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- Udder
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Udder'. The project description reads, "Installation - a light box work sited in response to Parekowhai's Bulls. U with a macron means 'udder' in Maori. It also translates as 'unyielding'".
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- Homer on the Range
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Homer on the Range'. The project description reads, "Gap Filler could not resist activating this brazen response to Michael Parekowhai's 'On first looking into Chapman's Homer'. After all, what better homage to an artist who proposed installing inflatable rabbits in Cathedral Square? Unfortunately the transformer on the bull blew up after 30 minutes, leaving a disappointed audience to saddle up and head home, to ponder on what might have been".
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- St Luke's Labyrinth
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'St Luke's Labyrinth'. The project description reads, "The team worked in conjunction with St Luke's Church to create a labyrinth in the same style as the Chartes Cathedral Labyrith, on the site of the demolished St Luke's Church in the City. The labyrinth has been made using bricks from the demolished church to create a circular path, eventually leading to the centre where a tree and park benches will allow visitors to sit and meditate. This is a permanent installation and will eventually sit alongside the rebuilt St Luke's Church".
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- The Flying Cup and Just a Couple of Strangers
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Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'The Flying Cup and Just a Couple of Strangers'. The project description reads:
"The most humbling, hilarious and gratifying Social experiment I have ever been a part of. This is what it feels like to be part of something much bigger than yourself." - Jess
"Sited where we are we've got good exposure and can try and maintain a slightly 'upmarket' quality. Coffee, tea, sandwiches, cakes, rolls, milkshakes, hot pies etc. Nice to see the demo crews and related 'Hi-Viz' guys come through every day too. Great people. My vision is to be involved in the recovery project and stay with it." - Mark
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- Rekindle Furniture
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Rekindle Furniture'. The project description reads, "We started designing furniture to be made from wood that often gets disposed of in the residential demolition process. We then gathered the wood, and stored it. We also asked the public and demolition companies to donate wood. We then started to make our first job: 42 table-tops for C1 Espresso, a central city cafe due to re-open in October 2012".
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- Jungle Patrol
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Jungle Patrol'. The project description reads, "Local cafe (china shop) became community hub following 22 February. Generator and food supplied from Southland generosity, WiFi & computers supplied by WiFi for Humanity/ Google. Hub was set up within three days of quake, supplying isolated eastside residents with coffee, WiFi & computer access, emergency food supplies, community notice board and advice".
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- Car Park Frontage
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Car Park Frontage'. The project description reads, "A public seating area, path surfaces and robust planting designed for low maintenance and proving successful in that aim. Made car park on commercial demo site less unsightly without taking many vehicle spaces. Used recycled materials".
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- Aibohphobia
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Aibohphobia'. The project description reads, "In this work for the Gallery Bunker, Morison plays with 'abyssal' patterns, which appear to describe a dizzying recession into visual space or a protrusion from it. The sense of visual vertigo is heightened by Morison's use of 'hi-vis green', a colour associated with the earthquake recovery teams that occupied the Gallery. Finally the title alludes to the way the two sides of this design reverse or invert each other, so that the relationship between positive and negative space constantly twists and flips. 'Aibohphobia' is the fear of palindromes, which are words that say the same thing when read in reverse. The word itself is, naturally, a palindrome. [Justin Paton]".
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- Dux Live
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Dux Live'. The project description reads, "A purpose-built music venue for musicians and music lovers, as one aspect of what was Dux De Lux".
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- Piko Shop Site
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Piko Shop Site'. The project description reads, "A public seating area, recycled path surfaces and robust planting designed for low maintenance. Used recycled wooden pallet materials predominantly, for planters and decking. Five tree planters brought here ex-Victoria Green park".
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- The Arts Circus
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'The Arts Circus'. The project description reads, "Inspired by the Tollwood Festival in Munich, the Arts Circus is a transitional arts neighbourhood that includes a series of marquees and temporary structures that would house the city's premiere festivals and introduce new events that would engage with - play a role in - the new city emerging. By presenting a range of arts, hospitality, markets and interactive attractions in temporary venues constantly renewed and recycled through a Festival of Transitional Architecture, the Arts Circus could fully engage with the transitional city and allow for experimentation and innovation to create a new sense of identity, place and community in the city, leading to cultural, social and economic revitalisation".
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- The Earthquake in Chile
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'The Earthquake in Chile'. The project description reads, "A performance project inspired by the events that immediately followed the devastating earthquake of February 22 that saw the audience moving in and around St Mary's Church".
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- Christchurch Stadium
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Christchurch Stadium'. The project description reads, "The devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 left Christchurch without a venue to host large outdoor sporting and music events. Addington was considered the most suitable and available location for this new, temporary stadium for Christchurch. It is the first and largest sports facility built in Christchurch since the earthquakes, symbolising the city's recovery and rebuild. The stadium construction has taken less than 100 days. It will host rugby union, rugby league and football games, rugby union test matches, community and cultural events and music concerts. Much of the infrastructure for this temporary stadium has been sourced by Central Government from other New Zealand venues. The four light towers were decommissioned from Dunedin's Carisbrook ground, transported by truck, refurbished in Christchurch then installed at Christchurch Stadium. The entire pitch is reused 12,600 square metres of turf harvested from Christchurch's AMI Stadium in rolls then relaid at Christchurch Stadium".
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- Canterbury Quakes
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Canterbury Quakes'. The project description reads, "The aims of this exhibition were to construct a temporary exhibition to tell the natural and human history stories of the Canterbury earthquakes and their aftershocks. Our guiding principles were to instill a strong sense of Canterbury pride and hope for the future balanced with a sense of respect and sympathy for these devastating events. The exhibition opened on the first anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake and presented a balanced view of events and messages".
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- Christchurch: A Board Game
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Christchurch: A Board Game'. The project description reads, "This was a life-size board game, shaped like a fish and right next to New Brighton Beach. The board game took players on a tour of well-known places around Christchurch, and neighboured the park too!".
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- SVA - The Clean Up
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Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'SVA - The Clean Up'. The project description reads:
The Student Volunteer Army was created after the September 2010 Earthquake via a Facebook page and served as a platform where people could find the necessary information about how to volunteer. Over the next two weeks the SVA provided safe and organised volunteer placement, transport, food and support for over 2,500 students, clearing 65,000 tonnes of liquefaction.
Following the major damage of the 22 February 2011 earthquake, the SVA again dispatched thousands of volunteers within a three-week period. The SVA cleared over 360,000 tonnes of liquefaction in over 75,000 volunteer working hours. It also helped taking care of the residents, showing a presence in the streets and offering hot meals, clean water and guidance or professional assistance. The SVA also offered assistance to government departments, and helped delivering chemical toilets and information pamphlets, laying sandbags, staffing data entry and manning call centres.
After March 2011, the Facebook page had over 26,000 followers and continued to act as a platform to organise and coordinate volunteers in Christchurch throughout 2011. In 2012, the SVA established itself as an incorporated society. The Founders of the SVA also established the Volunteer Army Foundation Trust, aiming to further the development of volunteering in New Zealand, and youth involvement in natural disasters.