Jan and Claire in front of a plastic igloo
We went out last night to take a look at Vivid, Sydney’s festival of lights around parts of the harbour. We first went to Rushcutters Bay to collect Claire, a Cambridge colleague of Jan, who is visiting from England. After a meal at Firefly, the tapas bar facing the posh finger wharf apartments on Hickson Road, we wandered past many interesting exhibits along the foreshore all the way around to the Opera House.
There were lots of intriguing artworks. There was a bicycle-powered projector showing a film on a small screen if you pedalled hard enough, there were many installations that reacted to your presence, and amazing projections on the facades of the Museum of Modern Art and Customs House. Plus, more amazing projections onto the sails of the Opera House.
- Jan and Claire by something shiny
One of the best bits was a wall of small flaps with bright lighting behind. If you went up close and screamed at the wall, the flaps would open to reveal the lights. The highest rows of flaps responded to the higher pitches of the screams and vice-versa. Kids loved this!
Particularly loud screams prompted big reactions from the wall – and also from those watching, who applauded them!
