After a three-year hiatus, the fruit of the hard work from the TDC team working behind-the-scenes at Vivid Sydney are a reality: The longest ever continuous 8km Vivid Sydney Light Walk. 

Michael Hassett, founder and managing director at TDC, added: “Each year, Vivid Sydney gets bigger, brighter and bolder!”

TDC, Technical Direction Company, promise the brightest ever projections, full of bright and large-scale projection mapping, LED screens, wayfinding and high-powered media server technology linking the Festival’s 50 installations and projection artworks from Sydney Opera House to Central Station.

Barco UDX-4K high-brightness projectors are deployed for the 9,000sq.m sails for Sydney Opera House Lighting of the Sails.

Festival Director Gill Minervini, directing her first Vivid Sydney in 2022, said: “For 12 years we’ve relied on TDC working behind-the-scenes to deploy the brightest, most powerful technology on a grand scale helping to reinvent Sydney’s urban landscape and add a unique and colourful canvas capturing the essence of Sydney’s soul.”

TDC is deploying 110 projectors across 27 sites. “Making sure that each installation is perfect to the exact millimetre is what we do at TDC,” explained Toby Waley, operations at TDC. 

TDC – Technical Direction Company Vivid Customs House 2022. Photos by Orlandosydney.com. Supplier tdc.com.au

TDC has 30 video technical crew working on Vivid Sydney. Toby Waley said: “There’s understandably more detail and fewer last-minute changes that can be made working in a post-pandemic environment.”

Content is managed using 3D modelling and UV mapping features of the high-powered media servers, a key element of the project. “This year, we’ve revamped our media servers, automation and monitoring system,” added Alex Rendell, technical project manager at TDC. 

With over 27 locations, TDC uses a RFID inventory tracking system at its warehouse. “It helps with logistics and keeps track of all equipment,” said Toby Waley.