SWANS, MARDUK, SWANS, MARDUK, FAUX MO, FAUX MO, ZAMMUTO, ZAMMUTO, LI BINYUAN, LI BINYUAN, THE CLEAN, AMIR FARID, THE CLEAN, BEN FROST, TIM HECKER, AMIR FARID, JIM MOGINIE, NEIL GAIMAN, BEN FROST, DAN DEACON, TIM HECKER, AVA MENDOZA, ALVIN CURRAN, JIM MOGINIE, SHONEN KNIFE, XYLOURIS WHITE, NEIL GAIMAN, GENEVIEVE LACEY, DAN DEACON, GABRIELLA SMART, ATTICUS J. BASTOW, AVA MENDOZA, OMAR SOULEYMAN, PHILLIP JOHNSTON, ALVIN CURRAN, ROBYN HITCHCOCK, ARCHITECTS OF AIR, SHONEN KNIFE, SPEAK PERCUSSION, XYLOURIS WHITE, ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF, SENYAWA + LUCAS ABELA, GENEVIEVE LACEY, MICHAEL KIERAN HARVEY, DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA, GABRIELLA SMART, JOHANNES S. SISTERMANNS, MOFO SIDESHOW: VIOLENT FEMMES, ATTICUS J. BASTOW, ALLAN HALYK AND ADAM WOJCINSKI, OMAR SOULEYMAN, PAUL KELLY PRESENTS THE MERRI SOUL SESSIONS - FEAT. DAN SULTAN, CLAIRY BROWNE, KIRA PURU & VIKA AND LINDA BULL, YOUNG WAGILAK GROUP & AUSTRALIAN ART ORCHESTRA, 307254_MOO_Mofo__PROGRAM2015_R1.indd 1 11/11/14 10:20 AM AMANDA PALMER & THE TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA + MORE DAVID WALSH BRIAN RITCHIE WILL HODGMAN VIOLENT FEMMES MONA OWNA CURATOR PREMIER I know it looks pretty smooth We are seven years into this MONA FOMA is an event like no out there. It isn't. Everything MOFO experiment called MOFO and other, staged in a state like no other. seems to run like clockwork. one might think that the fabled A well-oiled machine. Nothing could Seven Year Itch might be setting Tasmania’s natural wilderness, be further from the truth. in. Especially with our fecund rich history, culture, produce and Tensions multiply and stresses divide. reproductive tendency spawning people are unique, and MONA Our festivals have grown up before eleven festivals within that time FOMA is an excellent way to sample we have. Putting them on twice span, counting MOFO-siblings a slice of what we have to offer. a year is driving everyone to therapy, Dark Mofo and Synaesthesia at or drink, or church. That's your fault, two each. That's eleven chaotic Since it was first held in 2009, for turning up so regularly, and rug rats running around pulling MONA FOMA has set a new expecting shit hot entertainment. each other’s hair, poking benchmark for Tasmanian festivals I hope you’re satisfied. each other in the eyes and and events. It has brought a making one hell of a noise. number of high-calibre artists One day we'll be satisfied too. and performers to our shores, I'm sure you will all go somewhere And yet: our love for artists, audiences and served as a major drawcard for else that day. Perhaps to therapy, and each other has created a splendid mainland and international visitors. or to church. Garden of Eden ambience that sprouts annually around mid-January This year’s event will no doubt build Blister in the New Year’s Day sun (or nurse your well- with the predictable precision on the outstanding success of MOFO SIDESHOW earned hangovers from the night before in a beanbag), of a Swiss watch. The results, previous years, with an impressive + AUGIE MARCH as original acoustic punk rockers, Violent Femmes, however, are never predictable. line-up of performances. I’m cut sick at MONA. They’ll share the stage with two gems pleased a number of acts will + BEN SALTER of the Australian music scene: angelic folk singer and MOFO 2015 will have gigantic be held in regional areas and I MOFO repeat offender, Ben Salter, and much-adored music-stuffed inflatable temporary know locals are looking forward Melbourne alt-rock-folk quintet, Augie March, here architecture (we predict the hot to welcoming performers and with their much-anticipated new album. air and gaseous emissions in the audiences to their communities. immediate vicinity will keep that structure, if not airborne, at least MONA FOMA is indicative of filled nearly to bursting point), a the quirk, innovation, passion maritime musical invasion of our and ingenuity that Tasmania is sacred harbour to rival D-Day increasingly renowned for and (hopefully this will not scare off the Liberal Government is proud the whales which have recently to support this year’s event. I returned after nearly a century’s congratulate David Walsh, Brian absence), four days of intensely Ritchie and the entire MONA creative light and sound in a FOMA crew for their hard work gentrified car park, interactive and dedication to staging such pinball gamelan, a Scandinavian a wonderful cultural event. pipe organ chanteuse, hammer- wielding Chinese, a Glad-Wrapped art gallery, a quartet of sleep depriving nocturnal bacchanals NEW YEAR’S DAY at Faux Mo, cleansing morning THURSDAY JAN 1, 3PM meditations, as well as temporary MONA MAIN STAGE and permanent art installations at TICKETS $70/$60 + BF MONA and the festival precinct. FREE ENTRY FOR 12 YEARS AND UNDER Plus, a market, food, wine, (MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT) beer and – hopefully – YOU! 307254_MOO_Mofo__PROGRAM2015_R1.indd 2 11/11/14 10:20 AM 307254_MOO_Mofo__PROGRAM2015_R1.indd 