Foley Explosion Cases are both travel cases and stage sets for this award winning performance.
We were commissioned by artist Julie Rose Bower to make a trio of flight cases that would also serve as the set for her performance Foley Explosion. The performance makes use of a wide variety of everyday objects, as well as sound equipment, to create an immersive sound-based experience. The challenge here was to create a set of cases that could safely hold the wide array of very different items for transport, as well as convert into a functional set for the performance.
In order to create the cases, we started by doing a survey of all the items Julie uses during the performance; which vary from a delicate wine glass to a cuckoo clock. We also attended rehearsals to get an idea of where the items need to be, in order to create a set that she could interact with intuitively throughout the performance. We also wanted to create something that would be both lightweight and durable, which involved a lot of research into new materials and a venture into the online world of custom flight case making.
The result was a set of three multi-coloured flight cases made out of lightweight poplar plywood with a vinyl coating, which was then reinforced with aluminium edge casings, and completed with specialist flight-case fittings and handles. Julie is currently using the set for her 2018 tour of the Foley Explosion, details available on her website.
In order to create the cases, we started by doing a survey of all the items Julie uses during the performance; which vary from a delicate wine glass to a cuckoo clock. We also attended rehearsals to get an idea of where the items need to be, in order to create a set that she could interact with intuitively throughout the performance. We also wanted to create something that would be both lightweight and durable, which involved a lot of research into new materials and a venture into the online world of custom flight case making.
The result was a set of three multi-coloured flight cases made out of lightweight poplar plywood with a vinyl coating, which was then reinforced with aluminium edge casings, and completed with specialist flight-case fittings and handles. Julie is currently using the set for her 2018 tour of the Foley Explosion, details available on her website.