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When Art Meets Music – 14 Stand-Out Album Covers Featuring Australian Art

Creative People

by Elle Murrell

Ken Done in his home studio. Photo – Nikki To for The Design Files.

‘Painters and musicians have long been friends and collaborators with varying degrees of success, but in my experience, there is tremendous mutual respect and almost an awe of each other’s craft,’ tells artist Luke Scibberas. Austinmer-based band Shining Bird enlisted the Hill End-based artist in creating the cover of their 2016 release, Black Opal. Luke first became acquainted with the members of this experimental pop band by reputation (‘their excellent work’) and then by social media.

In another collaboration, Collingwood-based artist Stephen Baker created artwork for The Smith Street Band‘s fourth album, More Scared of You than You Are of Me, which was a first for the band and ‘extra special’ for Stephen. ‘Having known the members for some time, I definitely had an intimate connection to the artwork and their personalities,’ Stephen explains. A portrait of the singer, Wil Wagner, was decided on unanimously for the album cover. Additional new art, all in Stephen’s artistic style and a specific colour palette, was used across a range of merchandise for the release, from covers to posters, T-shirts and even 50 hand-painted guitar pedals!

From the other perspective, Alexander Gow, frontman of Melbourne-based indie rockers Oh Mercy approached Ken Done by email seeking something ‘vibrant and bold’ for their sophomore album back in 2011. ‘I was also very aware of his place within the Australian psyche. Knowing the title was going to be Great Barrier Grief, I knew it’d be a perfect match,’ Alexander explains. He visited Ken’s gallery at The Rocks. ‘I met his family, and we just had a chat about art and music. It was enough to make him say, “Yeah, I’ll do it.”’

When creative forms like music and fine art coming together, there is an opportunity for mutual growth and the reaching of new audiences. While mass distribution may at first seem at odds with an exhibiting painter’s priorities, both Luke and Stephen found their collaborations to be incredibly enriching.

‘I think it’s a great thing if you trust the musical artist you’re working with, and the result is in keeping with your ideals and aesthetics. Being inspired by someone else’s work is also exciting, having the trust of a musician’s opus to render or capture visually is an amazing experience!’ praises Stephen.

‘One can’t fathom just how the others wrest their respective works. I’ve worked with and maintained friendships with pop musicians, classical and contemporary composers and music is a constant in my studio, adding a lyrical inflexion to my visual story,’ adds Luke. ‘May it ever be so.’

We take you through some stand-out collaborations below. *With more than 11,377,191 albums released at the time of writing, we’ve no doubt missed some of your favourites – please pop them in the comments!

Crayon works by Ken Done. Photo – Eve Wilson. Ken Done‘s artwork on the cover of ‘Great Barrier Grief’ by Oh Mercy.

KEN DONE – ‘Great Barrier Grief’ by Oh Mercy

Paul Kelly reviewed this 2011 album as like ‘sailing on a beautiful boat on a calm blue sea under a cloudless sky. Only there’s a shadow moving under the water. Something dark and hidden ready to strip the flesh from your bones before they wash to the shore’. So, we can see how it was this ocean-pun-inspired release that got the attention of the renowned, water-loving artist.

Jonathan Zawada – ‘Skin’ by Flume.

Jonathan Zawada – ‘Hi Viz’ by The Presets.

JONATHAN ZAWADA – ‘Skin’ by Flume and ‘Hi Viz’ by The Presets

The Perth-born, LA-based artist is fascinated with ‘the intersection and blend between the artificial and the natural’. With early roots in web design, Jonathan has expanded to into commercial graphic design, illustration and art direction and more recently object and furniture design, sculpture, video, installation and painting. He has taken out two Australian Record Industry Awards (ARIAS) for album artwork (Flume’s 2016 release (pictured above) and Apocalypso by long-time collaborators The Presets in 2008) as well as presented solo exhibitions and installations in contemporary galleries around the world.

‘I worked across the full breadth of Flume’s Grammy-winning Skin album life cycle,’ explains Jonathan of his album and single artwork, merchandise, promotional videos, creative direction of the live show, and even an exhibition of audio/video works and printed silks presented in LA and Sydney. ‘The work aimed to explore ways of making the digital become organic and find tension points between comfort and discomfort,’ he adds.

