Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Adrienne Martyn, Otis, Dunedin, 1980, pigment print on dibond, 800 × 800 mm, [left]; and, Nick, Auckland, 1987, pigment print on dibond, 800 × 800 mm, [right]. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Adrienne Martyn, Nick, Auckland, 1987, pigment print, 800 × 800 mm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Adrienne Martyn, Otis, Dunedin, 1980, pigment print on dibond, 800 × 800 mm. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Adrienne Martyn, Marie and Penny, 1985, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 1000 × 1000 mm. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Adrienne Martyn, Rudy, Excelsior Hotel Dunedin, 1980, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 900 × 700 mm, [left]; Annie, Dunedin, 1981, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 700 × 700 mm, [centre]; and, Tara, Dunedin, 1980, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 700 × 700 mm [right]. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Adrienne Martyn, H&J Smith Department Store, Invercargill, 2024, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 1000 × 1500 mm [left & right]. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Me Jane: A Women’s Liberation Newspaper, vol. 1, no. 8, August, 1972. Cover photo by Adrienne Martyn. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Mother I’m Rooted: An Anthology of Australian Women Poets, ed. Kate Jennings, Outback Press, Melbourne, 1975. Photos by Adrienne Martyn. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Refractory Girl: A Women’s Studies Journal, no. 3, Winter 1973. Photo by Adrienne Martyn [left]; Eve Durning, 1975. Photos by Elly Guthrie [right above & below]. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Refractory Girl: A Women’s Studies Journal, no. 3, Winter 1973. Photo by Adrienne Martyn.

Adrienne Martyn, The Object, 1975, 16mm film transferred to digital video, 10:19 mins. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Adrienne Martyn, The Object, 1975, 16mm film transferred to digital video, 10:19 mins. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Adrienne Martyn, The Object, 1975, 16mm film transferred to digital video, 10:19 mins. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Adrienne Martyn, The Object, 1975, 16mm film transferred to digital video, 10:19 mins. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Adrienne Martyn, The Object, 1975, 16mm film transferred to digital video, 10:19 mins. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Adrienne Martyn, The Object (still), 1975, 16mm film transferred to digital video, 10:19 mins. Image courtesy of the artist.

Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Sam Norton, Untitled from the series ‘As Long as Someone’s Watching’, 2023, digital print on dibond, 1250 × 1800 mm [left]; and, Untitled from the series ‘As Long as Someone’s Watching’, 2025, digital print on dibond, 1250 × 1800 mm [right]. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Sam Norton, Untitled from the series ‘As Long as Someone’s Watching’, 2025, digital print on dibond, 1250 × 1800 mm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Sam Norton, Untitled from the series ‘As Long as Someone’s Watching’, 2025, digital print on dibond, 1250 × 1800 mm [left]; and, Untitled from the series ‘As Long as Someone’s Watching’, 2025, digital print on dibond, 1250 × 2500 mm [right]. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Sam Norton, Untitled from the series ‘As Long as Someone’s Watching’, 2025, digital print on dibond, 1250 × 2500 mm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Sam Norton, Untitled from the series ‘As Long as Someone’s Watching’, 2023, digital print on dibond, 1250 × 2500 mm. Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view, Things are, they do not happen, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.