yoko
ono in iceland
Three speeches made by Yoko
Ono in Iceland on October 9th 2006.
Included the address to where you can mail
your wishes to the Imagine Peace Tower to be built in Iceland. yoko
ono to visit liberation exhibition in vietnam in november
VietNamNet:
"Organisers of the contemporary art project Saigon Open City (SOC) have invited
Yoko Ono to join in the “Liberation” exhibition to be held in HCM City
in November this year." indica
again
The Guardian (October 31st 2006): "It was the place where
Yoko Ono met John Lennon, where William Burroughs hung out and Paul McCartney
helped with the carpentry. For two years, the Indica was the hippest art gallery
in London. But on November 3 1967, its founders, Barry Miles and John Dunbar,
closed its doors for the last time. Miles packed up two boxes of artwork and correspondence
and left them in the Tate's basement library, hopeful that future generations
might benefit from his chronicle of a key 1960s moment."  Riflemaker
becomes Indica
A homage exhibition to Indica gallery in London through
Feb 2007. On Jan 15th 2007, Yoko Ono will discuss the concept "YES"
with John Dunbar at Riflemaker.
yoko
ono was honored by the loomba trust on october 20th
A gala evening
celebrating the international launch of The Loomba Trust’s support of widows
and orphans was held at the United Nations One United Nations Plaza on October
20th 2006. Yoko Ono was one of the special guests honored by The Loomba Trust
during the gala evening. The Loomba Trust aims to educate
the children of poor widows throughout India, and it has launched International
Widows Day, a new initiative, which takes place each year on 23 June, to highlight
the situation of widows and their children all over the world and to provide a
focus for effective action. yoko
ono sues EMI for $10 m over lennon royalties
Times Online (October
19th 2006): "The lawsuit, filed in the Supreme Court of New York state yesterday,
accuses EMI and its subsidiary Capitol Records of "willfully and knowingly
underreporting royalties" by hiding the "true use and disposition of
Lennon's recordings". yoko
ono to be editor for a day on BBC's 'today' programme
The Independent
(October 19th 2006): "The Japanese artist and former wife of John Lennon
will be in the editor's chair, assisted by one of the full-time presenters, in
the approach to Christmas and the New Year. Although the theme has not been chosen,
she will contribute a report on her Imagine Peace
Tower, built in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik." japanese
fan rocks in arty tribute to john lennon
The Japan Times (October 18th
2006): "Kozue Etsuzen, a dedicated John Lennon fan, was one of the lucky
few chosen from hundreds to participate in a unique art project paying homage
to the late Beatle being displayed in Gateshead, northeast England, since last
week. (--) Exhibited on 25 different 1-meter plasma screens staggered spirally
around the BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art's seven-story public stairway, Etsuzen
and 24 other special fans are showcased performing songs from the "Plastic
Ono Band - Live Peace in Toronto 1969" album. The music comes from the conceptual
group formed by Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, in 1969 before the Beatles disbanded,
and explores the apparent traumas of Lennon's childhood and his later experimentation
with drugs."
yoko
ono celebrates lennon’s birthday in iceland on october 9th 2006
Visit
Reykjavik (October 9th 2006): "Yoko Ono has sent out a message for this day:
"It was no coincidence that we were born at this time. We were meant for
a certain project, and that project is not finished. I know that John (Lennon)
will be with us that day, 9th October, in Reykjavik, and I look forward to seeing
you and celebrating with you on this exciting day. War is over, if you want it.
I love you. Yoko Ono." Yoko
Ono with the LennonOno Grant for Peace 2006 award winners a
new yoko ono DVD: night of the half moon
Yoko Ono performing with Sean
Lennon and Vincent Gallo, recorded live at Tonic on Feb. 19, 2005. Tonic sells
this DVD at their website: "Did you miss Yoko Ono's 2005 Birthday benefit
at Tonic? This special DVD contains 20 minutes of footage including a performance
of Snow Falls Silent, I Remember (I Miss You) and a beautiful segment of the internationally
acclaimed ONOCHORD. Tonic was honored to host
this event and here's your chance to catch a glimpse at home." secret
piece II by yoko ono
From Japanese JoongAngIlbo (July 2006), translation
by Mikihiko Hori: "Avant-garde artist Yoko Ono composed a cherishing memory
tune to praise the initiator of video art, Nam June Paik, who passed away on January
this year. The name of the tune performed at the Hirshhorn Smithsonian Museum
in Washington, DC, USA, in the afternoon on July 21, 2006 (local time) is "Secret
Piece II." Yoko Ono, who was remembering that July 20 was Nam June Paik's
birthday, composed this avant-garde musical tune by remembering her friend. Yoko
Ono attracted attention by using the performance technique for beating the bowstring
of the contrabass with the stick of the drum as if symbolizing the world of Mr.
Nam June Paik's original video art. Like the work of the deceased who had walked
several decades ahead of the mainstream of modern art, light and clear melody
of this tune sounds comfortable. This cherishing memory tune can be heard on Solo
Bass Website. Remembering
Nam June Paik
two
significant events promoting world peace on john lennon's birthday
Press
release (September 9th 2006): "Yoko Ono, announced today she will be holding
two events in Iceland on October 9th to promote peace throughout the world. On
this highly anticipated date, which is the birthday of her late husband John Lennon,
she will award the LennonOno Grant for Peace and will initiate the ceremony for
the dedicated site of the IMAGINE PEACE Tower." Read
the full press release SECAC/MACAA
conference october 25-28
Press release: "The joint meeting of
the Southeastern College Art Conference and the Mid-America College Art Association
will be held at Vanderbilt University, with more than 100 events planned. Highlights
include: Political Art with discussions of the art of John Lennon and Yoko Ono,
Jose Sabogal, George Bellow and others. 10 to 11:45 a.m. Oct. 27." Kevin
Concannon will talk about the War is Over concept by Yoko Ono and John Lennon.
imagine
peace billboard in houston, texas
Imagine Peace by Yoko Ono will be on
view at the intersection of I-45 and I-10 through October 20th 2006. The billboard
is part of the show Word at Deborah Colton Gallery. 
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ono news: oct 06