Advent Calendar

The Advent Cal­en­dar was orig­i­nally cre­ated at Fed­er­a­tion Square in Mel­bourne, Aus­tralia as a fea­ture of the city’s cel­e­bra­tions in the count­down to Christ­mas (2006, 2007, 2008). Con­ceived and directed by Cre­ative Pro­ducer / Direc­tor Elena Vereker, the façade of the three story build­ing mea­sur­ing 20m x 22m was trans­formed into a giant Advent Calendar.

Tens of thou­sands of peo­ple attended this visu­ally stun­ning free event fus­ing multi media, ani­ma­tion and large scale aer­ial per­for­mance which cul­mi­nated in the ‘open­ing’ of an Advent Cal­en­dar win­dow each night.

Audi­ences were cap­ti­vated by the story which unfolded as the live aeri­al­ist per­formed as the main char­ac­ter in the spe­cially cre­ated animation.

A unique aspect of the Cal­en­dar is the capac­ity to engage with all ages. Win­ning three Green Room Awards in 2009 (Best Direc­tion, Best Pro­duc­tion and Best Design).

The Cal­en­dar can be adapted to a count­down towards a civic event, open­ing or fes­ti­val event and can be mounted in any large pub­lic space where there is a struc­ture to mount the free-hanging design.

The Advent Cal­en­dar is a highly visual, phys­i­cal event that con­nects across cul­ture and is non– lan­guage specific.

“Up there with the best out­door work I have ever seen”

- Emma Williams, Opera Australia

Win­ner of the 2008 Green Room Awards in

- Best Direc­tion
– Best Pro­duc­tion
– Best Design