(left to right) Dane Lovett and Dave Snow – ‘Black Fingernails, Red Wine’ by Eskimo Joe. Graeme Base – ‘Steal the Light’ by The Cat Empire. Jack Vanzet – ‘Bloom’ by Rufus.

DANE LOVETT + DAVE SNOW – ‘Black Fingernails, Red Wine’ by Eskimo Joe

Melbourne-based artist Dane Lovett (who opens a new exhibition next week) teamed up with Dave Snow on the 2006 release by the Fremantle-formed alternative rock band. The artwork, stylised portraits of the three-piece, was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Cover Art (and took out the Single of the Year for its titular track).

GRAEME BASE – ‘Steal the Light’ by The Cat Empire

You may recognise the style of this cover from your childhood, more specifically the book Animalia, illustrated by legendary author and artist Graeme Base. The Melbourne-based creative worked with the alternative rock band on their sixth studio album, which features his signature, magical animal art.

‘At college, I had always wanted to be the guy who did the record covers,’ reflected Graeme when he spoke to The Garret Podcast. Though he missed out on a job at a major record label, we’re glad he got a chance in 2013 to collaborate with what couldn’t have been a more fitting group!

JACK VANZET – ‘Bloom’ by Rufus Du Sol

The creative director and multi-disciplinary artist has created everything from music festival branding to identities for tech companies and restaurants. then there is, of course, the record cover art, including the 2016 chart-topping album from alternative dance RÜFÜS DU SOL, which was nominated for an ARIA for Best Album Artwork.

Jack is also a recording artist himself and boasts further artistic collaborations with the likes of Childish Gambino, The Australian Ballet, Vance Joy, Chet Faker to name a few.

Stephen at work in his studio. Photo – Sam Wong for The Design Files. Stephen Baker – ‘Birthdays’ by Smith Street Band.

Stephen at work in his studio. Photo – Sam Wong for The Design Files. Stephen Baker – ‘More Scared Of You’ by Smith Street Band.

STEPHEN BAKER – ‘More Scared of You than You Are of Me’ by The Smith Street Band

The Collingwood-based creatives and friends worked together on the 2017 rock release, which expanded to single covers and a host of merchandise.

‘The cover art had to reflect the honesty of the lyrics that had been written by Wil Wagner, the lead singer of the group,’ explains Stephen of the album collaboration.

Right sections of Brett Whiteley‘s artwork Alchemy, 1972-1973.

Brett Whiteley – ‘Alchemy’ by Dire Straits.

BRETT WHITELEY – ‘Alchemy’ by Dire Straits

The British rock band released live album Alchemy in 1983, featuring an adapted section from an original painting, also entitled Alchemy, by artist Brett Whiteley.

The epic oil-and-mixed-media painting was created between 1972 and 1973 and spans across 18 wood panels (203cm x 1615cm). Regarded to be a self-portrait, it is currently in the collection of the Art Gallery of NSW and you can read an insightful essay about it here.

The cover of the Dire Straits album includes the far-right section of the artwork, with the addition of a guitar with lips held by a hand.

Luke Sciberras studio. Photo – Robyn Lea. Luke Sciberras – ‘Black Opal’ by Shining Bird.

LUKE SCIBERRAS – ‘Black Opal’ by Shining Bird

The Austinmer-based experimental pop band selected Luke Sciberras’ artwork, Buffalo Country for their 2016 release.

This painting came about after ‘a wild night spent on the edge of the Katherine River in the Northern Territory, full of rumblings and myths of buffaloes and crocodiles but also stars and poetic gloaming,’ Luke tells. He believes it was a perfect match; ‘It’s dark and earthy but has a warmth that I think suits the album nicely’.

Tin & Ed – ‘Built on Glass’ by Chet Faker.

Julian Hocking – ‘Television’ by City Calm Down.

TIN & ED – ‘Built on Glass’ by Chet Faker

Melbourne-based creatives produced photography, art direction and design for Chet Faker’s debut LP.

‘Through a series of still lifes, the artwork talks about the impermanence of objects, memories and relationships. We’ve used objects that are millions of years old and others that are man-made and very new to create an expanded sense of time and history. The series also explores a number of themes from the album, one of which is strength and fragility and how these two things can co-exist,’ they explain of the collaboration, which saw them awarded the 2014 ARIA Award for Best Cover Art.

