'The High Country'

No, not the Canterbury landscape made famous by the Lord of the Rings, but instead a wonderful installation art piece that is currently standing - some ten or so metres - up in the air on the corner of Montreal Street and Cranmer Square.

Joanna Langford's 'The High Country' as the Scape Public Art event website puts it is "an aerial utopian city installation that appears to be floating above its urban surroundings.This fanciful work utilises existing found and recycled materials to create an image of lush pastures surrounding an illuminated model city. Contrasting with the new urban environment of Christchurch, as epitomised by gap sites and vacant lots, Langford's work provides a whimsical visionary environment."

However you cut it, I reckon it's a pretty original and insightful piece.

My only regret: that the lovely old Cranmer Courts is no longer standing on the opposite corner....

Got yesterday's backblip up tonight also. Can you here the rustle of cabbage tree fronds?