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Yoko Ono: touch me : Gallery LeLong, 528 West 26th Street, NY, USA
Apr18-May31 2008, Tue-Sat 10am-6pm
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
We announce the birth of a conceptual country, NUTOPIA.
Citizenship of the country can be obtained by declaration of your awareness of NUTOPIA.
NUTOPIA has no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people.
NUTOPIA has no laws other than cosmic.
All people of NUTOPIA are ambassadors of the country.
As two ambassadors of NUTOPIA, we ask for diplomatic immunity and recognition in the United Nations of our country and its people.
Yoko Ono Lennon
John Ono Lennon
Nutopian Embassy
One White Street
New York, NY 10013
April 1st 1973
Nutopia is a country that exists in all of us.
John and I created this imaginary world.
We called a press conference and produced a white handkerchief from our pockets and said "This is a flag to Surrender to Peace."
Not fight for Peace, but *Surrender* to Peace was the important bit.
All of us represent Nutopia.
Yoko
" IMAGINE PEACE
Yoko Ono, among the earliest of artists working in the genre known
Conceptual Arts, has consistently employed the theme of peace
and used the medium of advertising in her work since the early 1960s.
Yoko Ono Imagine Peace Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
explores these aspects of her work over the course of more than
forty years.
Three recent pieces - Imagine Peace (Map) (2003/2007); Onochord
(2003/2007); and Imagine Peace Tower (2006/2007) - offer gallery
visitors to an opportunity to participate individually and collectively
with the artist in the realization of work. Consider the world with
fresh eyes as you stamp the phrase "Imagine Peace" on the location
of your choice on maps provided for this purpose. Using postcards
provided send your wishes to the Imagine Peace
Tower in Reykjavik, where they will shine on with eternally more than
900,000 others. Or beam the message "I Love You" to one and all
using the Onochord flashlights. Take a flashlight and an Imagine
Peace button, the artist's gift to you, and carry the message out into the
world. As Ono has often observed, "the dream you dream alone is
just the dream, but the dream we dream together is reality."
The exhibition continues in nine locations with Imagine
Peace/Imaginate La Paz billboards across the San Antonio region.
YOKO ONO IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace is made
possible by the generosity by Bjom's Audio Video-Home Theater, Colleen
Casey and Tim Maloney, Clear Channel Outdoor, Rick Liberto, Smothers
Foundation, and Twin Sisters Bakery & Cafe. "
" John & Yoko's Year of Peace (1969 - 70)
Ono's Imagine Peace project carries conceptual and formal
strategies the artist had employer from the earliest years of her
career, not only in her seminal solo works, but in her collaborations
with John Lennon. In 1965, she created works specifically for the
advertising pages of The New York Arts Calendar. Picking up from
her Instructions for Paintings, a 1962 exhibition at Tokyo's Sogetsu Art
Center in which she exhibited written texts on the gallery walls
designed to inspire viewers to create the described images in their
minds, Ono created purely conceptual exhibitions with her
Is Real Gallery works.
The theme of peace is also evident in works sush as White Chess Set,
recreated here as Play It By Trust (Garden Set version) (1966/2007).
Lennon's songwriting during this period had shifted from more
conventional themes of romantic love to grander anthems for the
Flower Power generation. The Baetles' worldwide satellite broadcast
of Lennon's "All You Need Is Love" in the summer of 1967 featured a
parade of signs with the word "love" in multiple languages.
The couple's most famous collaborative works, the Bed-Ins (1969)
and the War Is Over! campaign (1969 - 1970), were conceived as
elements of a large peace advertising campaign. The Bed-Ins took
advantage of the inordinate amount of press attention the couple
received by inviting the world press to their honeymoon suite where
they talked about peace! Ono told Penthouse magazine's Charles
Childs: "Many other people who are rich are using their money for
something they want. They promote soap, use advertising
propaganda, what have you. We intend to do the same."
In December of 1969, they launched their War Is Over! campaign, a
project that included billboards and posters in 11 cities of the world
simply declaring "War Is Over! If You Want It. Happy Christmas from
John & Yoko." As with Ono's earliest instruction pieces, viewers were
invited to transform their dreams into reality. Ono has explained,
"All my work is a form of wishing." "
YOKO ONO: IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
September 26th - October 28th, 2007
UTSA Art Gallery / Department of Art and Art History
The University of Texas at San Antonio
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
Luis Alfonso Valenzuela, el mejor papá del mundo...gracias por ser tan valiente ....te amamos papá!!! :) ::: My Daddy is beautiful! ♥
Ana Maria Valenzuela
imported from Facebook, June 2011
Ausstellungsansicht | Exhibition View
Kunsthaus Graz, Space01 & Space02, Lendkai 1, 8020 Graz
Laufzeit | Duration: 14.11.2014-15.02.2015
www.museum-joanneum.at/Kunsthaus
www.museumsblog.at/DamageControl
© Universalmuseum Joanneum / N. Lackner
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
Ausstellungsansicht | Exhibition View
Kunsthaus Graz, Space01 & Space02, Lendkai 1, 8020 Graz
Laufzeit | Duration: 14.11.2014-15.02.2015
www.museum-joanneum.at/Kunsthaus
www.museumsblog.at/DamageControl
© Universalmuseum Joanneum / N. Lackner
CLOUDS
There are 4 CLOUDS – at 125m, 225m, 300m and 500m. Inspired by the writings from Yoko’s GRAPEFRUIT and her album artwork for IMAGINE and LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO, these are platforms where you can take in the view, meet, talk and dance, while clouds magically form under your feet. You can fly or teleport between these platforms using the CONTROL PANEL, and from the top platform, you can take a parachute jump back down to the base and enjoy the view.
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER IN SECOND LIFE
‘I dedicate this light tower to John Lennon.
