Art At The Edge Of The Earth
Spring, 2019
How two festivals, one museum and an eccentric gambler’s sex-and-death-themed vision are quietly transforming Tasmania into one of the world’s most titillating art destinationsMoments before dawn on the morning after the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice, more than 1,500 people, wearing only towels and red swimming caps, crowded onto a narrow beach in Hobart, Tasmania—one of the southern most cities in the world. As the pink and orange pastel glow of the sunrise bathed the crowd, a voice ove...
