Lighting design
Arena Atomica: Skate-ology
Skateboarding becomes a live physics lesson. Krank'd designed the lighting for Arena Atomica: Skate-ology at World Science Festival Brisbane 2025, bringing performance and explanation into one arena.
Explore the production- When
- March 2025
- Where
- South Bank Piazza, Brisbane
The full arena and overhead production rig.
The science behind the trick
Arena Atomica: Skate-ology put world-class skateboarders and science presenters together at South Bank Piazza for World Science Festival Brisbane 2025. Presented with The Rumble, the event used live skating to introduce the mechanics of motion and the science behind apparently impossible tricks.
Skaters including Tommy Fynn, Coco Crafter and Dani Campbell featured in the production, while Dr Joel Gilmore unpacked the physics for the audience. It was both a sporting demonstration and a science show, with the explanations built around action happening in the arena.
Lighting an arena and a demonstration space
Krank'd created the lighting design for the event. The design needed to accommodate the breadth and movement of the skateboarding while keeping the presenters visible when attention shifted to an explanation.
That combination gave the production two different visual rhythms: fast movement across the skating area and more focused moments around the people describing it. Our lighting connected those modes within the Piazza, supporting the live demonstration without losing the educational thread of the show.
