A person places a paper note into the belly of a giant platypus Ogoh-ogoh sculpture.

Ogoh-ogoh: The Purging

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Commit your fears to a giant Maugean skate—a dwindling species found only in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour, where salmon is farmed nearby. Crafted by Balinese artists, it’s this year’s ogoh-ogoh: a totem-like sculpture derived from a Balinese Hindu purification ritual.

Thu 5–Sun 8 June

4–10pm

Dark Park

Thu 12–Sat 14 June

4–10pm

Dark Park

Credits

Accessibility

Ogoh-ogoh: The Burning
Sun 15 June
Dark Park
Ogoh-ogoh: The Procession
Sun 15 June
Parliament Lawns
Light, Sound/Silence, Shadow
UTAS Students
5–7 + 13–14 June
Dark Park
Channelling (between here and then, a wall)
- Hannah Foley
  _AUS
5–8 + 12–15 June
Dark Park
Crash Body: Aftermath
- Paula Garcia
  _BRA
7–8 + 12–15 June
Dark Park
Coffin Rides
- Simon Zoric
  _AUS
5–8 + 12–15 June
Dark Park

Ogoh-ogoh: The Purging

Related

Ogoh-ogoh: The Burning

Ogoh-ogoh: The Procession

Light, Sound/­Silence, Shadow

Channell­ing (between here and then, a wall)

Hannah Foley

Crash Body: Aftermath

Paula Garcia

Coffin Rides

Simon Zoric

Light, Sound/Silence, Shadow

Channelling (between here and then, a wall)