“Spice Winds” is a light installation by mcdemottbaxter and Toer presented at Vivid Sydney 2016 in Sydney, Australia. The work could be seen at Circular Quay.
This installation is about discovery and a history of chance encounters, and celebrates a relationship between Australia and the Netherlands that spans several centuries. In the 1600s, riding the trade winds of the Roaring Forties across the Indian Ocean provided Dutch sailors with a quick passage to the Spice Islands…
Location
Circular Quay, Sydney — open in OpenStreetMap
Programme information from Vivid Sydney. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.