The front facade of the QaGoMA Building lights up every night in almost neon colour palettes. Shot on a very appropriate cinematic film modified for 35mm stills cameras, Cinestill 800T was the perfect choice. Rendering the colours in a wonderful array of spectacular colour. Reminiscent of the days of cinema and neon billboards lighting up bustling city streets at dusk.
ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION, FROM HERE AND ABROAD
Locally from Brisbane. Pulling inspiration from technical drawings (line) and use of light, reflection and placement. Giving a stronger emphasis on the location, the subject and surrounding elements.
King George Square, Brisbane. Utilising an adjacent building, reflection of the clock tower.
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Inner building detail. Light reflections.
QPAC and the Brisbane Wheel. 2 icons in a single element.
The Brisbane Wheel from another point of view.
Inner City CBD, Brisbane. Strong light and framing. Ideal for campaign / collateral text placement. Giving a 3Dimensional effect with the edging of both the top and bottom buildings.
Inner City Building, Brisbane CBD. Interior space montage. 2 images blended together. Incorporating the same light fixtures.
Pedestrian Bridge, from QPAC to Qld Museum. Street elements with people and how they’re expected to use the space.
Abroad, from many different parts of Europe. Offering a wealth of opportunity with different and similar architectural styles. Both modern and old.
Flughafen München (Airport Munich). Everyday in the passenger terminal. Side lighting from the right - sun. And shallow depth of field to draw attention to the subject matter (s). Air hostesses waiting for their departing workplace. Mystery lines of the ceiling lights leading into the endless abyss of the terminal.
Operarn Oslo, Norway. Concert and performance hall Oslo. Firstly, the framing of the large window aperture, mixed purpose, allowing visitors the opportunity to walk (hike) to the roof of the building. Not too dissimilar to a video game - 2D platform game common in the 80’s and 90’s. Such as Duke Nukem. With a final element of texture added, part of the interior space, adding more interest, but framed in symmetry.
Docklands Amsterdam. Wide spanning canter-levered buildings. Shot with a wide angle to emphasise scale by distorting the planes.
Helsinki Ship Terminal. Framed with elements of the window pans. Both from the window and shiny floor. Elements of people using the space, waiting for their boat looking out into the harbour.
Berlin HBF. Berlin Central Station. Despite being a modern building, paying homage to the typical European Train Stations throughout. Vast spanning steel structures, self-supporting.
Bundestag, Berlin. After WW2 and after many revisions with a well-renowned Architectural Firm, the new structure incorporating vast glass louvres, allowing transparency of the ruling government with people of Germany.
Natural light reflecting off of the inner corner structure with angled mirrored glass creating a wonderful effect.
CURATION Steel: art design architecture
Back in February I visited the QUT Art Museum, Gardens Point Campus in Brisbane City. Including Steel in industrial and architectural design.
Sean O'Connell, details as below.
