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About

The Cross St Studios Index is a non-physical space for community memory, cataloguing and conservation. We publish materials and resources related to the activity of Cross St Studios, an artist-run initiative (ARI) open from 2006 to 2010 in central Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

This project aims to preserve the 140+ exhibitions, festivals, performances, projects, screenings and workshops that unfolded within the walls of Cross St Studios and its neighbourhood, safeguarding the shared experience of the artists, musicians, organisers, participants and audiences who brought those spaces to life.

It is intended for anyone interested in the experimental, collaborative, wild, and wonderful spirit of ARIs and independent creative practice in Aotearoa.

DEVELOPMENT

The CSS Index was initiated in 2024 by Genista Jurgens, a founding member of Cross St Studios, and developed in 2025 with João Veríssimo. It is purposely built for long-term preservation and was made possible with funding from Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa.

THANKS

Our biggest thanks go to everyone who contributed material, fact-checked, shared their memories or encouraged this effort.

Thanks to Chloe Geoghegan, Sam Hamilton and Thomas Sainsbury, who generously supported our application for public funding. Thanks also to Freya Elmer at the E H McCormick Research Library, who advised us on best archival practices.

CONTRIBUTORS

Aaron Yap, Adrian Kinnaird, Aleksandra Petrovich, Alexa Wilson, Antonio Parsons, Briar Tucker, Bronwyn Layla, Chris Fitzgerald, Damian Golfinopoulos, Daniel Munn, Elliot Collins, Grayson Gilmour, Jane Thorne, Jeff Henderson and The Audio Foundation, Jo Galvin, Joe Fish, John Vea, Johnny Edgell, Joshua Rutter, Krister Bladh, Maria Leyden, Matt Armstrong, Michelle Osborne, Mikel Krumins, Nicholas J. Boyd, Nick Fulton and Sarah Gooding, Patrick Lundberg, Paul Buckton, Peter Willis, Roberto Nascimento, Samuel Montgomery, Sasha McLaren, Sean Monro, Sebastian Vargas, Sophie Watson, Stefan Neville, Stevie Kay, Tes Rae, Tessa Stubbing, Veronica Manchego.

If you have material to submit to the archive (posters, photos, audio, reviews), please get in touch via [email protected].

NOTES

All images published on this site were taken by members of Cross Street Studios unless otherwise stated or individually credited. If you are featured in this archive, or see any material you think should be excluded, please contact us to remove it.