Internationally recognised artist Bruce Munro’s immersive installation, Field of Light Uluru, opened on the 1
April at Ayers Rock Resort in the spiritual heart of Australia.
Fittingly Dino Mezzatesta and Edward Power have already hosted an exclusive and hugely successful AccorPlus member event at Ayers Rock Resort. Our delighted 80 AccorPlus members (mainly Platinum and Gold) were treated to a preview of the ‘Field of Light’ before it opened to the General Public on 1 April.
In keeping with the desert’s vast scale this is Munro’s largest work to date, more than 50,000 slender stems crowned with radiant frosted-glass spheres over an area the size of four football fields. It is also the artist’s first work to be illuminated through solar power. The spheres, connected via illuminated optical fibre, will bloom as darkness falls. Pathways created by the artwork will draw viewers into the installation, which will come to life under a sky brilliant with stars.
Munro conceived the idea for the Field of Light while visiting Uluru in 1992, but it wasn’t until 2004 that the artist was first able to realise it for London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, followed by a larger iteration in a field behind his home. Field of Light has since captivated visitors in differing site-specific iterations at locations across the United Kingdom, the United States and Mexico.
“Field of Light was one idea that landed in my sketchbook and kept on nagging at me to be done,” said Munro.
“I saw in my mind a landscape of illuminated stems that, like the dormant seed in a dry desert, quietly wait until darkness falls, under a blazing blanket of southern stars, to bloom with gentle rhythms of light,” he said.
“Field of Light is a personal symbol for the good things in life.”
“I now have the honour and privilege of returning to create an iteration of this artwork for the place that inspired it. A work conceived in the red desert returns to its birthplace springing from the dry ground,” said Munro.
“Field of Light Uluru presents an absolutely unique opportunity for guests to enjoy not only the spiritual nature of the destination, but experience it in a unique and mesmerising way,” said Voyages Executive General Manager Sales, Marketing and Distribution, Ray Stone.
Guests to Ayers Rock Resort can experience the installation in a number of ways, with options including a two hour visit, a Night at Field of Light dining experience and the option to enjoy at Sunrise as the lights fade into the morning light.
The exhibition, aptly named TiliWiru Tjuta Nyakutjaku or ‘looking at lots of beautiful lights’ in local Pitjantjatjara, will be in place for a full year throughout the desert’s distinct seasons, and will close on 31
March 2017.
Please see over page a couple of pictures of the wonderful Field of Light Uluru