My love for you is forever.’
Yoko Ono
‘Imagine all the people living life in peace’
John Lennon
‘A dream you dream alone is only a dream.
A dream you dream together is reality.’
Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER IN SECOND LIFE
9 OCTOBER 2009
On Friday 9th October 2009, Yoko Ono will be in Iceland for the annual lighting of IMAGINE PEACE TOWER.
Later the same evening, at 10.30pm (Reykjavik time), Yoko will unveil a new IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on IMAGINE PEACE TOWER ISLAND in Second Life, an online virtual world.
You are invited to join us on IMAGINE PEACE TOWER ISLAND for this event.
SECOND LIFE
Second Life is the internet’s largest user-created 3D virtual world community, designed and built by its inhabitants.
It’s an online universe brimming with people and possibilities: a place to connect, shop, work, love, explore, and just be.
You can find out more about it here.
Membership is free.
GET STARTED
Sign up to Second Life here.
Download the necessary software for your PC or Mac here.
That’s it! You’re ready to enter Second Life.
There’s an easy and very helpful guide to getting started here.
Once you have entered Second Life, you will find IMAGINE PEACE TOWER Island here.
UNVEILING: WORLDWIDE DATES AND TIMES
The unveiling ceremony will begin at approximately the following dates and times:
Oct 9th 02.30pm Anchorage
Oct 9th 03.30pm Los Angeles
Oct 9th 04.30pm Guatemala
Oct 9th 05.30pm Chicago
Oct 9th 06.30pm New York, Montreal & Toronto
Oct 9th 07.30pm Rio de Janeiro
Oct 9th 10.30pm Reykjavik
Oct 9th 11.30pm Liverpool & London
Oct 10th 00.30am Europe
Oct 10th 01.30am Baghdad
Oct 10th 02.30am Moscow
Oct 10th 03.30am Karachi
Oct 10th 04.30am Dhaka
Oct 10th 05.30am Bangkok
Oct 10th 06.30am Shanghai
Oct 10th 07.30am Tokyo
Oct 10th 08.30am Sydney
Oct 10th 09.30am Vladivostok
Oct 10th 10.30am Suva
Oct 10th 11.30am Auckland
Oct 10th 12.30pm Kiritimati
You can check what time the event will be happening here.
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER IN SECOND LIFE
LIGHTING UP TIMES AFTER THE CEREMONY
After the opening ceremony, the Second Life IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will begin its cycle of illumination approximately 15 minutes after sunset on every Second Life day and will remain illuminated until dawn. The days are much shorter in Second Life than in the real world. Sunset happens in Second Life every day at the following times, both am and pm:
01.30, 05.30, 09.30: Chicago, Baghdad, Bangkok, Vladivostok
02.30, 06.30, 10.30: Anchorage, Montreal, Toronto, Reykjavik, Moscow, Shanghai, Suva
03.30, 07.30, 11.30: Los Angeles, Rio de Janiero, Liverpool, London, Karachi, Tokyo, Auckland
04.30, 08.30, 12.30: Guatemala, Europe, Dhaka, Sydney, Kiritimati
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER IN SECOND LIFE
When you arrive at the island, you will first visit the VISITORS CENTER.
IN THE VISITORS CENTER:
ONOCHORD DOCUMENTARY FILM
explains more of the history and philosophy of Yoko Ono’s ONOCHORD.
ONOCHORD TORCHES
are to hold in your hand and flash “i ii iii” (I love you) to one another.
ONOCHORD POSTCARDS
are to explain the message and send to your friends.
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER DOCUMENTARY
explains the history and philosophy of Yoko Ono’s IMAGINE PEACE TOWER.
IMAGINE PEACE POSTCARDS, BUTTONS, T-SHIRTS etc
are free and for you to share with your friends.
IMAGINE PEACE & IMAGINE PEACE TOWER BOOKS
are available to read in the VISITORS CENTER.
WISH TREES
Outside the VISITORS CENTER and around the island you will find WISH TREES.
Make a WISH and your wish will also be sent to the real life IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Iceland.
BOAT RIDES
Also outside the VISITORS CENTER are some boats in which you can travel around the island.
CONTROL PANEL
These are stationed around the island, and enable various modes of dancing as well as teleporting you to different vantage points on and above the island:
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER WISHING WELL
The wishing well of IMAGINE PEACE TOWER consists of white panels inscribed with the words IMAGINE PEACE in 24 different languages
CLOUDS
There are 4 CLOUDS – at 125m, 225m, 300m and 500m. Inspired by the writings from Yoko’s GRAPEFRUIT and her album artwork for IMAGINE and LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO, these are platforms where you can take in the view, meet, talk and dance, while clouds magically form under your feet. You can fly or teleport between these platforms using the CONTROL PANEL, and from the top platform, you can take a parachute jump back down to the base and enjoy the view.
HOT SPRING SPA
Volcanic springs are common in Iceland. In fact, the real IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is entirely run on Geothermal Energy – from naturally occurring hot water. Here is a place to meditate, unwind and enjoy the view.
HOT AIR BALLOON
Inspired by John and Yoko’s film ‘Apotheosis” (which was all filmed from a hot air balloon) you can take a ride around the island on the IMAGINE PEACE balloon.
LINKS
Beginning October 9th you can find the Second Life IMAGINE PEACE TOWER here.
More information about the real world IMAGINE PEACE TOWER
More information about Yoko Ono’s WISH TREES
More information on SL Developer Herzog-Brenham
Original article: ROLE magazine (Oct 2009)
John Noga with Mikihiko Hori
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
John Lennon was killed on December 8, 1980, aged 40, and the world lost one of its brightest lights. Calgary is fortunate to have an exhibit here of the work of Yoko Ono, his widow, as well as material that she and John did together.
