German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk will be the headline act for the live program at Vivid Sydney 2013, the 18-day festival of light, music and ideas - subbed the biggest in the southern hemisphere.
Taking place in Sydney from 24 May to 10 June, the event has received unprecedented expressions of interest from lighting artists from across Australia and the world, and the Vivid Ideas program will feature more than 100 creative industry events including the SPARC International Lighting Event and the inaugural Australian International Design Festival (AIDF).
In 2012, Vivid delivered record crowds of over 500,000 people.
Destination NSW CEO, Sandra Chipchase, said that in 2012 rising audience numbers demonstrated the events appealed with Sydneysiders as well as interstate and international visitors alike.
“Vivid Sydney raises the creativity bar every year, and in 2013 we will see an expanded program across light, music and ideas to delight festivalgoers. Vivid Sydney provides a truly global canvas and audience for our artistic, creative and business communities. The evolving 2013 program will be our most exciting to date,” Chipchase said.
Vivid Sydney Creative Adviser, Ignatius Jones, said: “Vivid 2013 will see its largest expansion yet: in footprint, in technology and in sheer artistry. We will be presenting several massive installations that have simply never been seen in this country before, a much-expanded program of light art and a far greater proportion of international participation in our public-facing attractions. We will also continue to lead the world in sustainable, carbon-neutral programming—a principle which has always been a founding tenet of Vivid Sydney."
Kraftwerk will present their acclaimed retrospective series in eight performances at the Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid LIVE, fresh off the back of performances at the MoMA in New York and TATE Modern in London.
The performances by Kraftwerk, dubbed THE CATALOGUE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, will showcase nearly 40 years of musical and technical innovation, including new improvisations, 3D projections and animation. Commencing with Autobahn, each night covers one of Kraftwerk’s groundbreaking studio albums in full and appear in order of their release — Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Techno Pop (1986), The Mix (1991) and Tour de France (2003) — alongside additional compositions from their back-catalogue.
Visit www.vividsydney.com for more information on Vivid Sydney 2013, including SPARC International Lighting Event and the Australian International Design Festival.
Sydney Opera House expects demand for tickets will be high for Kraftwerk’s concerts and have put in place an online application process. To apply go to www.sydneyoperahouse.com/kraftwerk
