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dc.title: The Wrecking Crew Move On
dc.description: A digger being loaded onto the back of a truck. The photographer comments, "After clearing away the remains of a building in Christchurch, New Zealand destroyed by the February 22 earthquake the digger can now be transported to its next destination for destruction".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 8:01am 19th July 2011
Tags: wrecking, crew, digger, mover, transporter, heavy machinery, sun, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, excavator, Edgeware, quake art

dc.title: New Bulbs Please
dc.description: Detail of a light fitting outside the former Ozone Hotel in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "The broken light fitting is on the Ozone Hotel, which is red stickered after the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch. They will need to fix the building before this light gets a new bulb. The distinct blue colour seen is what made the Ozone stand out on Marine Parade".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 11:26pm 1st September 2011
Tags: light, fixing, wire, electric, lamp, 22 February 2011, 4 September 2010, 13 June 2011

dc.title: Don't Put This Pipe Cleaner in Your Ear
dc.description: A worker uses a large water-blasting pipe to clear blocked drains. The photographer comments, "These guys worked really hard late at night to remove the liquefaction blocking our drains, but did not pre-warn people. Our elderly neighbour's toilet was drenched in water".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 9:44am 19th July 2011
Tags: vacuum, pipe, drain, sewage, Barry Bros, cleaner, loading, orange, overalls, night, work, silt, liquefaction, cleaning, removing, blockage, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011

dc.title: They Tried to Put Humpty Together Again
dc.description: A damaged brick building has wooden bracing holding the walls together. The photographer comments, "This building came through the September Christchurch quake with a few band aid plasters, but the February quake means that she is now DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 6:44am 13th September 2011
Tags: 22 February 2011, 4 September 2010, 13 June 2011, damage, brick, broken, quake art, art

dc.title: Open Plan Living and Good Indoor/Outdoor Flow
dc.description: A brick wall has fallen from this house, exposing the rooms within and leaving a pile of rubble in front. The ceiling has slumped and is held up with jacks. The photographer comments, "This was probably the result of the shallower February Christchurch earthquake rather than the bigger September one".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 8:24am 13th September 2011
Tags: 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, CBD, damage, brick, wall, quake art

dc.title: Vacuuming the Drains
dc.description: Workers use a large water-blasting pipe to clear blocked drains. The photographer comments, "The Australian company Barry Bros Turned up very late at night to clean out our street drains of liquefaction".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 9:45am 19th July 2011
Tags: vacuum, pipe, drain, sewage, Barry Bros, cleaner, loading, overalls, night, work, silt, liquefaction, cleaning, removing, blockage, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011

dc.title: The Christchurch Angel
dc.description: Graffiti of an angel clutching a bottle, accompanied by the text "Chritchurch (sic) living make a good man drink." The photographer comments, "Living in Christchurch during the earthquakes was hard on all of us. Some people got drunk to forget or blot out the aftershocks, whilst others dare not drink so that they would be in full control just in case another big earthquake/aftershock occurred. As of today 24 September 2011 there has been 8660 earthquakes/aftershocks in the Christchurch area".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 2:29am 29th June 2011
Tags: drunk, sober, drinking, angel, street art, graffiti, scared, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, quake art, art

dc.title: The Crowd Awaits
dc.description: People stand beside the cordon fence on the Worcester Street bridge. The photographer comments, "This was some of the many people waiting for the White Lights of Hope to be turned on, but when they were we hardly noticed. Sadly it was a big disappointment".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 6:58am 5th September 2011
Tags: White Lights of Hope, lights, beams, rays, CBD, Cathedral Square, memorial, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, anniversary

dc.title: Looking Through a More Darker Window
dc.description: A black and white photograph of a pile of rubble in front of a window. In the background behind the window a gap in the building can be seen. The photographer comments, "The result of the Christchurch earthquakes".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 12:05am 2nd October 2011
Tags: 22 February 2011, 4 September 2010, 13 June 2011, damage, brick, window, broken, Fitzgerald Avenue, quake art

dc.title: Living in an Earthquake Zone Can Be Unreal
dc.description: A photograph of a damaged house has been reflected in the lower part of the image and digitally manipulated.
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 1:54am 31st January 2012
Tags: 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, CBD, damage, brick wall, bricks, curtains, collapsed, damaged, broken, wall, quake art, art

