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SYDNEY, May 24, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Vivid Sydney 2024 has kicked off its 14th year with
a spectacular opening night, as the festival transforms Sydney's
glittering harbour, iconic landmarks and cityscape with a showcase
of creativity and innovation for the next 23 nights.
The Southern Hemisphere's leading multi-artform festival will
run from Friday 24 May to Saturday 15 June, featuring the world's
most innovative artists, culinary talent, contemporary musicians
and thought leaders as part of its 2024 program under the theme
of Humanity.
The 'Lights On' moment wowed onlookers with over 30 light
installations and 3D projections across the famed 8km Vivid Sydney
Light Walk, highlighted by the Sydney Opera House featuring the
breathtaking new digital artwork, Lighting of the
Sails: Echo (2024). Created by multidisciplinary
Australian artist and 2023 Archibald Prize
Winner Julia
Gutman, with creative
technologists Pleasant Company, the projection on
the Sydney Opera House Sails digitises centuries-old fabric making
techniques into an animated, modern epic.
NSW Premier Chris Minns
said:
"The bright lights of Vivid Sydney are officially on.
"For the next 3 weeks Sydney will showcase the magical lights,
art and fun of Vivid Sydney. There is something for the whole
family, so I encourage everyone to come along and make the most of
Vivid Sydney this year."
Minister for the Arts, Minister for Music and the Night-time
Economy, and Minister for Jobs and Tourism John Graham said:
"Since 2009, Vivid Sydney has been a global platform showcasing
our vibrant culture, bustling nightlife and creative talents.
"Going from strength to strength in its 14th year, Vivid
Sydney shows the world our colourful creative side. Vivid Sydney
shows the world we have big dreams.
"With the majority of this year's festival being free, we're
looking forward to welcoming visitors back again in the
millions.
"Tonight, we begin 23 days of Light, 23 days of Music, Ideas and
Food. 23 days of shared experiences. For the next 23 days, Sydney
will be beautiful by day, Vivid Sydney by night."
Vivid Sydney Festival Director Gill
Minervini said:
"Vivid Sydney is the original festival of light, art and
culture, and we're proud to be celebrating its 14th year with an
incredible line-up of light, music, ideas and food under 2024's
theme of Humanity.
"It is such a privilege and honour to direct this year's program
and we're so excited to bring festival-goers a calibre of
Australian and international talent that not only maintains the
standard we've set in previous years but takes the program to new
heights. Vivid Sydney 2024 is a must-see, and we can't wait to
welcome all Australians and global visitors alike for the next 23
nights!"
Staged across the Sydney CBD, Vivid Sydney festival locations
and venues include Circular Quay, the Sydney Opera House, The
Rocks, State Library of New South
Wales, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, Barangaroo, Darling Harbour,
University of Technology Sydney, The Goods Line, Wynyard Tunnels,
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Carriageworks, and more.
For more information and tickets visit vividsydney.com.
VIVID SYDNEY HIGHLIGHTS
VIVID LIGHT
As the sun goes down each evening during Vivid Sydney, the city
will transform with light installations, 3D projection artworks and
ticketed events for visitors to immerse themselves in a new world
of colour and light across the 8km Vivid Sydney Light Walk.
- Vivid Sydney has again partnered
with Cinewav, enabling visitors to listen to the
soundtracks to select projection artworks wherever they are on the
Vivid Sydney Light Walk
- From almost anywhere in the city, visitors will witness a
40km stretch of rainbow lasers emanating from the Sydney Tower, a
universal symbol of hope by US artist Yvette Mattern titled Global
Rainbow
- One of Australia's
most-beloved artists, Reg Mombassa will reimagine the classic
Aussie road trip on Customs House for Gumscape with Road
and Creatures
- Celebrated Chinese Australian artist Guan Wei's signature
iconography will transform the Museum of Contemporary Art
for Sea, Sand and Stars
- Nest, a collaboration between Leila
Jeffreys and Melvin J.
Montalban, features a large-scale circular projection at the
Stargazer Lawn in Barangaroo, spotlighting the ritualistic mating
dance of the brolga and humanity's connection with
nature
- Step up to the Omnivisu view finder in
Tumbalong Park, and let your eyes become the literal windows to our
city's soul
- Horizon from Spanish
artists Playmodes is a hypnotic, full-body
experience complete with trance-like sounds and strobing lights at
Harbour Park, Barangaroo
- Towering over 15 metres
tall, PORTAL from Lucid Creates frames Barangaroo
Headland with a glowing display of light and atmospheric
sounds
- The Vivid Sydney 2024 drone show Love is in the
Air will feature more than 700 drones over three separate
nights for another fan-favourite Vivid Sydney spectacle over the
harbour
- Dark Spectrum: A New
Journey returns to the Wynyard Tunnels in new
and fantastic ways to take us on a journey of light and
sound
- The internationally acclaimed multi-sensory experience of
light, colour and sound, Lightscape, returns to The
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
VIVID MUSIC
Vivid Music will ignite the city with a curated program of live
performances, concerts and DJ sets across diverse venues, with
something for the whole family, at any age.
