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Still of video titled ‘Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1984’. Close-up shot of a cathode-ray tube television playing a blue monochrome image full of people looking at the same direction. On top of the television screen are overlapping white strings like an irregular net.

Kusama’s Circle:
1980s Tokyo

Details
Programme: Kusama's Infinite Universe
Director: Multiple
Format: Digital / 131 min.
Language: Japanese (with Chinese and/or English subtitles)
Audience: Adults
Location: House 2
Accessibility: Wheelchair
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Ticket Information

Standard: HKD 85

Concession: HKD 68

This programme contains sensitive content and is restricted to viewers ages 18 or above.

Still of video titled ‘Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1984’. Close-up shot of a cathode-ray tube television playing a blue monochrome image full of people looking at the same direction. On top of the television screen are overlapping white strings like an irregular net.

Kusama’s Circle:
1980s Tokyo

Bringing together videos of Yayoi Kusama’s live performances in 1983 and 1984, and video works by Mako Idemitsu and Bill Viola, this programme spotlights some of the most prominent artists associated with Tokyo’s Video Gallery SCAN—the first Japanese gallery to specialise in video art. Founded in 1980 by video and new media pioneer Fujiko Nakaya, Video Gallery SCAN advanced the moving image scene in Japan, stimulating a global network through participation in international exhibitions and by connecting young Japanese video artists with prominent international artists.

Complementing Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now, this screening features: Self-Obliteration, Yayoi Kusama Performance by Yoshiomi Yamaguchi & Kiyofumi Motoyama; Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance by Itaru Kato; Great Mother (HARUMI) by Mako Idemitsu; and I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like by Bill Viola.

Still of video titled ‘I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like’. Extreme close-up shot of the face of an owl. Under the V-shaped brows is a pair of big round eyes staring right into the camera.

Bill Viola. I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like, 1986. Single-channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 89 min. M+, Hong Kong. © Bill Viola/EAI

Still of video titled ‘Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1984’. The middle-aged Kusama stands behind the crowd sitting on the floor. In front of the crowd is a cathode-ray tube television playing a blue image. White strings are tied around the television and nearby objects, and extend onto the wall.

Itaru Kato and Video Gallery SCAN. Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1984, 1984. Single channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 11 min. 47 sec. PROCESSART Inc. © PROCESSART Inc.

Still of video titled ‘Self-Obliteration, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1983’. Kusama in her thirties or forties wearing a red skin-tight bodysuit is lying on the floor covered with mirror balls. Her arms are wide open and her feet are put together, as if lying on a cross.

Yoshiomi Yamaguchi, Kiyofumi Motoyama, and Video Gallery SCAN. Self-Obliteration, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1983, 1983. Single channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 26 min. 33 sec. PROCESSART Inc. © PROCESSART Inc.

Still of video titled ‘I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like’. Extreme close-up shot of the face of an owl. Under the V-shaped brows is a pair of big round eyes staring right into the camera.

Bill Viola. I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like, 1986. Single-channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 89 min. M+, Hong Kong. © Bill Viola/EAI

Still of video titled ‘Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1984’. The middle-aged Kusama stands behind the crowd sitting on the floor. In front of the crowd is a cathode-ray tube television playing a blue image. White strings are tied around the television and nearby objects, and extend onto the wall.

Itaru Kato and Video Gallery SCAN. Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1984, 1984. Single channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 11 min. 47 sec. PROCESSART Inc. © PROCESSART Inc.

Still of video titled ‘Self-Obliteration, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1983’. Kusama in her thirties or forties wearing a red skin-tight bodysuit is lying on the floor covered with mirror balls. Her arms are wide open and her feet are put together, as if lying on a cross.

Yoshiomi Yamaguchi, Kiyofumi Motoyama, and Video Gallery SCAN. Self-Obliteration, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1983, 1983. Single channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 26 min. 33 sec. PROCESSART Inc. © PROCESSART Inc.

Still of video titled ‘I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like’. Extreme close-up shot of the face of an owl. Under the V-shaped brows is a pair of big round eyes staring right into the camera.

Bill Viola. I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like, 1986. Single-channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 89 min. M+, Hong Kong. © Bill Viola/EAI

Still of video titled ‘Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1984’. The middle-aged Kusama stands behind the crowd sitting on the floor. In front of the crowd is a cathode-ray tube television playing a blue image. White strings are tied around the television and nearby objects, and extend onto the wall.

Itaru Kato and Video Gallery SCAN. Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1984, 1984. Single channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 11 min. 47 sec. PROCESSART Inc. © PROCESSART Inc.

Still of video titled ‘Self-Obliteration, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1983’. Kusama in her thirties or forties wearing a red skin-tight bodysuit is lying on the floor covered with mirror balls. Her arms are wide open and her feet are put together, as if lying on a cross.

Yoshiomi Yamaguchi, Kiyofumi Motoyama, and Video Gallery SCAN. Self-Obliteration, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1983, 1983. Single channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 26 min. 33 sec. PROCESSART Inc. © PROCESSART Inc.

Still of video titled ‘I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like’. Extreme close-up shot of the face of an owl. Under the V-shaped brows is a pair of big round eyes staring right into the camera.

Bill Viola. I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like, 1986. Single-channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 89 min. M+, Hong Kong. © Bill Viola/EAI

Still of video titled ‘Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1984’. The middle-aged Kusama stands behind the crowd sitting on the floor. In front of the crowd is a cathode-ray tube television playing a blue image. White strings are tied around the television and nearby objects, and extend onto the wall.

Itaru Kato and Video Gallery SCAN. Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1984, 1984. Single channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 11 min. 47 sec. PROCESSART Inc. © PROCESSART Inc.

Still of video titled ‘Self-Obliteration, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1983’. Kusama in her thirties or forties wearing a red skin-tight bodysuit is lying on the floor covered with mirror balls. Her arms are wide open and her feet are put together, as if lying on a cross.

Yoshiomi Yamaguchi, Kiyofumi Motoyama, and Video Gallery SCAN. Self-Obliteration, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1983, 1983. Single channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 26 min. 33 sec. PROCESSART Inc. © PROCESSART Inc.

Image at top: Itaru Kato and Video Gallery SCAN. Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama Performance, 1984, 1984. Single channel digital video (colour, sound), duration: 11 min. 47 sec. PROCESSART Inc. © PROCESSART Inc.

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