Sydney Opera House presents LUMINOUS -
a festival of music, ideas, light and performance. Curated by Brian Eno, this inaugural year features a plethora of music acts, alongside public talks and spectacular light and art installations. Music highlights include Battles, Ladytron, Lee Perry, Jon Hassell, Reggie Watts, and Karl Hyde. LUMINOUS is part of Vivid Sydney, a Sydney wide mid-year festival.
Almost everyone has encountered the work of Brian Eno: as inventor of 'ambient' music; as record producer for U2, Coldplay and Talking Heads;
as acclaimed visual artist. He is an innovator, an architect of new ideas, a father to new ways of thinking. He is a living legend. Watch the video
above to find out more about his vision for LUMINOUS.
We've had 3 new acts join the line up. Brian Eno's key note address, David Eaglemen & Seu Kuti & Egypt 80. CLIENT EARTH are also now on sale.
PURE SCENIUS is the one-off, nothing-else-like-it, concert finale to LUMINOUS. Produced by Eno and featuring Leo Abrahams and Karl Hyde of Underworld fame. Sign Up for the LUMINOUS enews for the latest on the line-up, ticket prices and on sale date.
The full line-up and ticket prices will be finalised in May when Eno enters his Sydney Opera House residency. Stay tuned for updates and on sale date.
MORE ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED! The line-up doesn't end here. A load of local and other international acts will be announced in the coming weeks. Sign Up for enews and you'll be the first to hear when they go on sale.
LIGHTING THE SAILS In a major artwork by Eno, LUMINOUS launches with the lighting of the Sydney Opera House sails. Like a freeform painting, Utzon's masterpiece will glow with rich, continuously changing configurations of colour. Presented in association with Smart Light, the sails will remain lit for the three weeks of LUMINOUS.
Luminous is a festival infused with Brian Eno's personality, passion and personal involvement – ranging from light installations, and groundbreaking music to debates and workshops.
77 Million Paintings - 'Layers of gorgeous, intensely coloured abstract images appear morph and dissolve into one another, then fade away into something entirely new.'
I feel very honoured to have been invited to curate this festival. The brief I was given can loosely be read as 'you suggest it and we'll organise it' which is about as generous and trusting as one could ever dream.