Sydney Harbour Bridge
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If you’re a long-time TSL reader, you may remember my post on the Vivid Sydney 2012 light show. Honestly, I find it hard to believe it has been a year – almost to the day – since LM and I last attended the light spectacular that is Vivid Sydney. Well, it has been a whole year – and on Saturday night we joined the thousands and thousands of fellow Sydney-siders (young and old, big and small, bipedal and the doggie kind – they were all out in force) to check out this year’s lighting installations. I gotta’ tell you, we were not disappointed. Sydney’s annual Vivid Festival is a w e s o m e…
We splashed out and kicked off our evening with a pre-walk meal at the ever consistent ‘Guillaume at Bennelong’.
Sydney Opera House Light Installation from Inside ‘Guillaume at Bennelong’ Restaurant
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My best secret tip to avoiding the crowds for Vivid is to head up to the Cahill Walkway that runs next to the Cahill Expressway and then winds down through the rocks.
The Custom House from the Cahill Expressway
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Circular Quay from the Cahill Expressway
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Museum of Contemporary Art from the Cahill Expressway
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There were lots of surprising wee pockets to hunt down…
‘Praxis Makes Perfect’ Installation at Walsh Bay
An amazing animation series against a building wall
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‘Moths to a Flame’ Installation at Walsh Bay
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‘Sky Grass’ Installation at Circular Quay
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Lunar Park was all lit up…
Novotel at Walsh Bay
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Of course, The Sydney Opera House took centre stage…
Sydney Opera House Lights Up
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But, the Custom House was pretty incredible, too.
The Custom House Lights Up…
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Vivid Sydney’s light installations kick off every night at 6pm until 10 June 2013. Seriously worth a look-see!
Fantastic photos, a very good substitute for being there, since I can’t.
Cheers PK – I wouldn’t say I’m a particularly natural photographer, but hard not to try and capture the lights of Vivid. It is a great festival and worth seeing.
It looks brilliant!!
It IS brilliant!
Great pics, TSL – definitely one of our best festivals. There is so much cleverness around, I love it! 🙂
Me too, Sparks. I look forward to it every year
Wow! That looks beautiful and amazing… another reason to sail to Sydney!
Come on down, B & J!
Sydney really knows how to put on a show, wish I was going to get there this year but your fabulous pics will suffice 🙂
This is a particularly good show, I think, 2BD
I love the sky grass!
Me too!
So perfect for Sydney at this time of the year, thanks for the tips for best viewing I will be going up soon. Cheers Sue
Hey Sue – LM showed me this wee gem. It’s a real winner when escaping the crowds. Enjoy!
I follow and I clearly remember the last time you have been to the Vivid Sydney – this time it looks amazing, too! Love the photos, and I guess the installations that I found most attractive were the Custom House – was this a mapping? – the Sky grass and the animated bunnies. Thanks for making this little tour and sharing 🙂 Might I share the post, too?
Share away Layyla! Maybe next year you’ll be here in person…?
You know well it is my dream to be able to do so…maybe I’d fly to NZ then, too, to get the moths for myself? 🙂
I’ve spent five evenings thus far visiting and photographing VIVID Sydney 2013: it’s been a lot of fun, and it’s been challenging because I want to see everything! I’d be hard pressed to provide a photographic overview of this festival. Thanks for your post!
Hey fotoeins – I am a complete amateur when it comes to photography – Just call me ‘point and shoot girl’! I hope you’ve been having a fab’ time at Vivid – one of Sydney’s best festivals, I reckon’.
Hi there,
I run the animation course at UTS, and it was our 2nd year students who did “Praxis Makes Perfect” at Walsh Bay. Thanks for blogging about the work. We are really proud of the animations the students made, and they were really pleased you had highlighted their contribution to Vivid. Thanks again for the post.
Hey Damo – LM and I were seriously impressed with the Praxis Makes Perfect installation. And, I think its pretty cool you found my wee post. Cheers to you and your very accomplished students! 🙂
Brilliant Vivid shots.
Cheers Jim!