Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors opens June 30 at Seattle Art Museum. Cathy Carver
In the summer of 2012, I had the opportunity to experience infinity. The exhibition was Yayoi Kusama’s Fireflies on the Water at the Whitney Museum in New York. I reserved a ticket hours in advance, and at my scheduled time, there was a line several people deep. The anticipation heightens the experience.
I stepped through a white door and into small room with mirrored walls, two inches of water covering the floor, and a platform just large enough for one person. Electric lights dangled from the ceiling—150 to be exact—but their reflections in the mirrors extended in all directions to create a field of endless points of light.
I had one minute.