As Strategic Partner, ECC is proud to support Objectspace in announcing a major new commission by London-based Italian designer Martino Gamper OBE, launching the 2026 programme. Opening 6pm, Thursday 26 March.
This international project includes a new body of work created for Objectspace’s main Ockham Gallery, and an accompanying exhibition and publication conceived in collaboration between Gamper, Objectspace and designers James Goggin and Shan James of Practise, that examines the influence of timber histories in Aotearoa. An edit of the exhibition will travel south to Sir Miles Warren Gallery, Objectspace’s satellite space in Ōtautahi Christchurch, to open in mid-2026.
For Objectspace Martino Gamper presents Endgrained, an exhibition of new objects and furniture that sees the gallery reconfigured into a space for interaction and connection. Across a new body of work focused around chairs and tables, visitors to the gallery are invited to use the furniture for work, rest or play. Hosting a busy schedule of events within the space through the exhibition’s run, including live performance, talks and workshops, the public are also invited to book the space for their own purposes – be it for a rehearsal space, a family meeting or an organisation’s AGM. The exhibition will be made available for free, inhabiting the role of a community centre or church hall.
