Dark Mofo 2025 Program Unveiled with Provocative Art and Traditional Festivities

Returning after a fallow year, the Tasmanian festival combines controversial works addressing cultural and social issues with beloved traditions like the Winter Feast and solstice swim.

• Dark Mofo's 2025 program features provocative artworks, including a head-on car crash performance and an artist buried in sand to address systemic violence.
• Trawlwoolway artist Nathan Maynard's piece on First Nations cultural theft has drawn online criticism, continuing the festival's history of stirring debate.
• Traditional events like the Winter Feast, nude solstice swim, and the burning of a Maugean skate effigy will return, maintaining the festival's signature elements.
• Musical performances include Portishead’s Beth Gibbons, US rapper Tierra Whack, and Australian post-punk group Crime and the City Solution.
• Supported by a new $7 million annual funding deal, Dark Mofo aims to balance economic impact with socially conscious programming under new artistic director Chris Twite.

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