Christchurch Photos

Katharina Jaeger’s intriguing photography conveys some aspects of living through the sadness and mess that the fatal earthquake has bought, that we don’t get from other media.

These images have been taken over the past year around Christchurch and Lyttleton ……. “ wasn’t sure if their warehouse survived the last quake, but they were open. There were large cracks on the concrete floor and you had to watch your step while going along the very long clothing racks. Bored children played in the seams of the concrete slab floor where you could see the silt coming through. The kids scooped the stuff out to make little castles or buried safety pins they collected from underneath the racks …..”

Katharina is a Swiss born Christchurch artist, based in Lyttleton. She most recently showed work in Auckland at an Objectspace group exhibition called Lagosi’s Children, held in August and September of 2011.

Waterfront Auckland are in support of this artists’ initiative and have agreed to locate the work on the gantry structure in Silo Park Wynyard Quarter.

The exhibition will be installed on the day of the first anniversary, this Wednesday February 22, and everyone is invited to come down and view the work over the next month.

It is important for Aucklanders to be able to acknowledge the event and this exhibition provides a place for contemplation and reflection.