
A photograph of the tape art mural, showing Tape Art NZ's bubble maker and Christchurch communities' tape art bubbles. The photograph was taken at Street Talk, a Tape Art residency held from 6 - 9 March 2014. Street Talk was a collaborative project between All Right?, Healthy Christchurch and Tape Art NZ that had Christchurch communities create large tape art murals on the south wall of Community and Public Health.
An entry from Sue Davidson's blog for 5 February 2014 entitled, "Oi You Street Art - Rise".
A photograph of street art by the DTR crew between Aldwins Road and Linwood Avenue. The artwork depicts an orange city behind purple tag art with DTR's mark on it. The wall with the artwork, is hidden behind a billboard for CPIT, and a bike rack.
A photograph of street art by the DTR crew located on a factory wall in the central city. The artwork depicts the word "Freak" with the letters "DTR" written above it and topped with a crown. The window below the art is broken.
This thesis considers the presence and potential readings of graffiti and street art as part of the wider creative public landscape of Christchurch in the wake of the series of earthquakes that significantly disrupted the city physically and socially. While documenting a specific and unprecedented period of time in the city’s history, the prominence of graffiti and street art throughout the constantly changing landscape has also highlighted their popularity as increasingly entrenched additions to urban and suburban settings across the globe. In post-quake Christchurch, graffiti and street art have often displayed established tactics, techniques and styles while exploring and exposing the unique issues confronting this disrupted environment, illustrating both a transposable nature and the entwined relationship with the surrounding landscape evident in the conception of these art forms. The post-quake city has afforded graffiti and street art the opportunity to engage with a range of concepts: from the re-activation and re-population of the empty and abandoned spaces of the city, to commentaries on specific social and political issues, both angry and humorous, and notably the reconsideration of entrenched and evolving traditions, including the distinction between guerrilla and sanctioned work. The examples of graffiti and street art within this work range from the more immediate post-quake appearance of art in a group of affected suburbs, including the increasingly empty residential red-zone, to the use of the undefined spaces sweeping the central city, and even inside the Canterbury Museum, which housed the significant street art exhibition Rise in 2013-2014. These settings expose a number of themes, both distinctive and shared, that relate to both the post-disaster landscape and the concerns of graffiti and street art as art movements unavoidably entangled with public space.
A mobile toilet unit set up on Gloucester Street, outside the Christchurch Art Gallery. The art gallery was used as the temporary Civil Defence headquarters after the 22 February 2011 earthquakes.
The photograph was taken at Street Talk, a Tape Art residency held from 6 - 9 March 2014. Street Talk was a collaborative project between All Right?, Healthy Christchurch and Tape Art NZ that had Christchurch communities create large tape art murals on the south wall of Community and Public Health.
The photograph was taken at Street Talk, a Tape Art residency held from 6 - 9 March 2014. Street Talk was a collaborative project between All Right?, Healthy Christchurch and Tape Art NZ that had Christchurch communities create large tape art murals on the south wall of Community and Public Health.
The photograph was taken at Street Talk, a Tape Art residency held from 6 - 9 March 2014. Street Talk was a collaborative project between All Right?, Healthy Christchurch and Tape Art NZ that had Christchurch communities create large tape art murals on the south wall of Community and Public Health.
The photograph was taken at Street Talk, a Tape Art residency held from 6 - 9 March 2014. Street Talk was a collaborative project between All Right?, Healthy Christchurch and Tape Art NZ that had Christchurch communities create large tape art murals on the south wall of Community and Public Health.
A photograph of street art on a fence near the roundabout of St Martins Road and Gamblins Road. The artwork depicts a Star Wars Stormtrooper and Space Invaders characters.
A photograph of street art on Dyers Pass Road at the Silvan Salvage wood and demolition yard. The artwork shows tag writing which says "Teaching old logs new tricks" in big blue capital letters.
A photograph of street art on Dyers Pass Road at the Silvan Salvage wood and demolition yard. The artwork shows tag writing which says "The Silvan Salvage" in white letters and signed by Mesr.
A photograph of the street art in front of St Barnabas Church on Fendalton Road. The message, "Outrageous", has been constructed from fabric and other materials on the wire fences in front of the building.
A photograph of street art on a fence near the roundabout of St Martins Road and Gamblins Road. The artwork depicts a Star Wars Stormtrooper and Space Invaders characters.
A photograph of a detail of street art on Fitzgerald Avenue. The work was created by DEOW on the back wall of AJ Glass, for the "From the Ground Up" project.
A photograph of a detail of street art on Fitzgerald Avenue. The work was created by DEOW on the back wall of AJ Glass, for the "From the Ground Up" project.
A photograph of the street art in front of St Barnabas Church on Fendalton Road. The message, "Outrageous", has been constructed from fabric and other materials on the wire fences in front of the building.
A photograph of the street art in front of St Barnabas Church on Fendalton Road. The message, "Outrageous", has been constructed from fabric and other materials on the wire fences in front of the building.
A photograph of the interior of the partially-demolished Odeon Theatre. The top of the walls have been demolished and a nearby building on Manchester Street is visible in the background. Elephants have been painted on the wall of this building.
A photograph of the interior of the partially-demolished Odeon Theatre. The top of the walls have been demolished, and a nearby building on Manchester Street is visible in the background. Elephants have been painted on the closest wall of this building.
A photograph of a street art mural. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Off New Brighton Mall".
A photograph of a street art mural. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Off New Brighton Mall".
A photograph of a street art mural. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Off New Brighton Mall".
A photograph of a street art mural. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Off New Brighton Mall".
A photograph of an aged advertisement for Polson's Decorators & Signwriters. The slogan reads, "Protect your investment, paint your property regularly and save money". This photograph was captured on Manchester Street.
A photograph of a tag on the back wall of the earthquake-damaged Odeon Theatre. The tag reads, "JFK".
A photograph of a detail of street art on a building in New Brighton. The artwork consists of political and earthquake-related newspaper clippings and leaflets pasted to a concrete block wall. At the bottom of the piece is a leaflet with the word "You" written in blue, capital letters.
A photograph of a tag on a wall made of concrete blocks. The wall is near the railway tracks which run under the Durham Street over bridge. The tag reads, "JFK".
A photograph of section of an artwork on the wall of a building between New Brighton mall and Beresford Street. The section depicts two native birds on tree branches.