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| Opera singing red carpet walking costumed light live performance |
What is "Beams"? It is an annual arts festival located around the Central Park Chippendale precinct which is similar to "VIVID" yet on a smaller scale.
I went to this event last year (refer to my other blog Dulcinea.yee.simplesite.com)
This year the highlights were more of a combination of music and visual arts for example live bands accompanied by wall projections and/or light show (refer youtube video uploaded), a lady singing opera whilst walking down a strip of red carpet wearing a beautifully made dress with metallic bits (apologies for being unable to describe what she was wearing - refer youtube video uploaded), the one man electronic band syncronising projections of computer generated graphics/artwork and the silent cinema.
Then there were the food stalls, trucks , pop up bars/gardens and regular features such as paint your own artwork, live graffiti artists, the projections on walls of buildings in laneways, light displays and the long table - amazing what a few Ikea lights and a few box graters can do to create some table centre pieces to make the long tables "pop" and of course the silent disco was back.
I
rate this event
9/10. (Refer to my youtube videos now uploaded)
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| Main set of stairs leading from Central Park to Central Park Living Mall - shopping and dining as well as AMBUSH Gallery on top floor. |
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| silent disco |
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| silent cinema |
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| Paint It Yourself Artwork |
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| Neon Life Drawing Workshop |
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| one of the" Long Tables " |
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| Light show accompanying live music |
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| Graffiti Art |
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| One of the pop up bars/gardens |
Off Kensington Street (which is actually a lane itself) there is an older
hidden lane which has been converted to form Spice Alley. Words cannot describe what you will find compacted in this alley. Lots of lanterns, tables and chairs and wall to wall restraurants, cafes and other eateries along the entire lane way. Think the famous Hawkers Lane on the lower ground floor at Chatswood Westfield except all outdoors.
I did not actually eat there as every table and chair was taken and every cafe eatery and restaurant that Saturday night was full. I just soaked up the atmosphere by reading the menus of food and drink and taking quite a few photos (attached). I would like to revisit Spice Alley another day to sit down and eat when it is not so busy.
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