Your Guide To Dark Mofo 2022
Dark Mofo’s in full swing! The two-week winter festival will light up Hobart from 8-22 June. We’ve had requests from Members visiting the whisky isle for the lowdown on Tassie’s annual winter event. So, make sure you factor in some time between distillery tours to check out some of the festivities.
And if you’re feeling up to it, why not shed your clothes and dive into the legendary Nude Solstice Swim. Brrr. And keep your eyes peeled for our guide on everything you need to know about the most important event: Dark Mofo special release whiskies!
Free Events Around the City
Not all events are ticketed — good news for visitors on a budget. So, put your beanie on, pop your gloves on and take a stroll around the city and check out these free events.
Reclamation Walk
8 June 2022 from 6:30-7:30pm at Regatta Grounds to Franklin Square
"Gather for the festival's opening night, joining Aboriginal Elders and knowledge holders who will lead a ceremonial journey across the ancient cultural landscapes of nipaluna / Hobart, once home to the Muwinina."
Five Angels for the Millenium
9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 5-10:30pm at 2- 6 Collins St, Hobart."Five figures over five projections emerge from and descend into water in an unsynchronised, unceasing loop."
Inverted Birth
9-12 June and 15-20 June 2022 from 5-10:30pm at 2- 6 Collins St, Hobart.
"A series of violent transformations underpin artist Bill Viola’s exploration of existence through cyclic renewal. Witness five stages of human awakening, punctuated by a purifying climax."
9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 5-10:30pm at the Melville Street Carpark on Melville St near the corner of Argyle St.
"Out of the darkness, light begins to appear around the edges. A rainbow emanates from the centre, vibrating pure energy. The healing colour palette captures and holds us in a joyous moment."
9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 5-10:30pm at Sea Roads, 16 Evans St, Hobart.
"Time, space, and memory become a fluid kaleidoscope of moving image and sound."
9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 5-10:30pm at 130 Murray St, Hobart.
"Fantastical modes of storytelling guide a cast of characters through events that expose the subtle mechanics of violence and control that surround us."
The Gathering
8 June 2022 from 8:30-11pm in The Hanging Garden at 112 Murray St, Hobart.
"Join us at In The Hanging Garden for a precinct-wide takeover. A celebration of local Aboriginal talent, food, and fire, hosted by Rob Braslin & Jalen Sutcliffe."
Swell
9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 5-10:30pm
"The mother lays in the womb of the ocean. Her baby lays in the ocean of her womb. An immersive video work traces the internal change of tides. Echoing the endless cycle of time."
Glossolalia
Exhibition on from 9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 5-9pm at Plimsoll Gallery, 37 Hunter St, Hobart.
"Two artists transmit and receive hidden messages at a distance. A blend of organic field recordings and live vocal material projects orphic sounds and data."
Spectra
10-12 June 2022 from Sunset to Sunrise and 17-19 June from Sunset to Sunrise at Mona, 655 Main Rd, Berriedale.
Burn the Village, Feel the Warmth
9 June – 7 July, 24hrs a day at Melville Street Carpark, Melville St near the corner of Argyle St, Hobart.
"Taken from an African proverb, the phrase is recontextualised as a giant illuminated text sculpture. The placement is a reflection of the buildings that were looted and burned in the 2011 London Riots."
Fashion Show on 11 June 2022 from 3-5pm and Exhibition on 11 & 12 June from 3-10pm and 15-20 June from 3-10pm at Railway Roundabout, Brooker Hwy, Hobart.
"Bodies emerge from the depths of subterranean water worlds in nipaluna. A forgotten river swallowed by streets sets the scene for a performative fashion show."
Futures
9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 5-10pm at Good Grief, 62 Argyle St, Hobart.
"Sights and sounds of things to come. An immersive guided meditation projects the body into speculative futures."
Celestial Bed
9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 5-10:30pm at Detached: Argyle St, 24 Argyle St, Hobart.
"A contemporary reimagining of Dr James Graham’s 18th century fertility machine, Celestial Bed is a synthetic intermediary to human pollination."
Memorial
15 to 19 June 2022 in the evenings at the Hobart Waterfront.
"Bear your loved one’s ashes to the river and have them placed inside a handcrafted firework."
Cryptic Female Choice
9-12 June and 15-20 June from 5-10:30pm at Macquarie St, 91-93 Macquarie St, Hobart.
