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"When the people behind Tasmania\u2019s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) put on a show, they REALLY put on a show \u2013 and the upcoming Dark Mofo 2013, MONA\u2019s inaugural winter festival, is no exception. Beginning 13 June, Dark Mofo will transform Hobart into a winter wonderland of incredible experiences that will make you wish it was winter all year round.In their usual over-the-top, no-holds-barred style, MONA will celebrate all things brooding, bewitching, and beguiling with an incredible program featuring some of the world\u2019s best artists, performers and musicians. If past MONA festivals are anything to go by, Dark Mofo will be an unforgettable experience. &amp;nbsp;Art aficionados can expect to be well catered for with a range of exhibitions featuring the likes of enigmatic New York-based Australian sculptor Ian Burns as well as world renowned Japanese sound and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda, whose monumental sound and installation work \u201CSpectra\u201D will be a highlight of the festival.Cinema buffs will be spoilt for choice with an intense film program that includes Lars Von Trier\u2019s Danish thriller \u201CA Hijacking,\u201D survival thriller \u201CThe Deep\u201D by Icelandic director Baltasar Korm\u00E1kur, and Swedish crime thriller \u201CEasy Money\u201D by Daniel Espinosa.Music lovers will be hard pressed to resist the lure of The Presets, Martha Wainright, The Drones, and You Am I. The Festival club, Dark Faux Mo, will ensure plenty of late-night action with a super line-up of nightclub notables including Miles Brown, Mixmasters, The DC3, and Super Wild Horses. Fancy something a little more nostalgic? How about a screening of the Disney classic \u201CFantastia\u201D with live music by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra?For those who fancy a bit of theatre, Launceston\u2019s Princess Theatre and Hobart\u2019s Theatre Royal will play host to \u201CVandemonian Lags \u2013 New Songs from the Prison without Walls,\u201D an exploration of Tasmania\u2019s creepy and sometimes funny convict history through song, performance, and projections.Dark Mofo will also see the launch of the new exhibition \u201CThe Red Queen*,\u201D an exploration of the messy machinery of human nature that asks the question: why do humans make art? The exhibition features more than 100 pieces from the MONA collection including ancient artefacts as well as works by Marina Abramovi?, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Mike Parr, Kutlug Ataman, and Wang Jianwei.\u201CWe are trying to show that there is really no difference between the people who drew on the caves of Lascaux and Yves Netzhammer who painted on the walls of our gallery in April,\u201D explains \u201CThe Red Queen*\u201D curator Olivier Varenne.As if the above wasn\u2019t reason enough to attend the Festival, Dark Mofo will also host the launch of MONA\u2019s first large-scale public art program, \u201CBeam In Thy Own Eye,\u201D an exciting exploration of the way different visual and auditory phenomena shape our perception of reality. Artists featured in the program include Tim Bruniges, Kurt Hentschlager, Anish Kapoor, and Alfredo Jaar.Here, the \u201Cbeam that is in thine own eye\u201D is meant to refer to the faults in ourselves, but it beautifully conjures the notion of our reality shining from within,\u201D explains MONA owner David Walsh. \u201CThe conversation we have with art is a conversation with ourselves. And in this Dark Mofo exhibition, \u2018Beam In Thine Own Eye,\u2019 we let the mind's eye shine.\u201DA MONA event would be complete without at least one fabulous feast. Cue Curioser and Curioser, a magical event that will bring together chefs Philippe Leban, David Moyle, and Gabriel Loborico with a team of artists, singers, and performers for a living exhibition-installation-feast of sumptuous cocktails and scintillating courses. Expect to play and be entertained.A final word from the Don of Dark Mofo , David Walsh: \u201CIt took me some time to realise that I like our winters. I used to leave for at least a month in the middle of the year. So I don\u2019t know if Dark Mofo is an excuse for me to stay (that I don\u2019t need any more) or a reason others should come. If they come \u2013 when they come \u2013 they might well decide that Tasmanian winters are worthwhile also.\u201DOh yeah, I almost forgot, Dark Mofo are also giving away $100,00 worth of flights to Hobart. Now you have no excuse not to go.For more information visit the Dark Mofo website here"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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