- Exclusive to Vivid Sydney, Tekno Train by Paul Mac is a one-of-a-kind event that
will transform a Sydney Trains ride into a moving, sensory sound
and light experience
- The reimagined 100-year-old substation Machine
Hall will be open to the public for the very first time
during Vivid Sydney 2024, pulsating with performances
from Deerhoof, Jen
Cloher, CLUB4A and No Fixed
Address
- On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of the
festival, Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour will become the
Vivid Sydney go-to for free and contemporary music right in the
heart of the Light Walk for Tumbalong Nights. The
12-night line-up features artists such as Christine
Anu, Sneaky Sound System, Forest Claudette, Teenage
Jones, , tiffi, Budjerah, grentperez,
and more, plus DJs and kids programming on Saturday nights all free
of charge
- Comedy darling Rhys
Nicholson and ARIA award winning
musician Georgia Mooney will transform Mary's
Underground into an intimate cabaret lounge for the Vivid
Sydney Supper Club featuring live performances and
appearances from MO'JU, Don't Thank Me Spank
Me, Montaigne, Brendan
Maclean, Mark Humphries and more each Friday
and Saturday from 9pm to 1am
- Diverse and multi-sensory experiences at Carriageworks,
with an electrifying line-up including Electric
Fields, Yves Tumor, Yasiin Bey and
many more.
- The Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera
House line-up features more than 40 Australian and
international
artists. Arca, Air, Underworld, Fever
Ray, Devonte Hynes, Snoh
Alegra, Sky Ferreira, Thelma
Plum and many more will take to the stages of the
world-famous building in a program curated by Sydney Opera House's
Head of Contemporary Music Ben
Marshall
VIVID IDEAS
The Vivid Ideas program sparks curiosity with new ways to
experience ideas through the exploration of humanity, community,
authenticity, respect, love and lessons learnt from the natural
world – with theatre, installations and engaging discussions just
the beginning.
- From the football team that united Australia in 2023, Tony Gustavsson, head coach of the CommBank
Matildas, and Mackenzie
Arnold, celebrated CommBank Matildas goalkeeper and
captain of West Ham United, will be hosted in an insightful
conversation – Champions of Change - facilitated
by Matildas alumni and now journalist Grace
Gill at Sydney Town Hall
- Golden Globe® and Emmy Award® winning actress and comedian
Amy Poehler will step
inside the Sydney Opera House for a special and
unmissable In Conversation Ideas event and a
special first look at Disney and Pixar's Inside
Out 2
- After The Fact will offer opportunities to engage
in free weeknight discussions on current affairs with writers,
journalists, ex-politicians, social commentators, artists and
academics – including Annabel
Crabb, Rhoda Roberts
AO, Kim Williams
AM, Lucy Turnbull AO, Charles Firth and more
- Unique experiences including A THOUSAND WAYS: An
Encounter, Window
Dressing and Shifting Perspectives will
offer immersive moments to connect with both strangers and
ourselves
- The Golden Age of Humanity will showcase nine
selected films over nine starry nights at Surry Hills' beloved
Golden Age Cinema - curated by nine great Australians
including Amar
Singh, Saxon Mullins, Kylie Kwong AM, Kate McClymont AM, Craig Foster AM and more
VIVID FOOD
- Vivid Chef Series returns to hatted
restaurants Fred's, AALIA, The Porter House,
Firedoor and The Charles Brasserie &
Bar as they host unmissable foodie collaborations with
Michelin-starred chefs including Max Coen, Ivan Brehm, Selassie
Atadika, Niklas
Ekstedt and Sally Abé
- Vivid Fire Kitchen is also back in 2024 with
delectable offerings at its new location on The Goods Line,
bringing together the world's hottest culinary concepts, curated
drinks and cocktails
from Archie Rose and Starward, and
entertainment with demonstrations from local and international
pitmasters including California-favourite Shalamar Lane, Christine Manfield, Mindy Woods, Lennox Hastie, Jess Pryles, and more
- Making its debut at Vivid Sydney 2024, the Messina Milk
Bar will be an illuminated full-scale pop-up with a menu
of gelato-infused chocolate bars, dixie cups, tailor-made
milkshakes and spiders from the cult-gelato innovators at
Messina
- A Culinary Canvas by Danielle
Alvarez is set to showcase women in Australian
gastronomy at the incredible Yallamundi Rooms at the Sydney Opera
House
- Plates with Purpose will offer a taste of
Ukraine at Kyiv Social, courtesy
of head chef, Borys Chernyk who
brings over 30 years of experience in Ukrainian fine dining
- Visitors can explore over 20 top chefs and restaurateurs at the
VividPlace Food Trail or indulge in a bespoke bar snack
and cocktail experience at Aurorae at Bennelong Bar,
offering an incredible view of the lights across Sydney Harbour
VIVID SYDNEY PARTNERS
Vivid Sydney thanks its Partners for their support of Vivid
Sydney 2024.
