Are you livid over Vivid?

[glend (Glen)]

I see the Sydney festival of lights (Vivid) is to be extended to three weeks this year from late May to 18 June. The usual light pollution will be compounded - and they call this art! A good time to visit your country dark site.

[leon]

I hear what your saying Glen, but i suppose each to their own, they, the people who like this festival of light stuff probably think we are dopy because we like it pitch black.

Leon

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

From what I remember, it really only affects the CBD...from where it's pointless doing anything light sensitive anyways

I've thoroughly enjoyed visiting in previous years though

[Wavytone]

Glen you're becoming a grumpy old man... you're at a pretty safe distance so I don't see why you would care anyway... LOL.

[glend (Glen)]

Yes it does not affect me directly, however it does reflect the cavalier attitude that officialdom, the so called 'arts community, and the state have towards light pollution. It represents another small step towards permanent whole of building external advertisement, which bathe building exteriors every night. Hong Kong, Tokyo, etc provide good examples of where this is heading. The problem is not one 'grumpy old man' but too few of them.

[DJT (David)]

...It is earth hour tonight..an event started in Sydney in 2007.


https://www.earthhour.org/about-us

Lights off between 8.30 and 9.30. Wonder how much of a difference that will make.

ps i enjoy vivid. Nice to see people coming into the city at night for events like this.

[andyc (Andy)]

This is possibly the grumpiest thing I've read on IIS! Vivid represents a miniscule fraction of light in central Sydney (have you seen how much light comes from the central 10km of Sydney?). Bit like adding a candle to a sunny day...

I'd be absolutely willing to bet the LP effect is completely un-noticeable with/without Vivid.

And the up-side is that Vivid is beautiful and a great chance to have public art that is fun, engaging and gets people enjoying the place.

[Rob_K]

Hey I'm with Glen, grumpy & proud of it! This could be thin edge of the wedge stuff. I live in a great dark sky location, also a very popular tourist destination. Two weekends in a row recently we had spotlights playing aimlessly in the sky as part of events held here. You can bet that more events will use them and that there'll be repeats next year.

Fighting light pollution like this is hard because there is something primal and satisfying in defeating darkness in grand statements like Vivid. Darkness was danger as we evolved and it also came to represent evil. Now we can just make it disappear with the flick of a switch, how good is that?

Cheers -

[xelasnave]

I think it should be banned and those involved locked up.
This obsession with having fun is dangerous.
Citizens should be fully occupied with work and if not working they should be studying to improve their work skills.And religion should be outlawed so folk can't use it as an excuse to avoid work on Sundays.
These lallygagers fun seekers must be culled from the economy.

[xelasnave]

And if the government introduced a sensible 8-00 pm curfew we would not have light solution.
In fact astronomy should be banned as it interferes with sleep and therefore detrimental to a good day of hard work.

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

Originally Posted by DJT

...It is earth hour tonight..an event started in Sydney in 2007.


https://www.earthhour.org/about-us

Lights off between 8.30 and 9.30. Wonder how much of a difference that will make.

ps i enjoy vivid. Nice to see people coming into the city at night for events like this.

Always strikes me as funny the way the same cities embrace both Earth Hour and White Night/Vivid.

I wonder if they see the irony.

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

On a serious note, I actually enjoyed vivd the first few times it was held. But in the last few years I feel it had really strayed away from its origins.

Last year was the worst I had seen it. Too many "artists" just plugging a lampshade into power and placing it in a garden setting and calling it art. And the colours of the buildings, like the opera house, were dull and lifeless. Nothing "vivid" except customs house.

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by glend

I see the Sydney festival of lights (Vivid) is to be extended to three weeks this year from late May to 18 June. The usual light pollution will be compounded - and they call this art! A good time to visit your country dark site.

Yep, get the same crap from the Mona Phony in Hobart. In the dark of winter he sticks his light fallace in the sky, obviously trying to compensate for something, and wrecks darkness for a days on end. Thought this country was supposed to have some rules about light pollution.

[Wavytone]

Light pollution rules are a phallusy...

[DJT (David)]

Despite my support for Vivid I reserve the right for a very small rant.I poked my head out earlier this evening at a cloud ridden sky and noted the new sweeping search light being tested out for the event which starts this Friday, right across the path of the object I am currently imaging...actually pretty much right between SE and SW. HO Hum.

[drylander (Peter)]

Oh No earth hour was tonight???? bugga missed it again
Pete