A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Peter Majendie, in the middle of his installation '185 Empty Chairs', which remembers the 185 who died as a result of the 22nd February earthquake. The chairs are different so that you can find a chair to remind you in some way of the people who died. Peter told me about the important paintings of chairs, such as Van Gogh and Gaugin's paintings of chairs and the drawing of Dickens's Chair published above his obituary that influenced his decision to remember the lost lives with chairs".
A photograph of a butterfly on one of the chairs in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of painted chairs in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of painted chairs in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of painted chairs in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of painted chairs in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of painted chairs in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of painted chairs in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of painted chairs in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of painted chairs in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of flowers laid on one of the chairs in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of flowers laid on one of the chairs in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of a flower laid on a painted chair in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of a flower laid on a painted chair in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of a flower laid on a painted chair in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of snow covering the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A digitally manipulated image of two chairs sitting among rubble. The photographer comments, "There is a strip of land that has been declared as the red zone. This means that the houses facing towards the tidal estuary must be abandoned as they are on land that has been declared uneconomic to repair after the Christchurch earthquakes. These chairs are at the front of one of these properties that will be bulldozed. These seem to be saying come hell or high water we will not be moved".
A photograph of a tent set up beside the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of a sign giving information about the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of a sign giving information about the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of a sign giving information about the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of a laminated poem stapled to a noticeboard beside the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of flowers laid in a child's car-seat in the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "185 Chairs, an art installation by Peter Majendie, as a memorial to those who died as a result of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The chairs were chosen to reflect the variety of people who died".