- Kia returns as major partner for
a third year, presenting two visually immersive activations on the
Vivid Sydney Light Walk – EV9 "Kia Kinetic" at
Circular Quay and EV5 "Kia Kaleidoscope" at
Darling Harbour.
- Australian Traffic Network
(ATN) will partner with Vivid Sydney to
deliver the Love is in the Air drone shows, with
three shows on 8, 9 and 15 June planned to wow audiences during the
festival.
- Sony Music Entertainment
Australia returns for a second year and
presents two ticketed immersive light events, Dark
Spectrum: A New Journey, at the Wynyard Tunnels
with Mandylights and Culture Creative,
and Lightscape at the Royal Botanic Garden
Sydney, in collaboration with Culture
Creative.
- Samsung also comes onboard as a
Major Partner of Vivid Sydney 2024,
presenting Chorus of Light, an immersive activation on
the Vivid Sydney Light Walk, designed to tap into our desire for
connection through the enablement of barrier-free communication,
inspired by Samsung Galaxy AI technology.
- Airbnb is the inaugural Vivid
Sydney Community Partner, supporting the Vivid Sydney Volunteer
Program.
- Official partner Sennheiser presents
the Sennheiser Mirrorbox, an audio experience merging
AI analysis, sound design and visual elements to explore the
relationship between sound and human identity.
- Estee
Lauder will partner with Vivid Sydney
as an Official Partner, activating during the festival
with Beauty Sleep, integrating elements of beauty and
science.
- Supporting Partners include City of Sydney and Nova
96.9.
- Supplier partners
include Cinewav, Event
Engineering, Mandylights, Technical
Direction
Company, Transdev and Kennards
Hire.
- Returning for the second year, the Local Business Program
Partner is Experience Oz Australia.
- Vivid Sydney program partners
include Carriageworks, Disney, Museum of
Contemporary Art and Sydney Opera
House.
- The Vivid Sydney 2024 Charity Partner is Médecins
Sans Frontières (MSF), which translates to Doctors Without
Borders.
- Vivid Sydney locations
include Barangaroo, Darling
Harbour, The Rocks, Barangaroo
House, Golden Age Cinema, Machine Hall,
University of Technology Sydney, State Library of New South Wales, North
Sydney
Council and Walsh Bay Arts
Precinct.
For more information and to keep updated about the
program, go to vividsydney.com.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Visit the Vivid Sydney News Room to download the full 2024 Vivid
Sydney Lights On content package including a VNR with grabs from
Minister for Jobs and Tourism John
Graham, Vivid Sydney Festival Director Gill Minervini and Vivid Sydney artists, as well
as high-res imagery and broadcast-quality b-roll video
footage: www.vividsydney.com/news-room.
ABOUT VIVID SYDNEY
Vivid Sydney, the Southern Hemisphere's leading multi-artform
festival, transforms Sydney into a vibrant hub of creativity,
innovation and community connection. Over 23 nights, light
installations, music, ideas and food inspire global audiences and
drive cultural exchange. The 2024 theme, 'Humanity,' sparks
reflection and engagement, attracting visitors and fuelling
economic growth. Proudly owned by Destination NSW, Vivid Sydney
showcases NSW's cultural vibrancy and positions it as a global
leader in artistic innovation.
ABOUT DESTINATION NSW
Destination NSW is the champion and voice for the visitor
economy within the NSW Government. Spearheading a
whole-of-government approach to visitor economy growth, Destination
NSW influences and shapes the visitor economy through strategic
research, policy and thought leadership, stakeholder engagement and
consultation, commercial partnerships and investment in visitor
experiences, business support, marketing and events. Destination
NSW is also the major investor in Business Events Sydney (BESydney)
for the purpose of securing more international and domestic
conventions, incentive travel reward programs, corporate events and
exhibitions.
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