Rephotography

The Living Lab seeks to capture change through time as the river corridor adapts to environmental change since the earthquakes. We have set up a network of 31 sites, chosen for their historical, social, environmental or cultural significance. Photographs are taken at each site at each quarter of the year, replicating the location, orientation, aspect and composition of the first photograph in the sequence.

Over time, this project will yield a record of change in the landscape, both as a documentary sequence and as a means of engaging social memory. We partner with the Avon Ōtākaro Network to encourage public participation in the project at a small number of photo frames in the corridor.

The photo pairs here illustrate how some of the sites have changed since the final Google Street Views before the earthquakes.

Chimera Crescent

Nov 2022 - May 2024

Otakaro Place

Nov 2022 - Feb 2024