Nightclub Bar

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/4.0 · 1.3s · ISO 500
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The service counter runs the full width of the frame. Cork-tile panelling lines the bar front. Behind it, empty bain-marie units sit open beneath a geometric feature wall in terracotta and ochre. A timber-slat ceiling hangs low overhead.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Nightclub Bar
Series: Bankstown RSL
Catalogue: BRS-017
Process: Giclée
Captured: 6 February 2019
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/4.0
Shutter: 1.3s s
ISO: 500
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 nightclub bar at the Bankstown RSL sits along one wall of the matte-black room, a long timber-laminate counter with a chrome footrail along its base. The bar back is mirrored top to bottom, with bottle shelves stripped of stock. Pendant light fittings hang above the bar at regular intervals, all of them dark. The bar floor is the polished timber of the rest of the nightclub, scuffed at the rail line where decades of patrons stood. Padded vinyl stools sit empty along the bar, a few of them tilted. The back wall behind the mirrors carries the ducting and cabling that ran the bar's beer lines, sound feeds, and POS terminals; the runs have been disconnected and the holes left open.

The nightclub bar was where the late-night crowd queued for drinks, leaning across the polished counter to the staff working the taps. The bar ran on its own roster through the night, separate from the rest of the club's beverage service, with its own glassware, ice supply, and bar staff. By the time the photograph was made the bar had been stripped of stock and the lines flushed. The Bankstown RSL was demolished in March 2019. The bar, the mirrors, the chrome footrail, and the stools were scrapped with the rest of the room.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A long bar counter runs the width of the room, its stone-clad face pitted and uneven under a polished granite rail. Behind it, empty bain-maries and steel wells sit gutted. The back wall is covered in a geometric relief of timber blocks, some stained red and orange, others dark as charcoal. Slatted timber lines the ceiling. Blue pendant lights hang still. Chequered carpet stretches to the foot rail, worn flat.

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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