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Gap Filler Project Report: Knit Happens

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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.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 9 (1)

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A mandala created as part of Gap Filler's "As Far as Eye Can See" artwork. This mandala is made out of denim and cloth as well as a paua shell.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (33)

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Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. One of Shakespeare's sonnets has been painted on the mural as well as a blackboard. Members of the public are encouraged to add their poems to the blackboard.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (7)

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Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. One of Shakespeare's sonnets has been painted on the mural as well as a blackboard. Members of the public are encouraged to add their poems to the blackboard.

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 15

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A photograph of the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed dancing session on site at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (27)

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Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. One of Shakespeare's sonnets has been painted on the mural as well as a blackboard. Members of the public are encouraged to add their poems to the blackboard.

Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (5)

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A student from the Student Volunteer Army transporting gravel in a wheelbarrow. He is one of the students from the University of Canterbury helping to build Gap Filler's Community Chess Board.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (24)

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Members of the New Brighton Community photographed in front of one of Gap Filler's painted pianos. A cat has been painted on the front of the piano, with the keys serving as the cat's teeth.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (27)

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One of Gap Filler's painted pianos on the site of the demolished TJ's Kazbah in New Brighton. A cat has been painted on the front of the piano, with the keys serving as the cat's teeth.

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 16

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A photograph of the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed dancing session on site at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 15 (42)

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The washing machine on Gap Filler's "Dance-O-Mat". The washing machine is coin operated. When a two dollar coin is fed into the machine, it lights up the stage and plays a music device.

Gap Filler Office Photograph 1

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A photograph of children's play equipment on the site of the Gap Filler office. In the background, a mural reads, "The things which I have seen I now can see no more".