Klip Collective
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- 2003
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About Klip Collective
Klip Collective is a Philadelphia-based experiential art and creative technology studio that transforms architecture, landscapes and objects through projection, light and sound. Founded in 2003 by multimedia video artist Ricardo Rivera and photographer Pier Nicola D'Amico, the studio creates site-specific installations for cultural institutions, public gardens, civic spaces, live events and commercial brands.
Its work combines visual storytelling with the physical characteristics of a place. Buildings, trees, plant collections and sculpture become surfaces for animated imagery, while original music and spatial sound connect individual installations into larger environments. The studio develops projects from creative direction and concept development through animation, audio production, site surveying, technical engineering and system integration. Architectural scanning and three-dimensional modeling help align digital content with real structures and terrain.
From commercial experiences to landscape installations
During its first decade, Klip Collective developed experiential campaigns and installations for brands including Nike Jordan, Target, Adult Swim, Red Bull and Syfy. Its subsequent work increasingly focused on longer-form public and institutional art experiences that respond to the history, ecology and character of their settings.
A defining project was Nightscape: A Light and Sound Experience at Longwood Gardens in 2015–2016. The exhibition brought projection and original sound to outdoor gardens and an indoor conservatory, drawing nearly 300,000 visitors across two seasons. It helped establish the studio's approach to nighttime walks composed of multiple connected installations.
Later projects extended that approach to desert plant collections, sculpture gardens and forests. Alongside these outdoor commissions, Klip has produced architectural projections, permanent civic installations, festival environments and works exploring public memory through projection and virtual reality.
The studio's practice brings artistic development and technical delivery together: imagery, sound, playback infrastructure and environmental controls are developed around each site's requirements. Its commissioned installations can span multiple seasons, while its live-event work adapts the same combination of visual design, music and spatial composition to performance settings.
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Leadership
- Ricardo Rivera is identified as Founder and Artistic / Creative Director.
- Michelle Barbieri is identified as Managing Partner and Executive Producer.
- Julian Grefe is identified as Music Director and Lead Composer.
- Kevin Ritchie's Associate Creative Director role is documented in the cited 2016 Longwood Gardens material.
Technology and production model
Rivera's projection experiments began in the late 1990s using laptops, Photoshop masks and After Effects. Klip Collective, Inc. is identified as an assignee and applicant on projection-system patents, including US Patent No. 10,567,718, granted February 18, 2020, and US Patent No. 7,407,297.
The studio's documented toolset includes TouchDesigner, After Effects and Cinema 4D. Its core team expands for major exhibition builds with specialist artists, technicians and local fabrication contractors, and develops bespoke control software and hardware systems.
Recognition and collaboration
Electric Desert was a Merit Winner in the 2021 CODAawards. For Luminere, the studio's original score was performed with the Asheville Symphony, connecting its installation practice with a local orchestral collaboration.
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Where Klip Collective is based
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Philadelphia offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: Bok Building, 1901 S. 9th Street, Studio 303-304, Philadelphia, PA 19148, United States Phone: +1 215-733-0776 Office webpage: https://www.klip.tv/zoom Opened: 2016 Sole current creative workshop, production office and corporate headquarters. The studio relocated to Bok in 2016. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Former studio in Philadelphia's Northern Liberties neighborhood, preceding the move to Bok in 2016. The report does not identify its street address or a physical closure date.
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