Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed will curate Vivid LIVE, a two-week festival at Sydney Opera House celebrating the world’s best contemporary artists and cultural interpreters, from May 27 to June 11. The primary focus of the festival will be on exploration through improvisation and collaboration. “For me," says Anderson, "the point is to present a lot of things that you wouldn’t normally go to but gives people the chance to jump off their street."
Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed will curate Vivid LIVE, a two-week festival at Sydney Opera House celebrating the world’s best contemporary artists and cultural interpreters, from May 27 to June 11. It's all part of Vivid Sydney, the annual festival of music and ideas featuring the illumination of the Sydney Opera House sails. Vivid LIVE builds off of Brian Eno’s 2009 Luminous festival, which attracted more than 40,000 people.
“Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House symbolizes our values of imagination, creativity and inspiration," said Chief Executive Richard Evans. "We are committed to presenting the most acclaimed and engaging artists of our generation, so who better to take the helm of our festival than Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed."
The primary focus of the festival will be on exploration through improvisation and collaboration. Curating together for the first time, Anderson and Reed will draw on different worlds—from music and dance to film, theater and comedy—working with other artists without a strict script to ensure no two nights are the same.
“Some of the most fun festivals I’ve ever been at have that spirit of one night only,“ Anderson said. “For me the point is to present a lot of things that you wouldn’t normally go to but gives people the chance to jump off their street. It will be kind of like a big crazy menu, it will have the things we like in it but it will definitely be really eclectic.”
Reed added: “I like the idea that it’s bringing people to Sydney that they wouldn’t normally have a chance to see or hear. We are so pleased to have the chance to create and perform in a festival like this at Sydney Opera House and we hope that you will be as thrilled to take part in it as we are.”
Head to sydneyoperahouse.com/vividlive for the latest information on Vivid LIVE. Starting March 29, you'll find the festival program, regular news updates, information, music, and video.
For Laurie Anderson's upcoming performance schedule, including performances of her latest work, Delusion, in Europe beginning at the end of this month in Paris, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
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