Skybridge / past / The Crossing / 06.14 Christchurch

Mike Hewson: Skybridge - Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Skybridge 2014

22m x 8.2m x 4.3m
Adhesive vinyl on elevated walkway structure
Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Mike Hewson: Skybridge - Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Skybridge 2014

22m x 8.2m x 4.3m
Adhesive vinyl on elevated walkway structure
Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Mike Hewson: Skybridge - Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Skybridge 2014

22m x 8.2m x 4.3m
Adhesive vinyl on elevated walkway structure
Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Mike Hewson: (Installation View) - Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

(Installation View) 2014

22m x 8.2m x 4.3m
Adhesive vinyl on elevated walkway structure
Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Mike Hewson: (Installation View) - Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

(Installation View) 2014

22m x 8.2m x 4.3m
Adhesive vinyl on elevated walkway structure
Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Mike Hewson: (Installation View) - Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

(Installation View) 2014

22m x 8.2m x 4.3m
Adhesive vinyl on elevated walkway structure
Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Mike Hewson: Prior to installation of 'Deconstruction' - Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Prior to installation of 'Deconstruction' 2013

22m x 8.2m x 4.3m
Adhesive vinyl on elevated walkway structure
Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Mike Hewson: Deconstruction - Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Deconstruction 2013

22m x 8.2m x 4.3m
Adhesive vinyl on elevated walkway structure
Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Mike Hewson: (During Installation) - Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

(During Installation) 2013

22m x 8.2m x 4.3m
Adhesive vinyl on elevated walkway structure
Cnr Cashel and Colombo Street, Christchurch, NZ

Info

A reworking of "Deconstruction" a work first installed in April 2013 on the Colombo Street skybridge allowing a further 12 months for the work to remain in place.

A large-scale digital print installation on the elevated walkway spanning between the active Ballantyne's building and the red-zone The Crossing building. When standing at a particular vantage point on Colombo St the artwork visually deletes the walkway, while from other locations the viewer can distort their interpretation of the work as they move around the structure. The sky covering the structure references changing aesthetic of the CBD as the last of the damaged buildings are removed. The block of blue also acts a visual disconnect between the humming operations of the ReStart/Ballantyne's precinct and the silence of the red-zone awaiting rejuvenation.