wisdom: portraits by andrew zuckerman include yoko ono
From the press release: "Wisdom is inspired by the idea that one of the greatest gifts one generation can pass to another is its collective wisdom. This multifaceted project, including a book, short film and exhibition by award-winning photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman, creates a record of a multicultural group of people who have all made their mark on the world."
yoko ono rules out john lennon modern technology 'duet'
The Post Chronicle (April 22nd 2010): "John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has ruled out using modern technology to perform a beyond-the-grave "duet" with the late Beatles legend. "I respect too much John's music to do something like that."
yoko ono's dance chart success brings about 'new era'
Spinner (April 27th 2010): "The latest example, of course, is her current No. 1 hit: the Junior Boys' remix of her song 'Give Me Something,' which was originally on the 1980 Grammy-winning album 'Double Fantasy' that she recorded with her late husband. "They opened a new era for me," Ono says. "Up to now, I think, 'OK, I got used to [remixes of my work].' I was excited, of course, and very thankful. But this one, 'Give Me Something,' just blew my mind. It really blew my mind. This is beautiful."
new yoko ono book is also a kite
The Measure (April 23rd 2010): "With the help of Thurston Moore and his Ecstatic Peace Library publishing company, Yoko Ono is set to release Fly Me, a limited edition book that doubles as a kite. (--) Only 2500 copies are being made, and they're selling for $100 each. Steep, yes, but a small price to pay for a reminder that there is still at least one person in the world who's bold and uncynical enough to pull something like this. Roll your eyes, but only if you are a jerk."
popwreckoning interviews yoko
"In the wake of the success of “Give Me Something,” Yoko’s fourth single in a row to reach #1 on the Billboard Dance Charts – no mean feat – I had the good fortune to catch up with her and talk a bit about her new place in the realm of dance music."
Yoko Ono: "I would love to release another CD of just dance music. In fact, it’s in the works already!"
smiling face film by yoko ono
"Dear Friends, I just watched the Smiling Face Film! It blew my mind! In fact, tears ran down my face and there was no stopping. I just didn't know that there are still so many beautiful people on Earth, since i am reading the papers every day of murders, bombings, and major pollutions caused and hidden to us by corporations. In fact, the film made me cry all the way. It's so beautiful. And I feel I know each one of you. Yes! Didn't we all meet sometime in our lives? We know each other right?..."
yoko ono to become the first global ambassador for autism
The Japan Times (April 2nd 2010): "Yoko Ono accepted a plaque Wednesday from Autism Speaks, a major autism advocacy group, as she became its first global ambassador. "I have long believed that art is a great way to raise global awareness," the artist and widow of John Lennon told a crowd of about 100 people in a midtown Manhattan hotel."
liverpool's john lennon tribute season announced
Liverpool Daily Post (March 24th 2010): "The two-month cultural programme of events will be launched on October 9 – on what would have been the former Beatle’s 70th birthday. And they will come to a climax with a major memorial concert, John Lennon Remembered, at the Echo Arena Liverpool on December 9th."
"And we want to invite all organisations and the people of Liverpool to think of their own contribution to the season. This is for the people of Merseyside, for the people of the UK as well as foreign visitors.”
distinguished service to the visual arts award to yoko ono
ArtTable, the leadership organization for professional women in the visual arts, will honour Yoko Ono on April 16th 2010.
"The Board of Directors sought to identify a woman artist whose work transcends the studio and the marketplace to have a broader impact on culture; Yoko Ono's incomparable work in the visual and performance arts as well as her profound social activism constitute a lifetime of Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts."
"On the brilliant “Give Me Something” (originally taken from John and Yoko’s Grammy Award winning 1980 masterpiece Double Fantasy), ONO taps Richard Morel, Dave Aude, Ralphi Rosario, Roberto Rodriguez, Stonebridge, Sparks, Junior Boys, Alex Traxx (and others) to deliver compelling interpretations for the 21st Century. Slated as a green release (digital, no materials used or abused) later this month (March 2010) on Mind Train / Twisted Records, “Give Me Something” (The Remixes) is another irresistible reinvention from the timeless visionary, who continues to be a major influential force on the cultural landscape."
one way to spend a day at the office... love you jorge!
john lennon and yoko ono bed-in images on display at coventry cathedral
Coventry Telegraph (March 12th 2010): "The new exhibition called Give Peace a Chance opens tomorrow and will run until May 3. The pictures were taken by photographer Gerry Deiter in the week John and Yoko were in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, in Montreal, campaigning for peace in 1969."
"Visitors to the exhibition will also have the chance to sit on the duplicate peace bench Yoko donated to the cathedral in 2005, which replaced the original one the couple designed in 1968. The bench will be accompanied by a wish tree where visitors can write a message of peace."
yoko ono: back to where she once belonged
The Sunday Times (March 7th 2010): "Like many members of her family, Yoko attended a school in Tokyo that was reserved for the Japanese ruling classes. It was a life of isolation and privilege. In her childhood home, Kudan House, up to 20 servants would wait on her, but she had no friends. “It didn’t occur to me that I was supposed to play with people.” She shared this sense of estrangement with Lennon, who also endured a lonely childhood in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton, where he lived with his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George."
thurston moore and kim gordon to record with yoko ono sometime in 2010
Information from Moore's blog, Flowers & Cream: "kim and i will be recording a trio LP w/ yoko this year, with blindfolds".
the other rooms
The Other Rooms is a sequel to Yoko Ono's Grapefruit, a now classic artist's book that was first published in 1964 and became a cult classic following its wider distribution after 1970.
imagine the peace ballad of john & yoko virtual tour
During April 2nd - June 21st 2009 The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts celebrated the Bed-In event held in Montreal in 1969 by displaying related drawings, unpublished photographs, videos, films, artworks and interactive materials that convey the famous couple’s message of universal peace. You can still visit the virtual tour of the exhibition.
