Could coal-roasted cat be on the menu at Dark Mofo’s immersive feasts?

An air of mystery surrounds exactly what patrons will be served up at a more than $600-a-head sumptuous feast during Dark Mofo this year — but what is known is patrons may need to pack a spare pair of underwear.

IN typical Mona fashion, an air of mystery surrounds exactly what patrons will be served up at a more than $600-a-head sumptuous feast during Dark Mofo this year — but what is known is patrons may need to pack a spare pair of underwear.

American artist Kirsha Kaechele, who is married to the Museum of Old and New Art’s founder, David Walsh, kicked off her Eat the Problem project last month with the release of her 544-page art cookbook on invasive species.

IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THEM, EAT THEM

Each recipe focuses on an invasive species, with particular focus on Tasmanian pests.

Recipes include coal-roasted cat, sweet and sour cane-toad legs and fox curry

The Eat the Problem exhibition opens at Mona on Saturday and runs until September 2. Several “immersive feasts” are the third and final element of the project.

Every Sunday from April 28 until May 26, the $222 per person feasts will feature three courses of “sumptuous invasive species”, with a glockenspiel — the biggest in the world — serving as a table.

Eat The Problem ... sweet and sour cane toad legs by David McMahon.

Eat The Problem ... starfish on a stick by Kirsha Kaechele and Vince Trim.

During Dark Mofo there will be two grand feasts, with tickets at $666.66 per person. One has already sold out.

Guests arrive via the Mona ferry and are treated to a nine-course degustation prepared by Mona’s executive chef Vince Trim. Some of the invasive species expected to be served up — subject to availability — include rabbit, deer, sea urchin, and thistle.

Mona could neither confirm nor deny the use of feral cat — one of the state’s biggest pests.

Attendees must dress in a designated colour, based on where they will be sitting.

After each course, guests will move four seats to their left into the next coloured section.

The dishes will progress from white to black through all the colours of the rainbow, including an “uplifting” yellow course and a “peace-inducing purple” course.

Kirsha Kaechele at Mona with her book, Eat the Problem. Picture: JESSE HUNNIFORD

During the brown course, visitors may experience the effects of a subsonic musical note known as “the brown note”, that is said to cause people to lose control of their bowels.

“Eat the Problem brings to life the practice of transforming shit into gold through a delightfully experimental and confronting, but outrageously glamorous feast for the senses,” Kaechele said.

“Eating their way through the experience they leave transformed and inspired.”