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Images, UC QuakeStudies

View of Christchurch Art Gallery's forecourt, which includes the sculpture "Reasons for Voyaging", a collaboration between Canterbury sculptor, Graham Bennett and architect, David Cole. Behind it is the HSBC House and the new Christchurch City Council Civic offices.

Audio, UC QuakeStudies

Part four of the audio that makes up Gap Filler's 29th project, the Transitional City Audio Tour. This part of the tour begins in the Re:Start Mall on Cashel Street and includes commentary on the performance Last Day of Mankind at the Bridge of Remembrance. The tour then moves up Oxford Terrace, along the banks of the Avon River, until it reaches Worcester Boulevard. Turning left, it travels down Worcester Boulevard, past the Christchurch Art Gallery, providing commentary on the new and old art in the area, and the Christchurch Arts Centre. Lastly, it moves up Montreal towards Cranmer Square.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A stack of wooden frames with the words "Quake makes world headlines" written on the uppermost frame. The photographer comments, "This is a sculpture at the CPIT facility in Christchurch. It is a series of squares placed over a column with writing on the squares. It is an excellent movable sculpture that conveys the Christchurch earthquake very well. The squares are placed so that they can slide over each other and even fall inside the other on one side. It is a pity that only two sides of the squares are written on".

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A bollard covered in tattered posters. The photographer comments, "After the Christchurch February 2011 earthquake no more adverts were pasted onto this advertising pillar. Over a year later the posters are starting to peel off and reveal older ones. It seems that the constant addition of new posters was keeping everything in equilibrium, but with no new posters everything is literally falling apart".

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A digitally manipulated image of a broken window. The photographer comments, "There is hardly anything left of Christchurch's proud heritage buildings. Most older buildings were made of brick and though they should have had improvements to make them withstand a medium earthquake most did not. They were badly damaged when hit with a series of earthquakes that were up to 2.2g at the epicentre and 1.88g in the City".

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tim Manning, and Michael Layne from the US Embassy in Wellington, speaking to Ray Kennedy, an Area Manager from the New Zealand Fire Service, in the Christchurch Art Gallery about the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A view across Montreal Street to the Christchurch Art Gallery. The building was used as the headquarters for Civil Defence in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake, and large white marquees have been set up in its forecourt to accommodate extra personnel. The site is surrounded by a safety fence. On the left is a sign advertising the "Van der Velden: Otira" exhibition, which was cut short by the earthquake.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of students from the University of Canterbury Student Volunteer Army at Rock on Eastside. Rock on Eastside was an outdoor lounge and art space facilitated by Gap Filler and Youthtown. The students helped other students from local high schools to build the site, which was on the corner of Aldwins Road and Linwood Avenue.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of students in Eastgate Mall with a trolley full of painted rocks. The students are participating in a workshop facilitated by Gap Filler and Youthtown where they painted these rocks. The rocks will be used to create Rock on Eastside, an outdoor lounge and art space on the corner of Aldwins Road and Linwood Avenue.

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of a presentation by Grant Wilkinson, Senior Engineer for Ruamoko Solutions, at the 2016 Seismics in the City Conference. The presentation is titled, "Engineering Regeneration, Collaboration and Innovation ".The abstract for the presentation reads, "Applying some seismic lessons learnt to saving several heritage gems and collaborating on the Christchurch Art Gallery Base Isolation retrofit project."

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of a crowd watching Struan Ashby from Tape Art NZ create the 'Dream Machine'. The 'Dream Machine' was a 9-day long creative project that used dream stories from the audience to turn a shipping container into a 40-foot mural. The photograph was taken at the 2014 SCIRT World Buskers Festival in Hagley Park.