Infinity mirrors

Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, 2013

 

A room is completely covered with mirrors and dozens of LED lights hang from the ceiling. As the multitude of lights reflect, they accumulate and expand exponentially. This sense of infinity has been with Kusama from the beginning, always looking for clearer ways to express itself. Inside Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, Kusama’s world is the viewer’s world. 

Infinity Mirrored Room – The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away is a mirror-lined chamber that houses an apparently endless LED light display. It’s a unique experience and it’s meant to be experienced a unique way: one patron at a time; the piece can only accommodate a single visitor at a time for about a minute.

 

Now 87, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has chosen to live in a mental hospital near Tokyo since 1977, due to hallucinations and nervous disorders. Yet it hasn’t stopped her from achieving remarkable popularity: In 2014 alone, she drew over 2 million people to see her work, earning her the title of the world’s most popular artist based

 on museum attendance.

Infinity Mirrors, The Broad, Los Angeles, Oct 2017 - Jan 2018