Exhibit A (Cut portion of the shirt worn by John Noga)
Private collection of Mikihiko Hori
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
Teen angst, hangovers for breakfast and raw enlightenment tripping over that cliff's edge in the rye . . .
A stunning memoir that not only explores Ian Ayres's rich, vibrant and complicated life as a teen pimp (inspiring the movie Risky Business), but also features his previously unpublished experiences with luminary legends such as Tennessee Williams, Allen Ginsberg, Yoko Ono, Edmund White and Quentin Crisp. More than just a book, Private Parts is an experience of teen angst, hangovers for breakfast, and raw enlightenment tripping over that cliff's edge in the rye. It would not exist if Ayres were not a survivor. His crusty accounts of a boy's life on the wild side explores the extreme boundaries of human behavior and amorality, offering a journey through his life from his early years in houses of ill fame to his expatriate life in Paris today.
"Private Parts: The Early Works of Ian Ayres" (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded) [Paperback]
Ian Ayres (Author)
Genre: Memoir
Paperback: 328 pages
Publisher: French Connection Press; 2 Rev Exp edition (February 14, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN
978-2-914853-101
Publisher
French Connection Press
John Noga with Mikihiko Hori
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
Daytime view of IMAGINE PEACE TOWER ISLAND showing VISITORS CENTER, Jetty, Boats, Hot Air Balloon & Wish Tree.
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER IN SECOND LIFE
‘I dedicate this light tower to John Lennon.
My love for you is forever.’
Yoko Ono
‘Imagine all the people living life in peace’
John Lennon
‘A dream you dream alone is only a dream.
A dream you dream together is reality.’
Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER IN SECOND LIFE
9 OCTOBER 2009
On Friday 9th October 2009, Yoko Ono will be in Iceland for the annual lighting of IMAGINE PEACE TOWER.
Later the same evening, at 10.30pm (Reykjavik time), Yoko will unveil a new IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on IMAGINE PEACE TOWER ISLAND in Second Life, an online virtual world.
You are invited to join us on IMAGINE PEACE TOWER ISLAND for this event.
SECOND LIFE
Second Life is the internet’s largest user-created 3D virtual world community, designed and built by its inhabitants.
It’s an online universe brimming with people and possibilities: a place to connect, shop, work, love, explore, and just be.
You can find out more about it here.
Membership is free.
GET STARTED
Sign up to Second Life here.
Download the necessary software for your PC or Mac here.
That’s it! You’re ready to enter Second Life.
There’s an easy and very helpful guide to getting started here.
Once you have entered Second Life, you will find IMAGINE PEACE TOWER Island here.
UNVEILING: WORLDWIDE DATES AND TIMES
The unveiling ceremony will begin at approximately the following dates and times:
Oct 9th 02.30pm Anchorage
Oct 9th 03.30pm Los Angeles
Oct 9th 04.30pm Guatemala
Oct 9th 05.30pm Chicago
Oct 9th 06.30pm New York, Montreal & Toronto
Oct 9th 07.30pm Rio de Janeiro
Oct 9th 10.30pm Reykjavik
Oct 9th 11.30pm Liverpool & London
Oct 10th 00.30am Europe
Oct 10th 01.30am Baghdad
Oct 10th 02.30am Moscow
Oct 10th 03.30am Karachi
Oct 10th 04.30am Dhaka
Oct 10th 05.30am Bangkok
Oct 10th 06.30am Shanghai
Oct 10th 07.30am Tokyo
Oct 10th 08.30am Sydney
Oct 10th 09.30am Vladivostok
Oct 10th 10.30am Suva
Oct 10th 11.30am Auckland
Oct 10th 12.30pm Kiritimati
You can check what time the event will be happening here.
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER IN SECOND LIFE
LIGHTING UP TIMES AFTER THE CEREMONY
After the opening ceremony, the Second Life IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will begin its cycle of illumination approximately 15 minutes after sunset on every Second Life day and will remain illuminated until dawn. The days are much shorter in Second Life than in the real world. Sunset happens in Second Life every day at the following times, both am and pm:
01.30, 05.30, 09.30: Chicago, Baghdad, Bangkok, Vladivostok
02.30, 06.30, 10.30: Anchorage, Montreal, Toronto, Reykjavik, Moscow, Shanghai, Suva
03.30, 07.30, 11.30: Los Angeles, Rio de Janiero, Liverpool, London, Karachi, Tokyo, Auckland
04.30, 08.30, 12.30: Guatemala, Europe, Dhaka, Sydney, Kiritimati
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER IN SECOND LIFE
When you arrive at the island, you will first visit the VISITORS CENTER.
IN THE VISITORS CENTER:
ONOCHORD DOCUMENTARY FILM
explains more of the history and philosophy of Yoko Ono’s ONOCHORD.
ONOCHORD TORCHES
are to hold in your hand and flash “i ii iii” (I love you) to one another.
ONOCHORD POSTCARDS
are to explain the message and send to your friends.
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER DOCUMENTARY
explains the history and philosophy of Yoko Ono’s IMAGINE PEACE TOWER.
IMAGINE PEACE POSTCARDS, BUTTONS, T-SHIRTS etc
are free and for you to share with your friends.
IMAGINE PEACE & IMAGINE PEACE TOWER BOOKS
are available to read in the VISITORS CENTER.
WISH TREES
Outside the VISITORS CENTER and around the island you will find WISH TREES.
Make a WISH and your wish will also be sent to the real life IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Iceland.
BOAT RIDES
Also outside the VISITORS CENTER are some boats in which you can travel around the island.
