Harvest is proud to announce over 50 visual, live art, virtual and performance installations across the three festivals from some of Australia's most exciting artists.
Harvest is excited to announce two virtual art installations that audiences can access by following the below instructions in advance of the festival and enjoy both pieces on site.
The Gathering of The Manna, by Luke Hespanhol, is an interactive augmented reality art installation accessible via smartphones (iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Nokia), that activates once you are at the festival. Inspired by notions of Harvest, animated 3D vegetables float around the Festival site, expressing their emotions upon audience interaction.
Enjoy their journey from innocent beginnings in the morning to their wild ripening in the afternoon and final dismissal in the evening as bright fallen stars. You will need to download the free Layer app to access this installation.
Eyes Wild Open, by Big One Little One, is a dynamic new audio-theatre work in which you are the headline act! Download the track to your portable electronic device (making sure you don't listen to it first), bring along some headphones, and wait until you find a quiet moment in the day to listen. Be prepared to have your eyes opened wide in this choose-your-own-adventure book in your head.
A particular highlight of the visual arts programme is a large-scale commission for each festival designed by Cameron Stanton and Edward Horne from Sydney-based Tortuga Studios, in association with Dillon Mekanarky from Mekazoic.
Participating artists include:
Amy Alexander and Adam Maclaine, Zoetrope (Melbourne)
Andy Forbes, Discoball Heart (Sydney / Brisbane)
Aviva Reed, A Detrital Wonderland (Melbourne)
Big One Little One, Eyes Wild Open (All cities)
Chae Lindeman, The Bubble Effect (Brisbane)
Circusworks, The Cloudmen (Sydney)
Edward Smith, Glass City (Sydney)
Elizabeth Pedler, Sky Kaleidoscopes and Broken Mirror Mobile (Melbourne)
Emily Bour and Sarah Summers-Valli, LickMyArt (Melbourne)
Emily Polidano, Ribbon Trees (Melbourne)
Garbage Grannies (Brisbane)
Georgina Humphries, Sketched (All cities)
Grace Elgie, To Yonder (Sydney)
ICAN, Bombs no More (All cities)
Joel Zika and Kirsty Hulm, Vanity (Melbourne)
Julie Doye, Eye Scream (Sydney)
Kat Barker, Umbrella Project (Brisbane)
Kirsty Hulm, I Really Need You Tonight (Melbourne)
Luke Hespanhol, The Gathering of the Manna (All cities)
Madeleine Worthington, Vend-a-Party (Melbourne)
Michael Candy, Broccoli Handshake (Brisbane)
Michael Howlett, Laura Cornwell, Marley Cornwell, Rosemary Boundy, Dr Devol's Amazing Remote Control Dancing Robot (Sydney)
Nick Wilson and Erin Hall, Mechanical Variety Hour (Melbourne)
Melody Woodnutt, Arctic Wonder Tunnel (Brisbane)
One Trick Pony, Peep Show (Melbourne)
Pablo Latona, The Odd House (Sydney)
Peter Strong, Lightbox Forest (Sydney)
Projector Obscura, Temple of Light (Melbourne)
Rebekah Bibby and Chloe Martin, The Romance of The Spider and The Bee (Melbourne)
The Red Brigade (Melbourne)
Tortuga Studios in association with Mehazoic, The Southern Cross (All cities)
Umbrella Theatre Company (Sydney)
Wacko and Blotto (Sydney / Brisbane)
Wyndham City, Bubble Up (Melbourne)
Yui Uchimura and Daria Leikina, Frame My Day (Melbourne)
Icarus, Roo'd (Sydney)
Plus more to be announced.