Image Credit : Kevin O'brien & Barton Taylor
Project Overview
Blak Box is a temporary sound pavilion designed to share First Peoples stories that operated on the Barangaroo Reserve during June 2018.
Project Commissioner
Project Creator
Team
Kevin O'Brien - Architect
Daniel Browning - Curator
Karen Norris - Lighting Design
Project Brief
Blak Box was commissioned by Urban Theatre Projects to house newly commissioned sound works curated by Daniel Browning. The works bring together a range of contemporary Aboriginal voices that respond to the past, present and future of the Barangaroo site.
The pavilion was designed by Kevin O’Brien, who has recently joined BVN as a Principal. He is renowned for his designs which draw on Aboriginal concepts of space.
Project Innovation/Need
Constructed primarily of two materials aluminium and polycarbonate, the pavilion is designed to be both easily constructed and deconstructed by a small team and will produce a water like effect when diffusing and reacting with light as well as being 100% recyclable.
The ideas inspiring the concept according to Kevin O’Brien can be traced back to a 1917 asymmetrical egg-shaped lounge room in a Swedish villa by architect Eric Gunnar Asplund. “This lounge was rumoured to be the perfect room for conversation,” said Kevin, who added “while directly referencing this internal form from the last century I have made it my own in this century.”
For Kevin, Blak Box is about producing an experience through light and sound to share a deeper and broader understanding of contemporary Aboriginality in 2018.
Pop-Ups, Display, Exhibit & Set Design
This award celebrates innovative and creative design for a temporary building or interior, pop up site, installation, exhibition, fixture or interactive element. Consideration given to materials, finishes, signage and experience.
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