For 18 nights, from 22 May to 8 June 2015, Vivid
Sydney - a festival of light, music and ideas - will again
transform the city and harbour.
The 2015 program includes
expansion into new city precincts Chatswood and Central Park, its
biggest ever music program including Australian exclusives such as
The Hoodoo Gurus at the Powerhouse Museum and Daniel Johns'
international solo debut at the Sydney Opera House, and
heavy-hitting speakers at Vivid Ideas.
Vivid Sydney, now in its seventh year, is owned
and managed by the NSW Government's tourism and major events
agency Destination NSW.
Destination NSW Chief Executive Officer, Sandra Chipchase, said, "Vivid Sydney is an incredible public event that
has seen amazing growth, attracting a record 1.43 million
attendees in 2014. It's the largest festival of its kind in the
world, and with our biggest program yet, there's even more to love
about Vivid Sydney this year. While the heart of Vivid
Light is still beating strongly in and around Circular Quay,
Vivid Sydney is spreading even further into the city suburbs, with
Central Park and Chatswood joining the program this year."
"Favourite locations Circular Quay, Walsh
Bay, Martin Place, and Darling Harbour are back with over 60
light installations and projections with even more opportunity for
visitors to get hands on, more water theatre shows - this time
with lasers and fire - and new and expanded programing at Pyrmont
& The Star and the University of Sydney. The sandstone canvases
of Customs House and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
(MCA) will also return with spectacular new 3D projections.
"With all eyes on the Sydney Opera House, Lighting of the
Sails will once again take its place as the centrepiece of the
amazing light spectacular during Vivid Sydney, with Universal
Everything promising awe-inspiring projections that will reimagine
the architecture as a living mural, with a diverse series of
vibrant, hand-drawn sequences.
"Vivid Music will
introduce its most expansive program yet, featuring more shows and
venues and an impressive line-up of local and international
talent," Ms. Chipchase added.
The Hoodoo Gurus will perform an
exclusive one-off show at the Powerhouse Museum and a new line up
of cutting edge, innovative performances will be held across the
city at new venues Goodgod Small Club, Oxford Art Factory and
Freda's, with the Seymour Centre, The Basement, The Argyle and
Barrio Cellar part of the line-up again in 2015.
Part of
the Vivid Music program, Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House
features a 10-night run of exclusive Sydney - only performances and
for the first time will also include two large scale outdoor
events, internal light projections and an event for kids and
families.
Features include four exclusive performances from
Morrissey, Daniel Johns in his international solo debut, Sufjan
Stevens in his only Australian performances and FCX -- 10 Years of
Future Classics featuring Flume and Flight Facilities.
With a line-up of heavy-hitting speakers, Vivid Ideas introduces
The Game Changers, a new talk series this year headlined by three global influencers: multi Emmy-winning writer Matthew Weiner,
series creator and executive producer of Mad Men and former executive producer and writer on The Sopranos; Grammy-winning
designer Stefan Sagmeister, whose clients include the Rolling Stones, Lou Reed and the Guggenheim Museum; and entrepreneur and
publisher Tyler Brule, founder of the world-famous magazines
Wallpaper and Monocle.
"With such an amazing festival
planned, Destination NSW will continue to work with the travel
industry to encourage visitation to Sydney from across Australia
and the globe for this incredible event. We aim to build on the
results from last year when more than 20,000 international
visitors travelled to Sydney on dedicated Vivid Sydney travel
packages," Ms. Chipchase said. "Vivid Sydney will also
work with event partners, land owners and a new accessibility
specialist to build on the positive initiatives undertaken last
year. A new sustainability partnership with The Banksia
Foundation will also further develop Vivid Sydney's sustainability
agenda which includes recycling assets, environmental waste
management practices and improved energy efficiency."
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