JULIAN HOCKING – ‘Television’ by City Calm Down

The Melbourne four-piece will release their third album next month, and have enlisted Melbourne-based artist to create art for its cover. Julian is known for his richly conceptual exhibitions of mixed-media abstract and figurative works.

Karen Lynch – Civil Dusk by Bernard Fanning.

James Drinkwater – ‘Paint’ by Holy Holy.

KAREN LYNCH – Civil Dusk by Bernard Fanning

An analogue collage artist who uses paper, scissors and glue to reinvent vintage imagery into surreal retro-futuristic landscapes, Karen worked with Bernard Fanning on his 2016 solo release.

The album’s name is drawn from a photography term, civil twilight, ‘[talking] about the light in the sky when the sun has gone below the horizon, but you can still make out all the objects’ and is a direct reference to the core theme of decisions and their lasting consequences.

Bernard’s wife came across Karen’s work on Instagram and he found her style to fit ‘perfectly with the lyrical themes’.

JAMES DRINKWATER – ‘Paint’ by Holy Holy

The Newcastle-based painter’s work spans painting, sculpture, assemblage and collage. He teamed up with Melbourne-based duo for their sophomore record album, and they made a film about their artistic collaborations.

‘James’ paintings are richly patterned like an intriguing carpet – the shapes varied and inventive, the colour subtle with strong contrasts of light and dark and warm sonorous passages. As James says, they are about memory and intimacy and one’s eye can wander through the paintings imagining a multiplicity of images in this richly layered world,’ describes his contemporary, artist Elisabeth Cummings.

Reg Mombassa – ‘Garage’ by Mental As Anything.

Reg Mombassa – ‘Foggy Highway’ by Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys.

REG MOMBASSA – ‘Garàge‘ by Mental As Anything + ‘Foggy Highway’ by Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys

Before he co-founded new wave/pop-rock band Mental As Anything, Chris O’Doherty studied art, and exhibited his own paintings in a now-iconic signature style.

Though he is widely known for his work with Mambo and Greenpeace, the Sydney-based artist has also created several covers for his own band, as well as other notable musicians including Paul Kelly (2005).

Chris draws inspiration from ‘the wind, semi-professional birthday clowns, heavy machinery and the behaviour of domestic animals’.

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thenextrush · 6 years ago

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The world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, Vivid Sydney returns in 2018 with a spectacular new precinct at Luna Park, the return of much-loved Customs House, and a fantastical blend of everyday objects and Australian-inspired motifs on the sails of the Sydney Opera House. Vivid Sydney 2018 – Lighting of the Sails by Jonathan Zawada

Minister for Tourism and Major Events, Adam Marshall said, “Vivid Sydney has delighted and inspired people from around Australia and the world. With the Festival now in its 10th year, visitors and locals alike can once again expect to be mesmerised by the Vivid Sydney program, with larger installations and a gripping Music and Ideas offering, so I encourage visitors to start planning their trip early to get the most out of this year’s exciting line-up.

“Over 23 nights from Friday 25 May to Saturday 16 June, Vivid Sydney will paint the Harbour City in the colour and spectacle of Vivid Light, take over Sydney stages with Vivid Music’s electric performances and collaborations, and provide a global forum for thought-provoking debate and creative discussion at Vivid Ideas.”

Vivid Sydney is owned, managed and produced by the NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency Destination NSW and in 2017, attracted a record-breaking 2.33 million attendees to Vivid Sydney, delivering an incredible $143 million of visitor expenditure into the NSW economy.

VIVID LIGHT For the first time, Vivid Sydney’s dazzling Light Walk extends to new precinct Luna Park Sydney, where the iconic amusement park comes alive with large-scale projection on the facade of Coney Island. The show celebrates the history, magic, creativity, engineering, fantasy and imagination that have come together to create millions of memories on this unique and special site.This year also marks the first time Luna Park’s iconic Ferris Wheel will be lit for the festival following an LED refit, which has included a massive boost in the number of lights adorning the wheel. Vivid Sydney 2018 Vivid Sydney’s bright lights will illuminate the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney again in 2018, where visitors will follow a pathway that weaves through an exciting nocturnal environment inspired by nature. Here, Parrot Party inspired by the New Zealand Kea Parrot and the Australian Rainbow Lorikeet, comes alive as people gather, breaking into song and radiating colourful light. Aqueous will dazzle with its interactive landscape of meandering pathways of light, which will flow and glow in full illuminated interactivity, engaging visitors in collaborative play. The Bloom, a giant electric, metallic flower with petals adorned with mirrors that refract and reflect light, puts you in the centre of the flower capturing the perfect photo moment, and He’e nalu gives the joyous sensation of surfing a wave.

