Internationally recognised artist Bruce Munro's immersive installation, Field of Light Uluru, has opened to exceptional reviews proclaiming the installation, which is in place until 31 March 2017, a must-do experience.

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, bloom as darkness falls. Pathways created by the artwork draw viewers into the installation, which comes to life under a sky brilliant with stars. The installation has been embraced by the local community, who have named it Tili Wiru Tjuta Nyakutjaku or 'looking at lots of beautiful lights' in local Pitjantjatjara.

Media reviews include:

Daily Telegraph UK: “… the Field of Light is a joyous work of art, and in every sense a brilliant intervention in the landscape.”

Conde Nast Traveler US: “You won't believe this incredible light show in the Australian outback… With 50,000 shimmering, pulsing spheres, sprawled over a space equal to four football fields, Munro's project can suggest a city glimpsed at night from an airplane window, a mass of foliage growing wild, or a galaxy of stars.”

Weekend Australian: “It is subtle and spellbinding and not just at nightfall. At the end of a clear Central Australian night, it is possibly even more beautiful.”

News Ltd Escape: :”…witnessing beauty in a way I never knew it to exist, in a display of technology meets art, meets the world's oldest living culture.”

The Guardian: “The work is strangely affecting… on the night of my visit, people were walking alone through the lit fields and weeping. This is art you feel, rather than art you view.”

Limelight: “A viewing is an awe-inspiring experience”

“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 Ray Stone, Voyages Executive General Manager Sales, Marketing and Distribution.

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.                                  

“Logistics for a project such as this are immense, and we are fortunate to have the expertise of Qantas, the official airline partner of the Field of Light, who transported the unique stems of light all the way from the Bruce Munro Studio directly to Ayers Rock Airport”, said Ray.

The Qantas Group transported the stems, weighing in total approximately 15 tonnes, more than 19,000 kilometers (11,800 miles) over 32 international and domestic flights to Australia, the farthest a piece of Munro's artwork has travelled to an exhibition.

For further information or to arrange an interview with Ray Stone at ATE contact Karena Noble, Director of Public Relations, Karena.noble@voyages.com.au.

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Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) and manages tourism and resorts on its behalf. Voyages offers unique experiences and cultural immersion in spectacular locations around Australia including Ayers Rock Resort in the Northern Territory, Home Valley Station in The Kimberley in Western Australia and the Mossman Gorge Centre, in Tropical North Queensland.

Voyages works collaboratively with local communities to assist them to exercise sustainable environmental tourism practices, respecting and supporting the local Indigenous cultures and offering employment and training opportunities to the local and broader Australian and Torres-Strait Islander Indigenous communities

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About Ayers Rock Resort

Ayers Rock Resort provides a variety of accommodation from the premium Sails in the Desert, Award-winning Desert Gardens Hotel, self-contained Emu Walk Apartments, and the authentic Outback Pioneer Hotel & Lodge and Ayers Rock Campground. Ayers Rock Resort is managed by Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia.