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Luminous - the world's largest interactive light display

Luminous stands as a groundbreaking interactive light installation in Sydney, featuring 557 solar-powered LEDs adorning a building facade overlooking Darling Quarter. Designed by Bruce Ramus, this pre-programmed spectacle is hailed as the world’s largest light display.

Lighting the path to change: Darling Quarter joins 16 Days of Activism​

From November 25 to December 10, every night at 6pm, Darling Quarter will light up Luminous in orange, to support the 16 days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign. In recent years, workplaces have played a cruical role in raising awareness about gendered violence and its far-reaching impacts. Darling Quarter proudly joins this effort by embracing orange – the campaign’s official colour, representing a brighter, violence-free future. 

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We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land which we work and, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.

SYMBIOSIS

The cool, clear air is punctuated by the vibrant yellow of the Acacia flower, blooming en masse. Clear, salty seas illuminate the abundant life in the coral reefs, while at altitude, snow gently dusts the land. The shorter days take on a new urgency, to forage and feed; fortifying for long, cold nights. These times are hard, but will eventually give way to a warmer dawn.

EXHALATION

The intensity of heat gives way to a calmer time, and a fresh harvest of fruits, berries and roots emerge. Butterflies and birds flit between flowers, simultaneously drinking the nectar and delivering the pollen which will, in time, reignite a new cycle of emergence. This peaceful time is illuminated by beautiful, golden sunsets, slowly retracting as the long, cool nights draw in.

SENESCENCE

The hottest part of the year brings with it extremes. Scorched land cracks open in desperation for the deluge of rain that storms will eventually, inevitably bring. These storms churn the rivers and creeks, igniting feeding frenzies among hungry fish. This is a harsh, unsettled time. Many won’t survive. But with endings, come new beginnings.

EMERGENCE

Cold winds make way for warming air, while gentle rains cleanse and replenish the land. The buds of the Waratah redden, and before long they bloom, heavy with nectar. This long-awaited nourishment gives way to a cacophony of life; new, flourishing; and old, reawakening. All emerging to celebrate this time of plenty.