In celebration of their 100 year anniversary, May Gibbs’ iconic and immortal characters, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and their stalwart companions come to life on the faade of Customs House, as they journey through the Australian Bush and encounter the weird, the wonderful, and things quite unknown altogether. This whimsical piece will be narrated by renowned Australian film and television actress Noni Hazlehurst AM, Patron of the Australian Children’s Laureate, and beloved by Play School devotees far and wide.

All eyes turn to the World-Heritage listed Sydney Opera House at the centre of the Vivid Light Walk for Lighting of the Sails, created in 2018 by award-winning Australian artist Jonathan Zawada. Visitors will be captivated by Metamathemagical, a bold and dynamic display of morphing digital sculptures inspired by recognisable Australian motifs across science, nature and culture.

Vivid Sydney 2018 Preview. Luna Park. 23rd May 2018. Photograph Dallas Kilponen

Sydney’s iconic buildings will once again be transformed, including the facade of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) with Virtual Vibration, a highly-collaborative creative work produced in conjunction with MCA Collection artist Jonny Niesche and composer Mark Pritchard. Interactive lighting display Skylark will let visitors put their own colourful mark on the city, stretching from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the skyscrapers of Circular Quay to the reaches of Sydney Harbour.

Network Ten and MasterChef Australia will bring a magical experience to the facade of the ASN Co. Building in The Rocks, in celebration of both Masterchef and Vivid Sydney’s 10th Birthday with Mystery Gateau. Mini construction-worker chefs will guide you on a journey of fun and wonderment, with the famous MasterChef clock ticking down to the final extraordinary surprise.

Popular precincts Taronga Zoo, Darling Harbour, Chatswood, Barangaroo and Kings Cross will return in 2018.

Festival favourites from last year are back along with a whole new mob of fierce, fantastic, quirky and endearing species for Taronga Zoo’s Lights for the Wild. Visitors will discover some new spectacular animal light sculptures, and learn how Taronga is working to help save 10 species from extinction over the next 10 years.

An art-meets-technology water fountain, light and laser experience takes Darling Harbour visitors into a dream-like dive under the ocean, while the iconic rooftop of the Australian National Maritime Museum will be projected with BBC Earth and Sir David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II, exploring the fascinating world beneath the waves.

A pop-up market inspired by the colourful neighbourhood street markets of Brazil, built from scaffold and recycled materials and lit by lasers will transform the Chatswood CBD. The Concourse will take visitors on an immersive, deep dive into space featuring NASA’s amazing imagery and 360-degree projection.

Barangaroo glows under layers of light and sound that evoke the surrounding waterways, with the precinct coming to life through the magnificent art of puppetry with a breathtaking, giant luminescent creature venturing along the waterfront in a theatrical display of sound and light.

Precinct contributor Coca-Cola returns to light up the streets of Sydney’s iconic Kings Cross and to support another KX program in 2018. The colourful strip along Darlinghurst Road will be transformed with a spectacular display of light and life. The famous Coca-Cola sign comes alive again in 2018 with an array of flair and a creative colour show. Other Vivid KX transformations include the historic Victorian Terrace; World Bar, which will unfurl a multi-story house party, and the renowned Kings Cross Hotel, which will host cutting-edge artists curated by legendary party-crews.

VIVID MUSIC

Vivid Music ups the ante in 2018 with an electric line-up, from noise to jazz, sonic experimentation to soul. Highlights include a one-night-only performance by Grammy award-winning rock-goddess St. Vincent, and the return of Curve Ball headlined by Alison Wonderland — a large-scale live music and art event created by the team behind Field Day, Harbourlife and Listen Out — both at Carriageworks.

The City Recital Hall returns to the program, tracking the extraordinary rise in jazz with the Innovators In Jazz series featuring the undisputed king, triple Grammy award-winner saxophonist Branford Marsalis.The world’s finest jazz vocalists including Kurt Elling and chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux, will line up alongside Orange is the New Black star Lea Delaria in her musical comedy, jazz interpretation show.

