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Life imitates... well, you know
Behind the scenes
Are repair works in Christchurch becoming so extreme that they could start to compete with contemporary art? It's a nice thought.
![Pipes, Christchurch, 2012](/media/cache/c6/15/c615d4edf9ccfd3be7178741c494db9e.jpg)
Pipes, Christchurch, 2012
![Pipes, Christchurch, 2012](/media/cache/bf/17/bf17db3b1ab8d878c5751a433a7b1cbd.jpg)
Pipes, Christchurch, 2012
Driving down Styx Mill Road on the Northern edge of the city, my son and I were charmed and intrigued by these red pipes bursting forth energetically out of the ground. I expect they're part of what we now know as Christchurch's 'horizontal infrastructure', but I must admit my first thought was of this...
![Don Driver Yellow Tentacle Pram 1980. Mixed media. 1700 x 1400 x 1740 mm. Collection of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Reproduced with permission.](/media/cache/a6/f8/a6f8a6e354ef519ca681fbcc26d3a1ea.jpg)
Don Driver Yellow Tentacle Pram 1980. Mixed media. 1700 x 1400 x 1740 mm. Collection of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Reproduced with permission.
Closely followed by this...
![Carl Sydow Meander I 1971. Mixed media. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery, purchased, 1971.Reproduced with permission](/media/cache/87/16/8716bd46cb7c98edbdf18c15e69fbc8f.jpg)
Carl Sydow Meander I 1971. Mixed media. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery, purchased, 1971.Reproduced with permission