Adelaide Festival of Arts Northern Lights

During the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts (29 February - 16 March 2008) more than 200,000 people enjoyed the spectacular Northern Lights.

This free event took place on North Terrace every night of the Festival between 9pm and 2am.

Before the Festival ended, the South Australian Government agreed to foot the additional $75,000 bill for the lights to stay up until March 30.

Artists from the internationally acclaimed The Electric Canvas http://www.theelectriccanvas.com.au/ transformed seven historic buildings by projecting designs onto their facades. It is the largest light installation of its type ever displayed in Australia.

Even though each of the buildings has stood for well over 100 years, this special event has allowed people to see Adelaide's cultural boulevard in a new light. Buildings in order of appearance:
Elder Hall
Bonython Hall
Mitchell Building
The Art Gallery of South Australia
Mortlock Wing - State Library
South Australian Museum
The Institute Building

Soundtrack: Porcelain by Moby

Northern Lights was supported by Be Active http://www.beactive.com.au

This event took place on the land of the Kaurna people. Traditional custodians of the area now known as Adelaide.

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• Festival
• Arts
• Northern
• Lights
• Electric
• Canvas
• North
• Terrace
• South
• Australia
• Elder
• Bonython
• Mitchell
• Mortlock

[rickonas1]

moby - porcelain

[Havixus]

What song is this in the video?

[wallahkebabs]

it is excellent i never knew stuff like this exists

[elleelf13]

i absolutely love the Northern lights show! i stayed so late one night until every light had turned off :P

[elleelf13]

@adlqf624 omg so glad you mentioned that! i knew the tune but couldn't remember which song it was and it was driving me crazy! lol thanks

[NeilJ51]

Loved the video & great choice of music. Saw the 2008 display and just visited the 2010. Your video inspired me to upload my first to Youtube today.

[timpaniman71]

wow stunning!!! great movie!

[drivinginsa]

well done, I took some photos myself (sans tripod, unlike you) and I now rotate my clumsy pics as screensavers - what a display it was...

[genreaper]

I went for a look at the display, was very well done, Great Video too.

[GerardsWay]

I saw it I liked the book shelf one, the spider one and the letters one, but it didn't show them all here. While I was there I bought a lightsaber!! It was $15.