By JARED HAMM | Junior Reporter
I enjoyed my first visit last year to the Broad Museum downtown and was looking forward to seeing the special ticketed event: Infinity Mirrors. The artist, Yayoi Kusama, presented her show in six separate rooms. Each space is timed and you are given exactly 30 seconds to look at it or, what most of the viewers do—take selfies.
Kusama uses mirrors and lights to create elaborate rooms that never seem to end. The first room, “The Souls of Millions Light Years Away,” has continuous flashing multicolor lights that intrigue the eyes and the mind. The second room, “Love Transformed into Dots,” was full of hanging orbs that looked like pink lady bug shells.
“Love Forever” is actually a small room with two portholes that allow you to peek inside, allowing you to see the mirrors. My favorite was “Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity,” which had hundreds of hanging lights, giving me the feeling of being upside down.
The last room had neither mirrors nor lights but started out as a big white space. Each viewer is given a sticker sheet of colored dots, which you stick to walls or other objects. My brother William and I had a challenge to find who could put the stickers up the highest because there was hardly any white space left.
I enjoyed Infinity Mirrors but did not like or care for the 30-second assembly line, which barely gave me time to appreciate the art. If you get to see it be prepared, this is a speed art show.
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