While I was in Sydney the Vivid festival was on...and still is but only for a few more days...Light is such an interesting medium to play with. It just seems joyful and gentle and exciting all at the same time.
I spent the evening down at Circular Quay, having dinner and walking around. There were huge crowds out strolling around, listening to the buskers, some were in a hurry - off back home, or off to shows, but most were out being part of the light. At the end of the evening, I took a few photos from the ferry as I was heading back to the hotel. I was staying on the North Shore to be reasonably close to the embroidery class and I love the inky dark of the harbour and the wonderful lights.
This is the Museum of Contemporary Art which is right next to Circular Quay.
Below is the normal vista of the skyscrapers at the back of Circular Quay, but looking all Carnivalesque with the purple and the pink.
The light shows on the Opera House were outstanding. Lots of optical illusions, like it crumpling up into a small paper ball, then like a sail flapping in the wind, or a huge bed sheet with people artistically dancing in bed. At this stage, it looks like a bit of modernist art. It was fantastic.
One thing to remember though..if you can't make it to Vivid, and you are a bit of lights addict, Luna Park looks like this every weekend night!
It was cold out on the deck of the ferry - quite cold for Sydney, cold enough that a Canberra girl commented on it!
I'll be back soon with a report from the stitching weekend that has some architectural content but not quite this structural!