Nightclub Entrance

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/5.0 · 5s · ISO 250
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Within Bankstown RSL, the nightclub entrance. Pale light floods through the doorway at the back of the hall, throwing a long reflection across the parquet dance floor. Dark blue ceiling panels run the full width overhead, punctuated by recessed fittings and a suspended speaker cluster.

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In situ

Nightclub Entrance at Bankstown RSL, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Nightclub Entrance at Bankstown RSL, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Nightclub Entrance at Bankstown RSL, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Nightclub Entrance
Series: Bankstown RSL
Catalogue: BRS-018
Process: Giclée
Captured: 6 February 2019
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/5.0
Shutter: 5s s
ISO: 250
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 entrance at the Bankstown RSL sits at the back of the hall. Pale light floods through the doorway, throwing a long reflection across the parquet dance floor. Dark blue ceiling panels run the full width overhead, punctuated by recessed fittings and a suspended speaker cluster. The room reads darkest at the edges and brightest at the door.

Nightclub rooms at suburban clubs of this era carried the kit of a 1970s and 1980s discotheque tradition through into the 1990s and 2000s on a smaller scale. The parquet floor, the low panelled ceiling and the hung speakers are the working parts of that room. The Bankstown RSL was demolished in March 2019. The doorway, the dance floor and the speaker cluster all went down with the rest of the front-of-house fit-out.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Within Bankstown RSL, the nightclub entrance.

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

Print sizes

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