Move over Vivid – there’s a new light festival in Sydney!

More than 2,000 people attended Domremy College Five Dock’s first-ever Light Festival, complete with a glow bar, silent disco and inspiring light-themed student works.

The two-hour event in late June celebrated a term’s worth of learning in STEM, humanities and the arts.

Spotlight on learning

The college Science labs featured light experiments including open flames, refractions and holograms.

Year 9 students at Domremy and Year 5 students from four nearby Catholic primary schools explained what they learnt about the principles of light and architecture while designing model houses. 

Their works were part of a Science project for Newman Selective Gifted Education Program students at Sydney Catholic Schools.

Bold and bright installations by the college’s Design and Technology students included sea jellies, puzzle pieces and an octopus named Eugene.

Music and Drama students entertained with musical performances and expressionist theatre performances enhanced by strobe and other lighting effects.

English teachers screened a video of students’ blackout poetry (made by removing words from newspaper clippings with black marker) and ekphrastic poetry, named for the Ancient Greek practice of describing things in vivid detail.

Instructional Specialist at Domremy, Lucy Silva, said the college arranged for a renowned Photographic Light ‘painter’ Peter Solness to work with students on the school oval to capture light in movement.

“The results were simply spectacular!” Mrs Silva said. “The …