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The Advertiser
12 hours 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
14 hours 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
15 hours 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
23-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Binge Watching Old Consumer Reports Car Reviews On YouTube Is My Latest Obsession
If you're looking for something to distract you from President Donald Trump performing magic tricks like making your retirement fund disappear by causing the stock market to do backflips, may I suggest zoning out and watching some old car reviews on YouTube? Normally I'm a diehard MotorWeek Retro Reviews fan, and that isn't changing any time soon, but yesterday while watching said Retro Reviews I clicked on a suggested video that turned out to be the gateway to my latest infatuation. It's no secret that we here at Jalopnik are fans of the tireless work done by Consumer Reports to assess cars and share important data for folks looking to make an educated purchase decision on a new vehicle, but I didn't realize what a comprehensive archive of car reviews were hiding deep in the CR YouTube channel. Once I made the realization, though, I promptly went down the rabbit hole and forgot all about The Horrors for a while. Read more: The Least Reliable Cars, Trucks And SUVs You Can Buy In 2025, According To Consumer Reports The archive of Consumer Reports YouTube car reviews is nowhere near as comprehensive as that of MotorWeek, but it's fun for an old fart like me to reminisce about the cars that I remember reading about in the magazines when I was a kid. To find these old videos, visit Consumer Reports YouTube channel and either sort all the videos in reverse chronological order, or go to the playlist labeled "Cars". The playlist encompasses a diverse array of content that includes first drives, reviews, auto show coverage, podcasts and more, so among the over-800 videos in the playlist, there's plenty of car content to keep your mind distracted. The earliest reviews were posted in 2009, but the oldest model reviewed is the third-generation Toyota Avalon, which was first introduced in 2005. I'm still having a hard time coming to grips with the reality that many of the cars are 15 years old already, and that they could feasibly be considered retro by a young'n. Whether you say they're retro or you're like me and still can't conceive of 2010 being retro yet, it's still fun to look back and reminisce about the days before cars became the buttonless rolling smartphones they are today. Want more like this? Join the Jalopnik newsletter to get the latest auto news sent straight to your inbox... Read the original article on Jalopnik.
