Curator Ben Marshall said the Vivid LIVE program “celebrates ambition and excellence in contemporary music, marrying artists interested in stretching the concept of performance with a building [the Sydney Opera House] that symbolises the liberating power of art”.
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“Vivid is the full sensory experience because you get handsome things to look at, wonderful things to listen to and really inspiring speakers”, Destination NSW CEO and Vivid Sydney executive producer Sandra Chipchase said.
Image; Artists This exceptional work of art is directed by Sydney Opera House Head of Indigenous Programming, Rhoda Roberts of the Bundjalung Nation of NSW, and brings together six Indigenous artists whose work illustrates the extraordinary connections between Indigenous astronomy and the natural world – the celestial and terrestrial Songlines that weave through time and distance, earth and sky.
This year, ANOHNI, Oneohtrix Point Never, New Order, Esperanza Spalding, Deafheaven, Max Richter’s eight-hour composition Sleep, Poliça, and more will be performing during the Vivid Live series at the Sydney Opera House as well.
Vivid Sydney’s brilliant light projections will also return to Chatswood, Central Park, Darling Harbour and the Australian National Maritime Museum, Martin Place and a new precinct The Galeries, which becomes the festival’s first indoor precinct. Visitors to Taronga will be able to see giant illuminated animals, representing ten critically endangered species which the Zoo is involved in protecting.
Bon Iver are coming out with a new live show entitled “Cercle”.
Sydney’s seven-year-old winter festival Vivid has secured a major coup for its 2016 iteration with Icelandic superstar Björk set to premiere her BJÖRK DIGITAL exhibition at Carriageworks.
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Meanwhile, Vivid Ideas boasts a line-up aptly titled “Game Changers Talk Series” which will feature Jonze, Kohan, Willimon and Zhang, each scheduled to share how they participated in shaping the modern creative landscape as we know it.
