Visit the Vivid Sydney Hub at Customs House

Visit the Vivid Sydney Hub at Customs House where you can find information about all festival events and experience a range of Smart Light Sydney talks and light installations. You can also purchase merchandise, download Smart Light Bluetooth information and pick up some great voucher deals for local restaurants, bars, hotels and attractions.

MERCHANDISE

The dedicated Vivid Sydney marquee on Customs House Square will provide information and include merchandise for sale. You can purchase Vivid Sydney t-shirts, hoodies, caps, beanies and scarves in a range of different designs and styles.

Some of the featured attractions at Customs House include:

Lumenocity

An abstracted energy consumption map of the Sydney CBD. The colour of the lanterns making up the miniature city correlate to the amount of energy consumed and light pollution emitted by each city block.



Designed by Sean Bryen, Sascha Crocker and Andrew Daly
Located: Customs House Square

Doves that Cry

A site-specific installation using the ephemeral qualities of light and sound, bringing into focus the ‘drawing room’ space of reflection. Blackness and literal reflection are the threshold between two places, between here and infinity. The gloss black piano is mounted on a gloss black stage.



Created by Mary-Anne Kyriakou and Joe Snell
Located: Red Room

Green Void

An artificial LED-lit organic sculpture inspired by nature. Similar to a plant that grows in a natural environment, or an amphibic creature evolving, it is a reminder of the relationship between architecture and nature.



By LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture) Chris Bosse, Mattias Walliser, Alexander Rieck
Located: The Atrium

Smart Light Fields

See live mapping of the movement of festival goers across Circular Quay on display at Customs House and at www.anarchi.org. Eight nodes along the path are tracking Bluetooth signals, and feeding the entire festival activity into a central graphical visualisation of minute-by-minute fluctuations. By enabling their mobile Bluetooth device, visitors can arrive at Customs House and view their travel meanderings amongst the animated flocking of other festival fanatics.



By Joanne Jakovich and Jason McDermott of Anarchi.Org in collaboration with Metropolis Connecting Cities

The Vivid Sydney Hub at Customs House will also host various Smart Light Symposisa events, exploring the future of lighting design and innovation. Find out more.

Customs House

Customs House is a gateway to information, ideas and inspiration in the heart of the city. Relax, meet up, access information, eat and drink, visit exhibitions and be inspired by this vibrant free and accessible public space. Home to the Customs House Library, the City of Sydney's premier general lending library, Customs House is a unique experience for both private contemplation and social interaction.

Customs House is located: 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay.

For more information visit cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/customshouse

Vivid Sydney is developed by Events NSW in partnership with the City of Sydney.