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- The Way
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- An elaborate graffiti tag sprayed on a wall beside a demolition site on Tuam Street. A collection of abandoned objects lie on the site. The photographer comments, "Graffiti spotted in the Christchurch earthquake red zone. What I liked was the odd mixture of bits and bobs around it".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 10:50pm 1st July 2012
- Tags
- gas cylinder, mattress, flower pot, gravel, graffiti, tag, tagging, street art, Red Zone, demolition, CBD, wall, sign
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- The Strangeness of Earthquakes
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- A concrete block wall with a large diagonal crack running through it. The photographer comments, "This wall has fascinated me. It has cracked across in a dead straight diagonal line during one of Christchurch's many earthquakes. How could this have occurred?".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 3:14am 31st January 2012
- Tags
- St Asaph Street, wall, block, cracked, diagonal, CBD, quake art
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- Titanic 3D
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- The roof of this collapsed building on Atlas Lane has fallen almost intact on top of the rubble. The photographer comments, "Whenever I go past this place it reminds me of a sinking ship".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 12:08am 8th April 2012
- Tags
- 22 February 2011, damaged, broken, CBD, collapsed, wall, roof, chimney, metal, iron, fence, quake art
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- I'll Kiss It Better
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- Digitally manipulated image of graffiti on a brick building on St Asaph Street. The graffiti depicts a sticking plaster over a broken section of the wall, with the words "I'll kiss it better". The photographer comments, "After the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch band aid plasters starting to appear in different parts of the city on damaged buildings. A year later most can still be seen. This one was once a whole plaster, but it has slowly broken up where it crossed the gap. The red bricks seen to symbolise the terrible wounds caused to the City and it's people".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 12:17am 24th June 2012
- Tags
- brick, CBD, damage, destruction, wall, plants, flowers, crack, cover, mend, graffiti
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- Willburn Furniture and Restoration Needs Restoring
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- A digitally manipulated image of furniture and machinery. The photographer comments, "This furniture restoration company got caught in the middle of the Christchurch earthquake and lost a whole wall. After constant exposure to the elements everything now needs a bit of restoration. They are now working in a different part of Christchurch, but their past can still be seen".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 3:29am 29th June 2012
- Tags
- repair, broken, table, chair, machine, lamp, damage, wall, collapsed, wiring, antique, wooden, CBD, 22 February 2011, Lichfield Street
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- Open Plan Living and Good Indoor/Outdoor Flow
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- 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
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- The Face of a Quake
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- A damaged brick building on Tuam Street. Bricks have fallen from the wall exposing the interior, where a wooden structure can be seen to have collapsed. The photographer comments, "This is the damage caused by the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand. It closely resembles a face and the round blob in the square hole at the top of the nose is a pigeon".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 12:09am 24th June 2012
- Tags
- pigeon, bird, CBD, Tuam Street, 22 February 2011, crumbled, collapsed, brick, wall, windows, wooden, metal, beam, rafters, broken, damage, moss, mould, leaking
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- He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother
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- A large concrete beam, still partially connected by reinforcing rods to the partially-demolished building it came from lies across an entranceway.
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 6:00am 9th December 2011
- Tags
- CBD, 22 February 2011, wall, crack, broken, support, heavy, lintel, damage, Antigua Street, bent, supports
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- Living in an Earthquake Zone Can Be Unreal
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- 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
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- 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.
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 10:07pm 1st July 2012
- Tags
- Polson's, sign, advertisement, CBD, Red Zone, barrier, containers, corrugated iron, wall, barricade