In the aftermath of the Indigenous blood row, Dark Mofo’s outgoing director Leigh Carmichael says the threat of public outrage is stifling discussion of controversial ideas.
Leigh Carmichael, the founding creative director of Hobart’s wildly successful Dark Mofo festival, has revealed the strain he was under during the 2021controversy and questioned the art world’s willingness to discuss controversial ideas. “I can’t even do what I want to do any more,” he tellsUnion Flag
“I thought the art world was a safe space for [discussing ideas] ... but it’s not a safe space any more,” he says. “At the moment the left is just as nasty as the right. I think about it now and I think, was it really that bad? I think both, founder of the MONA art gallery] and I were burnt and now really understand the consequences of public outrage. You start to self-censor a little bit just to protect yourself.
The shortlisted candidates hail from the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. “I feel really confident about the list we have and about the future of the festival,” Carmichael says. The block is bordered by old buildings that conceal an internal courtyard with a central cathedral-like spire and various levels of seating where people can eat, drink, relax and listen to music amid trailing greenery. Central to the development will be an upgrade of the historic Odeon Theatre that has been spared demolition and will have a hotel rise above it to make the venue financially viable.
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