Rediscover the Best Vivid Sydney Attractions of 2019
Sydney’s most anticipated Vivid Sydney Festival is due only in August 2021. But you can still relive those magical experiences from the past years to make the wait less boring.
Harbour Lights
Harbour Lights is a marvellous work of art that transforms Sydney Harbour into a spectacular wonderland of lights and colours. At the event, you will see many illuminated vessels move across the harbour waters in a ravishing, synchronised display. Every year, around 2 million people visit Sydney to attend the festival. For a first-hand experience of Harbour lights, get on board a Vivid harbour cruise and marvel at the lights from ring-side seats. The Harbour Lights, more so, is a must-see event that will have countless commercial cruise operators participate in the event. The display uses approximately 32 Hundred Lights controlled by a satellite-navigational grid. The most exciting thing about Vivid Sydney Cruises is that it offers a different perspective of the festival while serving you a scrumptious dinner with a view. You may choose from a wide range of Vivid Sydney dinner cruises to celebrate the festival differently. All Vivid cruises have fully air-conditioned and opulent interiors, spacious dining decks and modernised galleys. For an unforgettable Harbour Lights experience, Vivid Cruises is one of the best options you have.
Pixar: 30 Years of Art & Animation
Vivid Sydney 2019 saw some of the most incredible and adorable installations of all time. Pixar, the beloved animation brand, brought out a special project in Sydney titled “Pixar: 30 Years of Art & Animation” using Vivid Sydney’s latest projection Technology. The unique project exhibited a visual journey using Pixar Animation Studios’ creative process, rendering the visitors a spectacular projection of images from the early stages of a film to its final product. Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Brave and many more wonders enchantingly unfurled at Hickson Road. Visitors were introduced to a variety of media such as pencil drawings, acrylic paintings, watercolours and digital paintings before the final frames were revealed. There is no doubt that this installation gave the audience an intriguing insight into how art, design and technology combine to bring imaginative worlds to life.
The Night. Reimagined.
Samsung’s ‘The Night. Reimagined.’ was a breathtaking sensory journey that strongly introduced the power of its then latest smartphone to life through a mesmerising experience at Vivid Sydney 2019. The journey of reimagination started on the Sydney Opera House forecourt. Visitors were offered an opportunity to project their personalised AR Emoji onto the face of Luna Park. This also became an ideal spot at the festival for visitors to capture Instagram-worthy photos and videos.
Firefly Field
Firefly Field was yet another magical and mesmerising light installation by Toer, a well-known multidisciplinary design collective from the Netherlands. The artwork was exhibited at The Royal Botanic Garden wherein 500 flying light points mimicked the movements of fireflies hovering off the ground. The installation was a look-see into Toer’s, fascination for the aesthetics and behaviour of fireflies. Firefly Field also became one of the most-visited works of art from Vivid Sydney 2019.
Let it Snow
Snow in Sydney might be a rarity but Vivid Sydney 2019 brilliantly simulated a wintry mood to surprise Sydneysiders. ‘Let it Snow’ by Jing Li, Lawrence Liang and Richard Nugent was an immersive and responsive installation, where giant illuminated snowflakes were hung along the Hickson Road Reserve. This marvellous space was in fact an intersection of virtual and physical worlds; natural wind blowing through thousands of LED bulbs or people hustling through the snowflakes made it more turbulent and dynamic in sight. The installation was the artists’ interpretation in using spatial perception linked to triggering emotions in each individual.
While Vivid Sydney had to be cancelled last year due to the pandemic, let’s hope to welcome the festival in all its glory in August 2021. Till then, let’s get down the memory lane to rediscover all those awe-inspiring works of art.