Vivid Music 2018: Curve Ball, Carriageworks, June 16, 2018. Photo by Anna Kucera

Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House hosts a stellar line-up of Australian exclusives as part of Vivid Sydney, including several Opera House debuts. Highlights this year include American dream-pop icons Mazzy Star, the godfather of West Coast rap Ice Cube, acclaimed 90s indie rock singer/songwriter Cat Power, Grammy award-winning artist Solange, and the long-awaited collaboration between iconic Australian artists Daniel Johns and Luke Steele.

Now in its 4th year as part of Vivid Sydney, Heaps Gay struts uptown to Sydney Town Hall for an unmissable experience, the inaugural Qween’s Ball. Other not-to-be missed events include Young Hearts Run Free and one of Australia’s most exciting breakthrough artists performing at the Enmore Theatre, Vera Blue.

Also returning to Vivid Music in 2018 is X|Celerate, a partnership between Vivid Sydney and the City of Sydney to enliven music venues across town. Showcasing grassroots and emerging local music talent, highlights will include Purple Sneakers 12th birthday at The Lansdowne, a fusion of food, wine and music at Cake Wines Cellar Door, and HAPPY and VISIONS at The Lady Hampshire.

Video – http://static.prnasia.com/…/video/20180320VIVIDSYDNEY1.mp4 Vivid Sydney 2018 – Lighting of the Sails by Jonathan Zawada

VIVID IDEAS

As architects of the future, it’s time to join the masterminds and creative catalysts at Vivid Ideas for inspiration. Vivid Ideas provides a forum to workshop, collaborate and cultivate fresh thinking to drive the creative agenda across tech, design, entertainment and culture. Vivid Ideas returns in 2018 with some of the world’s greatest minds as we explore the future-shaping scenarios that will define our lives.

Vivid Ideas 2018 showcases those who are leading the way in technology, creativity and science. Game Changers and Creative Catalysts this year include film-maker, marine explorer and conservationist James Cameron. In a Vivid Sydney exclusive, James will explore his passion for science and technology, and how it has influenced his work as a film director and environmentalist. James will be joined in conversation by Adam Spencer, while in Sydney to open the James Cameron – Challenging the Deep exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Australian global success story Dare Jennings — founder of Mambo Clothing, Phantom Records and Deus ex Machina — joins his good friend James Valentine to discuss creating cult brands that cut across age and lifestyles as well the joys of throwing out the rule book.

Futurist and game developer, Jane McGonigal can prove games have the power transform our real world lives. She and Artificial Intelligence expert Kriti Sharma join Vivid Ideas to explore the latest in AI, VR and gaming to ask what kind of society we can create with technology.

Visual strategist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and co-founder of the Museum of Awe, Dan Goods joins the Vivid Ideas Creative Catalysts line-up to explore how creativity and science interplay and why NASA has a virtual strategist.

The New Horizons series explores the mega-trends and micro-developments in technology and innovation, and shines a light on experts tackling the biggest issues with creativity in a bid to make our future brighter. Topics include Future Fashion, Algae is the New Black, Blockchain Decoded and Evolving Democracy.

Over three successive Wednesdays, Vivid Sydney will take over the Art Gallery of NSW to create an intimate portrait of our better selves. Our special guests dare to ask if we can improve dying, how we can find common ground when and where there’s conflict, and why we should nudge perceptions around female sexuality. These events will be accompanied by curated music from Goldheist, Air Land Sea and Haiku Hands.

The Vivid Ideas Exchange at the Museum of Contemporary Art returns, boasting a diverse line-up of talks presented by creative experts covering topics including the future of work, the ethics of humanising technology and how to become agents for change. Photo Credit: Destination NSW

Vivid Sydney Program Announced The world's largest festival of light, music and ideas, Vivid Sydney returns in 2018 with a spectacular new precinct at Luna Park, the return of much-loved Customs House, and a fantastical blend of everyday objects and Australian-inspired motifs on the sails of the Sydney Opera House.

