Happiness at IN Light IN Festival
Happiness at IN Light IN, Indianapolis Light Festival
August 26-27 2016
Fabrication and installation partner: Ted Stahl
Happiness
Sometimes life seems to be going pretty great and the next moment it's not at all. Sometimes you can be standing there in the dark not knowing what comes next, and then you see the light and it's beautiful, but after a while it too will inevitably glitch out. Sometimes it helps to know that those glitches are an unavoidable part of life. If things didn't glitch out from time to time– the good parts wouldn't be as good. Sometimes all we can do is laugh.
The word HAPPINESS illuminated by neon stands on a hill overlooking the canal.
After a few minutes the piece turns off and the area remains completely dark for a minute. Then the letters HA begin to flash on and off several times in a gesture of laughter.....HA HA HA HA HA. After the laughter the entire word lights up again expressing HAPPINESS with a blue neon glow over the hill and across the canal.
