Vivid Sydney Immersive Art, Light & Urban Design

Enjoy the journey at your own pace and craft an experience to suit you. Make it super playful and connect with your inner child or slow down and relax to soothing sounds and scintillating visuals from world class digital artists. Banksy Limitless is a large-scale exhibition of more than 250 works, including certified original pieces and immersive installations, showing at 155 George Street in The Rocks.
My partner really enjoyed it too and he hadn't thought much of it before going. Stay up to date with the best thing to do, breaking local news, hidden gems, and exclusive recommendations in your city. Get the best of Good Weekend delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. Linehan’s vision for the installation aligns with one that he holds more broadly for Carriageworks, which he hopes can become “more of a public space”. Scale, light and perspective, elements from which Hockney, who died in June aged 88, drew inspiration across his long-spanning career, will be at the forefront of the installation. 9d cinema “We had to sort of persuade him to look back at past work,” said Richard Slaney, chief executive of Lightroom, which has partnered with Carriageworks to showcase the installation for its Australian debut.

Bubble Planet is also available in Barcelona and will soon expand to cities across the US. Step into Bassins des Lumières, a WW2 submarine base transformed into the world’s largest digital art center in Bordeaux. Following the theme of the other “des Lumières” centers created by Culturespaces, this historic site has been revitalized with digital technology. It is an immersive art installation by the famous art collective teamLab. The newest permanent exhibit is in a continuous, boundary-free environment.
Produced by Immersive Theatre and Viral Ventures, the team who have brought Sydney experiences like Immersive Cinema, Karen’s Diner and The Wizard’s Den, this is their most pioneering undertaking yet. And with the backing of The Arts RISE Grants, they’ve pulled off something captivating. Sign up for our email to enjoy your city without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush). We saw a something similar on our family trip to Hong Kong not long ago, but it was a small exhibition. If you are looking for something unique to do with the kids in Sydney, and introduce them to some spectacular art, then ArVo is the perfect place to spend the morning or afternoon. Effortlessly book tickets for large groups — whether it's a group of friends, a corporate team-building event, or any special gathering.
The venue provides technology-driven educational workshops for students from local schools with a focus on STEAM subjects (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics). In early 2024, Wake The Tiger opened a whole new level of rooms and installations. The expansion adds 15 new spaces and 1,000 square metres to the experience, and takes visitors on a journey beyond Meridia, passing through The Void to the OUTERverse. As an integrated extension of the digital canvas, shifting light images flow through the ceiling, wall and water elements of the space, expanding the visual content beyond the canvas into the entire two-storey foyer.

"This is about giving people the chance to experience one of the great works of human genius in a way that feels intimate and alive," said Juliette Khoury, the Archdiocesan Project Lead. For centuries, to experience the full majesty of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes, one had to make the pilgrimage to Vatican City, crane their neck upwards, and peer at the distant ceiling alongside thousands of other visitors. This May, that paradigm shifts as one of the world's greatest artistic achievements is reborn in Sydney through a fusion of sacred art and cutting-edge technology. Sydney offers numerous free exhibitions for budget-conscious visitors, providing access to quality cultural experiences without the price tag. Sydney’s rich history comes alive through exhibitions that explore the city’s colonial past, convict heritage, and evolution into a modern metropolis. Created by the late Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi filmmaker and photographer Michael Riley, this 20-minute digital film tells the powerful story of Sydney’s First Nations people before and after colonization.
Inside the ballroom, a looped, thirty-five-minute projection was under way. Edith Piaf’s “Je Ne Regrette Rien” blared from overhead speakers as a yellow sun—cropped from “Sower with Setting Sun,” and given new life with animation software—swept from wall to wall. About twenty people relaxed on white benches placed in illuminated circles meant to encourage social distancing; two women sat on the ground, talking in hushed tones. I wondered whether the surging popularity of these exhibits might have to do with how they offered a predictable, roomy environment at a time when other indoor public spaces could feel claustrophobic and contagious. (Seeing original paintings, of course, at museums like MoMA and the Met, means standing in a crowd.) An enormous “Girl in White” scrolled past, soundtracked to a cello suite. Her face puckered and folded like a sock puppet’s as it slid across the molding.
Through ultra-high-resolution images from the Vatican Museums’ archives, visitors can explore details of Michelangelo’s work rarely visible to the naked eye -brushstrokes, expressions, colour and narrative – accompanied by curated audio and storytelling. Floating World is made of three separate sequences — 'Sub-Aqua', 'Soup' and 'Agora' — on a loop. Across a 15 minute run time, you'll see DJs, digital visual artists, musicians and videographers share their visions of an imaginary world through of an ever-changing sonic painting inspired by sound. This one has to be experienced in the flesh to be properly understood. Offering a different kind of immersive experience is the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium.

Audiences are encouraged to get their flapper on with Gatsby-inspired costumes, but word to the wise – wear comfortable shoes. If you’re inclined to wear a pedometer of some kind, you may also get a kick out of counting how many steps you clock up as you traipse up and down stairs on this expedition. The former home of one of Kings Cross’s most popular bars is your conduit to be transported back to the roaring ’20s for this original immersive theatrical experience. Be beckoned into a sparkling world of jazz, extravagance, romance, betrayal and booze at this two-hour and 20-minute experience inspired by F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel. The idea behind the 11,000-square-foot Paradox Museum is quite simply to mess with your head. The 70 interactive exhibits challenge your perception by distorting or redirecting what you’re seeing, from the dining room table where it appears like you’re sharing a meal with clones of yourself, to the room that’s literally upside-down.
Add glowing UV paint or swap the mess for sparkle in our beading and jewellery-making classes, and you've got a creative experience that’s as entertaining as it is relaxing. No pressure, no skills needed—just colour, laughs, and something beautiful to take home. When did escape rooms start, and how did these pulse-pounding adventures spread?

When the weather’s not looking too peachy – or even when it is – Sydney’s best art galleries and top museums are some of our favourite places to be. Home to treasures that are sure to delight, surprise and make you think – often all at the same time – as well as thrilling exhibitions, there are plenty of things to marvel at. The artist holds an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design and has worked as an Experiential Production Designer at Future Colossal, an acclaimed innovation lab specializing in interactive spaces. Committed to making skills and knowledge accessible, she is also an enthusiastic educator, teaching design courses and leading technical workshops at the New School. The themed spaces offer a 360° immersive tunnel, a bright 5D starry sky, and the feeling of roaming freely in the universe.
After having their face mapped by a webcam, visitors can then see themselves projected in real-time onto a 5-foot tall sculpture of a head. Part visual splendor, part olfactory wonder and part ooey-gooey sensory fun, Sloomoo Institute’s slime museum offers a captivating playground for all ages. The exhibition spans seven themed stages inside HERO, the new immersive space from MATTE Projects, and reimagines art as a fully physical, synesthetic experience. It contains interactive art, installation rooms, and portals to other worlds from artists such as Brian Eno, Amon Tobin, Shrine, Beach House and Android Jones. "Our team of designers and craftsmen have pushed the boundaries of environmental storytelling to create an interactive experience unlike anything else in the Midwest," said Tucker Trotter, CEO of Dimensional Innovations.