Wheke - Ngai Tahu Kohatu-Mauri or life force stone - stands at the entrance to Neil Pardington's exhibition 'The Vault' at Christchurch Art Gallery, which opened last night with several Te Arawa guests present. The show features 35 large scale photographs of collection storage spaces in museums and galleries throughout New Zealand. Wheke will travel with the exhibition to several other cities including Whanganui, Rotorua and Dunedin.
Five highlights of this trip to the Garden City (in no particular order):
- A glass of wine with Mr Smart.
- Succulent pork belly at the Crumpet Club.
- Sitting in the sun on Latimer Square enjoying a flat white at The Bicycle Thief.
- Learning more about how to build a P Lab.
- Leaving to fly home.
Illustrated: Neil Pardington The Wet Room # 1.
