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Tom Hogan is an Australian musician and multidisciplinary artist living and working on Bidjigal land, Sydney. His practice spans sound, voice, theatre, songwriting and performance, and is driven by an interest in authenticity, mythology, and storytelling, often approached through comedy, collaboration, and popular song forms.
Working across music‑led performance, theatre, installation, and audio works, Hogan’s practice is shaped by the emotional logic of a song and the possibilities of voice as both musical and performance event. He is known for charismatic and mercurial live performances, and for projects that sit between concert, theatre, and lecture.
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His theatre works include The Epic (2015, toured nationally in 2018) and Tamagotchi Reset & Other Doomsdays (2017), created with Finn O’Branagà in; Love Song Dedications (without Richard Mercer) (2018, toured nationally in 2021), created with Bonnie Leigh‑Dodds; and the tragicomedy musical Mount Hopeless (2022), created with musician Elana Stone.
Hogan has created numerous podcasts, including Missing Richard Mercer and Polish Club’s Sophomore Slump, as well as Obscure Music History — a project spanning songwriting, performance, production, archiving, and podcasting that explores alternative music histories through artist mythology, music criticism, and failure. He has also developed the music‑lecture series Teacher of the Year. His video and installation work The Kalevala (According to Scott Sandwich) has been presented across a number of international gallery contexts.
In addition to his collaborative and performance‑based work, Hogan releases songwriting and popular music under his own name, and improvisation‑led sound works and compositions under the moniker Arzner. He has designed and composed music and sound for over 100 performances and installations nationally.