Experiment in Happiness

May 2008, Camden Arts Centre, London

Experiment in Happiness was created during Lakmaier's 9 week residency at Camden Arts Centre. This residency was awarded in conjunction with the first Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary.

Experiment in Happiness is a site-responsive piece. The object is a 2 meter sphere covered in about 400 pairs of yellow shoes. The shoes are painted with yellow road paint, the same that is used to paint double yellow lines. The artist is attached to the ball by wearing one of the pairs of shoes, making the artist's body part of the object. The absurd relationship between the body and the giant ball of shoes makes the piece sit on the verge between the comical and the menacing, keeping the viewer wondering what is about to happen.