CONTROL PANEL
These are stationed around the island, and enable various modes of dancing as well as teleporting you to different vantage points on and above the island:
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER WISHING WELL
The wishing well of IMAGINE PEACE TOWER consists of white panels inscribed with the words IMAGINE PEACE in 24 different languages
CLOUDS
There are 4 CLOUDS – at 125m, 225m, 300m and 500m. Inspired by the writings from Yoko’s GRAPEFRUIT and her album artwork for IMAGINE and LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO, these are platforms where you can take in the view, meet, talk and dance, while clouds magically form under your feet. You can fly or teleport between these platforms using the CONTROL PANEL, and from the top platform, you can take a parachute jump back down to the base and enjoy the view.
HOT SPRING SPA
Volcanic springs are common in Iceland. In fact, the real IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is entirely run on Geothermal Energy – from naturally occurring hot water. Here is a place to meditate, unwind and enjoy the view.
HOT AIR BALLOON
Inspired by John and Yoko’s film ‘Apotheosis” (which was all filmed from a hot air balloon) you can take a ride around the island on the IMAGINE PEACE balloon.
LINKS
Beginning October 9th you can find the Second Life IMAGINE PEACE TOWER here.
More information about the real world IMAGINE PEACE TOWER
More information about Yoko Ono’s WISH TREES
More information on SL Developer Herzog-Brenham
Original article: ROLE magazine (Oct 2009)
"IMAGINE PEACE (Maps)" (2003/2007)
by Yoko Ono
maps, rubber stamps, badges
maps: variable dimensions
rubber stamps: 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 inches
badges: 1 3/8 inches diameter
" IMAGINE PEACE
Yoko Ono, among the earliest of artists working in the genre known
Conceptual Arts, has consistently employed the theme of peace
and used the medium of advertising in her work since the early 1960s.
Yoko Ono Imagine Peace Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
explores these aspects of her work over the course of more than
forty years.
Three recent pieces - Imagine Peace (Map) (2003/2007); Onochord
(2003/2007); and Imagine Peace Tower (2006/2007) - offer gallery
visitors to an opportunity to participate individually and collectively
with the artist in the realization of work. Consider the world with
fresh eyes as you stamp the phrase "Imagine Peace" on the location
of your choice on maps provided for this purpose. Using postcards
provided send your wishes to the Imagine Peace
Tower in Reykjavik, where they will shine on with eternally more than
900,000 others. Or beam the message "I Love You" to one and all
using the Onochord flashlights. Take a flashlight and an Imagine
Peace button, the artist's gift to you, and carry the message out into the
world. As Ono has often observed, "the dream you dream alone is
just the dream, but the dream we dream together is reality."
The exhibition continues in nine locations with Imagine
Peace/Imaginate La Paz billboards across the San Antonio region.
YOKO ONO IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace is made
possible by the generosity by Bjom's Audio Video-Home Theater, Colleen
Casey and Tim Maloney, Clear Channel Outdoor, Rick Liberto, Smothers
Foundation, and Twin Sisters Bakery & Cafe. "
" John & Yoko's Year of Peace (1969 - 70)
Ono's Imagine Peace project carries conceptual and formal
strategies the artist had employer from the earliest years of her
career, not only in her seminal solo works, but in her collaborations
with John Lennon. In 1965, she created works specifically for the
advertising pages of The New York Arts Calendar. Picking up from
her Instructions for Paintings, a 1962 exhibition at Tokyo's Sogetsu Art
Center in which she exhibited written texts on the gallery walls
designed to inspire viewers to create the described images in their
minds, Ono created purely conceptual exhibitions with her
Is Real Gallery works.
The theme of peace is also evident in works sush as White Chess Set,
recreated here as Play It By Trust (Garden Set version) (1966/2007).
Lennon's songwriting during this period had shifted from more
conventional themes of romantic love to grander anthems for the
Flower Power generation. The Baetles' worldwide satellite broadcast
of Lennon's "All You Need Is Love" in the summer of 1967 featured a
parade of signs with the word "love" in multiple languages.
The couple's most famous collaborative works, the Bed-Ins (1969)
and the War Is Over! campaign (1969 - 1970), were conceived as
elements of a large peace advertising campaign. The Bed-Ins took
advantage of the inordinate amount of press attention the couple
received by inviting the world press to their honeymoon suite where
they talked about peace! Ono told Penthouse magazine's Charles
Childs: "Many other people who are rich are using their money for
something they want. They promote soap, use advertising
propaganda, what have you. We intend to do the same."
In December of 1969, they launched their War Is Over! campaign, a
project that included billboards and posters in 11 cities of the world
simply declaring "War Is Over! If You Want It. Happy Christmas from
John & Yoko." As with Ono's earliest instruction pieces, viewers were
invited to transform their dreams into reality. Ono has explained,
"All my work is a form of wishing." "
YOKO ONO: IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
September 26th - October 28th, 2007
UTSA Art Gallery / Department of Art and Art History
The University of Texas at San Antonio
" IMAGINE PEACE
Yoko Ono, among the earliest of artists working in the genre known
Conceptual Arts, has consistently employed the theme of peace
and used the medium of advertising in her work since the early 1960s.
Yoko Ono Imagine Peace Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
explores these aspects of her work over the course of more than
forty years.
Three recent pieces - Imagine Peace (Map) (2003/2007); Onochord
(2003/2007); and Imagine Peace Tower (2006/2007) - offer gallery
visitors to an opportunity to participate individually and collectively
with the artist in the realization of work. Consider the world with
fresh eyes as you stamp the phrase "Imagine Peace" on the location
of your choice on maps provided for this purpose. Using postcards
provided send your wishes to the Imagine Peace
Tower in Reykjavik, where they will shine on with eternally more than
900,000 others. Or beam the message "I Love You" to one and all
using the Onochord flashlights. Take a flashlight and an Imagine
Peace button, the artist's gift to you, and carry the message out into the
world. As Ono has often observed, "the dream you dream alone is
just the dream, but the dream we dream together is reality."
