DENVER – Meow Wolf’s artsy Convergence Station venue in Denver hosted Deep Dark & Dangerous’ Danceportation event on Feb. 22. Lost Horizon Productions looked after the unique event’s audio needs by deploying Funktion-One sound gear in the Perplexiplex and Numina, the two main performance spaces.
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When world-renowned immersive arts collective Meow Wolf transformed its Convergence Station venue into an unforgettable dancefloor experience for the Deep Dark & Dangerous’ ‘Danceportation’ takeover, Lost Horizon Productions was entrusted with delivering exceptional audio to match the venue’s otherworldly setting. The result was a seamless fusion of immersive art and cutting-edge Funktion-One sound.
A sprawling, 90,000 square foot creative universe, Convergence Station blurs the boundaries between art installation, interactive museum and event space. For Danceportation, the venue played host to 14 artists from the Deep Dark & Dangerous roster, who performed across multiple stages surrounded by Meow Wolf’s distinctive, mind-bending environments.
Lost Horizon Productions, a full-service event production company based in Colorado, was tasked with designing and deploying a sound system capable of maintaining sonic clarity across the venue’s diverse and challenging spaces – all within a tight two-hour installation window.
“The Deep Dark & Dangerous team had a clear vision for full-bodied, high-fidelity sound at each stage and the integrity of the Convergence Station’s art and architecture needed to be respected throughout,” explains Dylan Woods, Co-Owner of Lost Horizon Productions. “We also networked the audio feeds from each stage into several of the installations, allowing guests to sample the music through immersive interactive experiences.”
The venue’s two primary performance areas – the Perplexiplex and Numina – each presented distinct acoustic challenges. The Perplexiplex, a 2,500 square foot room equipped with 360° projection mapping, offered strong reflective surfaces, while Numina, a surreal, multi-level exhibit space described by Meow Wolf as ‘a sixth-dimensional sentient plant’ required a dynamic and adaptive sound approach.
Working closely with the Convergence Station team, Lost Horizon conducted advance analysis and employed Funktion-One’s proprietary Projection software to model the acoustic environment of the Perplexiplex, enabling precise speaker deployment and optimised coverage. The system design comprised four Funktion-One Evo 7 loudspeakers, six F124 subwoofers and two F101.2 speakers for front fill, together with PSM12 and BR121 for monitoring.
For Numina, Lost Horizon deployed two Evolution X loudspeakers as mains, supported by a vertical stack of three F124 subs for bass reinforcement. Delay speakers distributed via the venue’s Q-Sys infrastructure extended coverage across the multi-floor exhibit.
“Funktion-One’s point-source technology was crucial to overcoming the acoustic idiosyncrasies of both spaces,” says Woods. “The Evo 7’s precision and bold, uncompromising sound allowed us to control reflections in the Perplexiplex, while the Evolution X’s compact design and wide 90° horizontal dispersion made it the ideal solution for Numina’s unconventional layout. The systems delivered exceptional clarity and power while integrating discreetly within the venue’s immersive environments.”
The result was a sonically immersive, artistically aligned event that fully lived up to Meow Wolf’s reputation for transporting audiences beyond the ordinary.
“This was our second Deep Dark & Dangerous takeover and the response from artists and audiences alike has been outstanding,” said Duke Ducheneaux, Production Manager at Convergence Station. “Lost Horizon’s technical expertise and attention to detail were second to none. They approached the show with genuine care and the result was a dancefloor experience that connected with every person in the room.”
