Selected Works
Installation Views
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Earth Deities, 2022.
Installation view, Vivid Sydney, Hickson Road Reserve. Photography by Mark Pokorny.
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Earth Deities, 2022.
Installation view, Vivid Sydney, Hickson Road Reserve. Photography by Mark Pokorny.
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Earth Deities, 2022.
Installation view, Vivid Sydney, Hickson Road Reserve. Photography by Mark Pokorny.
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Earth Deities, 2022.
Installation view, Vivid Sydney, Hickson Road Reserve. Photography by Mark Pokorny.
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Earth Deities, 2022.
Installation view, Vivid Sydney, Hickson Road Reserve. Photography by Mark Pokorny.
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Earth Deities, 2022.
Installation view, Vivid Sydney, Hickson Road Reserve. Photography by Mark Pokorny.
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Earth Deities, 2022.
Installation view, Vivid Sydney, Hickson Road Reserve. Photography by Mark Pokorny.
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Earth Deities, 2022.
Installation view, Vivid Sydney, Hickson Road Reserve. Photography by Mark Pokorny.
Earth Deities is a large-scale sculptural form that links artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran’s cultural background to contemporary culture.
The 8m tall ‘multi-limbed avatar’ provides a dramatic light show for Vivid Sydney 2022. The avatar, draped and surrounded by a range of production style lighting providing for a spectacular night time transformation.
Located on Hickson Road Reserve, the installation is positioned between famous Sydney landmarks – the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge, the expressive grin of Luna Park’s entrance – and reflects upon Sydney as a global, multicultural city with plural histories.
Nithiyendran worked with Darkhouse lighting designer Mark Dyson, Zoe Robinson-Kennedy, Curator, Creative Road, and Tilt Industrial Design to deliver the project.
Sullivan+Strumpf acknowledge the Indigenous People of this land, the traditional custodians on whose Country we work, live and learn. We pay respect to Elders, past and present, and recognise their continued connection to culture, land, waters and community.