Whale World Hologram

WhaleWorld Hologram

SpectraVision

Whale World
Albany's Historic Whaling Station

The Shirley Spectra was briefed to interpret whales and the history of whaling for visitors to this heritage site, which was the last Australian whaling station to close.

 

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Cheynes IV was the last whale chaser to hunt from this station. Now beautifully restored and docked on dry land, visitors go aboard and experience a whale hunt in multi-channel, dynamically layered audio. The story is interpreted through dialogue of the ship's crew, radio contact with the spotter plane and a linking narrator.

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In 1978 the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company in Albany ceased operation. The emotive story of its final months is told in SpectraVision (Peppers Ghost) by the 1st Mate of a whale chaser and his wife.
The two 25cm holographic-like figures walk around the three-dimensional space and interact with artefacts in the cabinet.
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The many moods of the ocean are used as a constant moving image over which contemporaneous and contemporary footage is layered. The story is punctuated by Son et Lumiere (Sound & Light) with artefacts around the screen.

The tanks in which whale oil were once stored are now multi-media, object theatres. The first tank relates the history of whaling and visitors stand on a platform around the inside wall of the theatre and view a large projection screen on the floor below.

 

 

 

 

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The second tank is now a multi-media, diorama theatre. It has objects and lighting behind a scrim projection screen, which support the story of sharks and their connection with whaling.
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Three video projectors customised with `intelligent' mirrors move images over the entire scrim screen.