Setting the Stage

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 24mm · f/8.0 · 1/2 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Teal curtains hang closed across the stage at the far end of Kenmore's entertainment hall, which also served as a chapel. An ornate wooden balustrade runs along the front of the stage. Arched window openings and a stained glass panel line the side walls, pale pink paint peels from the plaster above, and the ceiling grid, wall sconces and worn floorboards remain largely intact beneath dust.

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In situ

Setting the Stage at The Asylum, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Setting the Stage at The Asylum, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Setting the Stage at The Asylum, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Setting the Stage
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-051
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/2 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 24 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 297 × 210 mm
Location: 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

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The stage end of the dual-function hall at Kenmore. The room serves as both entertainment hall and chapel; the chapel end is at the opposite end of the same floor. The stage is timber, raised from the floor of the hall. The walls are plastered and painted. Tall windows line the side walls and admit daylight across the full length of the room. The stage is open; the curtains and fittings have been removed.

The dual-function hall is one of the features within the SHR-listed complex at Kenmore. The complex was the first purpose-built complete site for mental health care in rural NSW when it opened in 1895, designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect. The State Heritage Register listing describes the Vernon core as the finest corporate expression of Federation Free architecture in Australia. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A green curtain hangs closed across the proscenium stage. The hall stretches wide and empty. Scuffed timber flooring carries the wear of decades, its surface scratched and dulled. Arched window recesses line the walls. Fire alarm points sit at intervals, their red triangles still visible. A single stained glass window on the right wall lets in muted colour. Light falls across the floor from an unseen source, catching the grain.

Brett Patman

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 75 photographs

Frederic Norton Manning, NSW Inspector-General of the Insane, acquired 340.5 acres on Taralga Road, Goulburn, for £1,252 in October 1879. Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect, designed the asylum complex. Kenmore opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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