Vivid Sydney

Vivid Sydney is an annual outdoor lighting festival with

immersive light installations and projections. Part of the
lighting festival also includes the performances from local
and international musicians and an ideas exchange forum
featuring public talks and debates from leading creative
thinkers.

(Portugal) Playfair Lane

11 HAMMERHAUS - Laurenz Theinert, Axel Hemprich
(Germany) Cleland Bond
12 WASTE - Michael Day (Aus) Within The Rocks
14 VESSEL OF (HORTI) CULTURAL PLENTY Warren Langley (Aus) Cadman Park

The event is held during winter in Sydney over the course

of three weeks in May and June. The centrepiece of
Vivid Sydney is the light sculptures, multimedia interactive work and building projections that transform various
buildings and landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House
and Sydney Harbour Bridge in and around the Sydney
CBD into an outdoor night time canvas of art.

15 RAINBOW - Mark Hammer, Andre Kecskes (Aus)

Outside Billich Gallery
16 CYCLE! - Clouston Associates (Aus) Circular Quay,
Intl Passenger Terminal

17 GHOSTS OF THE ROCKS - Jon Voss (Aus) Cadman

In 2015, places to visit are in Central Park, Chatswood Park
and the University of Sydney as well as around the CBD, 18 FACADE - The Electric Canvas Museum of ContemDarling Harbour and The Rocks.
porary Art

20 LUMENOCITY - Sean Bryen, Sascha Crocker, Andrew Daly (Aus) Customs House Forecourt

History

21 DOVES THAT CRY - Mary-Anne Kyriakou, Joe

Snell (Aus) Inside Customs House

Vivid began as a Smart light festival for energy eciency

curated by Brian Eno. Brian Eno in collaboration with
Bruce Ramus projected Light Painting onto both sides of
the Opera House. The Festival was championed by Mary
Anne kyriakou, Anthony Bastic, Mike Day, Davina Jackson and Barry Webb.

22 BIRDS - Emrah Baki Ulas, Mirjam Roos (Aus) East

Circular Quay
23 NOTHING LEFT TO GUESS - Tim Carr (Aus) Arup
East Circular Quay

24 SONGLINES - Joe Snell (Aus) Conservatorium of

The Light Artists List for the original Vivid Smart light Music
Festival 2009
25 LIGHTING THE SAILS - Brian Eno (UK) Sydney
01 WEATHER PROJECTION - Alex Haw (UK) Ro- Opera House
tunda, Observatory Hill
00 HORIZON - Flynn Talbot (Aus) 72 Erskine St
02 TREE AND BENCH - Reinhard Germer, Fiona Venn,
Tim Geary (Aus) Meinhardt Observatory Hill
03 THE PARADOX BETWEEN LIGHT AND TIME Andy Uprock (Aus) Observatory Hill

2 Commercial success for Destination NSW

04 PICK A DATE TO MATCH THE BRIGHTEST

MOON - Jeppe Aagaard Andersen (Denmark) Observatory Hill

[2]

05 CLOUD OF BATS - Trent Middleton, Ruth McDer- According to AGB Director Anthony Bastic Vivid 2014
mott, Ben Baxter (Aus) Wall on Watson Rd
attracted more than 1.4 million visitors to see the outdoor
[3]
07 FIRE FLIES - Francesco Mariotti (Switz) Along Ar- light exhibition. generating around $10 million in income for the state,[4] whereas Vivid 2013 attracted more
gyle St
than 800,000 visitors, contributing more than $20 million
08 ROCKLIGHTS - Ingo Bracke (Germany) Argyle Cut to the NSW economy.[5]
09 SHADOWS - Simon Grimes (Aus) Steps to Glouces- In 2014, the festival involved the Sydney Opera House,
ter Walk
Walsh Bay, Circular Quay, The Rocks, North Sydney,
10 HUMAN TILES - Carole Purnelle and Nuno Maya Darling Harbour, and, joining in for the rst time, Har1

The Sydney skyline during Vivid Sydney

bour Lights, The Star and Carriageworks. A new projected work by London-based creative team 59 Productions illuminated the sails of the Sydney Opera House.
[6]

See also
Vivid LIVE
Art of Australia
Enlighten Canberra
Projection mapping

Media related to Vivid Sydney at Wikimedia Commons

References

[1] Vivid Sydney breaks record as festivalgoers

exceed population of Adelaide.
http://www.
destinationnsw.com.au/news-and-media/media-releases/
vivid-sydney-breaks-record-festivalgoers-exceed-population-adelaide''.
Destination NSW.
[2] Willis, Kimberley (17 February 2012). Top 10 ideas festivals. The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
[3] Boulton, Martin (27 May 2012). A vivid idea of a festival. The Age (Melbourne: Fairfax Media). Archived
from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 5 February
2013.
[4] Taylor, Andrew (21 March 2013). Vivid Sydney up in
lights. The Canberra Times (Fairfax Media). Archived
from the original on 19 February 2014.
[5] One Week until Sydney goes Wild. Destination NSW.
16 May 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
[6] Vivid LIVE - Lighting the Sails 2014. 59 Productions.
May 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

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