The Hanzon Archive

November 21, 2019February 9, 2023

Camp Christmas, 2019-2020

Nov 21, 2019 through January 5, 2020 – Stanley Market Place

Not for the faint of festivity, this over-the-top indoor immersive installation turns the holiday spirit all the way up with mesmerizing displays of decorations that shift time and reality. Come in from the cold with your whole family and get wrapped in the ooey-gooey, odd and sweet rituals that have brought light to the darkness of winter for thousands of years.

This was the very first Camp Christmas immersive event.

June 20, 2019March 7, 2022

Stonewall 50: Progress & Reflection, 2019

Temporal, monumental public sculpture about the last 50 years of the civil rights movement that was sparked by the Stonewall Riots of 1969.

June 20, 2018June 25, 2022

Equal Threshold, 2018

The Hanzon Studios installation for Denver PrideFest 2018 was a colorful collection of open doors and warm, welcoming phrases. Inside the structure, part of the Equality Cake and contemplation benches from Shrine to Humanity were included. Quotes about love and openness plastered the inside walls. Chalk was provided for PrideFest participants to self-express.

June 9, 2018September 23, 2022

Trash Fashion Show 2018

Denver’s first annual Trash Fashion Show was designed to bring awareness to fashion industry waste and the artistry of DIY-ing and upcycling. Proceeds benefited the GLBT Community Center of Colorado and prizes were awarded to local designers.

June 20, 2017October 7, 2022

Shrine To Humanity, 2017

The Hanzon Shrine to Humanity featured five temples built and designed by Paulo Wellman, then hand-painted and embellished with artistic symbols of the chakra system, as well as steel bells with ornate mallets for festival goers to chime. Over 200 hand-sewn and dyed silk flags, invoking prayer flags, adorned the sanctum, while four proud hand-dyed rainbow flags crowned the perimeter. There were also four hand-painted ‘contemplation benches’ pointed toward the beautiful shrine for festival go-ers to sit a moment and reflect upon what Gay Pride really means to us as individuals, communities, and nations. The lavish colors were not only eye-catching and upbeat, but also paid tribute to Gilbert Baker, the artist and gay rights activist who first designed the rainbow flag, and who passed away in March of this year.

June 20, 2016February 5, 2023