Coverage

Press & media

Broadcast, print and archival coverage of ceremonies and exhibitions — Australian network news, Olympic illumination, international features, and the fuller press archive from Hong Kong 97 through Beijing Green.

Television

Broadcast

Selected network coverage of Melbourne Green, Beijing Green at the Forbidden City, and the Sydney 2000 Olympic illumination programme. Stills from project archives; broadcast masters held separately.

Channel 7 News

Melbourne Green

Old Treasury Building, Melbourne — coverage of the twin-city cultural and environmental programme.

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Beijing Green ceremony at the Forbidden City

Channel 9 News

Beijing Green · Forbidden City

Network coverage of Beijing Green at the Imperial Ancestral Temple within the Forbidden City precinct.

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Beijing Green illumination at the Forbidden City temple

Channel 10 News

Beijing Green · Forbidden City

Further Australian broadcast coverage of Beijing Green ceremonies and installations in Beijing.

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Newspaper artist impression of Sydney CBD illumination for the millennium

Sydney 2000 · Illumination

Olympic Games illumination

Sydney Coordination Authority programme — illumination across the CBD for the Games and millennium period. Contemporary press: “City of Light” / “Plan for 150 buildings to light up millennium.”

Archival still & press clipping · video available on request

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Video

Selected films and coverage. More links welcome as they are gathered.

Beijing Green

Forbidden City · film 1

Film coverage of Beijing Green — ceremonies and illumination at the Forbidden City.

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Beijing Green

Forbidden City · further coverage

Additional film of Beijing Green at the Forbidden City.

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Channel 9 News

Beijing Green · Forbidden City

Network coverage of Beijing Green at the Forbidden City.

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LED sphere

The Earthsphere

Film of the LED sphere — planetary and Earthsphere presentations.

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Beijing

Capital Museum

Film from the Capital Museum Beijing — Earthsphere and related presentations.

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Past shows · film 1

Selected past shows and presentations from the archive.

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Past shows · film 2

Further selected past shows from the archive.

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Melbourne Green

Old Treasury · film 1

Film coverage of Melbourne Green — twin-city programme with Beijing Green.

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Melbourne Green

Old Treasury · further coverage

Additional film of Melbourne Green at the Old Treasury Building.

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Melbourne Green

Old Treasury · film 3

Further film of Melbourne Green.

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Print & archive

Press archive

International and Australian press from the project archive — Hong Kong 97, Sydney Planets and Olympic illumination, Beijing 2008 tours, and Beijing Green at the Embassy, Design Week, UNESCO, and Forbidden City.

Hong Kong newspaper coverage of the 1997 harbour spectacular — **Hong Kong 97** Handover harbour spectacular — production coordination. Contemporary press: “Harbour show aims to reach for the stars.”

Vancouver Sun front page featuring The Planets Earth globe — **Vancouver · The Planets** The Vancouver Sun, 11 Oct 2004 — “A world of wonder.” Preview at the downtown library; Coal Harbour & Stanley Park.

Laguna Beach Independent coverage of Planets New Year installation — **Laguna Beach 2005** Laguna Beach Independent, 30 Dec 2005 — “The Big Bang” at seven-degrees; One Planet, One People, One Universe.

The Planets illuminated spheres on a shoreline at dusk — **Planets · Sydney NYE** First Planets exhibition — Circular Quay / Sydney New Year’s Eve 1999–2000; later Darling Harbour and beyond.

Beijing Today front page on 8 plus 1 Planets for Beijing 2008 — **Beijing 2008 · Planets** Beijing Today, Nov 2007 — “8 plus 1” giant globes for the Olympic cultural programme; BOCOG acceptance noted.

Beijing Today feature One Planet One People One Universe — **Beijing Today feature** “One Planet, One People, One Universe” — Planets installations across Beijing parks for the 2008 Games.

People’s Daily Online coverage of Beijing Green Earth Ceremony at Australian Embassy — **Embassy · Design Week 2013** People’s Daily Online / Beijing Design Week — Earth Ceremony, Australian Embassy courtyard, 23 Sep 2013.

Chinese media coverage of Beijing Green opening at Forbidden City 2014 — **Forbidden City 2014** Sina / Shenzhen News — Beijing Green opening at the Imperial Ancestral Temple (Taimiao), Sep 2014.

Press coverage of Beijing Green green illumination and One Planet Olympics — **Design Week · Forbidden City** Beijing Green illumination at the Ancestral Temple; also “One Planet” for the 2008 Olympic cultural programme.

UNESCO Creative Cities Beijing Summit and Beijing Design Week coverage — **UNESCO · Design Week** UNESCO Creative Cities Beijing Summit (Oct 2013) and Beijing Design Week opening coverage at the Millennium Monument.

Earthsphere at UNESCO Creative Cities context in Beijing — **UNESCO · Earthsphere** Earthsphere / Beijing Green presence around UNESCO Creative Cities programming in Beijing.

Beijing Green at the Australian Embassy Beijing — **Australian Embassy** Beijing Green opening and Earth Ceremony programming hosted at the Australian Embassy, Beijing.

Hong Kong iMail · 2001 “One bright spark” — profile covering Hong Kong 97, Sydney 2000 Lights Over Sydney, and Beijing illumination concepts.

Melbourne Green at Old Treasury Buildings at night — **Melbourne Green** Old Treasury — twin-city programme with Beijing Green; City of Melbourne partnership context.

**Planets · Great Wall** The Planets installation near the Great Wall of China — planetary exhibitions across civic and cultural landscapes.

Daily Telegraph Out of this world feature on Beyond 2000 and Planets 2001 — **Out of this world · Sydney NYE** The Daily Telegraph, 30 Dec 2000 — Beyond 2000 and Planets 2001: a harbour-scale solar system for Sydney New Year’s Eve.

Olympic vision · December 2007 Bilingual magazine profile — from Olympic volunteer to planetary globes for Beijing 2008; creed “One planet, one people, one universe.”