BY HALLIE ALDRICH


The motive is to bring your performance project anywhere and everywhere.

Let's start in the middle of this story.

This video was shot during the building process. Go here if you like starting in the messy part.

THE OBJECT:

It is a mobile performance dwelling.
It is a dance pod.
It is a mobile multi-functional and collapsible travel trailer that works as an event space or performance / photo / video stage for projects and events.

I designed it and built it (with lots of help).

The pod has two rooms.

​Room 1  is the living space /  green room.
It has a seating area.
And a full kitchen, permitted for commercial catering.
It has a dry flush toilet.
And a shower.
It as a desk / video lab / performance operation station.

Room 2  is a mini black box.
It is a photo / filming / performing stage.
It is an event stage.
It is a rehearsal studio.
It is a multi- media workshop.

The black box has a fold / unfold design.
It has a metal reinforced, cantilevered roof.
Three hinged walls unfold, transforming interior to exterior.
The stage floor is danceable-- the floor hinges are seamlessly hidden.
The structural posts are removable. When unfolded, you have a wide open space of more than 12 x 24 feet of raised staging.

It can park anywhere, and be ready to rumble in no time.
Beach. City. Mountainside. Lakeside. Streetside.
The pod can drive up, set up, then pack up  in minutes..
Off grid performance power lasts for four hours on batteries, longer with the generator.

READY ON THE SCENE IN 2023.
The black box debuted in 2016 at the Bellweather Bellevue Art Museum festival. Today. it is ready for the event and performance season of 2023.

See the process design - build photos below!