Forgotten Street Art

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Graffiti on a damaged building on Colombo Street. The photographer comments, "This street art has been unseen by the general Christchurch population as it was off limits in the Red Zone".

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Colourful street art on a wall of the CPIT Building on Barbadoes Street.

You Do Not Have to Drop, Cover and Hold During a Quake

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Graffiti on a brick wall reads "Pray hope and don't worry". The photographer comments, "Seen on a wall on Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch".

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2011:01:13 19:45:04)

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A photograph of street art on a wall in the Addington Saleyards. The photographer believes that the artwork was created by the artist 'Minx'.

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A photograph of street art on a wall beside a building site. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Barbadoes Street".

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A photograph of street art on a wall beside a building site. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Barbadoes Street".

No Withdrawals From This Hole in the Wall

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Broken panelling on a building on Colombo Street has exposed the interior of the walls. The photographer comments, "Seen in the Christchurch Earthquake Red Zone. If you saw this anywhere else in the world you would have thought that it was a piece of modern art".

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The exposed wall of a building on Peterborough Street with street art and advertisements for The Flying Cup, a mobile cafe.

Maori Inspired Graffiti in the Ozone

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Graffiti on a damaged building. The photographer comments, "After some of the walls were demolished this graffiti was exposed. The next day this wall was gone as well".

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down

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A digitally manipulated photograph of the partially-demolished Ozone Hotel. The photographer comments, "As if a deadly disease is moving out from Christchurch City red zone, the heritage buildings are being put down".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "6th SCAPE biennial of art in public space. Mounted on the end wall of the City Council building in Hereford Street".

The Orange Hand of Fate

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Damage to The Bone Dude's Bone Carving Studio and Cultured Gallery on Fitzgerald Avenue. The brick wall is cracked, and the guttering has fallen. The photographer comments, "This building was damaged in the September earthquake in Christchurch. It was the Bone dude's bone carving studio. The motto on the wall was 'Carve your own' and it looks like the earthquakes did just that".

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2011:10:15 01:32:37)

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A photograph of some simple street art on a concrete wall. The artwork depicts a masked boy with red hair, nestled between the colourful letters of tag writing. An excavator from Mount Grey Downs Limited and some stacked concrete slabs are in the foreground.

Knox Presbyterian Church

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The damaged Knox Church on Bealey Avenue. Bricks have fallen from the walls, exposing the wooden beams. The photographer comments, "You can now see how the old churches were constructed".

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Civil Defence staff conferring at their headquarters in the Christchurch Art Gallery during the immediate aftermath of the 22 February earthquake. On the back wall maps of the city on which areas of importance have been marked with stickers and marker pens can be seen.

Open Plan Living and Good Indoor/Outdoor Flow

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A brick wall has fallen from this house, exposing the rooms within and leaving a pile of rubble in front. The ceiling has slumped and is held up with jacks. The photographer comments, "This was probably the result of the shallower February Christchurch earthquake rather than the bigger September one".

They Tried to Put Humpty Together Again

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A damaged brick building has wooden bracing holding the walls together. The photographer comments, "This building came through the September Christchurch quake with a few band aid plasters, but the February quake means that she is now DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)".

A Viewing Platform in Clifton

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Part of a stone wall left sticking out over the edge after the cliff below it collapsed. The photographer comments, "A viewing platform in Clifton has its foundations exposed after the cliff face collapsed".

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2011:07:13 04:42:33)

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A photograph of street art on the wall of a building on Colombo Street. The artwork is by Otis Frizzell and depicts police officer Constable Nao Yoshimizu comforting the grieving relative of an earthquake victim. Constable Yoshimizu acted as liaison officer for the families of Japanese victims of the earthquake. The mural was commissioned by the New Zealand Police as a recruitment advertisement.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Comic art on a wall exposed by demolition in Sumner. After some time, artist Jason Kelly revealed it as his work and explained that Jelly is a play upon his name, mixing his first name and his last name".

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A photograph of signs on a wall in the Christchurch Art Gallery. The signs read, "Final media trip to the CTV building, 15:00 hours, media opportunity with National Controller and rescue services. This is the last scheduled media hour into the red zone", "Media Briefings, Tuesday 8 March: 10:30 hours, Wednesday 9 March: 15:00 hours, in auditorium" and "Please switch off your cell phones before entering media briefings. Thank you". There is also a diagram of the first and ground floor of the art gallery. The Christchurch Art Gallery served as the temporary Civil Defence headquarters after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

An Ancient Bottle Found Amongst the Debris of the Ozone

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A dusty bottle sits on top of a partially demolished wall. The photographer comments, "The Ozone used to be a popular bar in its day and somehow this bottle must have literally fallen through the cracks.

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A mural on the exposed wall of a building on Peterborough Street. This was a joint project between Gap Filler and the Flying Cup Cafe. The mural is a beach scene with a quote from Anne Frank, reading, "Isn't it wonderful that nobody need waste a single moment to improve the world", and incorporates pre-existing street art and posters.

What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?

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Broken stained glass in a window of the ChristChurch Cathedral. The photographer comments, "I only managed to get one picture of the badly earthquake damaged Christchurch Cathedral and I did not want to get the buttresses holding it up like some Medieval siege engine, so I thought this one was perfect. Looking through the window notice that the adjacent wall has gone and the blue windows belong to an office block across the road".