Woooooooosh!! was a site-specific projection art installation curated by Andrew F. Scott for the AURORA Block Party, an open-air celebration of light, sound, and community in the heart of the Dallas Arts District. Produced in partnership with AURORA and Downtown Dallas Inc., the event was part of a month-long Friday night series that filled the city with large-scale video works from regional artists, collectives, and university collaborators.
Scott’s curatorial vision transformed the downtown skyline into a visual field of movement and meaning, highlighting contributions from faculty, students, alumni, and staff of The University of Texas at Dallas. Featuring artists from the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) and the School of Arts and Humanities (A&H), the installation reflected UTD’s commitment to experimental media and public engagement.
The title Woooooooosh!! invokes UTD’s “Comets” identity and suggests both kinetic force and creative ignition. Like celestial bodies drawn into radiance, each artwork contributed its own trajectory of light, form, and narrative. The program included abstract explorations, animated shorts, and politically resonant works. Artists featured included xtine burrough, Laura Hyunjhee Kim, SV Randall, Nitashia Johnson, LightSquad alumni, and Scott himself, whose video Nkonde Invocation offered a powerful ancestral meditation.
Projection mapped across architectural facades, these moving images reanimated the cityscape. Crowds flowed through illuminated pathways, encountering art that shimmered, pulsed, and responded to the urban environment. With late-night museum hours, food trucks, and a celebratory street atmosphere, the event invited a shared reawakening of public space.
“The goal was to center and amplify the diversity of expression using projected video content to activate the entire sky. At UTDallas, we have a word for that energy. WOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!” Andrew F. Scott
Aurora Video Art Nights. Dallas Arts District Changing Perspectives Block Party 2022, Curated by Andrew F. Scott. A projection mapping installation event featuring my work and select pieces chosen from UT Dallas and LightSquad artists. Andrew F. Scott with Omar Davila, xtine burrough, SV Randall, Laura Neal, Roxanne Minnish, Moss Murphy, Liz Trosper, Laura Hyunjhee Kim, Dean Terry. Moody Performance Hall, Dallas Arts District, Dallas TX, April 29, 2022.