Taylor Boardman
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Reflection:
The process of creating this podcast was fun for me. Some time has passed since I have had to use audio and video editing software so it was interesting to relearn those disciplines. I will admit I had a difficult time with recording my narration, but that is mostly due to my own speaking difficulties. I tend to either speak too fast or trip over certain words. This can be frustrating and time consuming. In the future, I may assign a project similar to this to my students so that they can get a more hands-on learning experience. This is a project that I think students would have fun with.
Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist who creates art forms such as sculptures, installation art, paintings, performance art, and fashion.
Yayoi was raised by an overbearing mother who discouraged her artistic interests which often forced her to work quickly before her art supplies were confiscated. At age 10, Yayoi began having hallucinations. She currently lives at a psychiatric asylum in Tokyo and copes through her art. Yayoi’s artwork has recurring themes of sex which are often depictions of phalluses. These expressions may stem from her fear of sex due to her mother forcing her to spy on her father's extramarital affairs as a child. When her fears became so severe, Yayoi describes being “assaulted by countless phallic visions”.
Yayoi’s use of polka dots, or “infinity nets”, are taken from her hallucinations. They were used to “eliminate...intrusive thoughts, but she now shares [them] with the world.” Her intentions are to have her audience sympathize with her. Yayoi is also the artist behind the famous Infinity Rooms. According to Jyni Ong, Yayoi’s Infinity Rooms became an “accessory to the cause of social media and detracts from the artist’s innovation.” Yayoi intended to express her inner hallucinations, not for them to be used as the backdrop to her audience’s selfies.
Yayoi is currently the highest-selling living female artist and her most popular pieces are her ‘Infinity Net’ paintings. According to Midori Yamamura, Yayoi Kusama “has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan.
Reference:
https://www.christies.com/features/10-things-to-know-about-Yayoi-Kusama-7373-1.aspx