The exhibition continues in nine locations with Imagine
Peace/Imaginate La Paz billboards across the San Antonio region.
YOKO ONO IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace is made
possible by the generosity by Bjom's Audio Video-Home Theater, Colleen
Casey and Tim Maloney, Clear Channel Outdoor, Rick Liberto, Smothers
Foundation, and Twin Sisters Bakery & Cafe. "
" John & Yoko's Year of Peace (1969 - 70)
Ono's Imagine Peace project carries conceptual and formal
strategies the artist had employer from the earliest years of her
career, not only in her seminal solo works, but in her collaborations
with John Lennon. In 1965, she created works specifically for the
advertising pages of The New York Arts Calendar. Picking up from
her Instructions for Paintings, a 1962 exhibition at Tokyo's Sogetsu Art
Center in which she exhibited written texts on the gallery walls
designed to inspire viewers to create the described images in their
minds, Ono created purely conceptual exhibitions with her
Is Real Gallery works.
The theme of peace is also evident in works sush as White Chess Set,
recreated here as Play It By Trust (Garden Set version) (1966/2007).
Lennon's songwriting during this period had shifted from more
conventional themes of romantic love to grander anthems for the
Flower Power generation. The Baetles' worldwide satellite broadcast
of Lennon's "All You Need Is Love" in the summer of 1967 featured a
parade of signs with the word "love" in multiple languages.
The couple's most famous collaborative works, the Bed-Ins (1969)
and the War Is Over! campaign (1969 - 1970), were conceived as
elements of a large peace advertising campaign. The Bed-Ins took
advantage of the inordinate amount of press attention the couple
received by inviting the world press to their honeymoon suite where
they talked about peace! Ono told Penthouse magazine's Charles
Childs: "Many other people who are rich are using their money for
something they want. They promote soap, use advertising
propaganda, what have you. We intend to do the same."
In December of 1969, they launched their War Is Over! campaign, a
project that included billboards and posters in 11 cities of the world
simply declaring "War Is Over! If You Want It. Happy Christmas from
John & Yoko." As with Ono's earliest instruction pieces, viewers were
invited to transform their dreams into reality. Ono has explained,
"All my work is a form of wishing." "
YOKO ONO: IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
September 26th - October 28th, 2007
UTSA Art Gallery / Department of Art and Art History
The University of Texas at San Antonio
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
ACORN EVENT (1968) Catalogue page 5
On 15 June 1968, John Lennon & I planted two acorns for peace at Coventry Cathedral. It was the first of our many Peace 'Events'.
'JOHN' - 'YOKO' at Coventry
The concept of these sculptures by John Lennon and Yoko Ono is ex-
pressed by their statement 'this is what happens when two clouds meet'.
It is both symbolic and humorous at the same time. The thoughts behind
it are beautiful and its true fulfillment through the cycle of growth is an
end in itself - the best idea that can ever be conceived as a work of art -
mother nature is supreme, overriding man's artificial constructions.
The seeds, although they cannot be seen at this stage, are acorns and
slowly the oak trees will develop. It covers all fields for them - it's a game,
a joke, but at the same time serious, in the idiom of their music, their
writings or even. These ideas place them on a higher level than other
sculptures in the exhibition so they need to be looked at through new
eyes. Cry, laugh, or walk into the sky. There will never be another like them.
ANTHONY FAWCETT
Organizing committee, London
"IMAGINE PEACE (Maps)" (2003/2007)
by Yoko Ono
maps, rubber stamps, badges
maps: variable dimensions
rubber stamps: 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 inches
badges: 1 3/8 inches diameter
" IMAGINE PEACE
Yoko Ono, among the earliest of artists working in the genre known
Conceptual Arts, has consistently employed the theme of peace
and used the medium of advertising in her work since the early 1960s.
Yoko Ono Imagine Peace Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
explores these aspects of her work over the course of more than
forty years.
Three recent pieces - Imagine Peace (Map) (2003/2007); Onochord
(2003/2007); and Imagine Peace Tower (2006/2007) - offer gallery
visitors to an opportunity to participate individually and collectively
with the artist in the realization of work. Consider the world with
fresh eyes as you stamp the phrase "Imagine Peace" on the location
of your choice on maps provided for this purpose. Using postcards
provided send your wishes to the Imagine Peace
Tower in Reykjavik, where they will shine on with eternally more than
900,000 others. Or beam the message "I Love You" to one and all
using the Onochord flashlights. Take a flashlight and an Imagine
Peace button, the artist's gift to you, and carry the message out into the
world. As Ono has often observed, "the dream you dream alone is
just the dream, but the dream we dream together is reality."
The exhibition continues in nine locations with Imagine
Peace/Imaginate La Paz billboards across the San Antonio region.
YOKO ONO IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace is made
possible by the generosity by Bjom's Audio Video-Home Theater, Colleen
Casey and Tim Maloney, Clear Channel Outdoor, Rick Liberto, Smothers
Foundation, and Twin Sisters Bakery & Cafe. "
" John & Yoko's Year of Peace (1969 - 70)
Ono's Imagine Peace project carries conceptual and formal
strategies the artist had employer from the earliest years of her
career, not only in her seminal solo works, but in her collaborations
with John Lennon. In 1965, she created works specifically for the
advertising pages of The New York Arts Calendar. Picking up from
her Instructions for Paintings, a 1962 exhibition at Tokyo's Sogetsu Art
Center in which she exhibited written texts on the gallery walls
designed to inspire viewers to create the described images in their
minds, Ono created purely conceptual exhibitions with her
Is Real Gallery works.
