With a practice based in theatricality and social encounter, Victor Crepsley is clown ‘Crappy’ who welcomes guests at the café door through a minimal set of signs. The figure of the clown appears as both familiar and estranged, while balloons accumulate gradually over the course of the evening, shifting the atmosphere toward a saturated, unstable environment of surface, and affect. Visitors are invited to receive a balloon animal, extending the work through exchange. As the space fills, distinctions between participation and display, presence and performance, remain unresolved.