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Join us on Wednesday 11 August at 6pm for
the last of our series of film screenings associated with
our current exhibition,
Crossings. Like the works in
the exhibition, these films have been selected for their
relevance as we grapple with the effects of global lockdowns
and the heightened anxieties generated by events of 2020,
films that register the polarities of inside and outside,
illness and health, public and private.
As filmmaker
Derek Jarman’s health deteriorated due to AIDS-related
illness in the early 1990s, he began to lose his vision.
Rendered partially blind, his vision interrupted by blue
light, Jarman’s last film,
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“The marooned nature of it was interesting.” She created a new artwork inspired by this striking Indian diving board. Just like the original, Guy s sculpture is of little use as an actual diving board.
Natalie Guy
A diving board designed by modernist architect Jane Drew in the Indian city of Chandigarh inspired a new public art work in Christchurch. It has been installed within sight of water, but too far away to be used as an actual diving board. The artwork also has no steps and a similar metal barrier on the board itself. “Moving it slightly really alters it and turns it into a sculpture rather than a straight replication of something.
“There has been some damage to some of the dahlias when people have been climbing up the stalks and hanging off them,’’ he said. “It is quite frustrating for us because you are engineering it for weather, wind and rain, but you can never account for stupid people.”
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The Dahlias sculpture soon after its installation in December 2019. The work would involve replacing parts broken by the vandals and reinforcing critical parts of the sculpture, Veitch said. “Hopefully it won’t happen again.” Council head of urban regeneration, design and heritage Carolyn Ingles said the repairs and strengthening work would cost about $8000 and would be completed in early May.