No Easy Road

Stanmore Block
May 2023
97 Stanmore Rd, Christchurch, New Zealand

With the offer of an empty building pending renovation in a rough neighbourhood, ‘Stanmore Block’ invited artists Jason Ware & Shades Arcade to respond to the on-site development activity, which continued around the work. Audience were invited in on opening night, with the venue closed but the installation viewable 24/7 through the windows for three weeks.

We placed large prisms of light throughout the space, imagining that the building had grown strange fixtures from its protruding wires during its years of disuse.