A photograph of a performer suspended in a harness above the base of the Robert Falcon Scott statue, during a performance titled Angel of History. The performance was part of Canterbury Tales - a carnivalesque procession which was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A PDF copy of pages 248-249 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Hereafter'. Photo: Bridgit Anderson
A photograph of a crowd gathered around the large-scale puppets created for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event. The puppets are in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street.
A photograph of a crowd gathered around the large-scale puppets created for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event. The puppets are in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street.
A photograph of a crowd gathered around the large-scale puppets created for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event. The puppets are in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street.
A photograph of a performer suspended in the air by a harness during a performance titled Angel of History. The performance was part of Canterbury Tales - a carnivalesque procession which was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a crowd gathered around the large-scale puppets created for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event. The puppets are in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street.
A photograph of a crowd gathered around the large-scale puppets created for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event. The puppets are in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the base of The Bouffante Cart being unloaded from a flatbed truck in a Re:START mall car park. The cart is part of Canterbury Tales, which was the main event of FESTA 2013.
We assess how last the earthquake has affected three major arts festivals and Christchurch's historic Repertory Theatre, and the part the arts have to play in helping the city to get back on its feet.
He is bed maker to the dead. The pillows which he lays never rumple. The day of interment is the theatre in which he displays the mysteries of this art. Thomas Lamb 1811. Nothing in this would can be … Continue reading →
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Aerial view of ChristChurch Cathedral and Cathedral Square".
An aerial photograph of Cathedral Square.
A video of the damage to central Christchurch after the 4 September earthquake. The video includes footage of car sirens going off, earthquake damage to the shops on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Edgeware Road, the Westende Jewellers building on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets, the Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street, the Asko Design Store on Victoria Street, and a building on the corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. It also includes an interview with Christchurch resident Quentin Garlick.
Wooden bracing holds up the facade of The Loons Circus Theatre Company building on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. Samo Coffee Lounge was run inside the Loons building by a group of former Lyttelton Coffee Company staff.
Damage to the Repertory Theatre building. Part of the facade has collapsed onto the awning below, and bricks and masonry have spilled across the street. The building is cordoned off with road cones and police tape.
Tents set up in the Fine Arts car park at the University of Canterbury, used for teaching while lecture theatres were closed for structural testing. The photographer comments, "The 'tent city' on the Arts car park".
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The view from the top of Alice in Videoland".
The new Wellington Venues Limited CEO discusses her ideas for the events scene in the capital, plus the addition of a new Christchurch Artists exhibition in the St James Theatre, which will raise money for artists affected by the earthquake
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view from the roof of Alice in Videoland building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The building at 141 Gloucester Street was braced after the September earthquake, to no avail".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking east along Gloucester Street".
An aerial photograph of the Christ Church Cathedral in Cathedral Square.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "he The intersection of Manchester, High, and Lichfield Streets, looking north-east".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High, Lichfield, and Manchester Streets intersection".
A woman sits reading beside the "University of Canterbury" sign on Clyde Road. In the background are the tents used while lecture theatres were closed for structural testing. The photographer comments, "From Clyde Rd, all seemed intact".
A photograph of temporary art installations at FESTA's Canterbury Tales event. In the background people are setting up food and beverage stalls. Canterbury Tales was created by Free Theatre Christchurch as the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a crowd gathered around the large-scale puppets created for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event. The puppets are in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street.
A photograph of George Parker from Free Theatre Christchurch (left) and Lawrence Wallen of University of Technology, Sydney, sitting at a table at Black Betty cafe during the Canterbury Tales symposium. The symposium was part of FESTA 2013.