What Happens When You Give Kids Thousands of Stickers










In December, at an inter-active installation for the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, artist Yayoi Kusama created a brilliantly white environment (a blank canvas) where over the course of two weeks children who visited were given thousands of coloured dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space.  The installation, entitled The Obliteration Room is part of Kusama’s Look Now, See Forever exhibition that runs through March 12 in Brisbane. (Via stuart addelsee, sccart, and heybubbles and colossal).  Via The New Domestic.

Jan Halvarson

23 comments:

Malene said...

Wow, thats amazing. I like it best somewhere half way through :-)

Erin said...

So cool! Thanks for sharing.

silverpebble said...

Oh good grief. I'm showing this to my little ones when they wake up.

Unknown said...

Whow. I don't wanna try that at home!

Unknown said...

WOW!!! That is AMAZING!

tractorgirl said...

I'd be curious to see pics of the areas were they DIDN'T stick the stickers, or where there are only a few (e.g. round the skirting board... and what does that say about the way kids think and what they do. Interesting stuff!

Erika said...

This hurts my eyes! in a good way!

Anonymous said...

Breath taking! I wonder what it would feel like to walk around. I wonder if it's very disorientating?

Mehwish said...

WOW! SO NICE

Naomi Bulger said...

Fantastic. It looks like at some point, aesthetics were given over to a philosophy of "don't stop," embracing chaos. I think it would be a little overwhelming, albeit glorious, to stand inside.

dahlhaus said...

I hope someone had a stop-motion camera set up somewhere to document!

Jessie said...

Unreal!! I can't decide if I'd rather be the photographer documenting the progress or the kid who got to put the first stickers up!

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Ros said...

So glad we went on the first week, I can't believe how much it's changed, there is almost no white left! Best activity ever for kids :-)

Yvette said...

Stunning! A go-to-room for naughty kids! Love it!

Nikki McWilliams said...

So amazing.

Zane said...

wow, looks gorgeous

paperlovescissors said...

this is mad genius!

Unknown said...

Nice Kids......And Great Work

Vasare Nar said...

Sooo cool! love this!

Unknown said...

very, very, cool!!!!

Unknown said...

Very, very, cool!!!!

shelena said...

Awesome! Very intelligent and talented kid and i know you already expecting this that your daughter love to put stickers in any side of the room.

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Patricia said...

One day, when I have my own home, I want to do my son's room like that. Just give him some art supplies and let him enjoy ^.^