1/19Dark Mofo 2018. Leigh Carmichael creative director Dark Mofo. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
Underground in a box
Dark Mofo performance artist Mike Parr underground in a container below Macquarie Street
2/19Hole being dug to insert the chamber under Macquarie Street that performance artist Mike Parr will live in for 72 hours as part of Dark MOFO. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
3/19Performance art, The Cartesian Corpse at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG), legendary Australian performing artist Mike Parr preparing for his up coming installation that will use all four levels of the building
4/19Dark Mofo 2018. Nala Mansell holds the Indigenous flag. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
5/19Dark Mofo 2018. People checking out the chamber. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
6/19Dark Mofo 2018. The lid comes off the chamber. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
7/19Dark Mofo 2018. Last minute adjustments in the chamber. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
8/19Dark Mofo 2018. Lid starts to go on the chamber with Mike Parr inside. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
9/19Dark Mofo 2018. Lid starts to go on the chamber with Mike Parr inside. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
10/19Dark Mofo 2018. Lid goes on the chamber with Mike Parr inside. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
11/19Dark Mofo 2018. Mike Parr is helped in the chamber by Jarrod Rawlins performance curator. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
12/19Dark Mofo 2018. Mike Parr prepares to enter the chamber. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
13/19Dark Mofo 2018. Mike Parr prepares to enter the chamber. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
14/19Dark Mofo 2018. Final touches are applied to the chamber. Performance artist Mike Parr enters the chamber he will live in for 72 hours under Macquarie Street Hobart. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
15/19Work 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
16/19Work 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
17/19Work 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
18/19Work 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
19/19Work 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
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