Harbour Bridge to Get Interactive Light Installation for Vivid Sydney

The Sydney Harbour Bridge will be the centrepiece of an interactive light installation for Vivid Sydney, bringing world-class lighting artistry to one of Australia's most internationally recognised landmarks.

Vivid Sydney event partner, Intel Australia has teamed up with Sydney-based lighting innovators 32 Hundred Lighting, to create an immersive projection onto the bridge's western face which will be controlled by the public from an interactive touch screen.

32 Hundred Lighting will design the installation including 100,800 individual programmable LEDs and a state-of-the-art custom-designed software program with an interactive touch screen interface.

NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Stoner, said, "It is a world-first that a structure of such international architectural significance will become the centrepiece of an interactive light projection. In only few short years Vivid Sydney, which is owned and managed by Destination NSW, the State's major events and tourism agency, has grown to be the largest festival of light, music and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere, and in 2013 we will raise the bar once again to showcase our city in its best light and promote Sydney's creative industries."

Intel Australia's Managing Director, Kate Burleigh, said, "Technology is the digital paintbrush that makes installations like this possible. We look forward to presenting one of the showstoppers of this year's event together with 32 Hundred Lighting and the thousands of 'artists' who will interact with the bridge every night."

Vivid Sydney Festival will take place 24 May - 10 June 2013.