Vivid Sydney

[khiemtran]

Tuesday night, and we're in the city to take a look at Sydney's Vivid festival, an annual festival of "light, music and ideas"...




We started off at Circular Quay and walked towards the Opera House. As you can see, lots of buildings were lit up in different colours.



Across the water, the Museum of Contemporary Art was illuminated by an ever-changing laser light show.



There were lots of people out enjoying the night. It was crowded, but not quite as packed as I had feared it might be (it probably helped that we went on a weeknight).



The boats on the harbour and the harbour bridge itself were also in on the act.



But they couldn't outshine the Opera House...





As you can see, it was a bit hard to get a clear view, as the promenade approaching it was quite packed.



After viewing the Opera House, we doubled back to the Customs House opposite the Circular Quay railway station, where a smaller, but brilliant laser show was playing.



This was the highlight of the night, with some astonishing 3D effects being projected onto the surface of the building.





Once again, it was hard to get a clear view.



On now to the other side of the Quay, while mother nature was putting on a light show of her own...



Here we could see the Museum of Contemporary Art up close.



And inspect some of the smaller installations...



Up close, we could see that the projected patterns on the walls of the museum were actually like those flipping cards you see on airport signs. You can't see it in the photo, of course, but it was quite fascinating to watch them flipping over (in animated form) as they changed the overall pattern.



Some of the watching crowd.



And the projection tower making it all possible.



From there, we headed for the Rocks, where we encountered a Glowing Pig.



But after that, it was time to head home. Here's one final glimpse of the Museum of Contemporary Art in its full glory. A great night out, and something I'm already looking forward to repeating next year...

Comments

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Aah!

What a show! Fabulous.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

It was a lot of fun. I've actually seen it from the air before (while flying out of Sydney), but I've never been there at ground level.

[julesjones]

Wow.

Thanks for sharing that with us. Those are amazing photos.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

It was amazing indeed. We were also lucky it was a comparatively mild night, so it was very pleasant to walk around.

[soon_lee]

Looks fantastic!

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

It was certainly a great night out, even if we were on the train home by 8 pm.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Wow! I love the long-distance shot, how bright everything seems from far away. And seriously, the opera house is rocking it :-)

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

The other thing you can do is take a sightseeing boat around the harbour while the light show is on. But that's probably a grown-up only thing to do, as it was already quite for Liem as it was...