NSW Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner officially opened the
fourth annualVivid Sydney festival last Friday by ‘Lighting the
Sails’ of the Sydney Opera House, unveiling a stunning visual feast of colour,
movement, and world-class digital artistry to the delight of tens of thousands
of enthralled viewers lining the harbour foreshore.
The Sydney Opera House sails were awash with 3D projections by multi-award winning German design team URBANSCREEN, featuring giant dancers lying and moving across the sails, sails seemingly billowing in the breeze and other special effects. A compelling soundtrack was amplified from various points around Circular Quay. Vivid Sydney, which runs from 25 May to 11 June, was developed by Destination NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.
Mr Stoner said Vivid Sydney reinforced Sydney’s position as Australia’s global city and as a creative hub of the Asia-Pacific. “Vivid Sydney is the largest celebration of light, music and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere,” Mr Stoner said.
“Vivid was recently declared one of the top ten ideas festivals in the world by the influential Guardian Newspaper.
“With over 60 interactive and immersive light installations – 20 more than last year – Vivid Sydney transforms the Sydney Opera House, Customs House, Circular Quay, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), The Rocks, and, for the first time, Walsh Bay,” Mr Stoner said.
The MCA will showcase a world-first collaboration featuring global music icon will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas), who will visit Vivid Sydney as Director of Creative Innovation for Vivid Sydney partner Intel. In a unique installation, members of the public literally ‘play the building’ via a purpose-built interface that interacts with will.i.am’s music and the projections of renowned Sydney artist Justene Williams.
The Sydney Opera House sails were awash with 3D projections by multi-award winning German design team URBANSCREEN, featuring giant dancers lying and moving across the sails, sails seemingly billowing in the breeze and other special effects. A compelling soundtrack was amplified from various points around Circular Quay. Vivid Sydney, which runs from 25 May to 11 June, was developed by Destination NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.
Mr Stoner said Vivid Sydney reinforced Sydney’s position as Australia’s global city and as a creative hub of the Asia-Pacific. “Vivid Sydney is the largest celebration of light, music and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere,” Mr Stoner said.
“Vivid was recently declared one of the top ten ideas festivals in the world by the influential Guardian Newspaper.
“With over 60 interactive and immersive light installations – 20 more than last year – Vivid Sydney transforms the Sydney Opera House, Customs House, Circular Quay, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), The Rocks, and, for the first time, Walsh Bay,” Mr Stoner said.
The MCA will showcase a world-first collaboration featuring global music icon will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas), who will visit Vivid Sydney as Director of Creative Innovation for Vivid Sydney partner Intel. In a unique installation, members of the public literally ‘play the building’ via a purpose-built interface that interacts with will.i.am’s music and the projections of renowned Sydney artist Justene Williams.
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