From 2002 our central city campuses at Camp Street and Lydiard
Streets in Ballarat will provide focal points for Visual and performing
Arts education, training, research and practice in Australia. The
establishment of the Camp Street Arts is a nationally significant
event involving Federal, State and Local governments and the
University.
As requested by my Head of School, I am endeavouring to
investigate further the detail of equipment requirements for the
Media Arts space at Camp Street, Ballarat.
I have made contact again with Mary Modeen from Duncan of
Jordanstone College of Art who was our visiting research fellow to
the Arts School last year, who was involved in the preliminary
discussions around the benefits of providing a flexible space at
Camp Street.
She suggested that the real experts who can recommend
international brand names and very specific details would be
contactable through "[log in to unmask]".
‘Things that had been envisaged in the early discussions of
shaping this studio were items of technology that crossed the
disciplines in the arts. In actuality, for expensive equipment and
restricted space, why duplicate?
And the synergy from letting performers, artists, technicians,
writers and critics all work together could--at its best--prove to be
the kind of epitome of creativity.
This ideal studio would include: several state-of-the-art computers
(BOTH PC and Mac); with external hard drives to add to memory
and at least one server for storage of large files; Zip disc players
and CD-Rom players and DVD players, and preferably burners for
all 3; good quality speakers to adapt to the system, a digital
editing suite at top technology (AVID, etc); a sound studio that
would include digital recorders, a silent sound room(s)/area for
recording; sound editor, synthesiser; a photographic flexibility that
would include pull-down backdrop rolls, tables & plinths, tripods, at
least one large-format camera, several digital cameras for students
to sign out; a digital video-camera (preferably more than one,
especially to record moving performance), again with tripod, a pull-
down projection screen; a digital data projector (preferably more
than one, for Power-point, Quark, etc. presentations); a video-
conferencing facility (a small addition of desktop camera and
software if all of the above exists); High speed fibre-optic cable
lines from the Arts complex to the University and/or network server;
lighting flexibility with various qualities of flood and spotlighting,
with louvred panel lights for photo shoots and carbon arc lights for
special demands, but also filtered/coloured lights for performers,
black out flexibility for darkening the space; and finally, something
that modifies the space--room dividers, hanging curtains (on tracks
is easiest), sliding walls, etc. Extras in all this would be access to
theatrical prop room, costumes and wardrobe, stereo/sound
system installed in the studio itself for recorded music during
performances, pull-out seating for chamber audiences; and large
screen digital/television monitors that can be flat against the wall or
installed and removed as needed. One of the things we could
investigate is an exterior large-scale monitor to put on the outside
the building to stop and surprise passers-by in the street with
"live" performances going on inside. Also, this studio might have
the capacity to create multi-media products that document
performances?’
I hope the above information is helpful so that you can assist with
information necessary to appropriately equip this flexible space.
Anne Saunders, Senior lecturer
Anne Saunders
Senior Lecturer
Drawing Studio Co-ordinator
School of Arts
University of Ballarat
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