Lost Girl blogger Amanda Pressner is in Australia for a few weeks and is sharing her finds with us here on IT.
Australia may be the poster country for the Endless Summer, but it might surprise you to know that the sun does actually set in the land down under--and the colder months eventually arrive. So how does Oz's largest and most iconic city manage to cope when the mercury plummets (below 60 degrees!), the sky gets dark at 5 pm and winter gloom threatens to set in?
Well, we're talking about Aussies: They throw a party, of course.
This year marks the kick-off of Vivid Sydney, a cultural extravaganza that's designed to turn the city into a living canvas of light and sound during the winter season. The organizers are already calling it the biggest festival of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Running from May 26th through June 14th, Vivid will feature four major cornerstone events that will take place in and around the city's harborfront.
The three-week program was originally conceived to give the locals reason to celebrate during a previously sluggish interlude on the Aussie event calendar. Vivid Artistic Director Mary-Anne Kyriakou, who's both a musical composer and a lighting designer, had seen similar festivals in Europe and knew of the uplifting impact that light could have on the mood of an entire city--particularly during the darkest time of the year.
Australia may be the poster country for the Endless Summer, but it might surprise you to know that the sun does actually set in the land down under--and the colder months eventually arrive. So how does Oz's largest and most iconic city manage to cope when the mercury plummets (below 60 degrees!), the sky gets dark at 5 pm and winter gloom threatens to set in?Well, we're talking about Aussies: They throw a party, of course.
This year marks the kick-off of Vivid Sydney, a cultural extravaganza that's designed to turn the city into a living canvas of light and sound during the winter season. The organizers are already calling it the biggest festival of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Running from May 26th through June 14th, Vivid will feature four major cornerstone events that will take place in and around the city's harborfront.
The three-week program was originally conceived to give the locals reason to celebrate during a previously sluggish interlude on the Aussie event calendar. Vivid Artistic Director Mary-Anne Kyriakou, who's both a musical composer and a lighting designer, had seen similar festivals in Europe and knew of the uplifting impact that light could have on the mood of an entire city--particularly during the darkest time of the year.
Continue reading Throwing the Switch on Vivid Sydney.
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