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The Advertiser
2 days ago
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- The Advertiser
Coffin rides help bring Dark Mofo festival back to life
The Dark Mofo festival is roaring back to life, offering brave punters a chance to lie in a coffin. Artist Simon Zoric's Coffin Rides performance piece in Hobart resulted from the realisation that humans spend more time lying in these six-foot boxes after death than they do being alive. "I find it strange that you would spend all this time in a coffin but never know what it felt like," Zoric said. Early figures show Dark Mofo has already welcomed 210,000 visitors, an improvement of some 30,000 on the first week of the festival's last full-scale program in 2023. The event took a little lie down itself in 2024 to contend with a massive hike in production costs, but the first few days of the 2025 festival show Hobart's main winter attraction is back at full force. "I do think interest this year is very strong, and perhaps last year had something to do with that," Dark Mofo executive director Melissa Edwards said. Attendance peaked at more than 16,000 people Saturday evening, and artistic director Chris Twite says the feedback so far has been great. "I get a chance to talk to people on the street and see the city alive and full," he said at a media event on Thursday. "I think a lot of people are really excited - locals and businesses and tourists." The excitement is happening under the eyes of an unmissable five-metre-high giant hand/face sculpture affixed to the roof of a hotel on the Hobart waterfront. Ronnie Van Hout's sculpture Quasi was controversial during its original installation in Christchurch - it looks a little bit like Donald Trump, or possibly Elon Musk - and it is yet to be seen whether the artwork will meet with the general approval of Hobartians. An exhibition at MONA by artist Arcangelo Sassolino has attracted more than 11,000 people across four days to see liquid steel - heated to 1500C - showering from the ceiling of a darkened gallery. The festival's second week features DIIV and The Horrors at Hobart's Odeon Theatre, and Methyl Ethel at the Princess Theatre in Launceston. Also still to come are the traditional winter feast and Ogoh Ogoh procession, during which a giant model Maugean skate is set on fire, followed by the Nude Solstice Swim on June 21. The Dark Mofo festival is roaring back to life, offering brave punters a chance to lie in a coffin. Artist Simon Zoric's Coffin Rides performance piece in Hobart resulted from the realisation that humans spend more time lying in these six-foot boxes after death than they do being alive. "I find it strange that you would spend all this time in a coffin but never know what it felt like," Zoric said. Early figures show Dark Mofo has already welcomed 210,000 visitors, an improvement of some 30,000 on the first week of the festival's last full-scale program in 2023. The event took a little lie down itself in 2024 to contend with a massive hike in production costs, but the first few days of the 2025 festival show Hobart's main winter attraction is back at full force. "I do think interest this year is very strong, and perhaps last year had something to do with that," Dark Mofo executive director Melissa Edwards said. Attendance peaked at more than 16,000 people Saturday evening, and artistic director Chris Twite says the feedback so far has been great. "I get a chance to talk to people on the street and see the city alive and full," he said at a media event on Thursday. "I think a lot of people are really excited - locals and businesses and tourists." The excitement is happening under the eyes of an unmissable five-metre-high giant hand/face sculpture affixed to the roof of a hotel on the Hobart waterfront. Ronnie Van Hout's sculpture Quasi was controversial during its original installation in Christchurch - it looks a little bit like Donald Trump, or possibly Elon Musk - and it is yet to be seen whether the artwork will meet with the general approval of Hobartians. An exhibition at MONA by artist Arcangelo Sassolino has attracted more than 11,000 people across four days to see liquid steel - heated to 1500C - showering from the ceiling of a darkened gallery. The festival's second week features DIIV and The Horrors at Hobart's Odeon Theatre, and Methyl Ethel at the Princess Theatre in Launceston. Also still to come are the traditional winter feast and Ogoh Ogoh procession, during which a giant model Maugean skate is set on fire, followed by the Nude Solstice Swim on June 21. The Dark Mofo festival is roaring back to life, offering brave punters a chance to lie in a coffin. Artist Simon Zoric's Coffin Rides performance piece in Hobart resulted from the realisation that humans spend more time lying in these six-foot boxes after death than they do being alive. "I find it strange that you would spend all this time in a coffin but never know what it felt like," Zoric said. Early figures show Dark Mofo has already welcomed 210,000 visitors, an improvement of some 30,000 on the first week of the festival's last full-scale program in 2023. The event took a little lie down itself in 2024 to contend with a massive hike in production costs, but the first few days of the 2025 festival show Hobart's main winter attraction is back at full force. "I do think interest this year is very strong, and perhaps last year had something to do with that," Dark Mofo executive director Melissa Edwards said. Attendance peaked at more than 16,000 people Saturday evening, and artistic director Chris Twite says the feedback so far has been great. "I