Vivid

Recognize the opera house?
Vivid is a festival of light, music, and ideas that is held all over Sydney, but predominantly down by the harbor. It's a bit like seeing people you know gussied up in gowns and tuxes - not necessarily more attractive, but brighter, more, well, . . . vivid.

This is a bit of the many different images with different moods that are projected on the opera house. 

Here's the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia:

And here you can get another taste of the lights and music:

My favorite light show was on the Custom House. I took this from the Circular Quay train stations and love the combination of moving pedestrians and images:

Light sculptures--some of them interactive--were scattered around the city.

This light sculpture is made out of traffic cones.

The best thing about Vivid was how friendly and wonderful the crowds felt. Everyone was out simply enjoying the evening in a low-key way. And, of course, there were fireworks:

Here's a quick clip of some of my favorite, ordinary Sydney lights (That's a ferry and the bunny-ears looking bit in the back is Luna Park):