Vivid Sydney
vivid sydney annual festival light music idea held sydney australia includes outdoor immersive light installation projection performance local international musician idea exchange forum featuring public talk debate leading creative thinker event take place course three week may june centrepiece vivid sydney light sculpture multimedia interactive work building projection transform various building landmark sydney opera house sydney harbour bridge around sydney central business district outdoor night time canvas art festival site interest central park chatswood university sydney well around cbd darling harbour rock vivid sydney conceptualised initially developed low energy light festival smart light sydney concept developed maryanne kyriakou anthony bastic carolyn grant joe snell davina jackson anthony bastic presented concept low energy light walk around sydney circular quay linking cbd nsw government securing british multigenre popular culture artist brian eno lead light artist nsw government sought expansion content include music idea component original name smart light sydney replaced vivid sydney better represent stream light music idea anthony bastics company agb event responsible curating producing public facing light component nsw government may biggest festival light music idea world owned managed produced destination nsw state government tourism event agency record million people attended event cancelled due covid pandemic vivid first scheduled – august postponed september due delta outbreak lockdown sydney finally cancelled august according new south wale deputy premier government andrew stoner vivid sydney attracted visitor outdoor exhibition event generating around million income state whereas vivid sydney attracted visitor contributing million nsw economy festival involved sydney opera house walsh bay circular quay rock north sydney darling harbour joining first time harbour light illumination vessel upon harbour star carriageworks new projection work london based creative team production featured lighting sail sydney opera house vivid sydney attracted million visitor city vivid event included expanded program multigenre music stimulating presentation vivid talk global presenter dazzling light projection across city display added taronga zoo vivid sydney extended night attended million people vivid sydney attracted record million attendee injected million nsw visitor economy surry hill precinct included montage heckler iconic woman displayed famous art deco hollywood hotel publican proprietress doris goddard inducted st icon vivid sydney produce programming across numerous stream include vivid light vivid music vivid idea vivid school lighting sail sydney opera house vivid live along known vivid light walk rock circular quay royal botanic garden many opportunity individual interact light installation mean unique technology program includes largescale projection historical building museum contemporary art australia sydney custom house historical cadmans cottage sydney harbour bridge also illuminated vivid music includes range contemporary music event take place throughout sydney cbd recent year carriageworks played host vivid music event vivid idea began founding director jess scully consists range talk workshop centred around business creative industry vivid idea exchange take place throughout festival museum contemporary art australia introduced vivid food new pillar incorporating local international chef across several venue sydney musical cube light installation interactive activity harbour activity group six individual would take part musical experiment member would given three dimensional cube cube represented different instrument guitar piano etc side cube would represent different pace measured beat per minute every member group would take cube select side place cube table computer program would interpret information cube play resulting musical beat loud speaker surrounded table participant would allowed change tempo instrument changed program would react reflect change play new tune heart city another light installation located harbour one popular activity vivid due immersive nature heart city resembled large solid beanbag chair located near sydney opera house upon reaching front line participant would asked seat middle chair seated would instructed vivid sydney volunteer insert finger small hole located near chair finger inserted correctly chair would begin light red match heartbeat participant began notice heart rate sometimes increased causing chair light rapidly june huge painting called yarrkalpa — hunting ground painted martumili artist western australia projected onto sydney opera house part festival accompanied music electronic music duo electric field animated creative technologist curiious design symbolically depicts area around parnngurr showing season cultural burning practice indigenous management land natural resource lie beneath data visualization project displayed vivid sydney susan kosti set backdrop datadriven digital age project utilizes distinct visual language derived data spanning provided nasa using mapping technique stone nawi cove transformed representation underwater habitat complete coral marine entity animated entity within display altered form based specific data set corresponded pattern observed oceanic behavior installation aimed bridge gap data interpretation visual art providing viewer insight multifaceted nature ocean dynamic vivid live tourism sydney culture sydney list festival australia official website