Dark Mofo: 2026 festival to show Willem Dafoe film that can only be watched by one person at a time

Dark Mofo: 2026 festival to show Willem Dafoe film that can only be watched by one person at a time Regular events at the Tasmanian festival, including the winter solstice nude swim and the Night Mass party, joined by Australian and international musicians and artists in a program dominated by Latin American art Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email A hallucinatory experimental film starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Rampling that can only be watched by one person at a time is heading to Australia as part of Tasmania’s 2026 Dark Mofo festival. It’s estimated that only 500 people in the world have seen French artist Loris Gréaud’s film Sculpt since its premiere at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2016 – although the exact figure is hard to know, since he later gave the files to hackers to distribute over the dark web. But come June, a lucky few can bid to join the film’s rarefied audience, when Gréaud presents a new edit – bemusingly titled Sculpt: Eye of the Duck – to one audience member at a time at a secret location outside of Hobart. It exemplifies the kind of weird and wonderful, rare and had-to-be-there experience that Dark Mofo has become known for. On the morning of each performance, hopeful viewers will be able to queue at a box office in downtown Hobart for one of nine timed, solo-viewing slots that day. Each viewer will be picked up and driven to an undisclosed location – a remote, “disused facility” outside of Hobart – where they can watch the 50-minute film. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning There will be 90 viewing slots overall for Sculpt: Eye of the Duck. Those who miss out can wait on a bench each morning in case anyone fails to show up for their time slot. “In a world where screens are everywhere and everything’s infinitely accessible, there’s something to be said about a screen-based work that is almost impossible to see,” said Dark Mofo festival dire...