get a chance to talk to people on the street and see the city alive and full," he said at a media event on Thursday. "I think a lot of people are really excited - locals and businesses and tourists." The excitement is happening under the eyes of an unmissable five-metre-high giant hand/face sculpture affixed to the roof of a hotel on the Hobart waterfront. Ronnie Van Hout's sculpture Quasi was controversial during its original installation in Christchurch - it looks a little bit like Donald Trump, or possibly Elon Musk - and it is yet to be seen whether the artwork will meet with the general approval of Hobartians. An exhibition at MONA by artist Arcangelo Sassolino has attracted more than 11,000 people across four days to see liquid steel - heated to 1500C - showering from the ceiling of a darkened gallery. The festival's second week features DIIV and The Horrors at Hobart's Odeon Theatre, and Methyl Ethel at the Princess Theatre in Launceston. Also still to come are the traditional winter feast and Ogoh Ogoh procession, during which a giant model Maugean skate is set on fire, followed by the Nude Solstice Swim on June 21. The Dark Mofo festival is roaring back to life, offering brave punters a chance to lie in a coffin. Artist Simon Zoric's Coffin Rides performance piece in Hobart resulted from the realisation that humans spend more time lying in these six-foot boxes after death than they do being alive. "I find it strange that you would spend all this time in a coffin but never know what it felt like," Zoric said. Early figures show Dark Mofo has already welcomed 210,000 visitors, an improvement of some 30,000 on the first week of the festival's last full-scale program in 2023. The event took a little lie down itself in 2024 to contend with a massive hike in production costs, but the first few days of the 2025 festival show Hobart's main winter attraction is back at full force. "I do think interest this year is very strong, and perhaps last year had something to do with that," Dark Mofo executive director Melissa Edwards said. Attendance peaked at more than 16,000 people Saturday evening, and artistic director Chris Twite says the feedback so far has been great. "I get a chance to talk to people on the street and see the city alive and full," he said at a media event on Thursday. "I think a lot of people are really excited - locals and businesses and tourists." The excitement is happening under the eyes of an unmissable five-metre-high giant hand/face sculpture affixed to the roof of a hotel on the Hobart waterfront. Ronnie Van Hout's sculpture Quasi was controversial during its original installation in Christchurch - it looks a little bit like Donald Trump, or possibly Elon Musk - and it is yet to be seen whether the artwork will meet with the general approval of Hobartians. An exhibition at MONA by artist Arcangelo Sassolino has attracted more than 11,000 people across four days to see liquid steel - heated to 1500C - showering from the ceiling of a darkened gallery. The festival's second week features DIIV and The Horrors at Hobart's Odeon Theatre, and Methyl Ethel at the Princess Theatre in Launceston. Also still to come are the traditional winter feast and Ogoh Ogoh procession, during which a giant model Maugean skate is set on fire, followed by the Nude Solstice Swim on June 21.
West Australian
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Coffin rides help bring Dark Mofo festival back to life
The Dark Mofo festival is roaring back to life, offering brave punters a chance to lie in a coffin. Artist Simon Zoric's Coffin Rides performance piece in Hobart resulted from the realisation that humans spend more time lying in these six-foot boxes after death than they do being alive. "I find it strange that you would spend all this time in a coffin but never know what it felt like," Zoric said. Early figures show Dark Mofo has already welcomed 210,000 visitors, an improvement of some 30,000 on the first week of the festival's last full-scale program in 2023. The event took a little lie down itself in 2024 to contend with a massive hike in production costs, but the first few days of the 2025 festival show Hobart's main winter attraction is back at full force. "I do think interest this year is very strong, and perhaps last year had something to do with that," Dark Mofo executive director Melissa Edwards said. Attendance peaked at more than 16,000 people Saturday evening, and artistic director Chris Twite says the feedback so far has been great. "I get a chance to talk to people on the street and see the city alive and full," he said at a media event on Thursday. "I think a lot of people are really excited - locals and businesses and tourists." The excitement is happening under the eyes of an unmissable five-metre-high giant hand/face sculpture affixed to the roof of a hotel on the Hobart waterfront. Ronnie Van Hout's sculpture Quasi was controversial during its original installation in Christchurch - it looks a little bit like Donald Trump, or possibly Elon Musk - and it is yet to be seen whether the artwork will meet with the general approval of Hobartians. An exhibition at MONA by artist Arcangelo Sassolino has attracted more than 11,000 people across four days to see liquid steel - heated to 1500C - showering from the ceiling of a darkened gallery. The festival's second week features DIIV and The Horrors at Hobart's Odeon Theatre, and Methyl Ethel at the Princess Theatre in Launceston. Also still to come are the traditional winter feast and Ogoh Ogoh procession, during which a giant model Maugean skate is set on fire, followed by the Nude Solstice Swim on June 21.
