Operating under the name Vjay Bombs, this anonymous Los Angeles based collective of filmmakers uses high powered projectors to transform building facades into platforms for dissent, intervening without warning and without permission, often from a parked car or a nearby lot, and relying on light rather than paint to occupy a massive surface without leaving a trace.

Because nothing is physically altered and no damage is caused, property owners have little room to intervene, which allows the projection to seize attention, spread rapidly through social media, and vanish before authorities can respond.

They describe these guerrilla projections as a form of peaceful protest that is accessible and disruptive but not violent, even when the imagery is confrontational or deliberately grotesque. At times the work shifts into something almost lyrical, as in the haunting vision of the Statue of Liberty slowly sinking, where beauty and unease are held within the same image.

For them, context is inseparable from content. As they stated in an interview, “the sweet spot for us is when architecture and message intersect, when the building itself becomes a part of the story we’re telling.”