THE STATE LIBRARY.
VERDi REQUIEM.
A GRAND VISION FOR A GRAND SPACE.
OUR RECENT CUSTOM PIECE WAS NOTHING SHORT OF DRAMATIC.
DESIGNED TO HONOUR THE ICONIC ORCHESTRAL PIECE, VERDI REQUIEM BY COMPOSER GIUSEPPE VERDI - IN ONE OF MELBOURNE’S MOST HISTORIC SPACES. THE OCTAGONAL, SIX-STORY LA TROBE READING ROOM AT THE STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA.
WITH FULL CREATIVE FREEDOM FROM OUR CLIENT, WE LET THE SPACE AND ITS ARCHITECTURE INSPIRE OUR VISION, RESULTING IN A PERFORMANCE THAT BOTH HONOURED THE VENUE’S GRANDEUR AND CELEBRATED THE COLLISION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, DANCE AND THE ARTS.
OUR PROCESS ALWAYS BEGINS WITH AN IMMERSIVE APPROACH—STANDING IN THE ROOM AND ABSORBING IT’S DESIGN DETAILS, POSSIBLE PERFORMANCE LOCATIONS AND HISTORICAL CUES.
FOR THIS PROJECT, WE HERO THE ARCHES OF THE READING ROOM. THEY SYMBOLISE MORE THAN JUST ARCHITECTURE—THEY REPRESENT GATEWAYS TO KNOWLEDGE AND DISCOVERY, THE PERFECT STAGE FOR OUR PERFORMANCE.
THE PIECE REVOLVED AROUND A ROOM REVEAL. GUESTS BEGAN THEIR EVENING WITH DINNER IN THE ISABELLE FRASER ROOM, AN ELEGANT SETTING THAT SLOWLY BUILT ANTICIPATION. AFTER DINNER, THEY WERE LED INTO THE LA TROBE READING ROOM, WHERE THE PERFORMANCE UNFOLDED.
HERO’ING LIVE STRINGS, CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND A DRAMATIC CRESCENDO AS 5 METRES OF RED SILK WERE TOSSED FROM EACH ARCHWAY. EVERY COMPONENT WAS CAREFULLY WOVEN TOGETHER TO FILL THE SPACE.
REALISING THIS AMBITIOUS VISION WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT FROM TECHNICAL EVENTS, OUR PRODUCTION PARTNER. EVERY ASPECT OF LIGHTING AND SOUND WAS METICULOUSLY PRE-PLOTTED AND PRE-PROGRAMMED - ENSURING THAT EVERY NOTE, MOVEMENT, AND LIGHT CUE WAS SYNCHRONISED TO PERFECTION. THEIR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AMPLIFIED OUR CREATIVE VISION, ADDING ADDITIONAL DEPTH AND DRAMA TO AN ALREADY BREATHTAKING VENUE.
WE OWE OUR TREMENDOUS THANKS TO OUR LOVED CLIENT FOR GIVING US THE FREEDOM TO EXPLORE THE FULL SCOPE OF OUR CREATIVITY WITHOUT LIMITS YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.
IT IS IN THESE MOMENTS OF COMPLETE CREATIVE FREEDOM THAT WE DELIVER OUR BEST WORK.
FOOTAGE
CREDITS
CREATIVE DIRECTION: AMY VAUGHAN CREATIVE
PRODUCTION: TECHNICAL EVENTS
MUSICIANS: YENA CHOI, TOM JOVANOVIC, KIM WOON
CHOREOGRAPHY: SCOTT POKORNY & TIM BARNES
DANCE CAST: SCIMM DANCE COMPANY
MUSICIAN STYLING: JOELIE YOUNGER
VIDEOGRAPHY: THICK BLACK FRAMES
PHOTOGRAPHY: TOMMY CREATIVE
VENUE: LA TROBE READING ROOM, STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA