A photograph of a young child at the public launch event for Agropolis, which was part of FESTA 2013. Agropolis is an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Organic waste from inner-city hospitality businesses is composted and used to grow food.
A photograph of students installing In Your Face, which is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of spectators at 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of a videographer filming the Canterbury Tales symposium at Black Betty cafe. The symposium was part of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a large sign at The Commons that is part of Signs of Things to Come. This was a wayfinding project by Generation Zero and Diadem, for FESTA 2014. The signage gives directions to key central city and FESTA locations, and compares the current and future potential of transport in Christchurch.
A photograph of a floating installation titled The River on the Avon River. The installation consists of two chairs, a lamp and a table, situated on a grass-covered platform, with net curtains hanging from the frame. It was created by students from Lincoln University's School of Landscape Architecture for Canterbury Tales, a carnivalesque procession and the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of people gathered in the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral, otherwise known as the Cardboard Cathedral. A tour of the Cathedral was part of FESTA 2013. The tour included a talk by Johnny McFarlane of Beca about project management of transitional architecture.
A photograph of the Canterbury Tales procession moving through Cathedral Square. Canterbury Tales was created by Free Theatre Christchurch, and was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A panoramic photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of the large-scale fabric installation titled Kloud, which is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of one of the large-scale puppets titled The Friars. The puppet is in the Canterbury Tales procession. Canterbury Tales was created by Free Theatre Christchurch, and was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a Master of Architecture student from the University of Auckland giving a presentation at a Future Christchurch lecture series. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of Gaby Montejo's Milk Fight - a dairy-fuelled urban food fight, which was part of FESTA 2014. Milk Fight was held on the former Convention Centre site at 100 Peterborough Street.
A photograph of artist Julia Morison at the event Small Rooms for Open Spaces, which was part of FESTA 2013. The event was an opportunity for the public to hear more about Morison's work Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers and took place on the site of the artwork.
A photograph of a floating installation on the Avon River. The installation consists of four chairs and a table situated on a grass-covered platform, with net curtains hanging from the frame. It was created by students from Lincoln University's School of Landscape Architecture for Canterbury Tales, a carnivalesque procession and the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of a singer on stage in the 'Sound Cone' space at LUXCITY.
A photograph of the LUXCITY 'Sound Cone' performance space on Gloucester Street.
A photograph of The Nomadic Sauna on a vacant site on Manchester Street. The Nomadic Sauna was a portable, Native American-inspired sauna made from wood and canvas for FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Emerge Poetica #5 - a calligraphic line of poetry by Irish poet William Yeats. The installation is floating in the Avon River by the historic mill wheel. The installation was part of FESTA 2014 and was accompanied by water calligraphy workshops and poetry readings.
A photograph of people visiting the temporary installation titled Team Tensile at LUXCITY.
A photograph of musicians at Illusions. The installation is located on a vacant site on Gloucester Street as part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of people interacting with the installation titled Murmur, a large-scale installation which is part of LUXCITY.
A PDF copy of the site map for CityUps. CityUps was a 'city of the future for one night only', and the main event of FESTA 2014. It was held on vacant sites at the intersection of Lichfield Street, Manchester Street and High Street. Architecture students from Unitec, The University of Auckland and CPIT collaborated with local businesses to create large-scale, temporary structures to entertain the public.
A photograph of Dematerialization - an immersive experience linking physical space and virtual reality. This virtual performance was created by Patrick Hegarty, Madeline Sewall and Jayden Kenny, for FESTA 2014.
A photograph of a vacant site on the corner of Manchester Street and Worcester Street. This is to be the location of the Archrobatics project, which is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of the LUXCITY installations Archrobatics (left) and Altitude. The installations are on Manchester Street.
A photograph of the inside of ArtBox gallery, which was the venue for Something Super. This event was part of FESTA 2013 and included food, music, art, animation and talks about ArtBox, BeatBox and the future of Christchurch.
A photograph of the bodice of a large-scale puppet lying on the floor of a workshop. The puppet is titled Wife of Bath, and was created by Free Theatre Christchurch for Canterbury Tales, which was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a crane on the site of Kloud. The crane is going to be used to hold up a large-scale installation for LUXCITY.