A busy but fun first day at The Arcade and great to have people coming down to visit. We'll be continuing to develop the projects this week so feel free to pop in and see what we're up to.

The Arcade project is about the freedom to experiment, it's about not being afraid to fail, sharing ideas and skills, creating rather than consuming.

A very big thank you to NMIT and in particular the Arts and Media department for supporting this project and providing the venue for The Arcade this year. Without NMIT we wouldn't have been able to hold the Arcade project this year.

Starting this Sunday and continuing every Sunday until the event, Community Art Works has kindly provided space where we can work on projects.

If you'd like to get involved, if perhaps you'd just want to see what we're up to, if you want to learn a bit of electronics/programming or you'd like to learn more about Community Art Works, pop in from 1pm and say hello (everybody welcome!).

Community Art Works is in the old Hunting and Fishing building (81 Achilles Ave.). The building is on the right when entering Wakatu Car park from Rutherford St.

Sadly it's *** Game Over ***  - Thanks to everyone who has contributed in any way to making The Arcade such an enormous success.

New games were created by John-Paul Pochin, Chris Mason, Vicki Smith, Klaasz Brukel and Colin Fleming with help from Chris Leyland and the dynamic duo Frog and Hazel Twissell. Other artworks by Megan Thomas, Chris Thornley, Anthony Genet, Nick Clark and John-Paul Pochin. Arcade machines on loan from Chris Mason, Roy Pointon, John-Paul Pochin and Stuart Knapman. Table arcade machine created by Chris Leyland. 1970-80s consoles and computers on loan from Chris Mason and John-Paul Pochin. Period furniture on loan from Ben Acheson and Paul Hargreeves. Opening night performance by Paul Hargreeves, Brendon Grant, Tim Wells, Klaasz Breukel of Neon with sound by JR Richardson.