RACER TRASH
(2020-2021)
At the height of Covid in April 2020, a dozen filmmakers + artists in a group chat collaborated to make a vapor wave remix of Speed Racer (2008).
We titled it S P E E D V A P O R (2020).
After a successful broadcast on Twitch, we quickly planned our next edit and coordinated a dozen more contributors.
What began as a vapor wave tribute evolved into an art form of its own and a psychedelic art movement was born: RACER TRASH.
Over the next 2 years, our rag tag group of virtuoso editors remixed over 45 films and established a far-reaching community of video freaks. It all culminated with some cool write-ups and an epic three night run at Toronto Film Festival where we premiered our remixes of Candyman, KITH Brain Candy, and Dune.
The collective ended its run following the remix of Blue Velvet for the 2021 Cucalorus film festival, but its legacy lives on.
Here is a collection of some of my personal favorite contributions to the collective..
SHOWGIRLS REDUX (2021)
Here is my David Lynch inspired re-cut of Showgirls. Though not officially an edit for the Racer Trash collective, it was my most successful work of the era. At the time of writing, it has over 81k views and counting.