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The Age
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Bridget has Down Syndrome and is non-verbal, but still expresses herself Vividly
The work of artist Bridget Kelly, who has Down Syndrome and is mostly non-verbal, received a strong response at the Vivid Festival this year. Bridget communicates by expression, limited words and writing. I interviewed her by text with the help of her sister, Morag. Fitz: Bridget, congratulations on your art. When did you take it up? BK: I have been drawing since I was little but I started using Posca Pens in Year 12 at St Scholastica's College, Glebe, which I attended with my two sisters. That was when I got really excited about my art. Fitz: When did you realise you were not just good at it, but seriously talented? BK: When I finished high school, I kept doing my art because it made me happy. When I was 21, I won the Inner West Blooming Arts prize. I won a mentorship to University of Sydney College of the Arts. I felt happy because people started to call me an artist. Loading Fitz: Who are your greatest artistic influences? BK: I get ideas from the world around me. I like colours and shapes and showing people how I see things. Fitz: What did your parents and sisters say when you told them your work was to be displayed at Vivid?
Sydney Morning Herald
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Bridget has Down Syndrome and is non-verbal, but still expresses herself Vividly
The work of artist Bridget Kelly, who has Down Syndrome and is mostly non-verbal, received a strong response at the Vivid Festival this year. Bridget communicates by expression, limited words and writing. I interviewed her by text with the help of her sister, Morag. Fitz: Bridget, congratulations on your art. When did you take it up? BK: I have been drawing since I was little but I started using Posca Pens in Year 12 at St Scholastica's College, Glebe, which I attended with my two sisters. That was when I got really excited about my art. Fitz: When did you realise you were not just good at it, but seriously talented? BK: When I finished high school, I kept doing my art because it made me happy. When I was 21, I won the Inner West Blooming Arts prize. I won a mentorship to University of Sydney College of the Arts. I felt happy because people started to call me an artist. Loading Fitz: Who are your greatest artistic influences? BK: I get ideas from the world around me. I like colours and shapes and showing people how I see things. Fitz: What did your parents and sisters say when you told them your work was to be displayed at Vivid?
The Age
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
We asked Nigella Lawson where she'd eat in Sydney if she had a day to roam
You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger international fan of Sydney's and Australia's food scenes than British cookbook and TV personality Nigella Lawson. You just need to look at her Instagram account to see her enthuse about the restaurants she has visited here over the years. It's why Vivid's creative director, Gill Minervini, invited Lawson to host three dinners as part of this year's festival. Just before the 280 guests arrived for her three-course curated dinner in the reimagined Muru Giligu Tunnel in Martin Place, Good Food snared 10 minutes of her time to talk about her favourite topic: eating. You're a big advocate of Sydney's food scene. Why? I haven't eaten in every city in the world, but the reason why I love eating in Sydney is that I think the food is extraordinarily good. There are chefs who are really inspirational for me, but it's done in an informal setting. I don't mean Sydney itself, but at restaurants. What interests me is really exquisite food but [done] in a rather relaxed, unpretentious setting so it feels very inclusive … Obviously, the variety of food in Sydney is enormous, and I think that's partly because, like all port cities, there are people from so many different cultures, and that feeds into the food culture. But there's a particular sort of attitude, an Australian attitude, which is perhaps less bound by tradition so it'll allow itself to drink in and absorb many cultures, and then somehow will spin them and merge them and come up with something that is very direct, very unpretentious, very Australian, and that's fascinating.
