Art talk

The "Infinity Mirrored Rooms" are a series of works by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. They are immersive artworks incorporating the viewer and all sorts of artistic additions taken from Kusama’s incredible imagination. Her recent piece, ‘Infinity Mirrored Room - Filled with the Brilliance of Life’, shown here at the Tate Modern in London, features a dark room with hundreds of twinkling LEDs, reflected in a shallow pool of water, with the walls and ceiling covered in mirrors. The galaxy-like lights are reflected in the room of mirrors. As a result, the viewer is transported into an otherworldly space that seems to go on endlessly. This work is incredibly immersive. The viewer travels through the space by following integrated walkways, they may shift and change position and view of the work in order to better see it and understand it. In contrast to the typical experience of viewing art in a gallery, Kusama’s work escapes the canvas, taking overseemingly huge amounts of sp...

The music video of Madonna's lead single and album title song "American Life" was so controversial, it was banned because of how explicit and shocking it was. Because of the controversy, there are 2 music videos for this song, both directed by Jonas Åkerlund. The second video is heavily censored compared to the first one, with the singer simply lip syncing in front of various national flags floating in the background. The original video is centered in a fashion show that is themed around the American military and slowly progressing to show shock elements, even including gore, to portray the cruelty of war. Even the directors cut that I have linked is missing one of the last scenes which portrays the singer throwing a hand grenade at George W. Bush, him catching it and using it as a lighter to light his cigar, which is one of the main reasons that this particular video was banned. The lyrics talk about Madonna's political and religious views. How the American dream ...