Brian Eno launches Luminous

Brian Eno at the Sydney Opera House

Brian Eno at the Sydney Opera House
Brian Eno at the Sydney Opera House

This morning Brian Eno launched his music festival Luminous with a press conference at the Sydney Opera House.

There was quite a scrum of photographers to snap Eno
There was quite a scrum of photographers to snap Eno

As well as curating the music, he’s got an artwork on display in the Studio at the Opera House called 77 Million Paintings.

Brian Eno in front of his audio-visual artwork '77 Million Paintings'
Brian Eno in front of his audio-visual artwork '77 Million Paintings'

Starting at 6pm tonight his artwork will also be projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House.

You can view a live video of the Opera House here.

It’ll be on every night till the 14th June.

Brian Eno has a chuckle underneath the Opera House sails
Brian Eno has a chuckle underneath the Opera House sails
The luminous press conference
The Luminous press conference

Have a read of a lengthy and candid interview with Brian Eno at Time Out Sydney.