HA HA HAPPY Artwork, Morecambe Launched April 2026 HA HA HAPPY is a bold, expansive and immersive permanent public artwork by internationally renowned
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phrase “Ha-ha” and the word HAPPY raises up around the perimeter of the courts. Lakwena Maciver has a longstanding interest in basketball courts, rural landscapes and large- scale urban interventions with her work displaying in installations around the globe, including the Artist’s Garden at Tate Britain and Somerset House, juvenile detention centres in Arkansas, a monastery in Vienna, and the Bowery Wall in New York City.
artist Lakwena Maciver, created for the basketball courts at Happy Mount Park, Morecambe. Covering more than 100 square metres, the artwork transforms the courts into a joyful technicolour landscape inspired by the quote “Just as hope rings through laughter…” by Maya Angelou. The rows of vibrant interlocking tiles repeat the
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