The New York Office

In the summer of 2016, Dedo Vabo was commissioned to take over a small art gallery in The Bowery district of Manhattan. They spent 10 days constructing a make-shift office to act as a stage for a nonstop performance that ran 8 hours a day for 21 days straight. The performance space was built in the style of a 1970’s business office with a single glass wall facing the street. This allowed passing spectators to spontaneously stumble across the performance, witnessing the strange scene of an office full of business hippos, first hand. The installation debuted on a Wednesday night at 3AM which was the perfect time to capture few random drunk patrons, with blurry eyes, stumbling home from their local bar.