Cincy Horseplay
Our mission is to unite a community of music enthusiasts through the cultivation of free expression.
I co-founded the Cincy Horseplay brand with my good friend, Grant Benninger in January of 2022. We are a community of shufflers and house music enthusiasts in the Cincinnati area. We’ve created a space for authentic expression, connection, and creativity through hosting weekly shuffle meetups and larger-scale pop-up events. Cincy Horseplay has involved over 30 members.
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Meet Ups
Meet-ups are the communal place to become inspired and to improve upon your shuffling skills. Every Week local shufflers get together to teach what they know and learn new moves from their fellow Cincy Horseplay members.
Meet-up Recap Video
Pop Ups
Giddy Up Pop Up events are social gatherings that celebrate connection through music and dance. These take place at different parks across Cincinnati and feature local DJs.
Pop Up Poster Template created in collaboration with Avery Nowosielski
Video from July Pop Up event
Cincy Horseplay DJ Cart
The goal of the Cincy Horseplay DJ cart was to create a mobile sound system for our group. It was created for the Cincy Horseplay Blink Activation and funded by Cincinnati's Blink Festival. It's now used for all of our pop up events. Created in collaboration with Grant Benninger and Quintin Armstrong.
CAD overall concept
Component breakdown key
Process picture
Blink Activation
We activated the Insane 51 mural for the 2022 Cincinnati Blink Festival. Blink is an art, light, and projection mapping festival. Greek Artist Insane 51 painted the mural of Euthenia, the Greek Goddess of prosperity, GoDutch illuminated the Euthenia with projection mapping, and we activated Euthenia with live music and dancing.
Blink Activation Poster created in collaboration with Avery Nowosielski
Blink Activation Recap Video
Shuffle Song of the Week
The Shuffle Song of the Week encourages members to get up and dance. During the winter months it's harder to find the space to come together, so a song is selected each week for all members to dance to and post their moves.
Shuffle Song of the Week Poster
Shuffle Song of the Week Compilation
