At the heart of Tumbalong Lights lies Imaginasium, an incredible dome-shaped sculpture inspired by returning Sydney-based visual artist with a disability, Digby Webster. Imaginasium is a take on an imaginative, immersive, illuminated and playful gymnasium. As Vivid Sydney welcomes back visitors in 2021, inspiring people of all ability to come together, the artwork on the dome expresses Digby’s interpretation of together.

As you step or roll underneath the dome, visitors can interact with the illuminated balls to instigate colour changes. These colour changes create dynamic energy throughout Digby’s unique artwork. Imaginasium also features foot-activated light tunnels running vertically up the spine of the installation structure which allows visitors of all abilities to play and participate in this spectacular sculpture. 

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Get swept away as you join the fun on Twist It at Tumbalong Lights. Twist It requires visitors to come together to illuminate and spin the spinning, towering 4 metre sculptural tornado centerpiece of colour and light, in this accessible light installation.

Twist It integrates our natural desire to play with inclusive, universal design principles to ensure that every visitor can participate and enjoy the experience. As visually appealing for onlookers as it is engaging for participants, Twist Its 4 metre tall tornado centerpiece twists and contorts in a fluid motion as the lighting within changes from the motion of visitors stepping or rolling onto the interactive pressure plates. The unique colours within the centerpiece correlate with the colours of the pressure plates, and if all pressed together, create a spectacular rainbow illumination.

Up, Up and Away! encourages visitors to soar to new heights as it features 3 sets of weight activated wings standing at a dazzling 6.5 metres tall.

Visitors can roll or step onto wheelchair friendly pressure plates to activate the magical movement of wings. To complement this motion, the light patterns within Up, Up and Away! can be activated by visitors using hand gestures to allow for an inclusive experience for all visitors to Tumbalong Lights.

Up, Up and Away! is equally thrilling whether you’re participating or admiring from the side.

Let’s take a trip to Neon City as we harness technology to come together and become neon heroes and teleport into this futuristic, inclusive experience. Dr Jordan Nguyen and his Psykinetic team have created a virtual world for everyone to belong.

Create your own cartoon avatar at the Neon City Creation Zone – take your photo to map your face onto your character and choose your outfit colours – through our Neon Hero creation stations – even using just your EYES!

Under the stars at Tumbalong Lights, you can then watch your own digital superhero teleport into the projected world as they embark on Neon City adventures.

Visible is a short, inclusively made film about a teenager with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) who decides to assume the persona of a superhero in order to be noticed at school.

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The film is based on the short story, “Secret” written by actress and filmmaker, Audrey O’Connor. Based on Audrey’s lived experience of being excluded as a teenager. The film is a vibrant, heartfelt and authentic three-minute exploration of how it feels to be overlooked, forgotten and excluded. Created through six inclusive filmmaking workshops with six filmmakers with intellectual disability through Bus Stop Films’ Accessible Film Studies Program at AFTRS and under the guidance and facilitation of writer/director Genevieve Clay-Smith.