3 13/11/14 2:42 PM BUY TICKETS CONCESSION FESTIVAL TICKET Available to pension and health care card holders, as well as students. Parents too – an adult Tickets available at: entering PW1 with a child under This one’s a real money saver, giving you access to all events at PW1 (except Exxopolis on the forecourt) mofo.net.au 12 is eligible to purchase one on Thursday Jan 15, Friday Jan 16, Saturday Jan 17 and Sunday Jan 18. Rock on. or reduced-rate parent concession Museum Reception (online Festival Ticket sales only). $139 ADULT 655 Main Rd, Berriedale ID may be requested upon entry. $119 CONCESSION OR PARENT WITH CHILD UNDER 12 (03) 6277 9971 or PW1 Box Office Castray Esp, Hobart Open Jan 14-18, 9am-late BOOKING FEES A booking fee of $6 applies to To buy entry tickets to the museum go to: each ticket transaction including mona.net.au website, phone and PW1 Box DAY PASSES Office sales. Excludes Exxopolis or MONA Ferry Terminal and Baha'i Centre events. Brooke St Pier, Hobart Day Passes will be available online from Jan 5, or at the PW1 Box Office from Jan 14-18, 8.30am-5pm 9am-late (unless sold out). During Matthew Barney’s River of Fundament REFUNDS OR $49 ADULT exhibition (Nov 22-Apr 13), entry to the museum $39 CONCESSION is $25 for adults, $20 concession, and free EXCHANGES for Tasmanians and under 18s. No refunds or exchanges of any kind. YOUNGSTERS Kiddies under 12 years of age are admitted free to the PW1 ticketed area when accompanied by a paying adult (excludes Exxopolis). Children Download the under 2 get in to Exxopolis for free. MONA FOMA app Proof of age may be requested at FAUX MO 18+ the door. Also, please note that Neil Gaiman's performance at Theatre Royal, The Sleeper and the Spindle, is suitable for ages 8 and up. Presale tickets are back. Hip hip hooray! Furthermore, before Jan 5, we’re giving Festival Ticket holders exclusive access to discounted Faux Mo tickets. BEFORE JAN 5 (WITH FESTIVAL TICKET) $25 PER NIGHT AFTER JAN 5 (IF NOT SOLD OUT) $30 PER NIGHT CONNECT DOOR SALES (IF NOT SOLD OUT) $35 PER NIGHT facebook.com/MONAFOMA twitter.com/MONAFOMA Festival and Faux Mo tickets must be purchased in one transaction for discount to apply. instagram.com/MONAFOMA #MOFO2015 307254_MOO_Mofo__PROGRAM2015_R1.indd 4 11/11/14 10:20 AM 307254_MOO_Mofo__PROGRAM2015_R1.indd 5 11/11/14 10:20 AM ARCHITECTS OF AIR (UK)(UK) E XXOPOLIS OPENS WEDNESDAY JAN 14 11AM-8PM Exxopolis is a luminarium – a large-scale inflatable sculpture of light and colour, somewhere between a cathedral and a spaceship, or a womb and a mosque. People are invited to wander through its tunnels and caverns, as the colours intensify with the natural light of the sun. Exploration of Exxopolis is up to you – wander beneath its radiant red tree, marvel at the cupola and its ‘windows’, or kick back zen-style in a glowing pod for a moment of mid-festival calm. Exxopolis also features a special MOFO-commissioned musical composition by Jim Moginie, exploring the connections between music and colour. Jim and his guitar-toting mates (see them perform at PW1) will appear for random live performances within the luminarium as well. WEDNESDAY JAN 14, 11AM-8PM THURSDAY JAN 15 -SUNDAY JAN 18 11AM-10.30PM PW1 FORECOURT TICKETS $12 CHILDREN UNDER 2 FREE CHILDREN UNDER 16 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT 307254_MOO_Mofo__PROGRAM2015_R1.indd 6 11/11/14 10:20 AM 307254_MOO_Mofo__PROGRAM2015_R1.indd 7 11/11/14 10:21 AM MOFO WARM UP – WEDNESDAY JAN 14 ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF (SWE) Eerie vocals, mad organ skills and radical pop brought MARTINE COROMPT & PHILIP BROPHY (AUS) to you by bright young Swedish thing, Anna von Hausswolff. TORRENT WEDNESDAY JAN 14, 7.30PM From a tiny trickle to a turbulent vortex, this HOBART TOWN HALL FREE watery audio-visual projection is a maelstrom BOOKINGS REQUIRED of light and sound. OPENING WEDNESDAY JAN 14, 5PM THURSDAY JAN 15-SUNDAY JAN 18, 12PM-5PM CONTEMPORARY ART TASMANIA CONTINUES UNTIL FEB 22 FREE Image credit: Martine Corompt, Torrent (production still) 2014 JOHANNES S. SISTERMANNS (GER) I N T U I T I O N ROOM 2015 German sound art, wrapped in cling film – the ultimate vehicle for sonic vibration. Contemplate the limits of space, sound, silence, and Glad Wrap. OPENING WEDNESDAY JAN 14, 6PM THURSDAY JAN 15-SUNDAY JAN 18, 12PM-5PM LONG GALLERY, SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE FREE MONA FOMA & CLARENCE CITY COUNCIL PRESENT MOFO EASTERN SHO MÉLISANDE [ELECTROTRAD] (CAN) Quebec electropop via trad, funk and progressive rock. Delicious. WEDNESDAY JAN 14, 7PM ROSNY BARN TICKETS $35 + BF 307254_MOO_Mofo__PROGRAM2015_R1.indd 8 11/11/14 10:21 AM 307254_MOO_Mofo__PROGRAM2015_R1.indd 9 11/11/14 10:21 AM THURSDAY JAN 15 THURSDAY JAN 15 LUCAS ABELA (AUS), RULLY SHABARA & WUKIR SURYADI (IDN) GAMELAN WIZARD An interactive musical installation that crosses an eight- player pinball machine with Gamelan instrumentation, housed in an intricately hand-carved octagon pendopo (a kind of Javanese pavilion).