"An experiment in techno-immortality. Loren Kronemyer has minted one of her own reproductive cells as an NFT."
The Angels of Testimony
9-12 June 2022 and 15-20 June 2022 from 5-10:30pm at the Black Temple Gallery, 47 Davey St, Hobart.
"This three-channel video installation is far-reaching, extending a reminder of the unending perils of war."
The Burning
19 June 2022 from 4:30-6pm from Franklin Square to Regatta Grounds.
"Let us look into the flames and reflect on the fears we’ve committed to the fire. With death, too, comes the power of regeneration."
The Purging
15-17 June from 3-9pm and 18 June 2022 from 10am-9pm at Parliament House Lawns.
"Purge your fears onto paper and offer them to a giant Tasmanian Masked Owl. It’s this year’s Ogoh-ogoh: a totem-like sculpture inspired by a Balinese Hindu purification ritual, and crafted by Balinese artists."
Phase Shifting Index
10 June till 17 October 2022 from 10am – 6pm at Mona, 655 Main Rd, Berriedale. Open late till 10pm on 11 June 2022. Last entry at 8pm.
"Five countries, five exhibitions: France, Germany, Estonia, Denmark, and now Australia. The latest iteration of Jeremy Shaw’s new venture arrives at Mona this winter."
Anthropoid
9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 5-10:30pm at Site 9. 31-33 Bathurst St, Hobart.
"Life-sized sculptural figures gather within a barren wasteland. Enter a new world, guided by tangerine light."
Winter Feast
19 June 2022 from 4-11pm at Princes Wharf 1, Castray Esp. Hobart.
"A sumptuous banquet. Liberate the shackles of normality and unleash the primal."
Turnandot 2070
9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 5-10:30pm.
"Surrealist video projections see the classic opera by Puccini take on new significance. With music by Vladimir Rannev."
For the Term of His Natural Life
9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 5-10:30pm at Detached: Macquarie St, 91-93 Macquarie St, Hobart.
"Exile and oppression, told through a series of vivid crayon drawings. One of Australia's most significant modern artists interprets Marcus Clarke’s nineteenth-century novel, For the Term of His Natural Life, depicting the brutality faced by Tasmanian convicts."
Biogym
9-12 June and 15 to 20 June 2022 from 12-5pm at Contemporary Art Tasmania, 27 Tasma St, North Hobart. The exhibit will extend until 10 July 2022.
"The gym is a lab, we are the rats. BioGym plays with organic biology and bodily intervention through video and installation"
Ticketed Events
Nils Frahm: Music for Hobart
19 & 20 June 2022 from 6-8pm at Mac2, 18 Hunter St, Hobart
"Quintessential winter music. Manipulating an array of instruments, Nils Frahm’s signature classical and electronic arrangements break the grid."
The Kid LAROI
11 June 2022 from 8-10pm at Mystate Bank Arena, 601 Brooker Hwy, Glenorchy
"Grammy-nominated Kamilaroi artist brings his chart-topping blend of pop and rap to our stage."
Spiritualized
17 June 2022 from 8-10pm at Mac2, 18 Hunter St, Hobart
"The transcendental space rockers emerge from solitude with meditations on blissful isolation."
Lingua Ignota
17 June 2022 from 11:30pm-12:30am at Mac2, 18 Hunter St, Hobart
"Soul-crushing hymns from the smouldering multi-instrumentalist. Rage, despair, and redemption explored through a survivor's lens."
Baxter-Dury
10 June 2022 from 8-10pm at the Odeon Theatre, 167 Liverpool St, Hobart
"Idiosyncratic after-hours music. Nocturnal London snapshots and comedown disco all underscored by Baxter’s sardonic bleakness."
Deafhaven
19 June 2022 from 9-10:30pm at the Odeon Theatre, 167 Liverpool St, Hobart.
Boris: 30th Anniversary
12 June 2022 from 8-10pm at the Odeon Theatre, 167 Liverpool St, Hobart.
"Cult favourites from Japan perform their signature noise stoner rock album ‘Heavy Rocks’ to mark its 20th anniversary—and the 30th anniversary of the band. Featuring Japanese bassist TOKIE in the line-up."
Cate Le Bon
19 June 2022 from 3-4:30pm at the Odeon Theatre, 167 Liverpool St, Hobart.
"As the world spirals further into chaos, Cate Le Bon has found new ways of speaking to it. Songs of solitude and surrealist drama."
