame. The camera focuses entirely on recognised NZSL interpreter Alan Wendt, who delivers and performs the address in Aotearoa’s third official language. Set ten years after former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s apology, Thompson’s film imagines a bold and expansive set of reparations, including comprehensive compensation for victims of the raids, unrestricted travel for Pacific people to and from Aotearoa, and reparations for harms caused by climate change.” Stephen Cleland, Curator, Image Credit.

This work is on view at Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery until Friday 13 March, and this coming Tuesday 3 March is a panel discussion at the Gallery ~ come with!

Edit, Grade and Production Management by LOT23

12/12/2025

We had the immense pleasure of contributing to SORO by Luke Willis Thompson over the past month. Edit and grade 35mm black and white film transfered to 4K digital video. Stunning. The work is screening until 13th March, in a brilliant installation alongside the first work in the series WHAKAMOEMOEA. Congratulations LWT, cast and crew!! 💐

30/11/2025

Excited to be starting post-production on new film today.

You know we love digital but nothing tastes as good as celluloid looks 🤩

07/07/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Chen Chen!

Chen’s ‘Little Potato’ has just won Best New Zealand Short in the 2025 Doc Edge Festival. The jury described Chen’s work as “artistic photography, an unflinching camera, and bravery and vulnerability in sharing intimate moments about a sensitive topic often kept behind closed doors.”

We’re delighted to have contributed to this documentary with the soundmix and colour grading. Thank you for the trust and friendship Chen!!

Little Potato is an incredibly moving short film about the life of Shou Ai Xia, Chen’s grandmother, who suffers from dementia. Shou Ai Xia worked for the Chinese Communist Party for over forty years. The documentary captures two intertwined worlds. A fading ordinary world - in this space, she forgets people, places, and the way to go home. In the other world she demonstrates gratitude and ideological commitment to her country. The documentary considers both the revolutionary passion of her youth and the drawing of life into a quiet, gradual close. This beautiful portrait considers the ways we might move beyond the representation of ‘the tragic discourse of dementia’ as a trope in conventional filmmaking.

There’s a film screening tonight at The Capitol Cinema at 6:15 pm ~ see you there!

18/06/2025

Congratulations Brett Graham! and to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Nathan Pohio, Natasha Conland and team.

This work and it’s presentation is so incredibly moving. Wastelands ~ welcome home.

Nga mihi nui ki a koe we were so honoured to contribute to the moving image installation. 🌹🌹🌹🌹

21/07/2024

We are all moved in to our new post production facility! Wooohoo!Feeling so luxe and fancy. Thank you to our movers and shakers who made the move soooo much easier. 11 years at Minnie Street made for an epic packdown! So we’re just down the road now in the middle of the kingsland shops. DM for coffee dates 😉 Thanks to all the studio clients and event party people who made Minnie Street so massive. We still love you! But focussing on post-production now (greenscreen production, VFX, 3D environment animation, and all things composite, edit, grade) but don’t worry we still have the PA and planning a moving in party soon 💋

26/06/2024

Honoured to celebrate the blessing and opening of Lisa Reihana’s (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngai Tūteauru, Ngāi Tūpoto) beautiful new work ‘Māramatanga’ at Waipara Taumata Rau! Congratulations Lisa and team 🎉

21/02/2024

09/01/2024

Office space available at LOT23 - https://mailchi.mp/lot23/officespace