A photograph of a paste-up of a digger, with a speech bubble reading, "Nom nom".
A photograph of a paste-up of a digger, with a speech bubble reading, "Nom nom".
A photograph of the New Zealand Wizard delivering a speech on a ladder outside the Canterbury Museum.
The sign for Perry's Cafe has had "Shaken but not deterred" added under the name of the cafe. One of the iconic figures of two workmen painted on the side of the building, which have regularly-changed speech bubbles commenting humorously on topical subjects, are saying "Is my crack showing?" The paint has peeled from the other speech bubble, obscuring the reply. The photographer comments, "After the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch a lot of buildings were damaged and made off limits. This affected a lot of cafes and take aways, so if you were open you needed to make it known. The words missing from the speech bubble are 'Don't be silly'".
A graffiti paste-up of a digger on the side of a building in the central city. The artist has added a speech bubble reading, "Nom, nom".
A photograph of a paste-up on an earthquake-damaged brick wall. The paste-up depicts a bandaid with a speech bubble reading, "I'll kiss it better".
A photograph of a paste-up on a wall on Peterborough Street. The paste-up depicts an excavator picking up demolition material, with a speech bubble reading, "Nom nom".
A photograph of a paste-up on a wall on Peterborough Street. The paste-up depicts an excavator picking up demolition material, with a speech bubble reading, "Nom nom".
A photograph of a paste-up on the wall of the earthquake-damaged Knox Church. The paste-up depicts a bandaid with a speech bubble reading, "I'll kiss it better".
A photograph of a paste-up on the wall of the earthquake-damaged Knox Church. The paste-up depicts a bandaid with a speech bubble reading, "I'll kiss it better".
A photograph of a paste-up on the wall of the earthquake-damaged Knox Church. The paste-up depicts a bandaid with a speech bubble reading, "I'll kiss it better".
A photograph of a paste-up on the wall of the earthquake-damaged Knox Church. The paste-up depicts a bandaid with a speech bubble reading, "I'll kiss it better".
A photograph of street art on the side of a building on Colombo Street. The art depicts a man embracing a grieving woman. A speech bubble to the side reads, "You can paint, but we can't!".
A photograph of street art on the side of a building on Colombo Street. The art depicts a man embracing a grieving woman. A speech bubble to the side reads, "You can paint, but we can't!".
A photograph of the New Zealand Wizard delivering a speech on a ladder outside the Canterbury Museum. Around him members of the public are holding up petitions with pictures of the ChristChurch Cathedral and messages such as, "Vandalism is a crime. Stop".
Mural on the side wall of Perry's Cafe on Madras Street. It depicts two work men; one speech bubble saying "Is my crack showing?" and in other other it says "Don't be silly!". A topical joke about the cracks on the wall and Christchurch in general.