Triptykon
15 June 2022 from 9-11pm at Mac2, 18 Hunter St, Hobart
"Heavy avant-garde metal with unrelenting density. Hymns of disintegration and critiques of religious fanaticism driven by Tom Gabriel Fischer, the mind behind Hellhammer and Celtic Frost."
Injury Reserve
19 June 2022 from 9:30-11pm at Mac2, 18 Hunter St, Hobart.
"Chaotic, painful epitaphs from the Arizonan hip hop outfit."
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe presents Candyman
11 June 2022 from 3-4:30pm at the Odeon Theatre, 167 Liverpool St, Hobart.
"Chilling recitations of modern folklore. Robert performs his original score for Nia DaCosta’s adaptation of horror classic ‘Candyman’."
Anger
18 June 2022 from 1-2:30pm at the Odeon Theatre, 167 Liverpool St, Hobart.
"ANGER is a triple bill celebrating Kenneth Anger’s life work in occult cinema."
Sanctae Noctis
18 June 2022 from 5:30-Midnight at Mac2, 18 Hunter St, Hobart.
"An unholy night of deafening metal."
Hand Habits
18 June 2022 from 7:30-9pm at Altar, 112 Murray St, Hobart.
"Guitar shredder of choice for the likes of Perfume Genius and Weyes Blood, Meg Duffy’s solo practice turns vulnerable queer confessions into ecstatic pop masterpieces."
16 June 2022 from 7-11pm at Mac2, 18 Hunter St, Hobart.
"Chasms of vibration, colour and light. Mammoth emissions pour forth in waves of rhythmic pulse and texture."
Borderlands II
17 June 2022 from 7-9pm at Theatre Royal Studio, 27-29 Campbell St, Hobart.
"Intimate gestures, manifesting intensities. Sirens of turbulence, calling you to wreck your ships on their shores."
Hymns to the Dead
16 June 2022 from 8pm – Midnight at the Odeon Theatre, 167 Liverpool St, Hobart.
"Slaughter for the ears."
Winter Feast
15-19 June 2022 from 4-11pm at Princes Wharf 1, Castray Esp. Hobart.
"A sumptuous banquet. Liberate the shackles of normality and unleash the primal."
Raja Kirik + Rinuwat
16 June 2022 from 7-9pm at Theatre Royal Studio, 27-29 Campbell St, Hobart.
"Raja Kirik is a voyage into trance dance practices from east and central Java. Homemade instruments built from waste materials project syncopated rhythms enmeshed with synthetic electronic sound."
Exodust: Crying Country
10 June – 17 October 2022, Monday to Friday 10am-6pm, open late 11 June 2022 from 10am-10pm with last entry at 8pm at
"A large timber hut—scorched inside and out—stands amid a blasted landscape, reminiscent of a fire-bombed logging coupe. Details emerge into view, layer upon layer."
With an Utterance
10 June – 17 October 2022, Monday to Friday 10am-6pm, open late 11 June 2022 from 10am-10pm with last entry at 8pm at
"Does identity have a basis in language? Are the right words essential to our humanity? Brisbane-based Yawuru artist Robert Andrew continues his work at Mona, excavating the language, culture and lost family histories buried beneath our feet, in collaboration with pakana community, pakana curator Zoe Rimmer and Aboriginal linguistic consultant Theresa Sainty."
Mona’s Triple Exhibition Opening Weekend
10 June 2022 from 10am-6pm and 11 June 2022 from 10am-10pm with last entry at 8pm, 12-13 June 2022 from 10am-6pm at Mona, 655 Main Rd, Berriedale.
"More art, we love the stuff: three new exhibitions from Fiona Hall and AJ King, Jeremy Shaw, and Robert Andrew—and a weekend-long celebration at Mona. Music and fire, food and drink, and generally much cavorting. Catch the ferry."
Mona Up Late
11 June 2022 from 4pm-late, museum open until 10pm with last entry at 8pm at Mona, 655 Main Rd, Berriedale.
"A great big Saturday night of art, music and fire at Mona during Dark Mofo. Come for the novelty of seeing three new exhibitions after dark; stay for the tunes, burnt things and crap weather."
There you have. There's so much to do ! What are you keen to check out?
