Ever wanted to write the ‘art wank’?

Jane Clark of Mona is actually paid to write 'art wank' for a living. Here she talks about writing the micro-essays that guide you through Hobart's acclaimed museum.
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Simon Denny, Mine, 2019, installation view at Mona. Image courtesy Mona/Jesse Hunniford

For the past decade, Jane Clark’s job has been writing the pithy essays you’ll find on The O, the tablet-style mobile technology that the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) uses instead of wall labels.

This year The O even evolved into an artwork itself, providing augmented reality experiences for Simon Denny’s Mine.

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