There is a very nice habit forming whereby people who don't live here do nice things for us. Some people find it annoying because they want their homes fixed and will not have a bar of anything good until the very last house is back to normal. Some of us is broken houses on shitty streets in sad neighbourhoods embrace teh good at every opportunity and are very grateful to the lovely people who take a moment to help make life a little better. Life is not that great if you live here and have no city and all of the above shittiness.
So, when 300 architecture students from universities in NZ decided to make us an event in the city, on a bunch of rocky empty sites that once housed buildings we just went for it. What a fantastic event and many of us were very happy to be there doing something interesting in a place of despair. THANK YOU.
We went early and left as the many thousands crowded in but we had such an awesome time seeing friends and connecting with bars and cafes who were on trestle tables in the rubble selling their wares. I took some very average photos but there are some stunners floating around in cyber space so you could check them out if you were of a mind to.
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| Experimental balloon lights...not sure they worked out as intended but great anyway. |
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| The music was very LOUD here and that is what dancing looks like in our house |
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| Alex, Jonty, Nic, Pete, Oliver, Joseph and me |
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| Shadow play |
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