Tweets by Cheryl Bernstein; images by Ross Becker, SCAPE Biennial and Newswarped.com.
| “ | Much interest in temporary buildings that allows people to come together in ways that suits their times, not imposed on them by history. |
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| “ | At the City as Memory discussion. Jonathan Mane-Wheoki speaking; much aroha in the room. Rubble-necking choppers flying overhead. |
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| “ | Di Lucas speaking about the waters that flow underneath the city, and the city’s spread beyond its original plan into the “wet plains”. |
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| “ | Manchester Street dropped almost a metre over the course of an original stream. |
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| “ | Under the ruined conference centre lies an underground forest of totara tree stumps. |
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| “ | Di Lucas is talking about the natural world that lies under the city, invisible yet insistent. |
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| “ | Anton Parsons on his public work Passing Time: I wanted to make a history painting, through the medium of sculpture. |
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 | Passing Time, 2010/11 | Scape Biennial Auckland based artist Anton Parsons is one of New Zealand’s leading sculptors. He graduated from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 1990. His work is held in public and private collections throughout New Zealand. Parsons’ practice has embraced a wide range of media and modes: industrial materials, readymade objects, photography and installation. |
| “ | Anton Parsons: the chance element of people’s reading of the work is as important as any narrative I might have. |
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| “ | William Fulton: the city [Christchurch] now exists only as memory. |
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| “ | William Fulton: the city as layers of experience. Culture brought in the cabin baggage of a handful of ships. |
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| “ | William Fulton: memories of earlier architecture are embedded in later architecture; this creates a sense of belonging. |
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| “ | Bruce Russell: I haven’t got a PowerPoint. If you want one I suggest you close your eyes and imagine the city you knew. |
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| “ | Bruce Russell: I’m interested in the Christchurches that weren’t part of the consensus. |
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| “ | Bruce Russell: I bear the Gothic bldgs no illwill, but the worst thing we could do is rebuild them. I don’t want to live in Christchurchland |
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| “ | Bruce Russell on the danger of living in the city in your memory. “Last night I nearly drove into a ditch that didn’t used to be there.” |
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| “ | From the floor: The difficulty of retaining memory when trauma is attached to events. |
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| “ | Bruce Russell: worried about anti-sepsis. Everything’s getting cleaned up. We need ruins in order to remember. |
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