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Each year the Christmas Journey and Easter Journey are our two major installational art projects. They draw together a band of volunteers and are aimed at a wide cross-section of the community. Their interactiveness allow people to connect with the Christmas and Easter stories at a deeper level.

 THE PEACE LABYRINTH CHRISTMAS 2008
Promo postcard During Christmas 2008, visitors to Latimer Square encountered a continuous 60 hour outdoor Peace Labyrinth. The aim was to provide a still point in the midst of the busy Christmas season. The Labyrinth is an ancient practice which invites one to find peace as they walk a guided journey.
Within the labyrinth there were a number of art installations with different themes: world peace, peace in the community, peace in the family, peace with God, and peace within ourselves.

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS - AN EASTER JOURNEY
OPAWA BAPTIST CHURCH, EASTER 2003

Promo postcard The Stations of the Cross commemorate the last hours of Jesus leading up to His death on the cross. People are free to walk through at their own pace and contemplate this interpretation of the meaning of Easter.
This exhibition will be a contemporary interpretation based on the ancient form of
the Stations of the Cross, reworked as an interactive, mixed media, multi-sensory experience.
The fifteen stations will use distinctively New Zealand materials (e.g. corrugated iron, barbed wire, wire netting, concrete reinforcing rod and mesh) and other media such as plaster, bronze, stainless steel, ice and x-ray photography, set in distinctive New Zealand flora (e.g. flax, cabbage trees). All these combine to give the art works a distinctive New Zealand flavour to transform the centuries old European Easter tradition into a post-modern genre. A unifying theme will be the use of hands, either as an expression of the title of the station itself or the use of your own hands to interact with the art installation.

There will be an opportunity to discuss the experience over a cuppa afterwards if you wish.

The Easter Journey will be open every evening of Easter week (April 14th – 20th) from 7.30 pm to 11pm at Opawa Baptist Church, 285 Wilsons Rd (cnr Wilsons Rd & Hastings St East), Christchurch.


Images from 2002. Photos by Cobra.
'A LOAD OF RUBBISH?'
ST MARY'S IN MERIVALE, 7-19 APRIL 2003

Promo postcard A display of contemporary art installations depicting the seven words of Jesus from the cross.
Set within a modern-day Golgotha, using recycled materials and mixed media, the stations invite interaction and contemplation.

Monday 7th - Saturday 19th April
10.30 - 4.30pm and 6 - 9pm (weekdays)
11.30 - 4pm (weekends and Good Friday)
St. Mary's in Merivale
30 Church Lane, Merivale, Christchurch.
CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
OPAWA BAPTIST CHURCH, ANNUALLY

A massive straw bale labyrinth laid out in the carpark behind the Opawa Baptist Church contains contemporary art installations portraying aspects of the Christmas story which invite interaction and contemplation. Participants of all ages are free to walk through at their own pace and experience Christmas in a new and different way. Children are especially welcome, a real family experience.
At the completion of the journey everyone is welcome to relax over a cuppa.

Images from 2001 can be viewed at www.smallfire.org -follow the Christmas Labyrinth links.