HAPPY

Video still from HAPPY, 2016
HAPPY, 9 min 45 sec, 2016
Installation of 100’s & 1000’s and HAPPY as part of M/other at Whakatane Museum and Arts. Hey Māmā, come and play with me (2019), by Turumeke Harrington on left. Photo by Tory Baker
Installation of HAPPY and 100’s & 1000’s at SEVENTH, Melbourne

The camera is focused on birthday candles spelling the word “HAPPY”. A woman’s hand lights the candles and we watch as they burn down until the surface they are sitting on catches alight.

HAPPY was made in response to my journey to become a mother but finding myself childless. HAPPY talks of the missed birthday parties and how the best laid plans can go horribly wrong.

Exhibited

Reflective Realities, ART LAB, SUNY Old Westbury, New York, 2024
M/other, Whakatane Museum and Arts, Whakatane, NZ, 2019
For Sale: baby shoes, never worn, SEVENTH, Melbourne, Australia, 2017
For Sale: baby shoes, never worn, Toi Poneke, Wellington, NZ, 2016

Featured on CIRCUIT! Artist Film and Video, Aotearoa, New Zealand