Music Boxes (over the rainbow)
You Are My Sunshine is a collection of seven music boxes, all constructed to play the tune "you are my sunshine..." Inspired by research into the history of earworms (song clips that get stuck in your head), this work explores what happens when you distort that song loop. Displayed in a gallery, I wanted to experience what happens subconsciously when the same information clip plays out of sync, simultaneously with itself from multiple sources. Does it generate the same chain reaction syndrome as whistling or yawning does?