I visited Brain Eno’s Luminous at and around the Sydney Opera House yesterday and loved the experience. Spending an hour at 77 Million Paintings (in the Opera Studio) I found the proof of the pudding was in the eating: forms of rich and vibrant colour morphed subtly in a beautiful dark space, accompanied by a haunting, signature Eno ambient soundscape. Like playing with a child’s kaleidoscope, without the effort and with the quality turned up a hundred-fold. And meditative – after the hour I felt at home, I’d just run out of time. I’ll be going back today, and it will be different!
Luminous is part of the Vivid festival that currently happening, and it also includes Lighting the Sails, in which the sails of the Opera House are bathed with Eno’s light effects. The Telegraph (UK) has a great album of photos. And here are two photos I took last night:
This Sydney Time Out article has an interesting interview with Eno on Luminous and his interests in general (including the new Bloom application for the iPhone):
The overarching aesthetic [for Luminous] is “things I like or want to see”.
