Video: Homage to the lost spaces - fake walls of buildings destroyed by an earthquake
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Unfortunately, earthquakes happen every now and then in New Zealand. One of them happened in February 2011, when the cataclysm very thoroughly battered the city of Christchurch. The consequences of this disaster are felt in the village even now - many buildings are still not restored. These structures were used by the artist. Mike Hewson to create a series of amazing works Homage to the lost spaces.
In February 2011, just a month before the earthquake in Japan, the earth was slipping from under the feet of the inhabitants of the New Zealand city of Christchurch. Of course, there was no tsunami that caused the death of thousands of people and an accident at a nuclear power plant, but the settlement itself was still very damaged - many buildings, including historical ones, were destroyed.
Moreover, on the streets of Christchurch, you can still see many buildings that have not yet been restored, which has a very negative effect on the appearance of the city. In order to get rid of these architectural "wounds", as well as to draw attention to the problem, the artist Mike Hewson started the art project Homage to the lost spaces.
The essence of this project is to install very realistic, often even three-dimensional paintings in those places where a wall collapsed in a building. so far, the buildings - a painted stormy life, on the front door of a residential building left by people - a hospitable owner standing there.
While all these architectural objects are waiting for their turn to be restored, Mike Hewson, with the help of his own creativity, brought them back to life.
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