Vivid 2016: Sydney Opera House 2
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The Vivid Festival is an annual festival in Sydney, Australia in which buildings such as the Opera House are illuminated.
This year six Aboriginal artists designed the artwork projected onto the Opera House's sails. Unless you film in video you do not get a real impression of what the projections look like in real time as they constantly change from one image to another. I have picked these four static images to give a feeling for the variety of the artwork.
The stylised human figures in two of the photos are of Wanjinas. In Aboriginal culture they are cosmological Beings represented in the rock art of the central and northern Kimberley region of Western Australia. Evidence suggests that Wanjina rock paintings were made at least as far back as 4000 years ago and continue to be made and renewed today.
Images of Wanjina Beings are usually characterised by halo-like headdresses and mouthless faces with large round eyes, fringed with eyelashes, set either side of an ovate nose. Most Wanjina images found as rock art are depicted without a mouth, although on some more recent works on bark, boards, or canvas the mouth and teeth are indicated. From: www.kimberleyfoundation.org.au/akerman
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Vivid 2016: Sydney Opera House 2
Please click on image to see large.
The Vivid Festival is an annual festival in Sydney, Australia in which buildings such as the Opera House are illuminated.
This year six Aboriginal artists designed the artwork projected onto the Opera House's sails. Unless you film in video you do not get a real impression of what the projections look like in real time as they constantly change from one image to another. I have picked these four static images to give a feeling for the variety of the artwork.
The stylised human figures in two of the photos are of Wanjinas. In Aboriginal culture they are cosmological Beings represented in the rock art of the central and northern Kimberley region of Western Australia. Evidence suggests that Wanjina rock paintings were made at least as far back as 4000 years ago and continue to be made and renewed today.
Images of Wanjina Beings are usually characterised by halo-like headdresses and mouthless faces with large round eyes, fringed with eyelashes, set either side of an ovate nose. Most Wanjina images found as rock art are depicted without a mouth, although on some more recent works on bark, boards, or canvas the mouth and teeth are indicated. From: www.kimberleyfoundation.org.au/akerman
Thanks for visiting. I am very grateful for the kind comments and faves which have been left.