Filipino artist Rod Tan designs "Harmony" at Vivid Sydney

Vivid Sydney

Vivid Sydney's Harmony Source: Supplied by Rene-Ann Glover

Amazed how diverse his workplace and the community in Sydney is, Rod Tan took inspiration to design the Harmony tree, one of Vivid Sydney's featured installations this year.


First timer's luck, some say, but Harmony's main artist, Rod Tan, a former architect from the Philippines who moved to Sydney just a year ago after nearly six years of working in Singapore, believes that his concept has a strong message demonstrating Sydney's diversity and multiculturalism.
Vivid Sydney
'Harmony' main artist Rod Tan (left photo); Rod Tan (2nd photo, seated, left) with his collaborators while installing the lights (Supplied by Rene-Ann Glover) Source: Supplied by Rene Ann Glover
Together with co-artist Lawrence Liang, the concept is articulated through an interactive form of a tree, in which six elements of light and sound spiral from the root to the canopy.  

The Harmony tree is one of the light installations located at the Royal Botanical Garden included in the Vivid Sydney which is on until 15 June 2019.

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