24 May - 15 June 2019, Sydney Australia

VIVID SYDNEY 2019

Where art, technology and commerce intersect. Three weeks of game changing ideas and seminars, amazing music and light sculptures that transform the city.

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2019 PROGRAM ANNOUNCED!

VIVID SYDNEY IS HERE

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SPIKE LEE

FILMS, RACE AND POLITICS

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ESTHER PEREL

MODERN LOVE IN THE DIGITAL AGE

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EORA: BROKEN SPEAR

CURATED BY RHODA ROBERTS

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PLAN YOUR VIVID SYDNEY EXPERIENCE

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Under the Harbour

You can ferry across it, marvel at its shimmering beauty and even swim in it, but how often do you dive into the emerald depths of Sydney Harbour? Using...

Price: Free

FKA twigs

Internationally acclaimed songwriter, director and dancer, FKA twigs will perform a one-night only show at Carriageworks for Vivid Sydney 2019. Drawing...

Location: Carriageworks Price: From: $110.00

New Horizons: Dying For Company

Almost half of single young men and women in Japan are virgins. Up to 70 per cent of millennials aren’t in a relationship but their desire to marry remains...

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Location: Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia Price: From: $30.00

BALLERINA

Along the harbour’s edge, the image of a ballerina shimmers as if on a dream. Ballerina conjures the desire of young artists to reach the infinite...

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Maggie Rogers

Rising American avant pop star Maggie Rogers brings her singular fusion of melodic folk and percussive beats to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, showcasing...

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Location: Sydney Opera House Price: From: $59.00

Mark Colvin Conversation: Net Worth

How true to you is your online self? We live in an age of digital distraction. We feel bereft without our phones and curate our lives on social media...

Location: Art Gallery of New South Wales Price: From: $30.00

Ideas

Game Changer Series: Spike Lee on Films, Politics and Race

How well do you know Spike Lee? You know his films. She’s Gotta Have It (1986 and the 2017 Netflix Original TV series), Do the Right Thing (1989) and...

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Location: Sydney Town Hall Price: From: $48.86

Game Changer Series: Esther Perel on Modern Love and the Digital Age

Relationships are going through a complex cultural shift. Expectations on intimate partnerships are at an all-time high, while our tools for connection...

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Location: City Recital Hall Price: From: $45.00

New Horizons: Dying For Company

Almost half of single young men and women in Japan are virgins. Up to 70 per cent of millennials aren’t in a relationship but their desire to marry remains...

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Location: Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia Price: From: $30.00

New Horizons: The Future of Sex

Bryony Cole knows how to create a buzz. As the world’s leading authority on sextech, she is fascinated by the way technology penetrates every corner...

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Location: Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia Price: From: $30.00

New Horizons: The Darkest Web

When it comes to the online realm, there’s the world wide web – the internet we all know. Then there’s the dark web – the parallel internet accessed...

The Darkest Web - New Horizons - Vivid Ideas 2019

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Location: Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia Price: From: $30.00

Semi-Permanent

Semi-Permanent is a unique event experience that enables creative leaders from across the globe to share their values and lessons on design inspiration...

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Light

Argyle Cut by Pixar Animation Studios

Pixar Animation Studios is an Acadamy Award® winning studio that has changed the world of animation forever, reinventing expectations and expanding possibilities...

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Let It Snow

Have you ever seen it snow in Sydney? This super-scale immersive and responsive installation makes it seems like giant snowflakes have landed at Hickson...

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Let Me Down

In her emotionally charged Vivid Light debut, Sydney-based artist Claudia Nicholson has created a romantic homage to her birth country of Colombia. Nicholson...

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Goo!

Remember Slime? That gloopy, squishy, stretchy, fluorescent green goo that had kids crazed in the 70s and 80s. It’s back. And it has oozed out of those...