euphoria, 2009
SAD lamps, magnifying sheet, invisible thread, timers
euphoria is a site-specific installation created for Toronto’s convenience gallery window-front. Opening just one week after “Blue Monday” (popularly held to be the most depressing day of the year), in the season when the body’s serotonin levels inevitably plummet and circadian rhythms waver due to lack of natural daylight, euphoria aims to offer passers-by relief from seasonal depression.
The installation consists of seven full-spectrum light boxes and strands of suspended magnifying squares. This combination of elements is designed to produce an emotionally stimulating public artwork, harnessing and amplifying the therapeutic properties of ‘healing white light’.