●Festival stage · Hesse, VIC · 2024

Dr. Dan's

Three levels of stacked shipping containers hug the dancefloor with an industrial, monolithic presence. A row of custom-fabricated containers forms the middle tier, encouraging vertical movement and discovery through the structure. alterplace carried the project for Beyond The Valley 2024 from design development through to completion and on-site installation.

Client: Beyond The Valley
Scope: Technical DesignBuild ManagementProject Management
Collaborators: Concept — Henry HowsonConcept — Ambrose ZacharakisContainer Fabrication — Event Studios Australia

Three tiers of stacked shipping containers in golden dusty haze, festivalgoers watching from the container balconies above the crowd — 01photo — Ashlea Caygill

Red beams raking down from the LED-edged container tiers over the dancefloor — 02photo — Duncographic

The three-sided container arena under a brooding sky, totems raised across the crowd — 03photo — Kelsey Zafiridis

A violet LED line cutting through haze above the amber-lit middle-tier balcony — 04photo — Chloe Hall

Patrons on the middle-tier balcony beneath the weathered upper containers and lighting truss — 05photo — Chloe Hall

The containers washed deep red at night, crowds lining both balcony tiers — 06photo — Ashlea Caygill

Sunset breaking over the curved container wall, the crowd's decorated totems silhouetted — 07photo — Chloe Hall

Fisheye of the full container amphitheatre, both tiers packed above the dancefloor — 08photo — Ashlea Caygill

Blue smoke rising behind the red-lit arena, light-wrapped totems above the crowd — 09photo — Kelsey Zafiridis

The whole arena bathed in red — a single LED line tracing the container rim — 10photo — Ashlea Caygill