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From the Monet & Friends experience to yoga and private events, there’s always so much to see and do for all ages at THE LUME Melbourne.
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AN EPIC ADVENTURE INTO FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM
Step into a vast new world as THE LUME Melbourne celebrates the legendary works of Monet and the French Impressionists. Ready to delight each of your senses, the Impressionists’ incredible works are brought to life as epic-scale masterpieces four-storeys high are woven together with stunning musical soundscapes, evocative aromas, and perfectly curated menu at Café de Flore.
You’ve surely seen the Impressionists’ art before. From Monet’s Woman with a Parasol and The Artist’s Garden, to Degas’ The Ballet Class, their works are some of the most instantly recognisable and celebrated in history.
But we are certain you’ve never experienced Impressionism like this.
Featurettes: THE LUME Digital arts program
Following the feature presentation, a selection of short featurettes will showcase work from THE LUME Digital Arts Program. The Program aims to foster and celebrate the talent of established and emerging digital media artists in Australia by providing a highly visible, powerful showcase on the world stage.
Select artists and collectives are invited to create a short piece showcasing original digital art. Each piece will be rewarded financially and given a truly unique exposure opportunity. The three current featurettes that accompany the Monet & Friends experience at THE LUME Melbourne are detailed below:
AUSTRALIAN CLOUD ATLAS
by Grayson Cooke & Dugal McKinnon
This project uses spectacular satellite images of clouds to highlight the importance of clouds to climate. Rendering images using both visible and infrared light, the project visualises parts of the atmosphere that are invisible to the human eye. It is a unique combination of art, science and the Earth, showing how now more than ever, it is crucial that we all have our heads in the clouds.
GRAYSONCOOKE | IMAGE
DUGAL MCKINNON | SOUND
CHRISTIAN JAKOB | METEOROLOGY CONSULTANT
MATT POWER | DATA WRANGLER
SPECIAL THANKS | GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA, DIGITAL EARTH AUSTRALIA, THE NATIONAL COMPUTATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
GHOST TREES
by Nature as Data (James McGrath & Gary Sinclair)
Created by visualising and sonifying massive data-sets, Ghost Trees brings to life the endangered Rushworth Forest, (Victoria, Australia) in the lands of the Ngurai-illam-wurrung people. These data-sets are ephemeral yet fixed recordings of dying ecosystems; digital memories of disappearing landscapes, echoes of our lost environment. We take the viewpoint of someone within the landscape and from within the limbs of the trees - we become part of the organism. Location recordings are studied and processed to reveal the musicality of the forest and its inhabitants. Melodic elements are generated from spatial data points - the forest is singing.
JAMES MCGRATH | VISUAL DIRECTOR
GARY SINCLAIR | AUDIO DIRECTOR
TERN (TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH NETWORK | DATA
PROFESSOR KIM CALDERS | LIDAR SCANS
BIOLUMINESCENCE
by Andy Thomas
Wander through a magical world of glowing creatures evolving through a liquid fractal environment. Artist Andy Thomas, who has created concert visuals for musicians such as Bjork and Empire of the Sun, brings to life a stunning journey inspired by one of Earth’s greatest natural wonders, bioluminescence. Swim through underwater aquatic worlds into deep dark forests inhabited by abstract plants and animals, all timed to the mysterious ambient soundscapes of GMJ and Matter.
ANDY THOMAS | ARTIST
GMJ AND MATTER | COMPOSERS
Find inner peace and tranquility in a 360-degree, multi-sensory yoga experience at THE LUME Melbourne
In partnership with Happy Melon Studios, THE LUME Melbourne is inviting guests to fully immerse themselves in a unique yoga class surrounded by motion-designed digital artworks.
Stretch your limbs and realign your mind, body, and spirit while surrounded by themes including Rainforest, Space, Underwater and Melbourne Nights. Each week features a mesmerising themes designed to immerse yogis in a calming and tranquil setting, matched with a beautiful soundtrack and THE LUME Melbourne’s signature perfume to ignite every single sense.
Host a private event at THE LUME MELBOURNE
THE LUME Melbourne offers an incredible contemporary event space for your next corporate or private function.
