The Temple Christchurch.

The Temple for Christchurch is a large scale built artwork. Artist Tim Jago is chairman of the Temple for Christchurch Trust, a member of the International Arts Megacrew, and a native Cantabrian. Once completed, the public will be invited to explore the grounds, to pin thoughts and mementos to it, reflect, grieve, and find joy. This project follows in the tradition of the Burning Man festival. The Burning Man temple is built every year on site and invites participants of the festival to come and bring their own hurts, troubles and trauma to be expressed on the walls of this Temple and then be burnt away on the last night. Tim Jago and his team is taking this concept and reimagining it here in Christchurch to allow people to process and release the emotions of the last 18 months of earthquakes. After being open to the public, the temple will be moved to a location outside of town and burned.