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Last modified on Wed 30 Dec 2020 23.18 EST
As the old saying goes, or perhaps it was Belinda Carlisle, âHoney, leave a light on for me.â
During Hobartâs lockdown, the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) did just that with âspectraâ â Ryoji Ikedaâs 15km tower of white light. A semi-regular fixture at the museum, now it loyally pierced the sky every Saturday night. Hobartians could see it from their windows, the weekly transmission of a message that might be pitched somewhere between âwe come in peaceâ and that of the âhang on in thereâ kitten.
Writing in the Mercury newspaper in April â after a Covid outbreak in Tasmania that forced 5,000 people into 14-day quarantine â Mona owner David Walsh explained âhope needs a beaconâ.