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In exciting news for the Sunshine State, last night Queensland was treated to a little taste of Dark Mofo after artistically slaughtering seventeen New South Welshman in front of a captive audience at Suncorp Stadium.
The exhibition was the first time Tasmania’s midwinter dark arts festival has travelled interstate, after the Queensland NRL managed to secure a lucrative partnership with the festival which has become infamous for its gory and bloodthirsty displays of public art.
Taking place on stage at the aptly named ‘Cauldron’, the exhibit was a bare bones display of Rugby League poetry as the Maroons put the Blues to the sword and made a blood moon sacrifice coach to the league Gods, stewing Blues Coach Brad Fittler in a hot vat of trouble.
Speaking to QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, the exhibit was reportedly a huge win for the state’s tourism dollar.
“People say Queensland has no culture but what our Maroons put on last night at Suncorp was pure art,” said Palaszczuk, who spoke to a press pack this morning wearing a dark hooded cloak and an eerie mask that resembled Gus Gould’s face.
“We’re tired of the rest of the country saying we’re a state of backward hicks who derive from a limited gene pool, so we’re excited to launch this partnership with Tasmania and strengthen our bonds with a state that metaphorically and geographically looks up to us.”
In an email to The Advocate, Dark Mofo Creative Director Leigh Carmichael said he quite enjoyed working with Maroons Coach Billy Slater to curate the affair.
“I was enticed to broaden the horizons of Dark Mofo and bring it to Queensland,” said Carmichael, “and I was deeply impressed by the level of talent shown by the team of rugby league composers, painters and thespians inside Maroons camp.”
“Funnily enough the NRL asked me if I’d bring a third act to Sydney but I’ve firmly denied. That place is where culture goes to die.”
