More Postcards from Christchurch
Something beautiful, something ugly, something strange and a christmas greeting from Christchurch
Strange familiar
“I don’t know why you’re making such a fuss of going to New Zealand for 10 weeks”, said my friend T. over a farewell beer. “Sometimes we don’t meet up for a whole year, so why don’t you shout me a beer then?!” I was quite proud of the answer I came up with: “Absence…
Log / 30.11.2017 / The substitute city
We are going to be living in “Christchurch Central” for the next few weeks – as opposed to “Christchurch actual”. The two parts of the city seem to be completely cut off from each other. I have already been here for 10 days, but only have a vague idea of how this town works, or…
NZ analog / Christchurch Central
Black and white impressions from Downtown Christchurch
Postcards from Christchurch
I’m here now for a week. Time for some postcards from a strange city …
Günther, your prize is waiting for you …
How it all began …
Christchurch – the youngest oldest city in the world
Christchurch, or Ōtautahi, is New Zealand’s third-largest city, located on the east coast of what until just a few years ago was simply called the “South Island”, now Te Wai Pounamu. In 2017 Christchurch had its 161st anniversary, making it New Zealand’s oldest city. The history of the country and the settlement of the region…
From Berlin to Christchurch
At the invitation of the Goethe-Institut in Wellington and The Physics Room gallery in Christchurch, I will be spending two-and-a-half months in New Zealand as from mid-November – travelling, writing, reading, taking photographs, meeting people, working with New Zealand artists, and telling people all about it on this blog. Clod and Spider already have a…