Lighting supply, light and sound realisation
Relic: Australasian Dance Collective
Dance, opera and motocross imagery inside a working foundry. Krank'd supplied lighting and delivered the light and sound realisation for ADC's Relic at Urban Art Projects.
Explore the production- When
- 28 to 30 March 2025
- Where
- UAP Foundry, Northgate, Brisbane
The chequered flag and performers across the foundry space.
Still-life imagery in an industrial setting
Relic was the final live chapter of Jack Lister's Still Life project, created with Australasian Dance Collective and Urban Art Projects. The production took audiences through UAP's Northgate foundry from 28 to 30 March 2025, reworking the imagery of still-life painting and memento mori through contemporary dance and motocross.
Helmets, rubber and the idea of a final lap connected the work's physical world with its themes of mortality and fragility. ADC's company artists performed alongside Opera Queensland soprano Leanne Kenneally, while Louis Frere-Harvey created the music and sound design. The audience moved between scenes rather than watching from a single fixed viewpoint.
Light and sound realised across the foundry
Krank'd supplied the lighting package and delivered the light and sound realisation. The existing industrial architecture was part of the staging, with the lighting working through its height, surfaces and separate performance areas.
Amber spotlights, cool white strips and backlighting shaped the visual transitions across three staging zones. Each shift revealed another part of the narrative while keeping the audience oriented within the larger building.
The project demanded a relationship between light, sound and audience movement that differs from a conventional theatre. The foundry remained recognisable as a working place, even as the performance led viewers into a series of temporary worlds within it.
