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For many, graffiti's anti-social positioning overrides the form's lineage of visual and formal development into a coherent and considered stylistic and conceptual rubric. By elevating graffiti art, graffiti artists can see value in their craft, recognition that artists can pursue the approach most dear to them, without having to feel compelled to be able to paint realism, figuration or nature - but instead allow graffiti's specific qualities to dictate and suggest new directions.\r\nThis mural was supported by the Christchurch City Council.", "image": "artwork/IMG20241118095208.jpg", "watermarked_image": "API_artwork/IMG20241118095208-watermarked.jpg", "cropping": "199,0,1240,644", "cropped_image": "", "photo_credit": null, "photo_credit_email": null, "city": "Christchurch", "link": null, "location": "SRID=4326;POINT (172.6367271570698 -43.53685550367684)", "validated": true, "street": "Welles Street", "admin_notes": "", "map_enabled": true, "smart_cities": true, "slug": "urban-abstract", "submitter_description": "", "submitter_name": null, "submitter_email": null, "video_url": null, "artists": [370], "crews": [], "likes": [], "checkins": []}}, {"model": "streetart.artwork", "pk": 1091, "fields": {"category": 22, "title": null, "commission_date": "2023", "status": 1, "decommission_date": null, "description": "A space-themed production by FSA crew members with a contribution by Otautahi-raised, Tamaki-based artist Fluro. 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An array of graffiti pieces in blue-grey tones are surrounded by space creatures and an expansive space landscape, filled with fiery comets. 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The titular presence, a contemporary version of Shakespeare's Ophelia, like her literary counterpart sinks into a body of water (in this case bubble letter graffiti throw ups in reference to fellow Flare artists), but rather than hysterical, Rawcliffe's Ophelia is bored, distant, doom-scrolling on her phone as a distraction from the noise, a sense of ennui enveloping her - a reminder that the trope of the  'helpless, hysterical woman' is worn out. \r\nUtilising a spray to both echo and evolve Rawcliffe's signature paint brush style, the work hums with energy, a mark of the artist's deft technical ability and emergence as a force in contemporary muralism.", "image": "artwork/Jessie_Rawcliffe_Ophelia_PC_Ali_Al_Sarraf.jpg", "watermarked_image": "API_artwork/Jessie_Rawcliffe_Ophelia_PC_Ali_Al_Sarraf-watermarked.jpg", "cropping": "0,149,6240,4011", "cropped_image": "", "photo_credit": "Ali Al-Sarraf", "photo_credit_email": null, "city": null, "link": null, "location": "SRID=4326;POINT (172.6368405875466 -43.53747634583929)", "validated": true, "street": null, "admin_notes": "", "map_enabled": true, "smart_cities": true, "slug": "ophelia", "submitter_description": "", "submitter_name": null, "submitter_email": null, "video_url": null, "artists": [551], "crews": [], "likes": [], "checkins": []}}, {"model": "streetart.artwork", "pk": 852, "fields": {"category": 27, "title": null, "commission_date": "2019", "status": 1, "decommission_date": null, "description": "Kyla K's yoga inspired illustrative work adorns one of the interior spaces of The Welder complex on Welles Street. The white line drawing of figures in various yoga poses is superimposed over geometric shapes in a subdued, natural colour palette that plays off the soft pink background. 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The (kind of self-) portrait is an ode to the influence of hip hop on the artist and a strong representation of the often overlooked female presence in graffiti culture.\r\nAgainst the eye-catching orange background, a massive female figure strides through the traditional home of graffiti, the train tracks, her back pack loaded with paint, rollers and a blackbook. While seemingly determined, she is also confident and relaxed, her headphones a clue to her mindset. As we survey the wall, it is revealed her headphones run into a strange companion, a television-headed manifestation of hip hop music (vinyl spinning on top) serving as a comforting presence and guide.\r\nThis acknowledgement of hip hop is further echoed in the fluffy Kangol bucket hat (a shout out to LL Cool J) and the MF Doom and Wu Tang Clan t-shirts. Close inspection shows a collection of pins buckled to the figure's backpack, acknowledgements of her fellow participating Flare artists and the event itself.\r\nFlare is an \u014ctautahi-based street art mural festival, launched in March 2022. 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The project was conceived to brighten the surrounding area following the establishment of The Welder complex on Welles Street and with funding from the Enliven places fund, the students were given the opportunity to design and execute a mural. The bright, graphic image presents the new and exciting features and activities found in the city's southern area; combining elements of food, innovation, creativity, heritage, and transport.