#1 Harmony Valley – Rainbow of Peace and Trees of Friendship

It delivers an experience of harmony, joy and happiness — but in a most unexpected way. Visitors are invited to interact with the sculpture by forming a human chain that connects with each end of the rainbow. That simple act of connection rewards participants by activating the sculpture, which springs into life with new sounds, animations and brilliant pulsing light.

Location: The Rocks

#2 When Art Met Technology: Under The Coke Sign

The bright, contrasting colour palettes and bold geometric forms and patterns of mid-20thcentury modernism are the inspiration for all the installations created at the Cross for Vivid KX which has delivered a cohesive display of light art that ties together the whole precinct.The graphic content on the Coca-Cola sign has been enabled by the recent refurbishment of the sign (itself a modernist landmark) which included replacing the 40-year-old neon lighting with more than two kilometres of RGB rope LED. 

Location: Kings Cross

#3 Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun is a large, flame-coloured disc that rises over the harbour near Farm Cove. In the morning it is lit by the rays of the sun, and at night hundreds of tiny coloured discs are illuminated by a LED and flutter and shimmer in the breeze. The LED light is powered by a photovoltaic panel which is integral to the installation. It serves as a reminder that only 1.5% of the earths land mass would be necessary to generate all our energy requirements. It is a fantastic but under-utilised resource.

Location: The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

#4 Crank Zappa Jellyfish

Crank Zappa is a hot tempered electric jellyfish who will zazzle and zap you with his sting bites when you get too close. Crank has come to Chatswood to tell the public what he really thinks about plastic pollution. Crank Zappa is completely constructed from single use plastic items including 1000 plastic bags, straws, 800 plastic bottles that were salvaged from Scotts Creek and 1200 meters of recycled twine that was weaved together by 40 volunteers. As visitors gather under Crank, he electrifies and animates in response to human touch.

Location: Chatswood

#5 The Night. Reimagined.

Your journey to reimagine the night starts on the Sydney Opera House forecourt. A giant 9, in a spiraling aperture-inspired installation of light and shadows. Visitors will be taken on a unique, sensory journey through the night and beyond powered by the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+. In an immersive walk-through light experience, we’ll be giving a number of Vivid Sydney visitors the opportunity to project their personalised AR Emoji onto the iconic face of Luna Park*. Move through the journey and discover a super slow-mo experience to capture a truly Instagram-worthy video. Then, comes your big moment. The chance to turn your selfie into a personalised AR emoji projected on Sydney’s most iconic face — Luna Park. And once you’re done, step up to the viewing platform for a spectacular view across Vivid Sydney and Luna Park. Capture it all using the low light feature on the Samsung Galaxy S9. 

Location: Sydney Opera House

#6 The Bloom

The Bloom is a giant, electric, metallic flower, its petals adorned with mirrored spirals that refract and reflect light in all directions. And there, at the centre of this shimmering beauty, is — you. The installation is almost five metres wide enabling visitors to stand in front of the centre of the flower to pose for photos, framed by petals of light, their faces fully in bloom.

Location: The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

#7 How Many Light Bulbs...?

“How many light bulbs does it really take to have a profound effect on a person? Is it a whole city of light, cycling through every colour every night, or is it just one bulb found in the right dark corner at the right time?”. Sydney’s bright city lights form a fitting backdrop to this installation, which poses the same question spelt out in 2570 individual light bulbs, all on various dimmers so that they too can sparkle and form part of the city lightscape.

Location: The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

#8 Impressions

Impressions intersperses five ‘canvases’ on easels between the garden beds and floral artistry of the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Each canvas is actually a high-resolution LED panel, which shows time-lapse images of the Garden taken over the course of a day. Glowing, moving and continuously changing, these ‘paintings’ are inspired by the art of the 19th century Impressionists and their focus on the accurate depiction of light and its differing qualities.

Location: The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Vivid Sydney

Date: 25 May – 15 June 2018

Lights on 6pm-11pm every night at multiple locations! 

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