Aggregate Immateriality

AGGREGATE IMMATERIALITY
April 5 – May 11, 2019

former Mountain States Packing facility
4800 Washington St, Denver 80216

Created by Control Group Productions
as part of our works series
dances made to be viewed in the dark

An immersive journey through an abandoned slaughterhouse.

An uplifting rumination on fear, darkness, & death.

A last dance in the dark.

Aggregate Immateriality offered guests a quietly uplifting contemplation of their own mortality, as they moved through an abandoned slaughterhouse in North Denver’s Globeville neighborhood.

This immersive event, created in a 12,000 square-foot maze of rooms in the basement of a decommissioned slaughterhouse, is Control Group’s largest production to date. Created by Control Group Productions in collaboration with Incite Colorado (environment design), Daniel Sharkey Cinematography (video), and Slaughterhouse Investments (venue management), Aggregate Immateriality culminates the 4-year, 7-work series dances made to be viewed in the dark – an unfolding of the sensory experiences and social contents of darkness.

Aggregate Immateriality was created with support from Denver SCFD, project partners, and many generous donors.

Created in partnership with:
Incite Colorado | environmental design
Churn Creative | videography
State 38 Distillery | beverages
Slaughterhouse Properties | venue

Created by:
Patrick Mueller | concept & direction
Bailey Harper & Nicholas Caputo | assistant direction & performance
Allison Blakeney, Danielle Dugas, James Brunt, Laura Lounge | performance
Christine Woods | stage management
Nicholas Caputo | sound design & composition
Justin Hicks & Katie Webster (Incite Colorado) | environmental design
Daniel Sharkey | video design
Izzy Bristow | costume design
Tristan LeMaster | lighting design
Catlin Seavey | techformance
Brandon Gonzales | sound operation

Special Thanks to
Troy Everett
Chris Bagley
Lindsay Pierce
Julie Parker
Esther & Scott Varney
Kristine Whittle
and many others who helped us prepare the work.

Selected Reviews & Features:

KUNC: "The building itself plays a starring role in the experience."

Westword: "Proscenium-free theater that mingles movement, narrative and participation into a new kind of show without barriers."

5280: "Mueller invented a world that exists in between life and death — asking us to face our fear of the latter in a building once known for it."

KGNU: "A beautiful, tender, cryptic tale – a truly unique Denver experience."

Kit Baker: "As powerful and spellbinding as anything I have experienced in Colorado."

303 Magazine: "Reaches beyond entertainment into a world of deep personal reflection."

Ben Waugh: "The caretaking of the audience is perfect!"

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