Projection RIPTIDE: WE OUTSIDE is a video projection installation specifically curated and composed for the WE OUTSIDE residency’s event. The video was projected onto a sheet of canvas fabric placed behind the DJ booth providing a backdrop to the stage. The projection serves as a visual component to the DJ set performed by DJs NKNX, Délé, and Joga.
Projection RIPTIDE: WE OUTSIDE combines found and filmed footage using different blending techniques, type, and collaged compositions to create a grungy, in-your-face, youthful, and expressive visual language. Derived from memories of younger days, reference points, and a conversation with the WE OUTSIDE crew and The NORK! Project, the video speaks to the “variety of experiences that occur in a city especially during the summer.” Due to its functional nature (an endless loop) the video ends where the journey begins, full circle like a season or a party.
This video is in collaboration with Designer and Artist Jahi Kijo Lendor. Airplane footage used in this video was filmed by Photographer and Designer Nadya Andrianova. Graphics included in this video provided by Artist Gabe Ribeiro. Music set by DJs NKNX, Délé, and Joga. This video was projected during and for the WE OUTSIDE Merch Launch Party at The Yard in Newark, NJ on August 27, 2021.
Projection RIPTIDE: WE OUTSIDE w/ DJ set.
Still frames from Projection RIPTIDE: WE OUTSIDE.

Constructed in a two week span, current events, conversations, real time happenings, Virgil Abloh, and movies/tv shows were some of the influences during the creative sessions. The juxtaposing and collaging of the footage communicates the aura of the event as well as our own dialogue through the use of style, form, and concepts which were achieved by choice and serendipity.
WE OUTSIDE + NORK! Merch Launch Party projection installation at The Yard.
Attendee recorded footage of the projection installation at the WE OUTSIDE party.

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