The Star: June 28, 2018
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6 Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
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What ratepayers fork out for<br />
Christchurch has<br />
become one of the<br />
street art capitals<br />
of the world and<br />
ratepayers are helping<br />
to pay for it. Bridget<br />
Rutherford reports<br />
MORE THAN $100,000 of<br />
ratepayer money has been spent<br />
commissioning street art to<br />
brighten up the city, deter graffiti<br />
and raise the city’s profile in the<br />
past seven years.<br />
City council figures released<br />
to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> show it has commissioned<br />
seven pieces since the<br />
February 22, 2011, earthquake,<br />
when the city experienced an<br />
explosion in street art.<br />
In total, they cost $104,908.<br />
<strong>The</strong> most expensive work was<br />
a trio of murals in Oxford St Reserve,<br />
Lyttelton, which was done<br />
earlier this year, costing $45,000.<br />
Los Angeles-based street artist<br />
Dcypher, aka Guy Ellis, did the<br />
large mural, which depicts the<br />
history and community spirit<br />
of Lyttelton. He had help from<br />
fellow street artists Wongi, Yikes<br />
and Ikarus.<br />
<strong>The</strong> work was done as part<br />
of an overall $375,000 upgrade<br />
to the reserve, including a new<br />
skate park, playground landscaping<br />
and repairs to the park’s<br />
earthquake-damaged walls.<br />
Dcypher also did the Kiwianathemed<br />
mural on the side of the<br />
Wharenui Recreation Centre in<br />
Matipo St. <strong>The</strong> city council-commissioned<br />
it in 2016 for $15,000.<br />
It coincided with the reopening<br />
of the centre after earthquake<br />
repairs.<br />
Three artworks were commissioned<br />
last year to activate the<br />
central city.<br />
No Place Like Home was created<br />
by Flox in Plymouth Lane.<br />
Inspired by the Wizard of Oz,<br />
it represents the journey people<br />
have gone on since the quakes.<br />
It is 75m long and took four<br />
LARGE: Dcypher’s mural<br />
(left) at Oxford St Reserve<br />
in Lyttelton was the most<br />
expensive commissioned<br />
by the city council. <strong>The</strong><br />
artwork on the side of<br />
the Wharenui Recreation<br />
Centre (above) was done by<br />
Dcypher in 2016.<br />
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
days to do, costing the city council<br />
$15,000.<br />
Brandon Warrell’s colourful<br />
mural of a silver eye bird and yellow<br />
kowhai flower buds was created<br />
on the side of the Ibis Hotel<br />
on Hereford St late last year.<br />
It also cost $15,000. <strong>The</strong> design<br />
was voted the most popular in<br />
a city council’s Enliven Places<br />
competition.<br />
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