Inside the Red Zone

14 minute video played at the opening of the outdoor Memorial Service for those lost in the 22 February earthquake, in Hagley Park, Christchurch, yesterday. There were plans for a walk-through of the area within the Red Zone - the core of the CBD which is still out of bounds - but it is still too dangerous. So ... turn up the sound ... Inside the Red Zone...

Christchurch Earthquake

For those wanting to help after the devastating earthquake here in Christchurch on 22nd February 2011, donations are very much needed, and the government has set up an international appeal: Christchurch Earthquake Appeal

Many thanks.

My City of Ruins

Wings of Desire

"Once we give up the belief that our life-world is rooted in the ground, we may thus come to a point where ungroundedness is no longer experienced as existential anxiety and despair but as a freedom and lightness that finally allows us to move."
John Rajchman (1998) Constructions

Moulinette

Anna Calvi, Moulinette ... (album just released ...)

Before After

What next for Christchurch ... how does a city bounce back after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake (and its attendant multitude of aftershocks... now numbering 4,170)?

Before After

Sow the Salt

Thomas Feiner, Steve Jansen ... plumbing the depths of the sublime