We had mentioned Borf’s “video communique release and street party” a couple of times before, and even though it’s been a few days, we thought we’d share DCist’s experience at the event.

After waiting for about an hour at 11th and O NW on Saturday night, it seemed like the 100 people in attendance (plus a fair number of police officers) had been punk’d. However, there eventually was a brief video about depression, gentrification, and purple nurples, followed by a pretty orderly march to Dupont Circle.

The crowd started to form just before 9:30 p.m., with a couple of police cars and plainclothes officers hanging around conspicuosly. Eventually about 100 people gathered, many with bikes. Most appeared to be college age or younger and art school looking, and many seemed to know each other. Almost from the start some people wondered if the event was a joke, although the police obviously took it seriously, as MPD SUVs continued to show up and a helicopter even flew around, shining its spotlight on the crowd. Eventually someone turned on a projector in a parked car and the “video communique” began, projected against a wall.

Photo by Andrew Wiseman