Happy Apple Color Organ
"Happy Apple Color Organ" is an interactive electronic Dia de los Muertos Electric Light Altar. Based on a large, low table, the altar features a careful array of dozens of second-hand table lamps with variously colored and pulsating bulbs all linked to an electronic color organ. The color organ is in turn controlled by the amplified ethereal sounds of the world's first Electric Fisher Price Happy Apple, a 1972 vintage child's toy that has been lovingly electrified by the artist. Crossing Tracks gallery is transformed into a kinetic light-filled environment as the audience is invited to "play" this experimental sound and light instrument, the latest in a centuries-long series of attempts to play light along with music.
