Explore the Phillip Adams BalletLab Wunderkammer – a digital 360° exhibition of strange and beautiful costumes, set design pieces and art objects created over BalletLab’s 20-year history, set in the Temperance Hall studio.
Originally created for BalletLab performance works including EVER, Aviary, Glory, Brindabella, Kingdom and Amplification, these wondrous curios have never been shared with the public outside of performance seasons, currently hidden away in BalletLab’s archive storage.
Wunderkammer’s exhibited pieces are works of art in their own right, designed and made by Phillip Adams and a raft of exceptional artists working across costume design, visual art and other practices, including:
- Toni Maticevski
- Paul Yore
- Akira Isogawa
- The Huxleys
- Richard Nylon
- Matthew Bird
- Graham Green
Experience the detail and fine craft of the individual costume and set pieces, watch footage of the performance works they were created for, and follow the Gnomes to read anecdotal reflections about their conception and creation provided by Artistic Director Phillip Adams. Viewers will enjoy an unprecedented insight into the artistic process of one of Australia's boldest dance and cross-disciplinary artists and his collaborators, as Phillip unpicks the webs of inspiration drawn from queer culture, pop culture, fine art, fashion and other disciplines that informed these objects’ creation.
The Wunderkammer will launch in August 2020 as part of Open House Melbourne – follow Temperance Hall's social media for updates!
Supported by the City of Port Phillip and Ignition Immersive.
Note: This exhibition contains nudity and adult themes.
THE PHILIP ADAMS BALLETLAB WUNDERKAMMER
360° Digital Exhibition
Available from 6pm, Thursday 13 August, 2020
creative team CREDITS
Amplification (1999)
Choreographer: Phillip Adams
Dancers (2011 season): Joanne White, Carlee Mellow, Brooke Stamp, Rennie McDougall, Timothy Harvey, Ryan Lowe
Dancers (pictured in exhibited photograph): Stephanie Lake, Shona Erskine and Geordie Browning
Body extras (2011 season): Erin Fowler, Lilian Steiner, Pete AB Wilson
Composer/Turntablist: Lynton Carr
Set and Lighting Design: bluebottle
Costumes: Graham Green
Graphic Design: 3 Deep Design
Photography: Jeff Busby
Video documentation (2011): Matthew Gingold
Brindabella (2007)
Choreography: Phillip Adams and Miguel Gutierrez
Composer: David Chisholm
Lighting and Set Design: Bluebottle
Costume Design: Doyle Barrow
Performers: Tim Harvey, Derrick Amanatidis, Brooke Stamp and Luke George
Musicians: Lachlan Dent (Cello), Nic Synot (Double Bass), Timothy Phillips (Percussion)
Photography: Jeff Busby
Video documentation: Dianne Reid (hipsync)
Aviary (2011)
Direction, Choreography and Set Design: Phillip Adams
Performed by: Phillip Adams, Luke George, Daniel Jaber, Rennie McDougall, Brooke Stamp, Joanne White, Peter AB Wilson
Costumes: Toni Maticevski
Millinery: Richard Nylon
Composition: David Franzke and Phillip Adams
Nests: Matthew Bird, Architect
Curtain painting: Gavin Brown
Lighting: Benjamin Cisterne
Production Management: Tom Webster for traffic light
Photography: Jeff Busby
Video documentation: Matthew Gingold
Kingdom (2014)
Concept & Curation: Phillip Adams
Choreographers, Designers & Performers: Phillip Adams, Matthew Day, Luke George, Rennie McDougall
Crown Designers: Paul Yore & Devon Ackermann
Lighting Designers: Paul Jackson & Danny Pettingill
Wardrobe Consultant: Geoffrey Watson
Video Documentation: James Wright (NON Studio)
Photography: Jeff Busby
EVER (2017)
Choreography: Phillip Adams
Performers: Gregory Lorenzutti, Lilian Steiner, Ben Hurley, Timothy Walsh, Olivia McPherson and Ellen Davies
Costumes: Akira Isogawa
Set/Lighting Design: Matt Adey
Film/documentation: James Wright (NON Studio)
Music: Shaker Loops by John Adams; Metamorphosen by Richard Strauss
Photography: Jeff Busby
Glory (2019)
Choreography, Concept & Direction: Phillip Adams
Dancers: Ben Hurley, Oliver Savariego, Rachael Wisby, Samuel Harnett-Welk
Set Design: Phillip Adams, bluebottle (Ben Cobham and Andrew Livingston)
Lighting: bluebottle (Ben Cobham and Andrew Livingston)
Costumes: The Huxleys
Film/Documentation: James Wright (NON Studio)
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Design: 3 Deep
Photography: Georges Antoni (Art Direction by 3 Deep)
Documentation photography: Jeff Busby