Dark Mofo 2019: Performance artist Mike Parr kicks off his latest Hobart exhibition

Provocative performance artist Mike Parr has begun his 2019 Dark Mofo exhibition — but no one is quite sure where he is or what it all might mean. SEE THE VIDEO

PROVOCATIVE performance artist Mike Parr has kicked off his 2019 Dark Mofo exhibition in typical enigmatic style.

The 74-year-old Sydney artist, who buried himself under Macquarie St for 72 hours as part of last year’s festival, is today hidden away in an undisclosed location blindly painting white walls black.

Festival goers can see Parr’s performance via a live stream set up on the ground floor of the old Mercury building on Argyle St.

It began at 10am this morning and is expected to finish no later than 6pm.

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Parr’s Dark Mofo exhibition last year was billed as memorialising the victims of 20th century totalitarian violence but also drew comparisons to biblical times.

This year, little has been given away about what Parr’s T owards a Black Square performance symbolises.

Performance artist Mike Parr. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN

Dark Mofo visitor Lynne Santos said she found the performance fascinating.

“I think it’s quite obscure which is OK because it forces me to think about what his intentions might be and what my responses to those intentions are,” she said.

“The way he was navigating his way around the space was very interesting.

“It’s hard to interpret what the exhibition might mean — it’s quite cryptic I think.

“I imagine he’s had a fairly long career in the work he’s doing and I think it’s fascinating to consider what his future works might look like.”

Parr will take part in a Q&A exhibition at the Odeon Theatre tomorrow where it is expected details about the meaning of his performance will be revealed.

The location of Parr’s performance today will also be revealed.