At the going down of the sun, and in the morning – war memorials and remembrance in Christchurch.
Date: Saturday 24th April – Saturday 29th May, 2010
ANZAC day hours: 7am – 4pm, then Monday to Saturday, 10am – 4pm
Admission: Free
Where: Our City O-Tautahi, corner of Worcester Boulevard & Oxford Terrace
The exhibition, ANZAC day, is a poignant display of photographs that reflect on the duality of mourning and triumph expressed in many memorials around Christchurch.
Themes around public and private grief, and the role that symbolism, design, landscape and tradition have played in the construction and use of these memorials is discussed. Visitors will be encouraged to share their views and to consider what memorials mean to them.
The exhibition will also feature screenings of Citizen Soldier: ake ake kia kaha – forever strong. This film, produced by Tandem for the Christchurch City Council as part of Beca Heritage Week 2009, celebrates 150 years (1859-2009) of the Second Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast Battalion Group.
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