YAYOI KUSAMA The obliteration room 2002-present. Collaboration between Yayoi Kusama and Queensland Art Gallery. Commissioned by Queensland Art Gallery. Gift of the artist through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2012. Collection Queensland Art Gallery, Australia. Photograph: QAGOMA Photography

Yayoi Kusama

The Obliteration Room

7 May 2016 - 7 August 2016

The Obliteration Room 2002-present is a dynamic artwork by leading contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama that transforms over time through the active participation of visitors.
You are invited to enter the world of the artist and 'obliterate' an entirely white domestic space by adding colourful dot stickers to the furniture, objects and surfaces in this large-scale interactive installation.
The space gradually transforms through this interaction and the mass accumulation of coloured dots ultimately changes the white interior into an extraordinary blur of colours.

Yayoi Kusama The obliteration room 2002-present
Courtesy: Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art Australia

Following is a time-lapse video showing the first six weeks of visitor interaction with Yayoi Kusama: The obliteration room 2002 to present at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
This footage is shown courtesy of courtesy of Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

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