Dark Mofo has been and gone for another year. The festival expanded to encompass two full weekends of the Midwinter Feast as well as a progressive nighttime journey from Launceston to Hobart stopping off at churches along the Midlands Highway for a series of artistic happenings. My own participation focussed on the activities in and…
Category: Art and Culture
Tempest at TMAG
Tempest is probably the biggest single exhibition that TMAG (the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery) has ever staged. Far from being confined to the usual temporary exhibition galleries on the ground floor, the show has taken over almost every space within the institution and staff from pretty much every corner and discipline – from decorative…
Spinning at the Springs
I’ve just tried ‘spinning’ photography for the first time and it was great fun.
Dark Mofo Part 3 – Burning the Ogoh Ogoh
…the festival culminated in a firey spectacle based on a traditional Indonesian ogoh ogoh ceremony designed to purge people’s fears by consigning them to the flames.
Dark Mofo Part 2 – Painting the Town Red
It’s not just large public buildings and infrastructure that are lit up to celebrate Dark Mofo in Hobart … Hotels and homes are also glowing crimson through the long winter nights
Dark Mofo 2016 – Dark Park
It’s deepest darkest June in Hobart, Tasmania and that can mean only one thing….
Winter is coming…so it must be festival time in Tasmania
Tasmanians may appear blase about the cold, but they know how to make the most of winter
Best parks in Hobart to see autumn colour
Hobart does a good line in autumn colour, and its parks and gardens are some of the best places to enjoy the spectacle
Whizz-bangs, fizz-pops and the fun of nighttime photography
Fireworks over Hobart’s waterfront
Christmas in summer
Does your festive decor reflect in any way the reality of a Southern Hemisphere summer Christmas, or some other aspect of your life that is important to you?