#City of Sydney #Destination NSW #Vivid Sydney

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lindseymcdonaldseyelashes · 1 month ago

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Leverage + Mirrors

1x13 - “The Second David Job”

4x2 - “The 10 Li’l Grifters Job”

4x6 - “The Carnival Job”

4x18 “The Last Dam Job”

#leverage #christian kane #eliot spencer #nathan ford #timothy hutton #sophie devereaux #gina bellman #molly connell #lea zawada #maggie collins #kari matchett #the second david job #the 10 lil grifters job #the carnival job #the last dam job

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timchewkc · 7 years ago

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Artist impression of Virtual Vibration

Vivid Sydney – billed as the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, returns in 2018 with a new precinct at Luna Park, the return of much-loved Customs House, and a fantastical blend of everyday objects and Australian-inspired motifs on the sails of the Sydney Opera House. Vivid Sydney is owned, managed and produced by the NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency Destination NSW and is a major event on the region’s tourism calendar.

Here’s a look at what happened at Vivid Sydney 2017

https://vimeo.com/221557540

VIVID LIGHT

For the first time, Vivid Sydney’s dazzling Light Walk extends to new precinct Luna Park Sydney, where the iconic amusement park comes alive with large-scale projection on the façade of Coney Island. The show celebrates the history, magic, creativity, engineering, fantasy and imagination that have come together to create millions of memories on this unique and special site. This year also marks the first time Luna Park’s iconic Ferris Wheel will be lit for the festival following an LED refit, which has included a massive boost in the number of lights adorning the wheel.

Vivid Sydney’s bright lights will illuminate the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney again in 2018, where visitors will follow a pathway that weaves through an exciting nocturnal environment inspired by nature. Here, Parrot Party inspired by the New Zealand Kea Parrot and the Australian Rainbow Lorikeet, comes alive as people gather, breaking into song and radiating colourful light.

Aqueous will dazzle with its interactive landscape of meandering pathways of light, which will flow and glow in full illuminated interactivity, engaging visitors in collaborative play.

The Bloom, a giant electric, metallic flower with petals adorned with mirrors that refract and reflect light, puts you in the centre of the flower capturing the perfect photo moment

He’e nalu gives the joyous sensation of surfing a wave

In celebration of their 100 year anniversary, May Gibbs’ iconic and immortal characters, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and their stalwart companions come to life on the façade of Customs House, as they journey through the Australian Bush and encounter the weird, the wonderful, and things quite unknown altogether. This whimsical piece will be narrated by renowned Australian film and television actress Noni Hazlehurst AM, Patron of the Australian Children’s Laureate, and beloved by Play School devotees far and wide.

The Sydney Opera House will be the centrepiece of the Vivid Light Walk for Lighting of the Sails, created in 2018 by award-winning Australian artist Jonathan Zawada. Visitors will be captivated by Metamathemagical, a bold and dynamic display of morphing digital sculptures inspired by recognisable Australian motifs across science, nature and culture.

Sydney’s iconic buildings will once again be transformed, including the façade of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) with Virtual Vibration, a highly-collaborative creative work produced in conjunction with MCA Collection artist Jonny Niesche and composer Mark Pritchard. Interactive lighting display Skylark will let visitors put their own colourful mark on the city, stretching from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the skyscrapers of Circular Quay to the reaches of Sydney Harbour.

Network Ten and MasterChef Australia will bring a magical experience to the façade of the ASN Co. Building in The Rocks, in celebration of both Masterchef and Vivid Sydney’s 10th Birthday with Mystery Gâteau. Mini construction-worker chefs will guide visitors on a journey of fun and wonderment, with the famous MasterChef clock ticking down to the final extraordinary surprise.

Popular precincts Taronga Zoo, Darling Harbour, Chatswood, Barangaroo and Kings Cross will return in 2018.

VIVID MUSIC

Curve Ball

Vivid Music ups the ante in 2018 with an electric line-up, from noise to jazz, sonic experimentation to soul. Highlights include a one-night-only performance by Grammy award-winning rock-goddess St. Vincent, and the return of Curve Ball headlined by Alison Wonderland – a large-scale live music and art event created by the team behind Field Day, Harbourlife and Listen Out – both at Carriageworks.

The City Recital Hall returns to the program, tracking the extraordinary rise in jazz with the Innovators In Jazz series featuring the undisputed king, triple Grammy award-winner saxophonist Branford Marsalis. The world’s finest jazz vocalists including Kurt Elling and chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux, will line up alongside Orange is the New Black star Lea Delaria in her musical comedy, jazz interpretation show.