Perth Now
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Coffin rides help bring Dark Mofo festival back to life
The Dark Mofo festival is roaring back to life, offering brave punters a chance to lie in a coffin. Artist Simon Zoric's Coffin Rides performance piece in Hobart resulted from the realisation that humans spend more time lying in these six-foot boxes after death than they do being alive. "I find it strange that you would spend all this time in a coffin but never know what it felt like," Zoric said. Early figures show Dark Mofo has already welcomed 210,000 visitors, an improvement of some 30,000 on the first week of the festival's last full-scale program in 2023. The event took a little lie down itself in 2024 to contend with a massive hike in production costs, but the first few days of the 2025 festival show Hobart's main winter attraction is back at full force. "I do think interest this year is very strong, and perhaps last year had something to do with that," Dark Mofo executive director Melissa Edwards said. Attendance peaked at more than 16,000 people Saturday evening, and artistic director Chris Twite says the feedback so far has been great. "I get a chance to talk to people on the street and see the city alive and full," he said at a media event on Thursday. "I think a lot of people are really excited - locals and businesses and tourists." The excitement is happening under the eyes of an unmissable five-metre-high giant hand/face sculpture affixed to the roof of a hotel on the Hobart waterfront. Ronnie Van Hout's sculpture Quasi was controversial during its original installation in Christchurch - it looks a little bit like Donald Trump, or possibly Elon Musk - and it is yet to be seen whether the artwork will meet with the general approval of Hobartians. An exhibition at MONA by artist Arcangelo Sassolino has attracted more than 11,000 people across four days to see liquid steel - heated to 1500C - showering from the ceiling of a darkened gallery. The festival's second week features DIIV and The Horrors at Hobart's Odeon Theatre, and Methyl Ethel at the Princess Theatre in Launceston. Also still to come are the traditional winter feast and Ogoh Ogoh procession, during which a giant model Maugean skate is set on fire, followed by the Nude Solstice Swim on June 21.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
DIIV Release New Song 'Return of Youth': Stream
The post DIIV Release New Song 'Return of Youth': Stream appeared first on Consequence. DIIV have released 'Return of Youth,' their first new song of 2025. Watch the music video below, which captures the remains of frontman Zachary Cole Smith's home in the aftermath of the devastating January LA wildfires. In a press statement, Smith revealed the song was penneed in response to an existential query about having children in such chaotic times. ''Return of Youth' was written before our son was born, a projection, zooming in until the larger existential dilemmas were out of frame… this one finds it in a mundane and simple micro,' he said. 'I imagined seeing myself through the eyes of my child, a rebirth of sorts, laced with fear and insecurity, discovering beauty and serenity together in the simplest places.' Get DIIV Tickets Here Earlier this year, Smith and his family lost their home in the Los Angeles wildfires and launched a GoFundMe page to help them rebuild. 'We were living in the beautiful world at home that I had imagined in this song, and at once that world was gone,' he explained about revisiting 'Return of Youth.' 'When we re-approached this song to finally release it, I couldn't help but hear the song differently in the aftermath,' he continued. 'What makes a home? Can you ever escape the outside world? Is hope just a delusion? Is anyone actually prepared to be a parent? How CAN you bring a child into this world? I found again the big questions were irrelevant. You just keep on living I guess. Life happens on life's terms.' Next week, DIIV will play three nights at the Teragram Theater in Los Angeles, before heading to Australia, Europe, and the UK for a series of festival appearances and headline shows (get tickets here). Their final show of the year is on September 8th in Lille, France. DIIV's fourth album, Frog in Boiling Water, was released last year via Fantasy. Revisit Consequence's feature 'DIIVision: DIIV Members Choose Albums They Love That Their Bandmates Hate.' DIIV 2025 Tour Dates: 05/24 — Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Theater 05/25 — Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Theater 05/26 — Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Theater 06/04 — Fremantle, AU @ Naval Store 06/07 — Melbourne, AU @ Day Tripper Festival 06/08 — Northcote, AU @ Northcote Theatre 06/12 — Hobart, AU @ Odeon Theater (Dark Mofo) 06/13 — Sydney, AU @ Vivid Festival (Carriageworks) 06/14 — Brisbane, AU @ Princess Theater 08/08 — Lokeren, BE @ Lokerse Feesten Festival 08/10 — Val de Bagnes, CH @ Palp Festival 08/11 — Aarau, CH @ KIFF 08/13 — Bordeaux, FR @ Relache 08/14 — Carhaix-plougeur, FR @ Motocultor Festival 08/15 — Donostia-Sain Sebastian, ES @ Dabadaba 08/16 — Coura, PT @ Paredes de Coura Festival 08/18 — Sestri Levante, IT @ Mojotic Festival (Teatro Arena Conchiglia) 08/19 — Romano D'Ezzelino, IT @ Ama Music Festival 08/21 — Corigliano D'Otranto, IT @ SEI Festival 08/23 — Torremolinos, ES @ Canela Party 08/26 — Istanbul, TK @ Blind 08/27 — Istanbul, TK @ Blind 08/30 — Salisbury, UK @ End of the Road Festival 08/31 — Leeds, UK @ Project House 09/01 — Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street 09/03 — London, UK @ Here at Outernet 09/05 — Maastricht, NL @ Zero for Three Festival (Muziekgieterij) 09/06 — Heusden Gem Asten, NL @ Misty Fields 09/07 — The Hague, NL @ Paard 09/08 — Lille, FR @ Splendid Popular Posts Trump Warns Springsteen: "He Ought to Keep His Mouth Shut Until He's Back Into the Country" New Reality TV Show That Sees immigrants Compete for US Citizenship Has Backing of Trump Administration: Report Holy Shit, You Have to See Footage from System of a Down's Concert in Brazil First Look at Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale in Madden Movie Morris, Alligator in Happy Gilmore, Dead at Over 80 Years Old Bruce Springsteen Gives Trump the Middle Finger with Another Defiant Concert Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
The Independent
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
End of the Road Festival announces new names Viagra Boys, Matt Berninger and DIIV for 2025 instalment
Viagra Boys, Matt Berninger and DIIV will be joining End of the Road headliners Father John Misty and Self Esteem for the festival's 2025 instalment. The annual event takes place in Larmer Tree Gardens near Blandford, Dorset, and this year will be held between 28 and 31 August. The festival announced an initial set of headliners in December, with top-billing acts Caribou, Father John Misty, Self Esteem and Sharon Van Etten. The latest additions are led by The National frontman Matt Berninger, Swedish punk band Viagra Boys and Brooklyn rock band DIIV. They will be joined by singer-songwriter Christopher Owens – the former frontman of the now-defunct indie rock back Girls – and Bristol-based indie musician Katy J Pearson. Other new names include Mabe Fratti, Mandy Indiana, Moin and Sofia Kourtesis. Father John Misty's spot on the bill comes after he released his critically adored sixth album, Mahashmashana, in November 2024. Born Josh Tillman, the American artist first rose to fame in the Noughties with the indie-folk band Fleet Foxes before signing a solo record deal under his FJM moniker. In The Independent 's four-star review of the album, Helen Brown wrote: 'The melodies are gorgeous and the lyrics come with that special umami of being precise yet elusive.' British pop artist Self Esteem has been shortlisted for the Mercury Prize; her last album, Prioritise Pleasure, was released in 2021. Meanwhile, American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten's latest record, We've Been Going About This All Wrong, came out in 2022, also to positive reviews. Other artists on the lineup include Geordie Greep, former frontman of the experimental rock outfit Black Midi, and chamber rock group Black Country, New Road, along with South African funk artist Moonchild Sanelly. In a five-star review of this year's festival, The Independent's Louis Chilton wrote the festival felt like a bittersweet ending to summer, since the happens at the end of festival season each year. He praised the 'great music and great vibes' on offer, singling out performances from Irish pop-country singer CMAT and rock band Idles. Festival founder, Simon Taffem, said in a statement: 'End of the Road is all about discovery, and I can't wait to welcome a whole load of amazing new acts that have never played before' Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial (3 months for non-Prime members) Sign up He added: 'As always we will be doing everything we can to make it the best year yet, with plenty of surprises to come.'
