the making of illumina

Coming to life in September 2024.

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    • 22/5/24

    1 - Illumina Light Portal

    An Australian-first multi-media light show ‘Illumina’ is set to launch at Kingfisher Bay Resort on K’gari (Fraser Island).

    “This exquisite light portal lets you ‘see the wind'… the light is offered, the island tells the story”, says Light Artist Bruce Ramus.

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    • 22/5/24

    2 - "I love this place", Ranger Cassie.

    "It's just next-level phenomenal to have rainforest growing in the sand", Ranger Cassie.

    K'gari is the largest sand island in the world. Over hundreds of thousands of years, lush rainforest has grown from the dunes, along the edge of the brightest blue ocean.

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    • 22/5/24

    3 - "Love. Understand. Study." Pete Meyer.

    “We only care for what we love, we only love what we understand, and we only understand what we study”

    Peter Meyer has spent 28 years living on K'gari. He has seen the light of the island in all its hues, and now you can experience it too.

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    • 22/5/24

    4 - A great show

    The sense of wonder that you get when you first arrive on the island… The instant connection with your spectacular surroundings. That’s the power of K’gari.

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    • 22/5/24

    5. Tall Trees

    “All the information you need is in this little seed”, Pete Meyer.

    It’s the light that feeds some of Australia’s largest trees. Visit K’gari and get to know the island’s famous Satinay trees.

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    • 22/5/24

    6. What is it about K'gari?

    What is it about K’gari that we love so much?

    The bright blue water, the expansive beach, the ancient rainforest?

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    • 4/7/24

    7. If the island could speak

    If K’gari could speak, what would it say? The island speaks to us every day, communicating with light.

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    • 4/7/24

    8. Meet Bruce

    Join us on K’gari for the launch of a spectacular new light show that reflects the essence of the island by International Light Artist, Bruce Ramus from RAMUS Illumination. This is the future of art.

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    • 4/7/24

    9. Bruce's story

    An island that calls you to the place within yourself where you can settle... Illumina presents The Light of K’gari — a world-first light show experience on World Heritage-listed K’gari (formerly Fraser Island).

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    • 4/7/24

    10. Still in the sandpit

    Watch an Australian-first island light show come together as the team prototype and test lighting, lasers and LED amid Queensland’s most renowned sand island.

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    • 4/7/24

    11. K'gari lights you up

    People light up when they experience the lakes, the beaches, and the sand dunes of K’gari. See for yourself why this place touches the hearts of so many people.

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    • 6/8/24

    12. The island is communicating

    Everything communicates with light, the clouds, the wind, the water, the plants, the rocks….the land to us and us to the land.

    Be part of an unparalleled new experience: Illumina, an enchanting light spectacle representing the Light of K’gari.

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    • 6/8/24

    13. The science of light

    The human eye can only see a tiny spectrum of light, yet there is so much light communicating.

    Join us for the launch of a spectacular new light show that reflects the essence of the island.

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    • 6/8/24

    14. Lillies story

    This is the story of lilies and their special connection to Kingfisher Bay Resort.

    Illumina presents the light of K’gari. A world-first light show experience on World Heritage-listed K’gari (formerly Fraser Island).

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    • 6/8/24

    15. Untouched K'gari

    K’gari is an untouched wilderness. Within 5 mins from Kingfisher Bay Resort you are in spectacular Australian bushland that grows right to where the ocean meets the sand. Come and connect with the bird life, the sea life, and the terrestrial animals, including K’gari’s famous dingoes.

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    • 6/8/24

    16. Show experience

    Come with us on the journey as we unveil Illumina – a breathtaking new sound and light show spectacular that will play each night at Kingfisher Bay Resort, on K’gari (formerly Fraser Island)