The "Odditorium: Museum of Defective Amusements". An installation containing 13 separate assemblages, lamps, music boxes, interactive spinning gadgets, and exotic board games. Specimens were constructed from found objects and the wall coverings, lighting, and furnishings were added by the artist to achieve the effect of a turn of the century exhibition space full of weird items. The room was created for the 2017 "Odd Ball" at Full Circle Gallery in Biloxi, MS, held on October 26 and remained up through November 1.
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Assemblage of found objects to simulate the carnival attraction of a fortune teller. The piece incorporates a large Edison light bulb lamp, a music box that plays "Puttin' on the Ritz", and a wall mounted fortune dispenser with fashion related platitudes, such as "You will die alone and poorly dressed."
"Amorous Alchemy" is a dual music box which plays "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" and "Funeral March for the Marionettes" (theme from The Alfred Hitchcock Show). And "Pick Your Poison".  a theoretical game of skill, tests proficiency in chemistry and chance by spinning to determine ingredients and dosages for a winning poisonous combination.
"Night of the Wedding Dead" an assemblage of found objects, including a Zombie bridal party with a music box that plays "If I Only Had a Brain". The specimen description includes the modified adage "Something Old, Something Red, Something Buried, yet Undead"
"Larvae Lamp" re-purposed and re-wired to become a mysteriously up-dated petri dish of primordial ooze.
"Tammy Fay's Unwilling Ascension into Heaven" is documented with flickering faux candles that compliment the altar of alterations.  Accoutrements include a detachable crown with spare hair, heavenly hair spray ("The higher the hair, the closer to God"), and "Demon B Gone" a pressurized incense for holy smoke. The music box plays "Over the Rainbow" for Tammy as a heavenly hand reaches down to facilitate her departure.
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Elvis Angel flies over the room catching rays from an earthbound disco ball while below the ghoulish music box/lamp combination plays a musical variation of an Elvis favorite tune, ":Are You Loathesome Tonight?"

"Lester and Dixie", "The Wheel of Misfortunes", and "Purified Water" are three other displays from "The Odditiorium: Museum of Defective Amusements". 


Watch the video to fully capture the multimedia experience, with sounds and lighting effects.