Part II of The Women's Trilogy Project, HAPPY HOUR, is a multimedia exhibition that explores domestic culture and gender roles in relation to alcoholism through a series of paintings, works on paper and installations using the narrative style of Dick and Jane, and iconography borrowed from Girl Scout and debutante traditions. This exhibition is a deep reflection of her childhood growing up in the south which challenges the restrictions of her upbringing. Hovnanian uses her works in this series to show the complicated complicit relationship surrounding alcoholism and domestic order which leads to numbness and expressionless responses to not disrupt the status quo.
The Women’s Trilogy Project includes three thematically related installments that expands on the familiar themes explored in the artist's previous body of work, which include addiction, gender roles and our relationship with technology. Hovnanian draws on her Southern upbringing to question our current cultural values, challenging the viewer to question gender barriers and struggles women still face. Working at the intersection of photography, video, sculpture, painting, and installation, Hovnanian’s multidisciplinary practice critically engages how digital technology transformed human relationships and our perceptions of reality.