This morning Smart Light Sydney launch its dynamic program of events and revealed the 25 light art works in the ‘Light Walk’ that will transform The Rocks, Circular Quay and Sydney Opera House into a spectacular living canvas.
Australian and international artists have created stunning light art installations that will challenge, amaze and draw people to the beauty of light.
Highlights include Brian Eno’s ‘Lighting of the Sails’, Alex Haw’s ‘Weather Patterns’, Warren Langley’s 14 storey high ‘Vessel of (Horti) Cultural Plenty’ and Sean Bryen/Sascha Crocker/Andrew Daly’s Luminocity, an abstracted energy consumption map of Sydney’s CBD.
For more information visit http://vividsydney.com/smart-light/
Artist impression - Luminocity, Customs House forecourt by Sean Bryen/Sascha Crocker/Andrew Daly
Creative Sydney, the ‘ideas’ component of Vivid Sydney, announced the first details for its inaugural free event series taking place from
27 May - 12 June.
For three weeks, Creative Sydney will present an array of the city’s most interesting and inspiring talent, from the world-renowned to the underground, in a string of free talks and events at the Foundation Hall of the Museum of Contemporary Art and The Roxy in Parramatta.
Program highlights include Three Minute Sydney, where some of the city’s leading personalities will present their visions on what the city is to them and what it could be; Behind the Screens, a rare opportunity to gain insight into the inner-workings of local film production companies; Back My Project, where local emerging artists will pitch their creative ideas to a panel of experts “Dragon’s Den-style”.
Two performances not-to-be-missed include Remixing History, a live DJ/VJ performance mixing music, film, TV, news footage and advertising jingles; and for the finale, Songs of Sydney sees local musicians pay tribute to their town.
For more information visit www.vividsydney.com/creative-sydney
Today Smart Light Sydney, the light component of Vivid Sydney, announced details about Licht, an orchestral and light art interpretation of Stockhausen’s most ambitious work in a free event at Sydney Conservatorium of Music on Saturday 6 June.
Karlheinz Stockhausen, was the controversial German composer who wrote a string quartet for four helicopters, claimed to be descended from astral beings and earned a spot on the cover of the Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
Audiences will be treated to a series of concerts from 1pm till late into the night, featuring the long-awaited Australian premiere of extracts from Licht, a sprawling cycle of seven operas that took the recently deceased composer 26 years to complete.
From the foyers to the recital halls to the music cafe, Sydney Conservatorium of Music will be enveloped in music and light, as specialist musicians from Australia and overseas join players from the Conservatorium and leading vocal ensemble The Song Company to bring Stockhausen’s masterwork to life.
Guests were clearly impressed by Mary-Anne Kyriakou’s stunning ‘Flight to Light’ low energy light art installation and there was a buzz of excitement when Brian Eno was announced as guest curator for Luminous, the music component of Vivid Sydney.
Jess Scully and Marcus Westbury, Creative Sydney
NSW Premier Nathan Rees, Lord Mayor Clover Moore and Jodi McKay, NSW Minister for Tourism speak with Mary-Anne Kyriakou, Smart Light Sydney Festival Director and artist about Flight to Light
Brian Eno
CEO Events NSW, Geoff Parmenter
Flight to Light by Mary-Anne Kyriakou.
Pivot DJ set
Flight to Light by Mary-Anne Kyriakou
Vivid Sydney Media Call, backstage at Sydney Opera House
