Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 158-159: Film in the Gap

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A PDF copy of pages 158-159 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Film in the Gap'. Photos: Gap Filler

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A sign on one of Gap Filler's painted pianos in New Brighton. The sign reads, "The Painted Piano Project. This piano has been donated by the Christchurch School of Music and painted by students from the University of Canterbury. Please feel free to play the piano to you heart's content".

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A photograph of children and parents painting rocks for Rock on Eastside on the corner of Linwood Avenue and Aldwins Road. Rock on Eastside was an outdoor lounge and art space facilitated by Gap Filler and Youthtown. The paint was donated by Resene.

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A photograph of footage of Cathedral Square playing on a number of computer monitors as part of Gap Filler's ninth project, Thinking Outside the Square. The footage was sourced from the Christchurch community and cut into an hour-long video spanning 100 years.

Photograph of Gap Filler Project 19 (6)

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A photograph of footage of Cathedral Square playing on a number of computer monitors as part of Gap Filler's ninth project, Thinking Outside the Square. The footage was sourced from the Christchurch community and cut into an hour-long video spanning 100 years.

Photograph of Gap Filler Project 19 (2)

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A photograph of footage of Cathedral Square playing on a number of computer monitors as part of Gap Filler's ninth project, Thinking Outside the Square. The footage was sourced from the Christchurch community and cut into an hour-long video spanning 100 years.

Photograph of Gap Filler Project 19 (5)

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A photograph of footage of Cathedral Square playing on a number of computer monitors as part of Gap Filler's ninth project, Thinking Outside the Square. The footage was sourced from the Christchurch community and cut into an hour-long video spanning 100 years.

Photograph of Gap Filler Project 19 (3)

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A photograph of footage of Cathedral Square playing on a number of computer monitors as part of Gap Filler's ninth project, Thinking Outside the Square. The footage was sourced from the Christchurch community and cut into an hour-long video spanning 100 years.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 22 (115)

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Visitors to the Pallet Pavilion enjoying beers and a game of Scrabble. A colourful umbrella blocks them from the rain.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 22 (15)

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Three men photographed on a slab of concrete at the partially constructed Pallet Pavilion. Chains from a crane are hanging above.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The big chess set Gap Filler project in Colombo Street south, Sydenham, taking shape".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 22 (57)

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The empty site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, now demolished. This is where the Pallet Pavilion is to be built.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 22 (56)

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The empty site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, now demolished. This is where the Pallet Pavilion is to be built.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 22 (20)

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A volunteer in a hard hat and high-visibility vest, hammering steel rods into the concrete base of the Pallet Pavilion.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gap Filler project, a garden in the site of a demolished building on the corner of Oxford and Colombo Street, 822 Colombo Street".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gap Filler project, a garden in the site of a demolished building on the corner of Oxford and Colombo Street, 822 Colombo Street".

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The Think Differently Book Exchange fridge, now decorated with paper cut outs and filled with books.

Photographs of Gap Filler project 6 (18 )

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Members of the public bowl on the CPIT students' 1950s bowling alley in town.ing

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A member of the public bowling on the CPIT students' 1950s bowling alley in town.

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Members of the public bowl on the CPIT students' 1950s bowling alley in town.ing

Photograph of Gap Filler project 12 (12)

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Wayne Youle and volunteers painting his mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

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Members of the public bowl on the CPIT students' 1950s bowling alley in town.ing

Photograph of Gap Filler project 12 (13)

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Wayne Youle and volunteers painting his mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 12 (9)

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Wayne Youle's mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour', now cleared of weeds.

Film in the Gap Photograph 1

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A photograph of a chalkboard painted on the wall of a building. The chalkboard advertises upcoming Gap Filler events. A woman is chalking a message on the wall.

Photographs of Gap Filler project 6 (19 )

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A barbeque at the opening of Gap Bowling, a 1950s bowling alley designed and built by CPIT students on the demolished site of the JetSet Lounge.

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Two children running across the empty lot in Beckenham that housed Gap Filler's "Film in the Gap!" project. Behind them is a chalkboard sign outlining the programme for the evening of April 2nd, 2011. The sign reads, "Gap Filler: 1st - 10th of April. Free live music and films from 6pm onwards. Saturday: 5pm: The Captain Willis Trio, 6pm: Ed Muzik, 7pm: The Cracks in Everything, 8pm: Film - 4 Houses, 4 Decades (Christchurch Architecture). All welcome! Bring a blanket or cushion. Ex demolition site. Please be safety aware. Proper footwear must be worn!".

Dance-O-Rama Photograph 3

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A photograph of people dancing on the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat during FESTA 2014.

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gap Filler Chess set on Colombo Street, Sydenham".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gap Filler Chess set on Colombo Street, Sydenham".