In 1997 Dutch video artist Rineke Dijkstra captured after-hours revelers at The Buzz Club in Liverpool, England, and Mysteryworld of Zaandam, Netherlands. Displacing club-goers by taking them out of their dancefloor comfort zone and photographing them in a white cube, Dijkstra was renowned for her revealing, anthropological approach in her portraits of isolated social groups, from families at the beach to soldiers in the military.

For a 21st-century reimagining of Dijkstra’s project, photographer and director Erik Madigan Heck enlisted Brooklyn’s most vibrant club kids and captured them dancing to Mike Dehnert’s tech house classic “Detroit Switch Back to City” – a track that Heck had heard at Berlin’s renowned Berghain club.

“Dijkstra’s project was one of the first contemporary works of art I saw in high school,” says Heck, who reveals the polarizing nature of the club environment as a space for exhibitionism as well as anonymity. “I saw it at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and stared at it for hours just watching the people.”

What was the last great night out you can recall?
Erik Madigan Heck: Berghain’s 10-year anniversary. I flew in from NYC just to dance, because Matthew Herbert played Saturday morning, and Blawan played Sunday morning. I didn’t leave the club for two days, and then flew back to NYC and had to shoot straight away.

What one song makes you dance when you're alone?
EMH: Martyn & Four Tet’s “Glassbeadgames.”

And your perfect club environment?
EMH: Dark, oppressive, unrelenting.