Starting out as a blank canvas and set up to resemble the interior of a domestic

environment all painted white, The Obliteration Room is an interactive exhibit where visitors to the room are handed a sheet of round stickers chosen by Kusama. In the end, the plain room and its the furniture will be covered with colourful dots (Davis, 2018). 

 

In the exhibit, children are encouraged to violate the "look but don't touch" policy of

art museums. This encouragement stems from the trauma from Kusama's childhood as her parents strongly disagreed with her decisions to pursue art, going even as far as to destroy her artworks. The act of placing the dot stickers on a work of art allows the children to indirectly disobey the museum's policies as museums are like parents for artworks. The interactive installation was also the first time Kusama created an environment where its realisation required participation from visitors (Davis, 2018). Despite the trauma she had in her childhood, even as time passed, Kusama stuck to her choice of art and did many wonderful works. This blatant defiance shown in her art could be her actions against her past and be having the final laugh.