Polson's Paint Wall Sign

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An old advertising sign exposed by the demolition of an adjoining building. The photographer comments, "'Protect your investment. Paint your property regularly - and save money. Polson's decorators and sign writers.' The building that was adjacent to this one was demolished after the Christchurch earthquake and revealed this fabulous old wall sign.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1866

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A painted piano that was part of the Painted Piano project organised by Gap Filler. This was one of the 3 painted pianos placed around Christchurch.

Peter Walker Photograph 24

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A child plays on a painted piano that was part of Gap Filler's Painted Piano Project.

Peter Walker Photograph 25

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A child plays on a painted piano that was part of Gap Filler's Painted Piano Project.

Peter Walker Photograph 27

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A child plays on a painted piano that was part of Gap Filler's Painted Piano Project.

Peter Walker Photograph 28

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A child plays on a painted piano that was part of Gap Filler's Painted Piano Project.

Peter Walker Photograph 26

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A child plays on a painted piano that was part of Gap Filler's Painted Piano Project.

Existence, Experience, Interrupted

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Detail of a mural painted on the side of a building.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1835

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Spray-painted message on a fence reading "Stay clear wall unsafe".

Koen Broekema's Photograph 149

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A brick wall with flaked paint. The adjourning building has been demolished.

Butterfly Gap Photograph 8

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A photograph of painted fence palings at the Gap Filler Butterfly Gap site.

Counting Holes

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Holes in a brick building on Fitzgerald Avenue are marked with spray-painted numbers.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1836

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Street Art in Christchurch: a Felix the Cat-like cartoon spray painted on a wall.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1889

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Painted artwork on the front of the 'Book Discussion Scheme (BDS)' office on Colombo Street.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1890

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Painted graphics on the side wall of the 'Book Discussion Scheme (BDS)' office on Colombo Street.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1841

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The words "we're ok" spray painted on the fence of a house located in the CBD.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2634

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Some paint buckets on the outside of street cordons. In the background some rubble can be seen.

A Home Grown Play Area

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A large chess board made from sand and broken shells, with a painted beach scene on the wall behind. The photographer comments, "After all the suggestions put on the wall on what to do in this area, which was once an earthquake damaged shop, they have made the chess board, painted a seaside scene on the wall and created a small wall of tyres".

Photograph by Eroica Ritchie 158

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Detail of an advertisement painted on the side of a building. The advertisement has been uncovered by the demolition of the adjoining building.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2619

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A hand painted poster on the fence around the site where the CTV building use to be. On it is the word 'Faith'.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2296

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Portaloos on the Pine Mound, part of Festival of Flowers. Side view of a portaloo that has some plants and flowers painted on it.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2295

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Portaloos on the Pine Mound, part of Festival of Flowers. Each portaloo was decorated with various floral features. This has been painted with some plantation.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2632

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A wall exposed by the removal of a damaged building on Litchfield Street. It reveals an old painted advertisment for 'McCormick Reapers & Binders'.

1880s Christchurch – Dull and as Flat as a Kitchen Table

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In 1886, an English woman who called herself ‘Hopeful’, wrote of her experiences after emigrating to Christchurch, New Zealand.  She berated the agents of shipping companies who painted…

Tati/Playtime Photograph 6

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A photograph of wooden planks used in the construction of Gap Filler's temporary outdoor cinema. The boards have a crown logo painted on them.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1923

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A brick wall has been spray painted after being cleared by a USAR team, this system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2294

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Portaloos on the Pine Mound, part of Festival of Flowers. Each portaloo was decorated with various floral features. This is the back of a portaloo and has been painted with some plantation.

Shaken But Not Deterred

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The sign for Perry's Cafe has had "Shaken but not deterred" added under the name of the cafe. One of the iconic figures of two workmen painted on the side of the building, which have regularly-changed speech bubbles commenting humorously on topical subjects, are saying "Is my crack showing?" The paint has peeled from the other speech bubble, obscuring the reply. The photographer comments, "After the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch a lot of buildings were damaged and made off limits. This affected a lot of cafes and take aways, so if you were open you needed to make it known. The words missing from the speech bubble are 'Don't be silly'".

Tati/Playtime Photograph 3

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A photograph of the entrance to Gap Filler's temporary outdoor cinema on the corner of Madras and St Asaph Streets. The entranceway is made of lights on a steel frame, and leads to a painted "red carpet".

Sailing down Cashel Mall

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A digitally manipulated image of people in Re:Start Mall. The photographer comments, "In Christchurch there is a temporary mall that is made out of shipping containers. The containers painted in nice bright colours, colourful shade sails and various advertisements give the place a very merry feel".