Vivid Sydney officially opened last night, 27 May, and runs for 23 nights until 18 June 2016.
Vivid Sydney is the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas. More than 150 artists from 23 countries have created the light installations and projections that will appear in more than eight Vivid Sydney precincts spread across Sydney.
Vivid Sydney also features 195 Vivid Music events and more than 500 speakers appearing at Vivid Idea talks and forums.
The NSW Premier Mike Baird said “Vivid Sydney has established itself as the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas and the NSW Government is proud to once again be hosting this event for the eighth time in 2016.”
“For the next 23 nights, Sydney’s most iconic landmarks will be lit up in a symphony of colour and movement, attracting visitors from across the world.”
This year Vivid Sydney will celebrate Australian Indigenous culture with the Songlines projection on the Sails of the iconic Sydney Opera House. The spectacular animation is the work of six renowned Indigenous artists: Karla Dickens, Djon Mundine OAM, Reko Rennie, Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi, Donny Woolagoodja and the late Gulumbu Yunipingu. Co-curated by Destination NSW and the Sydney Opera House, Songlines speaks directly to the spirituality and culture of Australia’s First Peoples, depicting the interconnected sharing systems and the trade routes that weave through time and distance, earth and sky.
With other major 3D projections on the façade of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, and Customs House, Vivid Sydney will showcase Sydney as a hub for the creative industries.
Destination NSW CEO and Executive Producer of Vivid Sydney Sandra Chipchase said “Vivid Sydney features remarkable technical and artistic world-firsts as part of Vivid Light. Our biggest ever Vivid Sydney program will deliver an impressive line-up of music acts from punk rockers to global superstars, up-and-coming homegrown talent, cabaret legends and more. This is matched by a diverse program of social trend disrupters, including Jenji Kohan, Spike Jonze, Beau Willimon and Margaret Zhang, who appear as part of Vivid Ideas talks and forum series. Vivid Sydney 2016 is truly a celebration of innovation and creativity.”
Vivid Sydney is owned, managed and produced by Destination NSW, the NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency. In 2015 it attracted 1.7 million visitors and delivered more than $63 million in visitor expenditure to the local economy.
To see the incredible line-up, visit the Vivid Sydney website – www.vividsydney.com.
Vivid Sydney is owned, managed and produced by Destination NSW, the NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency. In 2015 it attracted 1.7 million visitors and delivered more than $63 million in visitor expenditure to the local economy.
To see the incredible line-up, visit the Vivid Sydney website – www.vividsydney.com.
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