LET there be light … and with the flick of a lever, Adelaide audiences were switched on to the illuminations at the heart of this year’s Fringe and Festival season.
More than 60 acts took to stages along North Tce on Friday night as tens of thousands of onlookers wove their way through street markets and partied to jump start the Fringe, which runs until March 16.
After an indigenous sunset ceremony on the lawns of the SA Museum, the usual Fringe float parade was replaced by a Parade of Light, featuring a kaleidoscope of evolving projections on the facades of the Institute Building, State Library, Elder Hall, Art Gallery, Mitchell Building and Bonython Hall.
Fringe performers Trygve Wakenshaw, Uuve Jansson, Laura New and Spencer Novich from Fun House, a new show by Strut Fret. Picture: Matt Turner1 of 18
Trygve Wakenshaw from Fun House, Hannie Helsden from Yummy, James Welsby from Yummy, Jess Mews from Fun House and Milena Strayczynski from Fun House with food at the Garden of Unearthly Delights. Picture: Matt Turner2 of 18
Drag Queen Jonny Woo, Le Gateau Chocolat from “A Night at the Musicals” and Hannie Helsden from “Yummy” at the Elder Hall light display. Picture: AAP / Keryn Stevens3 of 18
Cabaret performer Anya Anastasia outside the Queens Theatre that will be transformed into Fringe venue The Lab by Colin Griffin. Picture: Calum Robertson4 of 18
Basketballman, B Boy Sette and Peter Sore who will be performing at the Royal Croquet Club. Picture: Calum Robertson5 of 18
Circus show Elixir, performed by Head First Acrobats at the Octagon at Gluttony.6 of 18
Acrobatics show Unsuitable. Picture: Steve Ullathorne.7 of 18
Artist Lindy Lee in front of her sculpture “The Life of Stars” in Adelaide, Picture: Matt Loxton / AAP8 of 18
Illuminated buildings on North Terrace for the beginning of the Adelaide Fringe. Picture: Greg Barila9 of 18
Illuminated buildings on North Terrace for the beginning of the Adelaide Fringe. Picture: Greg Barila10 of 18
Illuminated buildings on North Terrace for the beginning of the Adelaide Fringe. Picture: Greg Barila11 of 18
Illuminated buildings on North Terrace for the beginning of the Adelaide Fringe. Picture: Greg Barila12 of 18
Illuminated buildings on North Terrace for the beginning of the Adelaide Fringe. Picture: Greg Barila13 of 18
Adelaide Fringe director and CEO Heather Croall gearing up for this year's festival.14 of 18
Latin dancers Emily Vasquez and Antonia De Salamanca with Aboriginal dancers Karno Martin and Tikana Telfer. Picture: Calum Robertson15 of 18
Rouge, a decadent blend of acrobatics, operatic cabaret and tongue-in-cheek burlesque. Cast members Isabel and Paul at Gluttony. Picture: AAP / Dean Martin16 of 18
Magician Michael Wilkop in ‘Abrakaboom, A Magical Show’ in Gluttony. Picture: AAP / Keryn Stevens17 of 18
Sue Tripoli and Paul Whatling in “My Awesome Grandparents “. Picture: AAP/Mark Brake18 of 18
Overhead, Swiss artist Dan Acher’s digital installation Borealis lit up the sky with a constantly changing recreation of the aurora phenomenon which can usually be seen only above polar regions.
Hula hoop artist Hannie Helsden from circus show Yummy and drag stars Le Gateau Chocolat and Jonny Woo from A Night at the Musicals, both in the nearby Garden of Unearthly Delights, were among the acts to check out Lumifonica, an interactive sound and light display on the front of Elder Hall.
The Adelaide Festival’s main visual event, the 2018 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, also unveiled its first work – artist Lindy Lee’s installation The Life of Stars – at the Art Gallery of SA, although the exhibition doesn’t officially open until March 3.
The 6m high, stainless steel, ovoid sculpture – which weighs a tonne and is supported by a 4 tonne base – is perforated with thousands of holes in overlapping, concentric circles and lit from within to resemble a map of the galaxy.
“Even in the daylight, it absorbs all the imagery of the world around it,’’ says Ms Lee, who was born in Brisbane of Chinese heritage and is now based in Sydney.
“All of my work comes from my Zen Buddhist practice.
“The cosmos is the length, depth and breadth of everything that has ever occurred — or will ever occur.
“This is a huge work, but strangely inclusive of everything.’’
It took two cranes from 11pm until 3.30am to lift The Life of Stars sculpture into place.
“It was fabulous … they had to pass it under this giant tree. It was a ballet, it was just beautiful to watch – the slow motion was majestic,’’ Ms Lee said.
To complement the sculpture, Ms Lee collaborated with Australian company The Electric Canvas to create projections for the Art Gallery’s facade.
“In the video projection there is a lot of reference to the elemental, like water and subatomic particles, that also can be like galaxies in themselves.’’
The Parade of Light projections will continue each night of the Fringe from 8.30pm until midnight.
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