Get your words on the street
Christchurch City Council Newsline: 10th June 2024
Have your writing featured in a large-scale mural project at The Crossing this spring.
WORD Christchurch have a new project underway as part of the WORD Christchurch Festival 2024 - in collaboration with At The Bay.
Share your snapshot of Christchurch in 100 words and see your words displayed within a large-scale public artwork in Kettlewell Lane, as part of the Ōtautahi is Flash! project.
It could be a tiny poem, a memory, a statement, a wish or a story about the city. Anything goes and anyone can enter.
“We’re all good at posting short quips and reckons on social media, so we’re encouraging everyone to take it to the next level and put their mark on a central city laneway,” says WORD Christchurch Programme Director Kiran Dass.
“Selected pieces will be up for a few months, and the writers will each receive a prize for their efforts.”
WORD Christchurch showcases the best writers from here and around the world each spring during their annual festival, but various free projects make sure everyone gets the chance to get creative during the festival too.
Last year a letter writing station proved popular at Tūranga, with hundreds of letters written by, and distributed to members of the public around the central city.
Submit your words for Ōtautahi is Flash! on the WORD Christchurch website by Monday 15th July.
All the selected pieces will brightening up The Crossing from late August all through spring.
Ōtautahi is Flash! is a collaboration between WORD Christchurch and At The Bay, with the support of The Crossing and Christchurch City Council.
WORD Christchurch takes place from 27th August to 1st September 2024 at venues across the city. The programme will be launching at a public event on Wednesday 3rd July at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. All welcome.