Rise of the robot
Chippendale's former Carlton Brewery site is being redeveloped by Frasers Property and Sekisui House, and the old brewery wall comes in useful again for Vivid. The theme of 'X Factory' seems to touch on Silicon Valley entrepreneur Martin Ford's book which expounds that as technology improves fewer people will be needed to run it.
At front is 'Silent Disco' which allows about 150 people to don headsets. The red blue and green headphones have different tunes but silent it's not when the crowd break into chorus 'Mickey you're so fine you blow my mind...'. It's mostly locals and students, couldn't spot a tourist, and on the last day of Vivid it's not busy at all :).
Nearby is the terrific Spice Alley, and restaurants include Automata which is former Momofuku Seiōbo sous chef Clayton Wells' first restaurant, backed by Singaporean hotelier and restaurateur Loh Lik Peng. The menu features a set menu of five dishes for $88 with matching wines for $60 and the seating is mixed communal style, some tables and bar seating. The food is progressive Australian with Japanese influence (excellent umagi and wagyu beef dishes and saki list) and it's a bit like Fitzroy's Cutler & Co. for style.
Seems like a good time to drop in Kraftwerk who performed at a previous Vivid (what else but 'We are the robots'?): www.youtube.com/watch?v=okhQtoQFG5s
Toni Basil's Hey Mickey [www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aqLwHP4y6Q]
Rise of the robot
Chippendale's former Carlton Brewery site is being redeveloped by Frasers Property and Sekisui House, and the old brewery wall comes in useful again for Vivid. The theme of 'X Factory' seems to touch on Silicon Valley entrepreneur Martin Ford's book which expounds that as technology improves fewer people will be needed to run it.
At front is 'Silent Disco' which allows about 150 people to don headsets. The red blue and green headphones have different tunes but silent it's not when the crowd break into chorus 'Mickey you're so fine you blow my mind...'. It's mostly locals and students, couldn't spot a tourist, and on the last day of Vivid it's not busy at all :).
Nearby is the terrific Spice Alley, and restaurants include Automata which is former Momofuku Seiōbo sous chef Clayton Wells' first restaurant, backed by Singaporean hotelier and restaurateur Loh Lik Peng. The menu features a set menu of five dishes for $88 with matching wines for $60 and the seating is mixed communal style, some tables and bar seating. The food is progressive Australian with Japanese influence (excellent umagi and wagyu beef dishes and saki list) and it's a bit like Fitzroy's Cutler & Co. for style.
Seems like a good time to drop in Kraftwerk who performed at a previous Vivid (what else but 'We are the robots'?): www.youtube.com/watch?v=okhQtoQFG5s
Toni Basil's Hey Mickey [www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aqLwHP4y6Q]