Sydney’s Festival of Music, Light & Ideas.
For tickets and more information visit the Vivid Sydney event website.
The Laraaji Laughter Workshop was certainly an experience. At least 100 people gathered in the Utzon Room at Sydney Opera House on Saturday to learn about laughter therapy from Laraaji, one of Brian Eno’s handpicked Luminous performers.
Some people took the challenge very seriously and exhibited hysterical bouts of laughter! Collectively laughing with 100 people is something that everyone should do at least once in their life!
Brian Eno, the curator of Luminous, a key part of Vivid Sydney, presented his key note address ‘Scenius’ to a packed house in the Opera Theatre at Sydney Opera House on Friday night.
The audience was clearly interested in hearing Eno’s thoughts on art culture, climate change and his choice of artists for Luminous. The speech kicked off the Luminous performance program. The New York super group, Battles, played in the Opera Theatre over the weekend and tonight Rachid Taha will take to the stage with his unique sound that transcends genres.
Images of the historical lighting of the sails.
Photography by Belinda Rolland
The festival offers something for everyone from family friendly free light art displays to creative industry seminars and cutting edge contemporary music.
Tickets for Luminous performances are on sale now and Creative Sydney will be announcing its free events program soon.
Start planning your Vivid Sydney festival experience here at www.vividsydney.com
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.
Luminous at Sydney Opera House, the music component of Vivid Sydney, has announced new acts to add to the line-up.
Tales from the Afterlives, a provocative performance-piece from neuroscientist David Eagleman and Seun Kuti - the son of world music icon Fela Kuti - will front his father’s band for a night of pulsing music, frenetic dance, and pure joy.
Also announced was SCENIUS, the must-see keynote address from Brian Eno. This is a great opportunity for Brian Eno fans to hear him speak about his work and vision.
Creative Sydney will be announcing its exciting program of events in late April. Anyone who works in the creative industries or is interested in people who creatively think for a living should head to the MCA during Vivid Sydney to experience this festival of ideas.
There will be more Vivid updates soon!
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
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Today at the launch of Vivid Sydney, legendary musician and multimedia artist, Brian Eno, was announced as the international guest curator of Luminous music festival at Sydney Opera House. Luminous is one of four exciting new events in Vivid Sydney.
Brian Eno is the inventor of ambient music, the founding member of Roxy Music and a record producer for rock legends including David Bowie, Coldplay and U2.
Eno has handpicked a range of electro performers to take part in Luminous. Music highlights include New York supergroup Battles, UK synth-popsters Ladytron, Irish singer/songwriter Damien Dempsey, Fourth World trumpeter Jon Hassell, the incomparable Reggie Watts, the cosmic Laraaji, the voice of Underworld Karl Hyde and the hottest new name in electronic music Jon Hopkins.
He is designing a major light art installation that will illuminate the sails of the Opera House, transforming Utzon’s masterpiece into an artists’ canvas. Luminous will also feature Eno’s image/sound installation, 77 Million Paintings. This constantly evolving audio/visual experience will run throughout Vivid Sydney as a free event in the Studio.
More Vivid Sydney updates will be coming soon.
