April 2012
‘The idea of self-obliteration is notable in the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, in her performances where she would cover herself and her performers in polka dots to make herself and her performers blend in with an environment that was also covered in similar dots. The ‘endless love’ ethos, although premised on self-obliterative impulses, is ultimately in the service of erotic fusion: ‘Become one with eternity. Obliterate your personality. Become part of your environment. Forget yourself. Self-destruction is the only way out…I become part of the eternal and we obliterate ourselves in Love.’
