Sydney’s New Year’s Eve spectacular is regarded by many as the world’s best annual firework display.
While undoubtedly the city’s most famous light show, it’s far from the only weapon in Sydney’s armoury of awe-inspiring illuminations.
Vivid Sydney, an exhibition of lighting artistry now in its fifth year, is a serious rival of the pyrotechnic pageant in the spectacle stakes.
Making a canvas of the city’s harbour, the night show sees brightly coloured, kinetic, 3D-mapped artworks projected on to the city’s most iconic architecture.
The Sydney Opera House is a remarkable sight year-round. But its reimagining (for lack of a better term) in sharp, high definition images here is nothing short of breathtaking.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge interactive feature is perhaps the coolest aspect of this year’s event. The lighting installed all across the bridge’s western face is entirely programmable by the public. Using a touch screen positioned on the other side of the harbour, visitors can take total control of the display, dimming or brightening to their hearts’ content.
All images courtesy of Vivid Sydney
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