Between 2021–2022, I worked as a Spatial Designer for Performance Arcade, a not-for-profit art festival held on the Wellington waterfront. The festival celebrates performance art in all its forms, staging ambitious, immersive works from its iconic temporary shipping container stages.

In 2022, Performance Arcade returned with a fresh lineup of artists and new logistical challenges, including adapting to evolving COVID regulations for large-scale public events. My role involved designing and managing flexible, engaging spatial environments that could accommodate a diverse range of performances, while ensuring smooth audience flow, visibility, and safety. This included planning stage layouts, audience zones, circulation paths, and sightlines, as well as collaborating closely with artists, production teams, and technical specialists to translate creative visions into functional, live experiences.

The work required balancing practical constraints with creative ambition, turning the waterfront into a dynamic, interactive canvas where the public could encounter performance in unexpected and memorable ways.

PA 2022 Photo Credit - Phillip Merry.

Event layout, spatial identity, and signage design in collaboration with the PA2022 spatial team: Kaleb Maunder, Tia Swann, Issac Powell and Max Taylor-Hall.