Heliograph Travelogues

MAPS Festival, Dancehouse Melbourne, 1998
Heliograph Productions

The first version of Heliograph Travelogues, incorporating an interactive interface composed of a selection of scenes triggered by performance poet Becky Jenkins and included live sound from Matthew Thomas, lighting by Nic Mollison and Graphic design/ performance by Nik Gaffney and videography by Elendil.

Lisku FAD Cafe/ Gallery, Adelaide
This is the second version of Heliograph Travelogues in which TV monitors were used to substitute the large screen images in a more intimate galley performance space.

Isotrope Plantsyntax Gallery, Melbourne, 1998
An improvisational jam or off shoot of Heliograph Travelogues, performed in a contemporary art gallery with night time cityscape framing the production. Heliograph collaborators included Poet Becky Jenkins, performer and graphic designer Nik Gaffney, lighting designer Nic Mollison and sound artist Matthew Thomas.

Title: Heliograph Travelogues
Stage 1: MAPS Festival Dancehouse, Melbourne
Stage 2: FAD Cafe/ Gallery, Adelaide
Stage 3: Adelaide Festival Centre, Space Theatre
Design: Nik Gaffney
Sound Design: Matthew Thomas
Lighting Design: Nic Mollison
Videography: Elendil
Performed by: Sarah Neville, Nik Gaffney, Becky Jenkins
Supported by: Ausdance SA, Dance House, Open-Space, Media resource Centre, ANAT, FAD

The concept is based around regeneration/ cityscapes/ sheltered space.

1999 April Heliograph v3, The Space Theatre , Adelaide Festival Centre
Version three of Heliograph Travelogues, produced without the interactive digital interface for a conventional theatrical environment.