Shannon Te Ao at the Physics Room opens this weekend

I just wanted to recommend to those who might be in Christchurch before April 13, to check out artist (and my Massey U colleague) Shannon Te Ao's new exhibition at the Physics Room. Shannon is probably New Zealand's most in-demand emerging artist at the moment, practically double-booked as an invited artist to the 2014 Sydney Biennale, which has engendered a firestorm of controversy of late. If anyone can weather this storm and the act of attempting to appear in several places all at one time, I'm hoping it's Shannon, as he's artist of great talent and energy, plus I want him to turn up to co-teach my classes in a coupla weeks!