VIVID LIVE

Now in its 4th year as part of Vivid Sydney, Heaps Gay struts uptown to Sydney Town Hall for the inaugural Qween’s Ball. Other not-to-be missed events include Young Hearts Run Free and one of Australia’s most exciting breakthrough artists performing at the Enmore Theatre, Vera Blue.

VIVID IDEAS

Vivid Ideas provides a forum to workshop, collaborate and cultivate fresh thinking to drive the creative agenda across tech, design, entertainment and culture. Vivid Ideas returns in 2018 with some of the world’s greatest minds as we explore the future-shaping scenarios that will define our lives.

Australian global success story Dare Jennings – founder of Mambo Clothing, Phantom Records and Deus ex Machina – joins his good friend James Valentine to discuss creating cult brands that cut across age and lifestyles as well the joys of throwing out the rule book.

For more info, head over to http://www.vividsydney.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/vividsydney/

Vivid Sydney 2018 Festival Vivid Sydney - billed as the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, returns in 2018 with a new precinct at Luna Park, the return of much-loved Customs House, and a fantastical blend of everyday objects and Australian-inspired motifs on the sails of the Sydney Opera House.

#Aqueous #He’e nalu #Light Walk #The Bloom #Vivid Live Sydney #Vivid Music #Vivid Sydney 2018

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canadagraphs · 9 years ago

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The 2015 Best Of TV Awards Semi-Finals have officially begun.

Currently the Best Guest Star category is being voted on.

Here are the candidates still competing.

- Lucy Lawless "Agents Of SHIELD" - Michael Rowe "Arrow - J.R. Ramirez "Arrow" - Colin Donnell "Arrow" - Bex Taylor-Klaus "Arrow" - Celina Jade "Arrow" - Grant Gustin "Arrow" - Keegan Connor Tracy "Bates Motel" - Magda Apanowicz "Continuum" - Ian Tracey "Continuum" - William B. Davis "Continuum" - Will Wheaton "Dark Matter" - Alicia Witt "Elementary" - John Noble "Forever" - Christopher Heyerdahl "Gotham" - Gina Torres "Hannibal" - Zachary Quinto "Hannibal" - Julian Richings "Hannibal" - Lara Jean Chorostecki "Hannibal" - Rebecca Mader "Hawaii Five-0" - Robert Knepper "Hawaii Five-0" - Bex Taylor-Klaus "iZombie" - Robert Knepper "iZombie" - Steven Williams "iZombie" - Amanda Tapping "Killjoys" - Ksenia Solo "Lost Girl" - Ally Sheedy "Motive" - Stephen Lobo "Motive" - Ty Olsson "Motive" - Magda Apanowicz "Motive" - Ryan Robbins "Motive" - Terry Chen "Motive" - Meghan Ory "Once Upon A Time" - Sarah Bolger "Once Upon A Time" - Jamie Chung "Once Upon A Time" - Blair Brown "Person Of Interest" - Paige Turco "Person Of Interest" - Quinn Shepherd "Person Of Interest" - Katheryn Winnick "Person Of Interest" - Taraji P. Henson "Person Of Interest" - Enrico Colantoni "Person Of Interest" - Christa B. Allen "Revenge" - Emily Hampshire "Rookie Blue" - Travis Aaron Wade "Supernatural" - Jim Beaver "Supernatural" - Julian Richings "Supernatural" - Timothy Omundson "Supernatural" - Kathryn Love Newton "Supernatural" - Ty Olsson "Supernatural" - Aleks Paunovic "The 100" - Wil Wheaton "The Big Bang Theory" - Susan Blommaert "The Blacklist" - Clark Middleton "The Blacklist" - Emily Bett Rickards "The Flash" - Stephen Amell "The Flash" - Anthony Carrigan "The Flash" - Mark Hamill "The Flash" - Lea Zawada "The Librarians" - Emily Kinney "The Walking Dead" - Mark Harelik "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" - Dean Norris "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" - Kiernan Shipka "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"

The Best Of TV Awards semi-final rounds will last 2 to 5 days each. Also up right now are Best Recurring Actor, Actress & Animated Program..

Remember - this round is a ONE BALLOT PER PERSON voting round…. so once you vote, you should pass it on to your fan sites & other social media outlets to get your favorites through to the final round.

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