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Happiness

Press the buttons in any order you like, and the hand-cut shapes answer in light, animation and sound. Andy Arkley’s San Antonio work turns each guest into a collaborator in a joyful audiovisual composition.

The gallery.

The full Happiness wall, dozens of bright cut-out shapes around a smiling face, the button pad on a plinth in front.

Happiness up close, layered cut-out shapes in green, yellow and blue running down the wall toward a rainbow arch.

About the artist

Andy Arkley

Seattle, Washington

A collection of things that make me happy.

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Andy Arkley makes art designed, at its core, to make people happy. He says so himself, and the work backs him up: hand-cut wooden shapes, airbrushed color, lights that blink along to music, and buttons that beg to be pressed.