Tropicana Magazine May-Jun 2019 #124 : Celebration of Success
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THE VACATION<br />
Electrifying<br />
Escapes<br />
Vivid Sydney<br />
Transforming Sydney into a technological wonderland, light art<br />
sculptures, innovative light installations and grand-scale projections<br />
represent the point where art, technology and commerce intersect.<br />
Nostalgia Above<br />
Firefly Field<br />
The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney is host to the Firefly Field<br />
which consists <strong>of</strong> 500 flying light points that simulate an aerial<br />
ballet <strong>of</strong> the tiny nocturnal winged creatures. Driven by their<br />
fascination with the aesthetics and movement <strong>of</strong> these creatures,<br />
Dutch artists Toer created a minimalist arrangement consisting<br />
<strong>of</strong> LED light points housed in transparent capsules. These are<br />
supported on superfine, barely visible steel rods that flex and<br />
spring with the weight <strong>of</strong> the pod, giving each simulated firefly<br />
its unpredictable and natural movement.<br />
Tapping into fond childhood memories <strong>of</strong> daydreaming while<br />
cloud-watching, Nostalgia Above connects the romance <strong>of</strong> nature<br />
with data-driven climate technology using clouds as its medium.<br />
A collaboration between Capto Collaborative, the youngest team<br />
<strong>of</strong> artists in Vivid Light and Beyond Blue, it uses programmable<br />
LED bulbs diffused through clusters <strong>of</strong> translucent polycarbonate<br />
spheres and projections <strong>of</strong> environmental imagery to create the<br />
illusion <strong>of</strong> rolling cloudscapes as someone walks beneath it.<br />
Images by Mango PR<br />
TM | MAY/JUNE <strong>2019</strong><br />
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