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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: Earthquake Contortions
dc.description: The badly twisted Medway Street footbridge. The photographer comments, "The September 4th 2010 earthquake in Christchurch was so violent that the banks of the Avon River moved towards each other. This footbridge being metal had to twist sideways to release the pressure of being pushed from both river banks. It looked like it had been wrung out like a wet towel".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 10:38am 16th October 2012
Tags: twisted, Medway Street Bridge, bridge, metal, Avon River, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, broken, damaged, bent

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: Could You Cycle Here?
dc.description: A cycle-lane sign submerged in water. The photographer comments, "During the Christchurch earthquake this sign must have dropped off of the pedestrian bridge above and landed straight down into the Avon River".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 10:55pm 12th July 2011
Tags: Avon River, cycle, bicycle, sign, bridge, 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, Dallington, rain, Richmond

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: Romeo, Get Off That Balcony!
dc.description: A two-storey house in Avonside Drive with a warped upper balcony. The photographer comments, "This house is on Avonside Drive opposite the Avon River. The land in this area spread laterally and had bad liquefaction of the soil. This caused some houses to sink into the ground, but as the balcony supports did not sink as much the balcony came to rest at a crazy angle".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 11:39pm 26th May 2012
Tags: RedZoneApp, 22 February 2011, house, broken, balcony, sunk, liquefaction, two storey, Avon River, Avonside Drive, 4 September 2010

dc.title: This is an Earthquake Not a Wide Angle Shot
dc.description: A badly damaged house in Burwood. Parts of the house have moved in different directions, leaving walls and doors misaligned. The photographer comments, "Although this looks like an extreme wide angle shot it is actually a house tilted in every direction at the same time. The earthquake caused the ground to vibrate and compress so much that the sandy soil liquefied and caused the ground to collapse under this modern home".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 11:54pm 26th May 2012
Tags: 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, house, broken, sunk, foundations, liquefaction, two storey, Avon River, Avonside Drive, soil, ground, patio, brick, veneer, tilted, tilt

dc.title: Sagging in the Middle
dc.description: A wooden house in Wainoni has visibly bowed inwards towards its centre. The photographer comments, "During the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch the land which ran alongside the Avon river on Avonside Drive slumped towards the waterway. In a line parallel to the road the road, but around 20m away a ground movement occurred which caused some houses to rise up or sink down".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 11:07pm 26th May 2012
Tags: Avondale, Wainoni, wooden house, home, sunk, sunken, slumped, liquefaction, 22 February 2011, 4 September 2010, Avonside Drive, RedZoneApp

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: My Photographic Visualisation of the Christchurch Earthquake
dc.description: A motion-blurred photograph of houses, with the Port Hills in the background. The photographer comments, "This I hope gives you a feel of what it feels like in an earthquake. When you spend your whole life thinking that you and your home are built on solid ground, it can be quite a shock when you find it is not. You can feel the house shaking like a dog with a toy, rising up violently underneath you or the most gentle form which is when the ground moves gently like a wave moving under a rowing boat. It is not just the movement, you often get a rumbling sound which can precede a violent shake or can result in no movement at all. This means that some vehicles can sound like the rumbling initially and in the early days would get your heart racing. Another form of stress is when big excavators as heavy as a tank move as you can feel the ground shake from streets away, but you do not always hear the engine. For most of us the problem when the shaking starts, is wondering if this is the start of an extremely violent earthquake or will it peter out".
Creator(s): Steven Taylor
Date: 8:52am 3rd September 2011
Tags: shaking, New Brighton, 4 September 2010

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

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