The theme of peace is also evident in works sush as White Chess Set,
recreated here as Play It By Trust (Garden Set version) (1966/2007).
Lennon's songwriting during this period had shifted from more
conventional themes of romantic love to grander anthems for the
Flower Power generation. The Baetles' worldwide satellite broadcast
of Lennon's "All You Need Is Love" in the summer of 1967 featured a
parade of signs with the word "love" in multiple languages.
The couple's most famous collaborative works, the Bed-Ins (1969)
and the War Is Over! campaign (1969 - 1970), were conceived as
elements of a large peace advertising campaign. The Bed-Ins took
advantage of the inordinate amount of press attention the couple
received by inviting the world press to their honeymoon suite where
they talked about peace! Ono told Penthouse magazine's Charles
Childs: "Many other people who are rich are using their money for
something they want. They promote soap, use advertising
propaganda, what have you. We intend to do the same."
In December of 1969, they launched their War Is Over! campaign, a
project that included billboards and posters in 11 cities of the world
simply declaring "War Is Over! If You Want It. Happy Christmas from
John & Yoko." As with Ono's earliest instruction pieces, viewers were
invited to transform their dreams into reality. Ono has explained,
"All my work is a form of wishing." "
YOKO ONO: IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
September 26th - October 28th, 2007
UTSA Art Gallery / Department of Art and Art History
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Last year Yoko sent me 5000 badges to share with schoolchildren in Australia who helped me collect blankets for Mongolians.
I organised the Magical Mongolian Blanket Bus as a celebration of the 40th anniversary of ther Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, as well as being a practical way of collecting and moving blankets down the east coast of Queensland.
A chronology of our project can be found at www.blankets4mongolia.com
As it turned out I had many badges to spare and decided to share them with Mongolian children from the Gobi Desert who I met just recently whilst delivering blankets for Mongolian hospitals and schools etc. Please find 2 messages which describe my recent trip to Mongolia, and which hopefully show that Peace can be Imagined and made real.
These delivery pictures were all taken in the Gobi Desert between Oct 9 and Oct 11, 2008. The truck which I accompanied for this distribution is also seen being packed in Ulaan Baatar on Oct 2. The distance between the UB storage and the nearest Gobi soum (village) to receive blankets during the trip, is 800km.
These pics are from my recent visit to Mongolia - in fact some blankets had already been distributed before I arrived, and many more will continue to be distributed over the next 3 to 6 months ... it is not such an easy thing to organise:) For instance, the Bayangovi hospital which triggered my 1st collection, is now very well stocked with blankets, sheets and pillows. Their supply was topped up in July so there was no need to deliver more blankets to the hospital. We instead were planning more blankets for the soum dormitory, but the unexpected participation of my Mongolian friend and partner Bodio, in the Bayangovi local election meant that he could not be seen to be delivering gifts until after election day, so .... Anyway, he won the election and I now have a government contact in Mongolia who is there for the right reasons!
Therefore these pics include the kindergarten and school dorm at Shinejinst soum, the kindergarten (Qantas blankets draped over teachers) and school dorm at Bayan-Undur soum, and the kindergarten and school at Bayanlig soum. The drivers ha already delivered blankets to Jinst and Bogd soums before I caught up with them in Bayangovi. Bayanlig is the home of the young girl whose picture inspired me to start the ball rolling in 2003 -she became my poster girl and I caught up with her again this trip - very special for me!
Of course also, we delivered 'Imagine Peace' badges to the school kids at Bayanlig and Bayangovi, and those special pics are coming soon - only a select group of schools in Mongolia and Queensland received these gifts from Yoko Ono. Oct 9 was of course the 68th anniversary of the birth of John Lennon, and on the same day as we 'made warm not war!' in Bayanlig, a statue of the Fab Four was unveiled in Ulaan Baatar.
Thank you to everyone ...
...but the Magical Mongolian Tour continues ...
Cheers
Barry Jiggins OAM
Radiographer
Cairns Base Hospital
Australia
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
Photo from 'JOHN & YOKO: A New York Love Story' by Allan Tannenbaum
Publisher: Insight Editions (October 9, 2007)
Photo by & © Allan Tannenbaum.
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
"IMAGINE PEACE (Maps)" (2003/2007)
by Yoko Ono
maps, rubber stamps, badges
maps: variable dimensions
rubber stamps: 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 inches
badges: 1 3/8 inches diameter
" IMAGINE PEACE
Yoko Ono, among the earliest of artists working in the genre known
Conceptual Arts, has consistently employed the theme of peace
and used the medium of advertising in her work since the early 1960s.
Yoko Ono Imagine Peace Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
explores these aspects of her work over the course of more than
forty years.
Three recent pieces - Imagine Peace (Map) (2003/2007); Onochord
(2003/2007); and Imagine Peace Tower (2006/2007) - offer gallery
visitors to an opportunity to participate individually and collectively
with the artist in the realization of work. Consider the world with
fresh eyes as you stamp the phrase "Imagine Peace" on the location
of your choice on maps provided for this purpose. Using postcards
provided send your wishes to the Imagine Peace
Tower in Reykjavik, where they will shine on with eternally more than
900,000 others. Or beam the message "I Love You" to one and all
using the Onochord flashlights. Take a flashlight and an Imagine
Peace button, the artist's gift to you, and carry the message out into the
world. As Ono has often observed, "the dream you dream alone is
just the dream, but the dream we dream together is reality."
The exhibition continues in nine locations with Imagine
Peace/Imaginate La Paz billboards across the San Antonio region.
