Auditorium Angled

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 0.4s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The Bankstown RSL auditorium is seen from an oblique angle. Rows of chairs are overturned and scattered, while dust coats the stage and floor. Silence fills the cavernous, derelict space.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Auditorium Angled
Series: Bankstown RSL
Catalogue: BRS-002
Process: Giclée
Captured: 6 February 2019
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 0.4s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The Bankstown RSL auditorium photographed at an angle shows the corner where the stage meets the long side of the room, the salmon-pink ceiling grid reading as a perspective wedge from this viewpoint. The stage curtains are drawn back, the dark wood of the stage floor visible. The salmon carpet of the auditorium floor runs to the foot of the stage and a few rows of stacked banquet chairs sit against the far wall. The angled view catches the slight curve of the row of acoustic panels that wraps around the back of the stage. From here the room reads as one continuous geometry: floor, ceiling, stage, all tied together by the salmon pink.

The angled view of the auditorium is the one that shows the room as it worked when it was full: the slight curve of the ceiling guiding sound across to the back rows, the wide stage opening onto the floor, the rows of seating sized for the largest weddings and the touring entertainment acts. The Bankstown RSL ran the auditorium across decades as the largest function room in the building, and this geometry shaped the experience of every event held in it. The Bankstown RSL was demolished in March 2019. The auditorium and its salmon-pink interior came down with the rest of the building.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A raised stage sits at the far end of a vast function hall inside the Bankstown RSL. Deep red carpet covers the platform. Herringbone parquet stretches across the main floor, its grain faded and dry. Hexagonal light fittings hang from a pink acoustic ceiling. The walls are painted a dull violet. Circular air vents punctuate the upper panels. Daylight pushes through tall windows along one side, falling flat across empty space.

Brett Patman

The series

Bankstown RSL

2019 · 30 photographs

On 17 September 1928, 26 returned servicemen of the 1914 to 1918 war founded the City of Bankstown RSL sub-Branch. The clubhouse at 1 Meredith Street opened in 1955, with blue walls under bright red ceilings. The underground sports complex originally held a swimming pool, a squash court, a gym, and a sauna.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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