Ruth Gardner's Blog 28/04/2013: Painted People

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 28 April 2013 entitled, "Painted People".

Julia Holden's 2013 Photographs 383

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A photograph of an old billboard for Polson's Paint on the side of a damaged building on Manchester Street.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (3)

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Volunteers delivering one of the painted pianos to the site of a demolished building in town.

Julia Holden's 2013 Photographs 379

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A photograph of an old billboard for Polson's Paint on the side of a damaged building on Manchester Street.

Julia Holden's 2013 Photographs 384

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A photograph of an old billboard for Polson's Paint on the side of a damaged building on Manchester Street.

Julia Holden's 2013 Photographs 381

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A photograph of an old billboard for Polson's Paint on the side of a damaged building on Manchester Street.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (1)

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Volunteers setting up one of the painted pianos on the site of a demolished building.

Julia Holden's 2013 Photographs 380

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A photograph of an old billboard for Polson's Paint on the side of a damaged building on Manchester Street.

Julia Holden's 2013 Photographs 382

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A photograph of an old billboard for Polson's Paint on the side of a damaged building on Manchester Street.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (6)

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Volunteers setting up one of Gap Filler's painted pianos on the site of the demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel.

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A photograph of the exposed wall of a building on High Street. Different coloured squares of paint give it a patchwork effect.

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A photograph of the exposed wall of a building on High Street. Different coloured squares of paint give it a patchwork effect.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (9)

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Students from Rangi Ruru playing one of Gap Filler's painted pianos on the site of the demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (4)

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The site of a demolished building set up and waiting for one of Gap Filler's painted pianos to be delivered.

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A photograph of the shape left on a building on Manchester Street, created by a lack of paint on the exposed wall where the neighbouring building has been demolished. Julia Holden has termed this shape a 'ghost building'.

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A photograph of the shape left on a building on Manchester Street, created by a lack of paint on the exposed wall where the neighbouring building has been demolished. Julia Holden has termed this shape a 'ghost building'.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 122

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A photograph of the house number spray-painted on the footpath in front of 390 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 120

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A photograph of the house number spray-painted on the footpath in front of 372 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 124

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A photograph of the house number spray-painted on the footpath in front of 396 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 123

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A photograph of the house number spray-painted on the footpath in front of the Locke family's property at 392 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 126

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A photograph of the house number spray-painted on the footpath in front of 398 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 134

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A photograph of the house number spray-painted on the footpath in front of 422 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 136

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A photograph of the house number spray-painted on the footpath in front of 424 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 119

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A photograph of the house number spray-painted on the footpath outside Robin Duff's property at 386 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 121

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A photograph of the house number spray-painted on the footpath in front of 388 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (5)

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Volunteers placing planks of wood on the ground for Gap Filler's painted piano to sit on. This is the site of the now demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel.

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A photograph of the house number spray-painted on one of the windows of 468 Oxford Terrace.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (2)

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Volunteers setting up one of the painted pianos on the site of a demolished building. The piano has a Perspex and corrugated iron roof over it.

We Lived Here: Rees Street Photograph 5

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A photograph of a house at 7 Rees Street. The side of the house has been covered in plastic sheeting. Plywood has been used to board up the door. The number of the house has been spray-painted on the wall next to the door. The letterbox of the house next door also has its house number spray-painted on it.

We Lived Here: Rees Street Photograph 4

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A photograph of a block of apartments at 2 Rees Street. The numbers of the apartments have been spray-painted on the walls in front.