Children play on the netball court at Lyttelton Main primary school. The surface of the court has been warped by the earthquakes.
An aerial photograph of the children's play area at the Botanic Gardens.
A photograph of children playing on the Sumner Skate Park.
Children play in inflatable balls at the Canterbury A&P Show.
Cracks and liquefaction in the playing fields and car park of Murphy Park, Kaiapoi.
An aerial photograph of the children's play area in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
A PDF copy of a page on the EQ Recovery Learning site which linked to a YouTube video. In 2015, Christchurch hosted the biggest international cricket tournament ever to be played in New Zealand - the ICC Cricket World Cup. Take a look behind the scenes and through the eyes of some of Canterbury's most passionate cricketers as cricket makes its epic return to the Hagley Oval.
A photograph of a band playing on stage in the 'Sound Cone' space at LUXCITY.
A photograph of a band playing on stage in the 'Sound Cone' space at LUXCITY.
A photograph of a band playing on stage in the 'Sound Cone' space at LUXCITY.
A photograph of a band playing on stage in the 'Sound Cone' space at LUXCITY.
A photograph of a band playing on stage in the 'Sound Cone' space at LUXCITY.
A photograph of a band playing on stage in the 'Sound Cone' space at LUXCITY.
A photograph of a band playing on stage in the 'Sound Cone' space at LUXCITY.
A photograph of a band playing on stage in the 'Sound Cone' space at LUXCITY.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The piper plays as the large crowd hug each other".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This man was often outside the Canterbury Museum playing the recorder".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Children play the Gap Filler piano at 636 Ferry Road".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Children play the Gap Filler piano at 636 Ferry Road".
A photograph of children playing around a pouwhenua outside Nga Hau e Wha Marae on Pages Road.
A photograph of a person playing hockey in a street football arena built by Student Volunteer Army volunteers.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Children playing in the leaves at the Botanical Gardens before The Big Hug".
A photograph of children playing on a statue plinth in Cathedral Square during the Cashel Mall to Cathedral Square walk.
A photograph of children playing on a statue plinth in Cathedral Square during the Cashel Mall to Cathedral Square walk.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A small girl makes a play area on the fallen remains of their fence in Winchester Street, Lyttelton".
A string quartet from Christchurch Girls High School plays on the riverbank before the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake.
A string quartet from Christchurch Girls High School play on the riverbank before the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake.
The Canterbury earthquake sequence of 2010-2011 wrought ruptures in not only the physical landscape of Canterbury and Christchurch’s material form, but also in its social, economic, and political fabrics and the lives of Christchurch inhabitants. In the years that followed, the widespread demolition of the CBD that followed the earthquakes produced a bleak landscape of grey rubble punctuated by damaged, abandoned buildings. It was into this post-earthquake landscape that Gap Filler and other ‘transitional’ organisations inserted playful, creative, experimental projects to bring life and energy back into the CBD. This thesis examines those interventions and the development of the ‘Transitional Movement’ between July 2013 and June 2015 via the methods of walking interviews and participant observation. This critical period in Christchurch’s recovery serves as an example of what happens when do-it-yourself (DIY) urbanism is done at scale across the CBD and what urban experimentation can offer city-making. Through an understanding of space as produced, informed by Lefebvre’s thinking, I explore how these creative urban interventions manifested a different temporality to orthodox planning and demonstrate how the ‘soft’ politics of these interventions contain the potential for gentrification and also a more radical politics of the city, by creating an opening space for difference.
Cracking along the pavement at Halswell Primary School. The ground has risen and fallen in places leaving an uneven surface where the children usually play.
A photograph of a Nero playing while Rome burns, painted on a concrete block in a retaining wall. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cunningham Terrace, Lyttelton".