PracticallyDone
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Hello everyone,
First, I hope that my presence here isn't too out of line as I work in a museum and not a theater. Much of my work overlaps the theater knowledge set and I have worked in theaters before. I am in charge of all fabrication at my museum and I'm looking to hear some ideas and pros/cons for an upcoming art installation.
So, given that this fabrication is for a video artist's install, the typical concerns about rake slope and performer safety aren't really applicable. Safety is still my top priority, but it will be visitor safety. In the photos, you can hopefully see a raked stage of sorts that has a carpeted stage on top for viewers to climb up into/on and watch half of the piece's contents and a second area similar to a trap room where they can watch a second video.
I have been asked to come up with ways to build this structure that are 1) Safe 2) Aesthetically pleasing (underside) 3)Fast and of course 4) Budget friendly. I raise an eyebrow every time someone asks for 'good, fast, cheap'. In any case, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'm comfortable doing a traditional wooden truss construction, perhaps going with aluminum I beams and supports, maybe the pipe method in these photos (from a previous run of the work.) Trying to find the goldilocks method/material.
First, I hope that my presence here isn't too out of line as I work in a museum and not a theater. Much of my work overlaps the theater knowledge set and I have worked in theaters before. I am in charge of all fabrication at my museum and I'm looking to hear some ideas and pros/cons for an upcoming art installation.
So, given that this fabrication is for a video artist's install, the typical concerns about rake slope and performer safety aren't really applicable. Safety is still my top priority, but it will be visitor safety. In the photos, you can hopefully see a raked stage of sorts that has a carpeted stage on top for viewers to climb up into/on and watch half of the piece's contents and a second area similar to a trap room where they can watch a second video.
I have been asked to come up with ways to build this structure that are 1) Safe 2) Aesthetically pleasing (underside) 3)Fast and of course 4) Budget friendly. I raise an eyebrow every time someone asks for 'good, fast, cheap'. In any case, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'm comfortable doing a traditional wooden truss construction, perhaps going with aluminum I beams and supports, maybe the pipe method in these photos (from a previous run of the work.) Trying to find the goldilocks method/material.