Created and curated by Tricia Van Eck, The Happiness Project is a series of events and exhibitions addressing the notion and search for
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My contribution is "seat of sensation (where) hope is the thing with feathers", a site specific installation that is a relaxation station complete with a meditative video, faux fur covered floor and furry bean bag chairs, mirrors, a bowl of goldfish and digital ink jet prints of clouds in a blue sky.
Other projects include Jason Lazarus's video booth for people to record and survey their thoughts on happiness; Amber Ginsburg and Lia Rousett will provide 50 tap shoes for the public; Adelheid Mers is mapping out connections between aesthetics, pleasure, and the brain; and Experimental Sound Studio with Olivia Block and Joseph Mills will create "Laughter and Tears, a surround-sound installation at Millennium Parks on November 4 and 5, 2011.
Other artists in individual spaces are Gwenyth Anderson, Justin Cabrillos, Derek Chan, Noé Cuellar, Meg Duguid, Dora Garcia, Theaster Gates, Carsten Holler, Kirsten Leenaars, Lou Mallozzi, Jennifer Mills, Sabina Ott, John Preus, Jan Tichy, Natasha Wheat, and Artur Zmijewski, among others.