YOKO ONO IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace is made
possible by the generosity by Bjom's Audio Video-Home Theater, Colleen
Casey and Tim Maloney, Clear Channel Outdoor, Rick Liberto, Smothers
Foundation, and Twin Sisters Bakery & Cafe. "
" John & Yoko's Year of Peace (1969 - 70)
Ono's Imagine Peace project carries conceptual and formal
strategies the artist had employer from the earliest years of her
career, not only in her seminal solo works, but in her collaborations
with John Lennon. In 1965, she created works specifically for the
advertising pages of The New York Arts Calendar. Picking up from
her Instructions for Paintings, a 1962 exhibition at Tokyo's Sogetsu Art
Center in which she exhibited written texts on the gallery walls
designed to inspire viewers to create the described images in their
minds, Ono created purely conceptual exhibitions with her
Is Real Gallery works.
The theme of peace is also evident in works sush as White Chess Set,
recreated here as Play It By Trust (Garden Set version) (1966/2007).
Lennon's songwriting during this period had shifted from more
conventional themes of romantic love to grander anthems for the
Flower Power generation. The Baetles' worldwide satellite broadcast
of Lennon's "All You Need Is Love" in the summer of 1967 featured a
parade of signs with the word "love" in multiple languages.
The couple's most famous collaborative works, the Bed-Ins (1969)
and the War Is Over! campaign (1969 - 1970), were conceived as
elements of a large peace advertising campaign. The Bed-Ins took
advantage of the inordinate amount of press attention the couple
received by inviting the world press to their honeymoon suite where
they talked about peace! Ono told Penthouse magazine's Charles
Childs: "Many other people who are rich are using their money for
something they want. They promote soap, use advertising
propaganda, what have you. We intend to do the same."
In December of 1969, they launched their War Is Over! campaign, a
project that included billboards and posters in 11 cities of the world
simply declaring "War Is Over! If You Want It. Happy Christmas from
John & Yoko." As with Ono's earliest instruction pieces, viewers were
invited to transform their dreams into reality. Ono has explained,
"All my work is a form of wishing." "
YOKO ONO: IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
September 26th - October 28th, 2007
UTSA Art Gallery / Department of Art and Art History
The University of Texas at San Antonio
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
Last year Yoko sent me 5000 badges to share with schoolchildren in Australia who helped me collect blankets for Mongolians.
I organised the Magical Mongolian Blanket Bus as a celebration of the 40th anniversary of ther Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, as well as being a practical way of collecting and moving blankets down the east coast of Queensland.
A chronology of our project can be found at www.blankets4mongolia.com
As it turned out I had many badges to spare and decided to share them with Mongolian children from the Gobi Desert who I met just recently whilst delivering blankets for Mongolian hospitals and schools etc. Please find 2 messages which describe my recent trip to Mongolia, and which hopefully show that Peace can be Imagined and made real.
These delivery pictures were all taken in the Gobi Desert between Oct 9 and Oct 11, 2008. The truck which I accompanied for this distribution is also seen being packed in Ulaan Baatar on Oct 2. The distance between the UB storage and the nearest Gobi soum (village) to receive blankets during the trip, is 800km.
These pics are from my recent visit to Mongolia - in fact some blankets had already been distributed before I arrived, and many more will continue to be distributed over the next 3 to 6 months ... it is not such an easy thing to organise:) For instance, the Bayangovi hospital which triggered my 1st collection, is now very well stocked with blankets, sheets and pillows. Their supply was topped up in July so there was no need to deliver more blankets to the hospital. We instead were planning more blankets for the soum dormitory, but the unexpected participation of my Mongolian friend and partner Bodio, in the Bayangovi local election meant that he could not be seen to be delivering gifts until after election day, so .... Anyway, he won the election and I now have a government contact in Mongolia who is there for the right reasons!
Therefore these pics include the kindergarten and school dorm at Shinejinst soum, the kindergarten (Qantas blankets draped over teachers) and school dorm at Bayan-Undur soum, and the kindergarten and school at Bayanlig soum. The drivers ha already delivered blankets to Jinst and Bogd soums before I caught up with them in Bayangovi. Bayanlig is the home of the young girl whose picture inspired me to start the ball rolling in 2003 -she became my poster girl and I caught up with her again this trip - very special for me!
Of course also, we delivered 'Imagine Peace' badges to the school kids at Bayanlig and Bayangovi, and those special pics are coming soon - only a select group of schools in Mongolia and Queensland received these gifts from Yoko Ono. Oct 9 was of course the 68th anniversary of the birth of John Lennon, and on the same day as we 'made warm not war!' in Bayanlig, a statue of the Fab Four was unveiled in Ulaan Baatar.
Thank you to everyone ...
...but the Magical Mongolian Tour continues ...
Cheers
Barry Jiggins OAM
Radiographer
Cairns Base Hospital
Australia
"IMAGINE PEACE (Maps)" (2003/2007)
by Yoko Ono
maps, rubber stamps, badges
maps: variable dimensions
rubber stamps: 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 inches
badges: 1 3/8 inches diameter
" IMAGINE PEACE
Yoko Ono, among the earliest of artists working in the genre known
Conceptual Arts, has consistently employed the theme of peace
and used the medium of advertising in her work since the early 1960s.
Yoko Ono Imagine Peace Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
explores these aspects of her work over the course of more than
forty years.
Three recent pieces - Imagine Peace (Map) (2003/2007); Onochord
(2003/2007); and Imagine Peace Tower (2006/2007) - offer gallery
visitors to an opportunity to participate individually and collectively
with the artist in the realization of work. Consider the world with
fresh eyes as you stamp the phrase "Imagine Peace" on the location
of your choice on maps provided for this purpose. Using postcards
provided send your wishes to the Imagine Peace
Tower in Reykjavik, where they will shine on with eternally more than
900,000 others. Or beam the message "I Love You" to one and all
using the Onochord flashlights. Take a flashlight and an Imagine
Peace button, the artist's gift to you, and carry the message out into the
world. As Ono has often observed, "the dream you dream alone is
just the dream, but the dream we dream together is reality."