\r\n https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/mural-brings-splash-of-colour-to-central-city", "image": "artwork/IMG_20200220_134749.jpg", "watermarked_image": "API_artwork/IMG_20200220_134749-watermarked.jpg", "cropping": "0,239,3648,2497", "cropped_image": "", "photo_credit": "Reuben Woods", "photo_credit_email": null, "city": "Christchurch", "link": null, "location": "SRID=4326;POINT (172.6379829014797 -43.53652372740142)", "validated": true, "street": "Tuam Street", "admin_notes": "", "map_enabled": true, "smart_cities": true, "slug": "cassandras-dream", "submitter_description": "", "submitter_name": null, "submitter_email": null, "video_url": null, "artists": [529, 512], "crews": [], "likes": [], "checkins": []}}, {"model": "streetart.artwork", "pk": 424, "fields": {"category": 21, "title": "Tradestaff mural", "commission_date": null, "status": 1, "decommission_date": null, "description": "Wongi's influence in the post earthquake street art scene is seen throughout town as part of DTR crew, as an individual artist doing private commissions like this for Tradestaff, and in street art competitions that he runs for youth.\r\n\r\nThe Tradestaff building was initially painted by Wongi in 2012, and in 2020 received a facelift, revitalising the exterior and revealing the artist's development...", "image": "artwork/IMG_20200902_130627.jpg", "watermarked_image": "API_artwork/IMG_20200902_130627-watermarked.jpg", "cropping": "3011,937,4608,1925", "cropped_image": "artwork/IMG_20200902_130627.jpg.10000x10000_q85_box-3011,937,4608,1925_crop_detail.jpg", "photo_credit": null, "photo_credit_email": null, "city": "Christchurch", "link": null, "location": "SRID=4326;POINT (172.6369505 -43.53616305)", "validated": true, "street": "Colombo Street", "admin_notes": "", "map_enabled": true, "smart_cities": true, "slug": "tradestaff-mural", "submitter_description": "", "submitter_name": null, "submitter_email": null, "video_url": null, "artists": [363], "crews": [67], "likes": [], "checkins": [48]}}, {"model": "streetart.artwork", "pk": 497, "fields": {"category": 21, "title": "", "commission_date": "July 2017", "status": 1, "decommission_date": "", "description": "Commissioned by Land Transport New Zealand, this mural is part of a national campaign to encourage more people to get out and ride.", "image": "artwork/1626", "watermarked_image": "API_artwork/1626-watermarked.jpg", "cropping": "276,0,803,526", "cropped_image": "", "photo_credit": "", "photo_credit_email": null, "city": "Christchurch", "link": "", "location": "SRID=4326;POINT (172.6369822 -43.53613997)", "validated": true, "street": "Colombo", "admin_notes": "", "map_enabled": true, "smart_cities": true, "slug": "497", "submitter_description": "", "submitter_name": "", "submitter_email": "", "video_url": null, "artists": [370], "crews": [67, 72], "likes": [122], "checkins": [48, 122]}}, {"model": "streetart.artwork", "pk": 441, "fields": {"category": 21, "title": null, "commission_date": "January 2014", "status": 1, "decommission_date": null, "description": "", "image": "artwork/1474", "watermarked_image": "API_artwork/1474-watermarked.jpg", "cropping": "460,286,843,522", "cropped_image": "artwork/1474.10000x10000_q85_box-460,286,843,522_crop_detail.jpg", "photo_credit": null, "photo_credit_email": null, "city": "Christchurch", "link": null, "location": "SRID=4326;POINT (172.6385786 -43.53668902)", "validated": true, "street": null, "admin_notes": "", "map_enabled": true, "smart_cities": true, "slug": "441", "submitter_description": "", "submitter_name": null, "submitter_email": null, "video_url": null, "artists": [405], "crews": [66], "likes": [], "checkins": [39]}}, {"model": "streetart.artwork", "pk": 1064, "fields": {"category": 21, "title": null, "commission_date": "Early 2022", "status": 1, "decommission_date": null, "description": "Produced as part of the wider 2022 Flare Street Art Festival, this stretching mural pays tribute to one of the city's most famous sons. Ernest Lord Rutherford (1871-1937) was a Nobel Prize winning physicist, considered the father of modern physics and renowned for his role in splitting the atom, and notably an alumni of Canterbury College, his den marked as a site of historical significance.\r\nThis mural, produced by DTR crewmates Jacob Yikes (who designed the piece), Dcypher and Ikarus, pays tribute to Rutherford and these local roots, while also updating the work with a buzzing liveliness - fizzing atoms illuminating the wall and its' striking darker background. Rutherford himself (and his glorious moustache) occupies the centre of the mural, his hand extended in presentation of the scientific elements, while the historic College campus, under a foreboding sky, fills the right hand side of the wall.", "image": "artwork/IMG20220710161227.jpg", "watermarked_image": "API_artwork/IMG20220710161227-watermarked.jpg", "cropping": "566,0,3530,1834", "cropped_image": "", "photo_credit": null, "photo_credit_email": null, "city": "Christchurch", "link": null, "location": "SRID=4326;POINT (172.6372685813672 -43.53603983302347)", "validated": true, "street": "St Asaph Street", "admin_notes": "", "map_enabled": true, "smart_cities": true, "slug": "none", "submitter_description": "", "submitter_name": null, "submitter_email": null, "video_url": null, "artists": [356, 370, 357], "crews": [], "likes": [], "checkins": []}}, {"model": "streetart.artwork", "pk": 1113, "fields": {"category": 21, "title": null, "commission_date": "October 2023", "status": 1, "decommission_date": null, "description": "Another blockbuster by Dcypher on Colombo Street! 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