Transitional City | UC QuakeStudies

: Sanctioned Graffiti Across the City; Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Sanctioned Graffiti Across the City'. The project description reads, "While graffiti writing began as a youthful culture of resistance, as it has developed artists from graffiti backgrounds have made the transition to permissioned and commissioned large-scale productions that highlight their skill and talent. With graffiti art entrenched as a symbol of urbanity, murals are able to reflect the environment in which they are created and introduce many young people to the possibilities of the visual arts. Some graffiti artists have even been able to turn their passion into a full-time career, providing a positive example for many younger writers".; Contains 3 items

: Scaffold Pavilion; Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Scaffold Pavilion'. The project description reads:
The Scaffold Pavilion was a prototype for a means of activating and bringing life to an urban area using "transitional-city" materials (such as scaffolding, blue scaffold netting, shrinkwrap). Through a Facebook marketing campaign/chalkboard sign-up, the experiment resulted in BBQs, various live performances, a video projection art show, SCAF PAV-lova party, street cricket matches, gangnam style dancing, and lunch breaks.It utilized solar energy to power internal lighting, which was triggered at sunset. Once the pavilion was disassembled, all materials either went back into their previous circulation (scaffolding, stage decks, pallets, lights), were recycled (shrinkwrap), or used by SHAC in the LIVS office (netting, solar setup).; Contains 1 item

: Smash Palace; Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Smash Palace'. The project description reads, "A temporary bar on a gap site featuring an ex-Red Bus converted into a bar. There is range of seating, fires in drums, fairy lights and more. Also an odd assortment of various caravans. A bit of a hipster hang out - very cool but chilly in the winter! The owner/operator had a much loved bar, Goodbye Blue Monday, in the Poplar Lane area until the quakes destroyed it. Smash Palace was one of the first temporary bars to open within the CBD. The whole venue has a 'temporary' look: the bar is an old bus, the kitchen is a caravan and the street frontage is realised with scaffoldings".; Contains 7 items

: Social Soup; Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Social Soup'. The project description reads, "Social Soup was a pop-up dinner of soup and bread for 100 people held along the disused tram tracks in central Christchurch. The project aimed to offer people a reason to come into the centre city that was social. Heather and Tessa organised the chairs, bowls, chef, tables, flowers and candles and handmade christmas crackers to make an enjoyable experience for those who wanted to partake".; Contains 1 item

: Songs for Christchurch Launch; Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Songs for Christchurch Launch'. The project description reads:
Songs for Christchurch is a unique music-driven fundraising effort. It is a compilation album consisting of songs donated by 21 local and global artists. This musical effort towards the city's recovery was made possible through donations and all proceeds from the album go towards community projects that are focused on reconstituting Christchurch. The project had three goals: raising as much money as possible for the projects in Christchurch, promoting Christchurch and New Zealand artists to overseas audiences, and putting on a free live concert in Christchurch's CBD.AHoriBuzz, The Nudge, Electric Wire Hustle Sound System, Jessie James and the Outlaws, and Delaney Davidson played at the launch gig. Other artists on the album include Imogen Heap, The Eastern, The Unfaithful Ways, ,Tim Finn, Flight of the Conchords, The Black Seeds, Electric Wire Hustle, Greg Johnson, Spartacus R, L.A Mitchell, Jessie James and the Outlaws, The Black Seeds, Fly My Pretties, Dear Frontier, The Nudge, Ladi6, The Yoots, Mara TK, Fat Freddys Drop and Giles McNeill.; Contains 8 items

: St Luke's Labyrinth; 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".; Contains 6 items

: Stand Your Ground; Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Stand Your Ground'. The project description reads, "Improvised dance performance with video projections".; Contains 4 items

: Street Football; Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Street Football'. The project description reads, "This is a street football arena in the heart of Christchurch. The walls were constructed using timber from the residential red zone, and painted using a variety of test pots from Resene. Players can borrow a football from the Economy Golf next door and enjoy a kick around on the pitch!".; Contains 4 items

: Sumner Community-Led Masterplan; Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Sumner Community-Led Masterplan'. The project description reads, "The project was born as a spontaneous community initiative, involving local people and professionals. It is the first community-led masterplan in Christchurch. It identifies pressing issues for the local community and proposes solutions to prompt a quick recovery and enhance the overall quality of the urban space".; Contains 6 items

: Sumner Skate Park; Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Sumner Skate Park'. The project description reads, "A skate ramp has filled the empty site of the Sumner Community Hall. For over 20 years local kids have tried to get a spot to use their boards, but had no success; in this project the earthquake tragedy has been turned into a positive by giving kids a safe park, away from roads and sheltered from the winds".; Contains 2 items

: TEDxEQChCh; Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'TEDxEQChCh'. The project description reads:
TEDxEQChCh was an independent event operated under licence from TED. In the spirit of 'ideas worth spreading', TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. This event was called TEDxEQChCh, where x = independently organized TED event. At this event, TEDTalks videos and live speakers combined to spark deep discussion and connections. The first Christchurch TEDx event was TEDxChCh in October 2010; in May 2011 the team held the first TEDxEQChCh, focused on the future of post-quake Christchurch.TEDxEQChCh brings together leading local, national and global thinkers and doers for a day like no other: To encourage wonder and exploration, to connect possibility with practicality, to lift our vision from the rubble of our daily reality and point it towards the vision of our shared future. To provoke, remind, delight, uplift, inform, and inspire. TEDxEQChCh and all TEDx events are run on a non-moneymaking basis.; Contains 1 item

: Tati/Playtime; Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Tati/Playtime'. The project description reads, "A design competition was run by Gap Filler and the winners were asked to construct a temporary cinema to show films by French director Jacques Tati over 2 weeks. The final design was based on the night club scene from the film Playtime and featured an actor opening an invisible door to a cinema constructed of reinforcing bar and pallet seats, and a painted red carpet".; Contains 10 items