dc.title: Welcome to the Red Zone
dc.description: A red sticker on the door of a damaged building in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "A year after the earthquake in Christchurch a lot of buildings outside of the CBD are covered in cracks and beyond repair. These will slowly be demolished, but until then the buildings will be protected by a movable barrier and a red sticker".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 2:42am 2nd September 2011
Tags: red sticker, Ozone Hotel, Marine Parade, New Brighton, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011

dc.title: Earthquake Tetris
dc.description: Broken windows on Leicester House. Broken filing cabinets and other fittings lie on the ground in front of the building. The photographer comments, "As you can see the game did not last very long".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 10:34am 13th September 2011
Tags: broken, windows, panes, glass, smashed, damage, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, quake art, art

dc.title: Beauty is in the Eye of the Photographer
dc.description: A digitally manipulated image of a damaged building in Madras Street. The photographer comments, "After the 22 February earthquake in Christchurch there was a lot of damaged buildings. Sometimes there is the odd one where being unclothed or de-bricked let the world see their beauty".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 8:57am 15th April 2011
Tags: broken, smashed, damage, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, cycle, bike, bricks, corrugated iron, tree, Madras Street

dc.title: Breakages
dc.description: A digitally manipulated image of broken objects. The photographer comments, "Digital painting of breakages and liquefaction after the February 22 earthquake in Christchurch".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Tags: crockery, broken, breakages, pots, liquefaction, smashed, damage, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, quake art

dc.title: One Way Only
dc.description: A pothole in a road surface, showing tyre marks where a vehicle has driven through the hole. The photographer comments, "After the earthquake in Christchurch in February 2011 burst underground pipes and liquefaction caused unseen hollows under the road surfaces. Occasionally after all the rest have been exposed by traffic someone would find 'discover' a new one".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 2:33am 16th October 2011
Tags: liquefaction, holes, road, collapse, broken, pipes, hollow, surface, 22 February 2011, 4 September 2010, 13 June 2011, tarmac, bitumen

dc.title: The Orange Hand of Fate
dc.description: Damage to The Bone Dude's Bone Carving Studio and Cultured Gallery on Fitzgerald Avenue. The brick wall is cracked, and the guttering has fallen. The photographer comments, "This building was damaged in the September earthquake in Christchurch. It was the Bone dude's bone carving studio. The motto on the wall was 'Carve your own' and it looks like the earthquakes did just that".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 12:49am 13th September 2011
Tags: 22 February 2011, 4 September 2010, 13 June 2011, damage, brick, broken, Fitzgerald Avenue, Cultured Gallery, art, guttering, spouting, Bone Dude, bone carving, studio, quake art

dc.title: What Lies Beneath?
dc.description: A broken concrete floor slab in a residential property. The photographer comments, "Now that our house is to be rebuilt some time in the distant future, I decided to relay the loose and broken tiles. I took some photos to show what lies beneath".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 1:33am 13th October 2011
Tags: cracked, broken, damage, tiles, floor, foundation, split, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, quake art, art

dc.title: A Bridge Too Far (Gone)
dc.description: A digitally manipulated image of a damaged bridge in Lake Terrace Road in Burwood. The photographer comments, "After the September earthquake this bridge was a little wonky, but you would cross it, possibly without fear, now though it is too far gone".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 4:58am 10th September 2011
Tags: bridge, Horseshoe Lake, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, quake art

dc.title: Quake Makes World Headlines
dc.description: A stack of wooden frames with the words "Quake makes world headlines" written on the uppermost frame. The photographer comments, "This is a sculpture at the CPIT facility in Christchurch. It is a series of squares placed over a column with writing on the squares. It is an excellent movable sculpture that conveys the Christchurch earthquake very well. The squares are placed so that they can slide over each other and even fall inside the other on one side. It is a pity that only two sides of the squares are written on".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 1:48am 29th October 2011
Tags: sculpture, art, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, CPIT, students, Barbadoe Street, quake art

dc.title: Christchurch's White Lights of Hope
dc.description: Seen from Cambridge Terrace, the 'White Lights of Hope' spotlights shine into the sky behind a crane and damaged buildings on Oxford Terrace.
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 7:06am 5th September 2011
Tags: White Lights of Hope, lights, beams, rays, CBD, Cathedral Square, memorial, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, anniversary, shine torches, torches

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