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IDES2040 FUTURE MAKINGASSIGNMENT 2 - PARTS A & B
SEMESTER 2, 2015
SAM CARTER 21642754
blog: http://samblers.weebly.com
staged architecture for
using Grasshopper for Rhino 5.0
AESTHETIC
Appearances can be deceptive. Gorillaz have filled arenas worldwide but self-infatuated cock-rocking divas they are not. This proposal employs no fireworks or spinning platforms, flying pigs, ’57 Chevy’s, pole-dance cubicles, jet streams of ‘hair air’ or showering post-encore glitter.
Instead, the proposed stage architecture leaves the expanse of the ground plane well alone for the benefit of the star attraction - musical spectacle. Room to breathe is a must for Gorillaz - with a core musical cast which numbers perhaps fifteen, their equipment, and then numerous guest performers arriving and departing throughout the show things can get a little squeezed. And then there’s all that monkeying around to be catered for…
Hence, the principle aesthetic decision has been one of loud restraint, the proposed set supplements the musical spectacle but remains peripheral and neither overpowers the human cast nor simply gets in their way.
The design methodology began with the fullest extent of the stage envelope, into which a spherical surface section was inserted, locating the haphazard population of camo background tiles (expanding on the original source image - Russell’s studio) and inferring a focal point into which all illumination and sonic energy is directed: Global co-ordinate 0,0,0 - Centre Stage.
The foreground studio equipment maintains this same focal point, and features old-skool cloth-covered speakers, subs, tweeters, RAT pedals and some chrome cage thingies for a bit of ‘luxe’. Imagine this lot plugged in, turned to 11 and pointed in the same direction. Gulp.
Together the architectural elements provide a suspended patchwork scene which will create a myriad of light and shadow shafts from surrounding lighting, is light-reflecting, light-absorbing, quick to assemble/ disassemble, capable of being partially re-arranged venue-to-venue and may be used as a background for the placement of any and every arrangement of stage adornments imaginable.
camo background tiles - varietyof textures and reflective effects -all colours were swatched fromthe source image
voids - create shafts of shadowand light on stage when backlit
tweeters - they look too new?“off the back of a truck mate...”
...glossy white paint, black grilles,bright yellow speaker cones
chrome cages - for highreflectivity and bling
old skool speakers - with teak cabinetsand cloth covering - a nice find
somewhere in Colchester is a fleet ofVauxhall Corsas missing their woofers... ...matte grey plastic
BOOM...0,0,0 - Centre Stage
RAT pedals... black, heavy,indestructable and with a shinychrome switch
access to stage wings leftopen and free of obstruction
BACKSTAGE
STAGEFRONT
FRONT ELEVATION 1:100
STAGE RIGHT ELEVATION 1:100
STAGERIGHT
STAGELEFT
DRAWINGS
PLAN 1:100
STAGEFRONT
SECTIONS 1:100A - A B - B C - C D - D E - E
GORILLAZ features a large cast of live performers - the stage set occupiesthe sides, rear and ceiling of the stage envelope, leaving the ground plane free for equipment, supporting members, and on-stage monkeying around
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E
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
stage elements consist of lightweight plywood shellswith visible front/ feature faces
support structure - background elements are clipped to this quick-assembly CHS steel structure
main stage gantry system - the lightweight portable supportstructure is suspended from the venue’s own fixed gantry system
scaffold coupings - easy and quick to erect
D.I.Y.
40ft shipping containers
the largest stage set element has been designed tofit within a standard 40ft shipping containerfor ease of transportation
support structuremembers
feature elements
background elements - a jigsaw so easy even a roadie can work it out ...
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GLASTONBURY 2016
WORKFLOW
BACKGROUND FOREGROUND
GRASSHOPPER GRASSHOPPER
GRASSHOPPER - EXPORT TO RHINO
RHINO - DETAILING
EXPORT TO 3DS MAX FOR RENDERING
GRASSHOPPER SCRIPT SNAPSWHOLE SCRIPT
1:200 RAPID PROTOTYPE
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