Fields are specific, most often artificially created ecosystems where, through the multiplication of an object (such as a plant), we can observe the dominant characteristics of a species – traits that have enabled its evolutionary survival. At the same time, a field provides fertile ground for studying the deviations of an individual specimen from its species. The four-leaf clover is perhaps the most desired and sought-after mutation, known worldwide as the most powerful symbol of luck. The ratio of three-leaf to four-leaf clovers is said to be as high as 1 in 10,000.

The exact origin of good luck talismans remains unknown, but the strong human need for them is undeniable. This need is clearly reflected in art – most visibly in the worn-out segments of public sculptures, where parts of statues have been smoothed by the repeated touch of passersby seeking good fortune.

Field of great happiness is an interactive kinetic spatial installation that serves as a daily good luck talisman for visitors. It awakens the most primal mechanisms of joy in the observer, aiming to make them feel exceptionally lucky.

How little does it take for a person to believe that today is their lucky day?

Field of great happiness is a fiction – more real than reality – that draws its ideas from the field of evolutionary behaviorism. More specifically, I am interested in the psychological and physiological changes that an artwork can trigger in a person. The field is essentially a system designed to influence the individual by introducing specific elements that place the observer within a fictional environment and grant them properties they do not possess outside of it.