Project 102 is Neïl Beloufa’s first solo New York museum exhibition that is being displayed at the Museum of Modern Art until June 12, 2016. He is an emerging a French Algerian artist who received his Visual Arts National Diploma at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (2007), and studied at Cooper Union, New York, and CalArts, Valencia, California. It features an installation titled The Colonies (2016) which projects images on a moving exposed/ see through piece made from inexpensive construction materials and techniques. There are cameras installed on the piece and around the room that are capturing a live feed of the space. The live footage being captured is mashed up with the video People’s Passion, Lifestyle, Beautiful Wine, Gigantic Glass Towers, All Surrounded By Water (2011). The video includes a series of individuals talking about their experience within an unknown city with Spanish subtitles underneath. The people speaking are never seen; only the audio from their interview is featured. Instead, the current time is projected on the center of the monitor while a collage of live footage and images that correspond to their responses play. For instance, if one of the women speaking mention something she likes, an image of a thumbs up appears. If one of the men states something is unnatural, a thumbs down sign appears. Along with the audio from their interview, there is also music and natural sounds of birds chirping is playing.

Beloufa’s exhibition is a great example of experimental video and artwork. It has been said that “the aim of experimental filmmaking is usually to render the personal vision of an artist, or to promote interest in new technology rather than to entertain or to generate revenue, as is the case with commercial films” which is exactly what Beloufa does in his work. He makes material that may seem unappealing on their own intriguing with the help of video collage he created. He is truly able to grasp the attention and engage museum goers with his simple yet complex piece.