Projections
Robin and his team have conducted projections worldwide, focusing their efforts in Washington, D.C. Their work has been featured in nearly every major publication and news outlet.
Art
Robin Bell has been creating artwork and installations for over 25 years. His work has been featured on the street, in galleries, and in museums.
Media Production
With over 20 years of experience, Robin and his team can handle everything from grassroots campaigns to international productions.
What People Are Saying
“For weeks I’ve been wrestling with my own thoughts about Bell’s projections. That Bell is a provocative and novel messenger is clear. But what is it about such a simple conceit — putting words temporarily on the building implicated in the message — that we find so mesmerizing?.”
— David Montgomery, Washington Post
“Like Picasso’s Guernica and Barbara Krugers’s pieces — e.g., Untitled (Your body is a battle ground) — Bell’s art speaks truth to power. But unlike those iconic works, his projections won’t necessarily be discussed in art-history classes decades from now. Rather they are true sign of our times. Fleeting and viral, they have the same life spans as one of our president’s tweets. Sometimes it takes a virus to beat a virus.””
— Alex French, Esquire
Press Coverage
“What would it look like to make art about the Trumps without their likeness? How might it create different aesthetic and political possibilities?
There are answers already out there. Some of them veer closer to propaganda than art, like Robin Bell’s light projections of protest messages on government buildings and Trump hotels. ”
— Jillian Steinhauer, New York Times
“In an era when everyone from late-night talk show hosts to establishment politicians is excitedly declaring themselves “the resistance” to a historically unpopular president, artists are no exception. The question that remains is whether artists have a responsibility to try to catalyze concrete change with their art — or whether the role of the artist is to offer catharsis to everyone else.””
— Constance Grady, Vox
Bell has many things to say. But visitors to “Refractions” could spend all their time marveling at how he says them.
— Mark Jenkins, Washington Post
“Monday’s projections didn’t last long — just 10 minutes, until a pair of security guards walked over and blocked out the light — but the photos live on in social media. Plus, this has only inspired Bell to develop new ideas for future protests.”
