In an act called “the Purging”, part of the Dark Mofo festival, participants were asked to write their “deepest darkest fears” on slips of paper and place them inside the soon-to-be incinerated thylacine’s body. This fiery ritual, a powerful cultural moment, reflects the complex emotions that gather around this extinct creature.More than a spectacle, the Dark Mofo event can be read as a strange memorialisation … Continue reading Friday essay: on the trail of the London thylacines