Sydney, Dec 13 (Xinhua Finance) - The Meriton Festival Village returns to Hyde Park for Sydney Festival from 5–28 January 2018 comprising the Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, food and drink from the best in Sydney, plus the all new Village Sideshow, presented by China Southern Airlines.
Taking pride of place in the Village Sideshow is Ghost Train, a Sydney Festival commission and a virtual reality (VR) experience featuring cutting edge technology developed specially for the ride. Artists Jasmin Tarasin and Jonnine Standish have repurposed an original carnival ghost train into an existential VR voyage. The user wears a Samsung Gear VR headset and headphones, takes a seat in the Ghost Train, and rolls down a train track choosing their destiny along the way. The experience is soundtracked by the electronic producer Mika Vainio and Australian duo HTRK and is inspired by the experiences of asylum seekers trying to reach Australia by boat.
The world’s first Karaoke Carousel spices up Australia’s only double-decker merry-go-round with microphones and a playlist of the all-time greatest karaoke hits for Sydney’s party public. Australian artist Joseph O’Farrell (JOF) condenses a night of partying into ten minutes in his 10 Minute Dance Parties by JOF. For the experience one queues in front of a single shipping container and as bass vibrates through the walls, the doors fly open, haze and strobe lights shoot out and ten minutes of mad, sweaty shape-throwing ensue. Also, the private dance party in public, Glitterbox by zin is back for its second year. A song is chosen and the dancer enters a glowing, glitter-filled rave cube for the duration of the track.
Every January, Sydney Festival enlivens and transforms Sydney with a city-wide multi-art form cultural celebration. Sydney Festival 2018 takes place 5–28 January and sees Festival Director, Wesley Enoch in his second year with program of over 130 events and performances across theatre, dance, music, circus and art. Inclusive programming, a broad range of free events and accessible pricing policies for the ticketed shows means that Sydney Festival is open to all, welcoming both Sydneysiders and visitors from wherever they live.
Since its launch in 1977, Sydney Festival has presented international artists such as Björk, Brian Wilson, Grace Jones, Manu Chao, Elvis Costello, AR Rahman, Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Robert Lepage, The Flaming Lips, Peter Sellars, Sir Ian McKellen and David Byrne & St. Vincent alongside some of the world's great companies - Wayne McGregor's Random Dance, Cheek by Jowl, Gate Theatre and the Schaubühne Berlin to name only a few. Sydney Festival creates a meeting point for the best in national and international art, building a world class Festival in one of the world’s greatest cities. (by Mabel)
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