TENT

September 26, 2021

Rino Art Park, Denver

An image of a burlap cloth tent from the inside, looking up. There is stitching that is visible, and dark discoloration on the fabric. There are also holes through which we can see the sky.

TENT

Resilience Research Center

a performance project by Control Group Productions


Friday, September 24, 12-2pm: Commons Park

Sunday, September 26, 11am-2pm: RiNo Art Park Grand Opening

more dates & locations TBA

Photography by Katie Day Weisberger

developed by Patrick Mueller, Katie Weisberger, & Kristine Whittle

designed by Adrienne DeLoe & Katie Weisberger

dramaturgy by Kit Baker

TENT is a barter-based story-telling installation created for various locations along the South Platte River. It’s an informal performance/research project and part of Control Group’s ongoing series Treeline, exploring human relationships with nature and wilderness in the Anthropocene Era.

Each pop-up event is an invitation into dialog about how we experience safety, anxiety, and resilience in our personal situation. It is an artistic, therapeutic, and research endeavor, an opportunity to witness and share. The information gathered over the iterative process of TENT will inform how Treeline moves forward through future projects.


Set in outdoor public space, TENT offers visitors a one-on-one conversation about how we meet the unexpected.

A man carries two orange buckets of water, which are hanging from a stick on his shoulders. He is walking away and into a tree-lined area. There are tall buildings just beyond the trees.

Photography by Katie Day Weisberger

People gather outside of the tent to hear a story and converse, at Rino Art Park.
A pot and a lantern sit outside the tent at Confluence Park.
Painted signs describe Tent, aka Resilience Research Center, and direct people to its site.