The project report for Poetica, part of Gap Filler project 20, Walls. Poetica was an urban poetry project in which an interactive poetry installation was painted on the wall of 614 Colombo Street. The purpose of the project was to visualise the regeneration of Christchurch as an unwritten poem by allowing members of the public to writing poetry on the Poetica wall.
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 19 December 2013 entitled, "More Wall Art".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 17 December 2013 entitled, "Wall Art Christchurch ".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 14 January 2014 entitled, "Women on Wall".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 5 August 2013 entitled, "Neither window nor wall".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 21 November 2012 entitled, "A Wall that Wows".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 22 December 2013 entitled, "Rise Festival Big Walls Artists".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 24 December 2011 entitled, "Retaining Walls and Earthquakes".
Pages 1 and 2 of a 2014 Wall Planner published in the Christchurch Press on Monday 9 December 2013.
Pages 1 and 2 of a 2014 Wall Planner published in the Christchurch Press on Friday 13 December 2013.
A news item titled, "Know Your Land Rights - Retaining Walls", published on the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre's website on Friday, 15 July 2011.
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The project report for Knit Happens, part of Gap Filler project 20, Walls. Knit Happens was a mural with a pattern reminiscent of a jersey. It was painted on the exposed wall of a brick building on Madras Street.
A PDF copy of pages 284-285 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Phoenix Wall Re-Painted...'. Photo: Reuben Woods
A pdf copy of panel 7 of Guy Frederick's 'The Space Between Words' exhibition. The panel includes text from an interview with Colleen McClure about her experiences of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Above this is an image of McClure sitting in front of the 'gratitude wall' in her house.
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