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Dark Mofo dig

Crews dig a hole in the road in Macquarie St to accommodate a chamber which will entomb performance artist Mike Parr during Dark Mofo.

May 27, 2018 - 4:49PM
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
1/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
2/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
3/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
4/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
5/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Workers taking measurements. Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
6/28Workers taking measurements. Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Australian artist Mike Parr is due to undertake a performance piece in Hobart as part of Dark Mofo titled ‘Underneath the Bitumen - the Artist’ where he will reside in a box underneath Macquarie St for 72 hours. The work aims to explore notions of absolute minimalism and death of the artist. Picture: Britta Campion / The Australian
7/28Australian artist Mike Parr is due to undertake a performance piece in Hobart as part of Dark Mofo titled ‘Underneath the Bitumen - the Artist’ where he will reside in a box underneath Macquarie St for 72 hours. The work aims to explore notions of absolute minimalism and death of the artist. Picture: Britta Campion / The Australian
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
8/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Jarrod Rawlins performance curator. Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
9/28Jarrod Rawlins performance curator. Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
10/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
11/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
12/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
13/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
14/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
15/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
16/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
17/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
18/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
19/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
20/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
21/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
22/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
23/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
24/28Work in Macquarie Street Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Dark Mofo creative director Leigh Carmichael watches work in Macquarie Street, Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during the festival. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
25/28Dark Mofo creative director Leigh Carmichael watches work in Macquarie Street, Hobart on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during the festival. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Work in Macquarie Street, Hobart, on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
26/28Work in Macquarie Street, Hobart, on the hole that will house the chamber performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours during Dark Mofo. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
The container that will house artist Mike Parr underneath Macquarie St is put into the road. Picture: DARK MOFO/REMI CHAUVIN
27/28The container that will house artist Mike Parr underneath Macquarie St is put into the road. Picture: DARK MOFO/REMI CHAUVIN
The container that will house artist Mike Parr underneath Macquarie St. Picture: DARK MOFO/REMI CHAUVIN
28/28The container that will house artist Mike Parr underneath Macquarie St. Picture: DARK MOFO/REMI CHAUVIN
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