Sydney's answer to Northern Lights

[Xaragmata]

See Sydney in a whole new light as spectacular designs are projected on landmarks

http://www.news.com.au/travel/gallery/0 ... 53,00.html

[peachy]

Looks good, nearly as good as the original Adelaide Northern Light

Sydney copying Adelaide, how the times are a changing and a good talking point to mention next time a Sydneysider talks down our town.

What's the reaction like over there? Just another drop in the ocean of things in Syd or are they raving without realising they are getting Adel hand-me-down ideas?

[Queen Anne]

I think that the Northern Lights were brought to us by Electric Canvas, which is a Sydney based production company. If I'm right about that, I guess we can say thank you to Sydney for Electric Canvas, and in turn we can be proud that Adelaide was the city to first showcase their awesome work in a big way.

Adelaide has a great nose for getting in on the ground level of these things. It all reminds me of Red Square - I seem to remember that it travelled to other states too. It's good to see that the Festival State is willing to be a nurturing ground for new ideas.

EDIT - I just did a little research on Electric Canvas. They've been around since 1997 and have done quite a lot of big stadium work. They did something for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, apparently. It's interesting to me that I'd not heard of them before Northern Lights - I guess it just shows what an impressive, innovative show it truly was. Or maybe it just shows that I get around with my head in the sand Anyway, I still think Adelaide can be proud of getting behind Northern Lights, it was clearly ambitious.