Sir David Attenborough and Grace Jones at Sydney's Vivid Festival

BBC Earth’s Life Story installation
With Sir David Attenborough
The Argyle Cut
Vivid Sydney Festival
May 22 – June 8

The soothing sounds of Sir David Attenborough will be heard throughout the Argyle Cut in The Rocks, with the world-famous natural history filmmaker to narrate the BBC Earth’s Life Story installation, created by Spinifex, at this year’s Vivid Sydney the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas.

Sir David will take audiences through the extraordinary footage from BBC Earth’s visually stunning production Life Story and the mesmerising imagery of fractals, created in nature through the flow of energy; recognisable textures, colours and shapes intertwine to create one continual and seamless projection.

Destination NSW Chief Executive Officer Sandra Chipchase says, “BBC Earth’s Life Story will transform the Argyle Cut into a striking landscape, teeming with bird, marine, and animal life. These  amazing projections will now be accompanied by narration from Sir David Attenborough and this is set to be an engaging experience for visitors to Vivid Sydney.”

Shot over a four year period in ultra-HD, immersive cinematic techniques have been used to reveal animals in their worlds. The result is a series that contains some of the most stunning images of the natural world ever captured.

The Life Story installation captures this epic journey through the lens of time and discovery. Utilising the unique opportunity that Sydney’s Argyle Cut presents, these themes are explored through the creation of a spiralling vortex.

This year’s festival continues to expand and attract the world’s leading artists and creatives. There are 60 light installations, new precincts to explore, more ideas seminars and an expanded music programme.

At Darling Harbour, Sydney’s electronic music gurus The Presets, have created three bespoke dj sets that will provide soundtrack for the Vivid Laser-Fountain Water Theatre, a choreographed audio visual symphony featuring fountain jets and spirals, colour lighting, rainbow lasers and dancing flames. A spectacular fireworks show will also be presented at Darling Harbour.

As part of the music programme  internationally lauded artist, fashion icon and music superstar Grace Jones, will perform exclusively for Australian audiences during Modulations at Carriageworks.

She performs for two nights only on Sunday May 31 and Monday June 1 in her only Australian appearances and her first visit to Sydney since her sell-out shows in 2011.

Visit www.vividsydney.com.