Thu 5–Sun 8 June 4–10PM

+ Thu 12–Sun 15 June, 4–10PM

Macquarie Point

FREE, All Ages

https://www.darkmofo.net.au/program/dark-park

Art, fire, and light, expanding onto new terrain.

Ogoh-ogoh: The Purging

Commit your fears to a giant Maugean skate—a dwindling species found only in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour, where salmon is farmed nearby. Crafted by Balinese artists, it’s this year’s ogoh-ogoh: a totem-like sculpture derived from a Balinese Hindu purification ritual.

Ogoh-ogoh: The Burning

Come together as we set aflame our Maugean skate-shaped ogoh-ogoh—and with it, our fears—in a communal ritual of smoke, fire, and noise.

Dark Bar

Warming tipples, nibbles, purging (fears), and trips to the afterlife. There’ll be live music nightly, and black ice cream for the little devils.

La Danse Macabre—Australian Exclusive

Claudia Comte (CHE)

A blistering allegory of capitalist apathy: Comte’s video work depicts two pianists performing Saint-Saëns’ symphonic meditation on death, while a wooden sculpture is consumed by flames and a motocross rider jumps through the inferno.

SORA—Australian Exclusive

Nonotak (FRA/JPN)

Inside a dark warehouse, kinetic light beams undulate at the whim of an invisible wind, summoning the hypnotic landscape of the Japanese night sky.

Neon Anthem—Australian Exclusive

Nicholas Galanin (USA)

A space for mourning, protest, and catharsis. Take a knee.

Quasi—Australian Exclusive

Ronnie Van Hout (NZL)

A gargantuan appendage towers overhead, fusing the artist's face and hand in a monstrous likeness. The divisive sculpture has drawn the ire of our friends across the ditch. Now it’s our turn to love or hate it.

Coffin Rides

Simon Zoric

Take a ride to the afterlife. Souvenir included.

Channelling (between here and then, a wall)

Hannah Foley

A haunting tonal experience from deep under the Gordon Dam. Recorded industrial sounds from a site-specific waterphone channel the spirit of the river in their call.

Please Note: on Sun 15 June, Dark Park will close from 5–8PM to make way for the Ogoh-ogoh's Procession and Burning.

Accessibility: www.darkmofo.net.au/program/venues/dark-park