Sydney Morning Herald
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
We asked Nigella Lawson where she'd eat in Sydney if she had a day to roam
You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger international fan of Sydney's and Australia's food scenes than British cookbook and TV personality Nigella Lawson. You just need to look at her Instagram account to see her enthuse about the restaurants she has visited here over the years. It's why Vivid's creative director, Gill Minervini, invited Lawson to host three dinners as part of this year's festival. Just before the 280 guests arrived for her three-course curated dinner in the reimagined Muru Giligu Tunnel in Martin Place, Good Food snared 10 minutes of her time to talk about her favourite topic: eating. You're a big advocate of Sydney's food scene. Why? I haven't eaten in every city in the world, but the reason why I love eating in Sydney is that I think the food is extraordinarily good. There are chefs who are really inspirational for me, but it's done in an informal setting. I don't mean Sydney itself, but at restaurants. What interests me is really exquisite food but [done] in a rather relaxed, unpretentious setting so it feels very inclusive … Obviously, the variety of food in Sydney is enormous, and I think that's partly because, like all port cities, there are people from so many different cultures, and that feeds into the food culture. But there's a particular sort of attitude, an Australian attitude, which is perhaps less bound by tradition so it'll allow itself to drink in and absorb many cultures, and then somehow will spin them and merge them and come up with something that is very direct, very unpretentious, very Australian, and that's fascinating.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Weak Club World Cup, U.S. Consumer Worry May Extend Vivid's Slump
If you're interested in buying tickets for the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup, which starts Saturday, you're in luck. A review of the ticket listings on FIFA's official primary ticket seller Ticketmaster Wednesday showed plenty of seats available for nearly all of the 28 matches in its first week. The only packed houses come in Miami, where three of the city's four games are sold out or have only $1,000 club seats available; seeing Lionel Messi's Inter Miami, Real Madrid or Bayern Munchen will cost you. Otherwise, there are plenty of seats starting at $33.45 in multiple venues. (FIFA did not respond to a request for comment on Club World Cup ticketing.) More from Muse Capital Chief Talks 'Low End' SailGP Italy Price, Growth Plans Trump Bill Advances as Team Owner and College Tax Breaks in Peril Futbin Capitalizes as EA Sports FC Softens Third-Party App Stance The apparently tepid demand for the Club World Cup only exacerbates what has been a tough 2025 for ticket-selling platforms. Much of that comes from a combination of eroding consumer sentiment, stock market upheavals and even an unannounced tweak by Google on performance marketing and advertising, which resulted in higher costs for ticket sellers and poor data confidence across the industry. Bearing the brunt of the negativity is Vivid Seats. The publicly traded ticket reseller has seen its share price fall 61% this year to under $2. It's easily the worst-performing security in the 40-company Sportico Sports Stock Index for 2025 and is one of the worst among all major stocks. It sits just behind Sarepta Therapeutics, which had a drug trial setback, and Newsmax, a right-wing information outfit which had an IPO in March, according to data from 'Economic and political volatility has impacted consumer sentiment, and this uncertainty can also impact how and when artists and rights holders go to market,' Stanley Chia, Vivid CEO, said on a call with analysts last month. 'While we previously anticipated continued competitive intensity, the additional variability across the global economy, potential consumer softness and atypical changes across the performance marketing landscape have combined to create a particularly broad range of potential outcomes.' Vivid suspended giving guidance for the rest of the year last month, a move that extended a long downtrend in its shares. Valued at almost $2 billion in its 2021 SPAC merger that put it on the Nasdaq Stock market, Vivid is now worth less than $250 million. The company declined to comment for this article. But at least Vivid made it to the stock market, unlike competitors SeatGeek and StubHub. In a sign of trouble with investors industry-wide, SeatGeek reportedly filed confidentially for an IPO last year but hasn't followed through. (Companies can file a preliminary prospectus with the Securities & Exchange Commission for review before officially deciding to try to go public.) StubHub filed for its own IPO this spring, but reportedly has canceled its roadshow for attracting institutional investors. Neither company responded to requests for comment. If it were to go public, StubHub would probably be the preferred stock for investors looking for secondary ticketing exposure, given its standing as the largest secondary market ticketing company. 'Stubhub, Google, consumer challenges … not easy out there for Vivid,' Ryan Sigdahl, who covers Vivid for Craig-Hallum Capital Group, said in an email. StubHub says it is the largest secondary market ticket seller globally, netting 2024 revenue of $1.77 billion. By comparison, Vivid made $775 million in sales, which is about what Live Nation makes from ticketing in one quarter, though it's not clear how much of that is primary sales, like the FIFA World Cup, and how much is secondary. SeatGeek sales data isn't disclosed, but the company expected to have $1.2 billion revenue in 2025, according to information that emerged as part of its failed 2022 merger with RedBall SPAC. Besides size, Vivid's headwinds also include a heavier reliance on North American sales—it only opened a European division this year—and it seems to be behind on exclusive deals with sports organizations. StubHub, for instance, sold 30% of the Yankees seats for the 2024 World Series either through its direct issuance deal with the team or through its resale platform. SeatGeek, meanwhile, has a deal with at least one college athletic department that locks in resales only to its platform. Based on comments made to analysts in 2024, it appears Vivid's first exclusive partnership came last year for the College Basketball Crown tournament. The larger issue is the currently weak U.S. market for tickets. Vivid sees it being flat to down after the hit to consumer confidence caused by Donald Trump's tariffs. Vivid entered the year seeing mid- to high-single-digit growth, while Ticketmaster missed on ticket sale volumes in its first quarter, with sales in sports and other non-concert events down 9%, according to Sigdahl. Live Nation, whose business is integrated with owning and operating venues for concerts tours, is up 11% this year, mainly on strength outside the U.S. Not all is lost for Vivid, however, according to Sigdahl, who has a 'Buy' rating for Vivid right now. 'We continue to believe that the longer-term, normalized earnings power of the business is much higher than what it is today,' Sigdahl said in a research note. But Vivid's future may lay as part of a bigger player's portfolio, he suggested. 'Vivid's unique assets/fundamental profile could present takeout potential for a strategic or financial buyer.' 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