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Source:Â The Dowse Art Museum
Lollies exploding out of faces, candy-coloured corporate dystopia and disaster-inflected dessert commercials feature in the pick ân mix of artworks by contemporary international and Aotearoa-based artists in âCandy Coatedâ, opening at The Dowse Art Museum on 2 April 2021. Â
Curated by Dr Chelsea Nichols, Senior Curator at The Dowse, the ensemble of artists hitting the sweet spot in this exhibition are Rachel Maclean (Scotland), Jon Noorlander (Sweden), Alison Nguyen (USA), Patrick Smith (Puerto Rico) and Elisa Barczak (Germany/NZ) alongside Aotearoa-based artists, Laura Duffy, Sam Duckor-Jones, Emily Crooks, and Wayne Youle (NgÄpuhi, NgÄti Whakaeke, Ngati PÄkehÄ).
When the deadly second earthquake struck Christchurch ten years ago today, among the many things toppled by natural forces were statues of the city s founding father John Robert Godley, colonial politician William Rolleston and imperial hero Robert Falcon Scott.
Ten years on, earthquake casts shadow over Christchurch s past, present and future
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On the 10th anniversary of Christchurch s deadly earthquake, how far has the city come and what challenges remain?
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When the deadly second earthquake struck Christchurch 10 years ago today, among the many things toppled by natural forces were statues of the city s founding father John Robert Godley, colonial politician William Rolleston and imperial hero Robert Falcon Scott.
Far worse things happened, of course, but this break with the past came to feel powerfully symbolic.
My 2016 book Christchurch Ruptures was in large part about the risks of our thinking being trapped in the past and attempting to put things back as they were. Might letting these statues go allow the city to leave behind the colonial attitudes and practices they represented?