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Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Cardboard. 1 August 2013
Date: 2013
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0025766
Description: Under the caption 'Eliminate controversy & rebuild with cardboard...cheap, recyclable and NOT permanent', Christchurch institutions are presented as being built out of cardboard. They include the cathedral (with umbrella), the pier, Avon river punts, the Gondola, the CBD, statues, The Chalice, the Mayor and the Hagley cricket oval. In July 2013 the temporary 'Cardboard Cathedral' designed by the architect Shigeru Ban after the the Christchurch earthquakes, was damaged by heavy rain. Many claimed that the material and design used could lead to a plethora of shoddy, badly designed buildings in the Rebuild. Dissatisfaction with the Mayor, Bob Parker, is also expressed in the cartoon. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Ugly. 27 July 2013
Date: 2013
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0025763
Description: A helicopter in Christchurch flies over newly constructed boxes, representing buildings, out of which ugly humanoid faces leer. A comment from the helicopter is 'Not ugly...Just architecturally challenged!'. The new buildings being put up in the aftermath of the Christchutrch earthquakes and demolition, owing to the constraints of excessive earthquake standards and cost, were drab, cheap-looking and unimaginative. The defence by some of their unnoticeable beauty seemed strained. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'and today's guest...Martin Setchell on the cardboard organ!'....
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0021345
Description: Shows announcer introducing Concert Organist Martin Setchell who is blowing on cardboard pipes. Context: Anglican Church announced plans to build a $5 million temporary cardboard cathedral designed by a top Japanese architect in Latimer Square, Christchurch (New Zealand Herald 16 April 2012). Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'This ain't the final curtain!' 26 October 2012
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0023272
Description: Shows a man clinging to the red stage curtains outside Christchurch's Town Hall. Refers to Christchurch city council's decision to repair the Town Hall, one of Christchurch's few remaining iconic buildings. (New Zealand Herald, 30 Oct 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'Convention Centre'. 15 October 2012
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0023237
Description: A man labeled `rate payers' lifts an elephant labeled `convention centre' high over his head. Refers to recent calls for tenders from groups to build a new convention centre in Christchurch. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'Here's a solution...recycle heritage buildings and build a he...
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0023241
Description: Shows a stadium being built with gothic features resembling the former Christchurch cathedral. Refers to recent concerns that the rebuilding of Christchurch is at the expense of maintaining the cultural heritage of its former architecture. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).