The Coachella hippos are back, and this year they’re going to new heights.
In 2013, the nonsensical performance art installation featuring actors in latex hippopotamus masks by artist duo Dedo Vabo made its first appearance at the Indio festival in “Power Station.” Then in 2015, the hipposThis year, the hippos have launched a space program “H.i.P.O.” — the plan is to conquer and destroy the galaxy.
In another room filled with workout equipment, a hippo wrestles with a silver insulated duct, pumping air into its white spacesuit. Elsewhere, a hippo struggles with a hanging bookshelf filled with bowling pins and broken trophies."It might seem like it's just a bunch of [dummies] walking around and masks at times," said artist Derek Doublin, half of Dedo Vabo."But there's a lot more to this installation than what meets the eye.
“H.i.P.O” is Dedo Vabo’s most complex project, the artists said, taking about 10 months to design and build. About 180 artists, engineers, special effects and animatronics experts, including master maker Charles Wills, who sculpted the hippo masks, are involved in the project.
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