100-year-old zinc works to house inclusive music performance as part of Mona Foma festival
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Only 10 minutes from downtown Hobart there s a mini city within a city, but it s a no-go zone to the general public.
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A performance and audio-visual installation called Zinc will be held in Hobart s Nyrstar smelter as part of the Mona Foma festival
The work has been put together by arts organisation Big hART, and includes artists living with autism
What virus? Tasmania shows how much fun a 2021 arts festival can be
By Cameron Woodhead
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MONA FOMA 2021 (part one)
MONA’s Festival of Music and Art kicked off in Launceston last weekend, offering a tantalising foretaste of how major arts and culture festivals will adapt to COVID-19 through 2021.
To a Melburnian, arriving in Tasmania feels like stepping into a plague-free oasis. Anyone would be apprehensive about crossing a state border right now, but the anxiety quickly dissipates in the face of a relaxed and friendly COVID-normal.
Robin Fox s Aqua Luma at Cataract Gorge.
Credit:Mona/Remi Chauvin