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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Michael Sun

Dark Mofo’s 36-hour rave: either the best bush doof or worst orgy ever

Trance at Dark Mofo 2023
‘An otherworldly rhythm’: Trance at Dark Mofo 2023. Photograph: Rosie Hastie

The first thing you notice is the smell. Warm and earthy; a vague stench of decaying flora that slices through the chill. Somehow it permeates every corner of this space – the cavernous Mac 02 in Hobart, Tasmania, a warehouse turned theatre now turfed with a sprawling patchwork of grass.

In the centre lies the miasma’s culprit: a flesh-coloured pond ringed with its own miniature garden. There are proteas, kangaroo paws, gerberas. At this moment there is also a naked penis, yo-yoing wildly among the flowers.

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