Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Sydney Opera House, Vivid Sydney, Songlines

The Sydney Opera House was illuminated for the Vivid Sydney Festival which ran from 22 May to 18 June 2016. Vivid Sydney is a festival of light, music and ideas now in its eighth year and the biggest festival of its type in the world. This year's "Lighting the Sails" display is called "Songlines", featuring contemporary indigenous artworks by Karla Dickens, Djon Mundine, Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi, Reko Rennie, Donny Woolagoodja, and the late Gulumbu Yunupingu.
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13 comments:

  1. William KendallWednesday, 29 June 2016 at 00:28:00 GMT+10

    Beautiful. Your second to last shot is my favourite of these.

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  2. JeannaWednesday, 29 June 2016 at 03:45:00 GMT+10

    That is so very cool. We only get a pink lit Capitol building from time to time.

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  3. Kenneth Cole SchneiderWednesday, 29 June 2016 at 09:14:00 GMT+10

    I have never seen such an unusual light show!

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  4. NCSueWednesday, 29 June 2016 at 11:26:00 GMT+10

    Amazing sights.
    Thank you for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/06/lovely-san-juan.html

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  5. LindaThursday, 30 June 2016 at 13:44:00 GMT+10

    Wow! Beautiful in a fun way.

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  6. IreneThursday, 30 June 2016 at 23:29:00 GMT+10

    Amazing! Would like to see that show!

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    1. JimFriday, 1 July 2016 at 00:17:00 GMT+10

      Irene, it's an annual event so you should come and see it. :)

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  7. Nanda kumarFriday, 1 July 2016 at 11:18:00 GMT+10

    Beautiful captures!

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  8. Thomas LeeFriday, 1 July 2016 at 12:25:00 GMT+10

    Wow! So colorful

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  9. Photo CacheFriday, 1 July 2016 at 12:59:00 GMT+10

    Do they have a contest on which designs would appear here?

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    1. JimFriday, 1 July 2016 at 14:22:00 GMT+10

      I think they commission someone different every year to create the designs and they engage the artists to create them.

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  10. Jan K. alias AfanjaFriday, 1 July 2016 at 20:37:00 GMT+10

    Great, it's even more impressive than normal.

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  11. RajlakshmiSunday, 3 July 2016 at 22:18:00 GMT+10

    The Opera house did look gorgeous... Lovely captures.

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