The exhibition continues in nine locations with Imagine
Peace/Imaginate La Paz billboards across the San Antonio region.
YOKO ONO IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace is made
possible by the generosity by Bjom's Audio Video-Home Theater, Colleen
Casey and Tim Maloney, Clear Channel Outdoor, Rick Liberto, Smothers
Foundation, and Twin Sisters Bakery & Cafe. "
" John & Yoko's Year of Peace (1969 - 70)
Ono's Imagine Peace project carries conceptual and formal
strategies the artist had employer from the earliest years of her
career, not only in her seminal solo works, but in her collaborations
with John Lennon. In 1965, she created works specifically for the
advertising pages of The New York Arts Calendar. Picking up from
her Instructions for Paintings, a 1962 exhibition at Tokyo's Sogetsu Art
Center in which she exhibited written texts on the gallery walls
designed to inspire viewers to create the described images in their
minds, Ono created purely conceptual exhibitions with her
Is Real Gallery works.
The theme of peace is also evident in works sush as White Chess Set,
recreated here as Play It By Trust (Garden Set version) (1966/2007).
Lennon's songwriting during this period had shifted from more
conventional themes of romantic love to grander anthems for the
Flower Power generation. The Baetles' worldwide satellite broadcast
of Lennon's "All You Need Is Love" in the summer of 1967 featured a
parade of signs with the word "love" in multiple languages.
The couple's most famous collaborative works, the Bed-Ins (1969)
and the War Is Over! campaign (1969 - 1970), were conceived as
elements of a large peace advertising campaign. The Bed-Ins took
advantage of the inordinate amount of press attention the couple
received by inviting the world press to their honeymoon suite where
they talked about peace! Ono told Penthouse magazine's Charles
Childs: "Many other people who are rich are using their money for
something they want. They promote soap, use advertising
propaganda, what have you. We intend to do the same."
In December of 1969, they launched their War Is Over! campaign, a
project that included billboards and posters in 11 cities of the world
simply declaring "War Is Over! If You Want It. Happy Christmas from
John & Yoko." As with Ono's earliest instruction pieces, viewers were
invited to transform their dreams into reality. Ono has explained,
"All my work is a form of wishing." "
YOKO ONO: IMAGINE PEACE Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace
September 26th - October 28th, 2007
UTSA Art Gallery / Department of Art and Art History
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Cast silicone, wood, bowl, water
Table: 28 1/2 x 96 x 30 inches (72.4 x 243.8 x 76.2 cm)
Pedestal: 30 x 14 x 14 inches (76.2 x 36.6 x 36.6 cm)
Yoko Ono: touch me : Gallery LeLong, 528 West 26th Street, NY, USA
Apr18-May31 2008, Tue-Sat 10am-6pm
" YOKO ONO CUT PIECE
performed by john noga
Akron-Summit County Public Main Library Auditorium
Wednesday 29 August 2007 7pm "
" YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
(The Akron-Summit County Public Library is the site of the performance, and is not a sponsor.)
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono's performance, Cut Piece (1964), first performed by the artist herself in
Kyoto, Japan, in 1964, will be performed this evening by graduate student and assistant
curator of the IMAGINE PEACE exhibition, John Noga. The exhibition Yoko Ono
IMAGINE PEACE, Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, curated by Kevin
Concannon (with John Noga), is on display through September 7th at the Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art's Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall (150 E. Exchange St, Akron)
on the campus of The University of Akron.
While Cut Piece is now widely understood as a feminist performance piece, Ono's early
performances of the work were commonly understood quite differently. Ono performed
the piece a number of times between 1964 and 1966. At the time, she spoke of it as a test
of her commitment as an artist. She frequently told interviewers a story about the
Buddha in which he comes across a hungry lioness and her cubs. taking pity on her
plight, he hurls his body off a cliff above the lioness, scattering the pieces of his body to
offer nourishment to the animals. At the moment of his leap, he achieves enlightenment.
Ono also often discussed the piece as an attempt to move beyond the artist's ego. The
artist, she explained, often gave his audience what he thought they should have. She
wished instead for the audience to take what it wanted from the work. With Cut Piece,
she expressed this quite literally.
The performance score (instructions) calls for the performer to sit on the stage wearing
his or her best suit of clothing with a pair of scissors placed in front of him or her. it is
then announced that members of the audience may approach the stage one at a time to cut
a piece of clothing that they may take with them. The performance ends at the
performer's discretion. Witnessing the performance, it becomes clear that the cutters are
performers as well. The audience observes that each voluntary participation has their own
unique and distinct approach to the work.
in 2003, Ono performed the work personally for the last time. She did it, she says, for
peace, and against ageism, racism, and sexism.
Thank you for being a part of tonight's special performance of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
The University of Akron "
YOKO ONO'S CUT PIECE (1964)
Performed by John Noga, graduate assistant, The University of Akron
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Master of Arts Administration program
Introduction by Kevin Concannon, associate professor of art, UA
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7 pm
Akron-Summit County Public Library
Ausstellungsansicht | Exhibition View
Kunsthaus Graz, Space01 & Space02, Lendkai 1, 8020 Graz
Laufzeit | Duration: 14.11.2014-15.02.2015
www.museum-joanneum.at/Kunsthaus
www.museumsblog.at/DamageControl
© Universalmuseum Joanneum / N. Lackner
Cirque du Soleil weaves an aquatic tapestry of artistry, surrealism and theatrical romance in the timeless production, "O."
The international cast of world-class acrobats, synchronized swimmers, divers and characters perform in, on, and above water to create a breathtaking experience in a magnificent theatre reminiscent of a European opera house.
"O" performs twice nightly at 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. There are no performances on Mondays and Tuesdays.