The Sydney Opera House took center stage at the opening of the Vivid Sydney festival.
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The festival is in its fifth year and 2013 is the first time the Sydney Harbour Bridge has been lit up as part of the show. There is an interactive programming station that allows the public to control the lights on the bridge.
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The festival is anticipated to draw 550,000 people, organizers say.
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The festival has three parts: Vivid Light, Vivid Music and Vivid Ideas. Here, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia gets a new life as part of Vivid Light.
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Customs House is another iconic Sydney structure lit up for the festival.
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As well as guys in their 60s wearing jumpsuits, the Kraftwerk show came with 3-D effects.
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German techno pioneers Kraftwerk headline Vivid Music. They are one of around 25 music performances during the festival. It is music. Non-stop.
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Darling Harbour was part of Vivid Light for the first time, transforming the area into a spectacle of dancing water fountains.
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Projections onto the water fountains were masterminded by France's legendary Aquatique Show International.
"Vivid Sydney is now the Southern Hemisphere's largest festival of light, music and ideas," NSW Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner said.
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The 3-D-mapped light projections on the Opera House's sails were produced by Australian creative outfit, The Spinifex Group.
