As part of Enchanted Parks in Saltwell Park, Gateshead, (4-14 December 2008) Yoko Ono will present Wish Trees for Gateshead – where visitors are invited to express their hopes and dreams by writing wishes on paper and hanging them on one of the trees. Wishes from Wish Trees for Gateshead will be gathered at the [...]
Reykjavík Art Museum is organizing an open art workshop in a cozy atmosphere for both children and adults today, Nov 30th, between 2 pm and 5 pm at Videyjarstofa museum and restaurant on Videy island, five minutes away from the capital by boat. The workshop’s theme will be Yoko Ono’s peace column, which was erected on [...]
Snow in California by Mikihiko Hori Yoko Ono's participatory art project, "Wish Tree for Pasadena" at the central courtyard of One Colorado in Pasadena, California, which started on August 2nd, '08, has just ended its display on November 9th, '08. For "Wish Tree for Pasadena", 21 living crape myrtle trees (Lagerstroemia) were set up and [...]
Wish Trees for Pasadena Move to their New Home Today Today the crepe myrtles that were part of the Wish Tree for Pasadena installation at One Colorado will be planted at their new, permanent home at Arlington Garden. Dedication is 10:00 A.M. ...The trees are being dedicated as a permanent contemplative grove at Arlington Garden in Pasadena. Arlington Garden is a [...]
Every evening one could also see from a distance Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower project. Located on nearby Viðey Island, the landscape installation honors the legacy of John Lennon, staying lit from his birth date October 9th to the anniversary of his death on December 8th. The single column of light is reminiscent of the [...]
The economy may just have imploded, taking huge amounts of Britons' savings with it, but don't let that put you off visiting, says Raymond Whitaker "There has never been a cheaper time to visit colourful Reykjavik," proclaims an opportunistic press release from Icelandic Express, the island's answer to easyJet. With the krona down 40 per [...]
Dear Friends I'd like to inform you about the big Wish Tree that has been built by the dutch artist Wieke Terpstra with the help of Younes El Ouai and Christopher Inees (pupils of the school 'de Einder' in The Hague, Netherlands). The Wish Tree is 2.5 meters high and made of steel. It's painted [...]
Friðarsúlan í Viðey er myndefni á frímerki sem Pósturinn gefur út 9. október. Friðarsúlan Ljós Friðarsúlunnar í Viðey verður tendrað þann 9. október að viðstaddri listakonunni Yoko Ono. Pósturinn gefur út frímerki sama dag tileinkað Friðarsúlunni og þeim friðarboðskap sem hún er tákn um. Útilistaverkið var reist í Viðey í Kollafirði á síðasta ári til [...]
The stamp is printed by Joh. Enschedé Security Print in Haarlem Holland. The size of the stamp is 48.00 x 30.00. 10 stamps in a sheet . Printing process of stamp: 4 colour offset and UV ink (John Lennon image) and phosphorus (glow in the dark effect) on the light column (Imagine Peace Tower). Additional [...]
click here to send your wish to the Tower by email or post your handwritten wishes on a postcard to: IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, PO Box 1009, 121 Reykjavík, Iceland. To the People of Iceland, Today, on the birthday of John Lennon, please join me in praying for peace and stability for our planet. At 8:00 [...]
10.09.08: send your wish On 9 Oct 2008, John Lennon’s birthday, Yoko Ono asks the people of Iceland to join her and many others across the rest of the world in praying for peace and stability. At 8pm Reykjavik time (1pm LA, 4pm NY, 9pm Liverpool, 5am Tokyo), as IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is illuminated on [...]
The museums of the Smithsonian Institution line Washington's National Mall and are a popular destination for visitors to the nation's capital. The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is dedicated to modern art and houses one of the most extensive collections of contemporary art in the world. One of its most popular attractions is not [...]
The boatman doesn’t speak English. Or maybe he just doesn’t want to. I ask him his name, hoping to follow up with a fusillade of questions about how long he’s been sailing this route, and whether he likes it here in the Arctic cold of northern Reykjavik; but my plan is foiled by his brusque [...]
Yoko Ono loves you. But that’s only one of the messages that the avant-garde artist, who became a household name during her romance with Beatle John Lennon, is sending through her latest interactive work, “Wish Tree for Pasadena,” on display through Nov. 9 among the tables and chairs in the One Colorado courtyard. Ono’s “Wish [...]
Yoko Ono: Wish Trees for Pasadena 2 Aug 2008 - 9 Nov 2008 One Colorado, 24 E Union St, Pasadena, CA 91103 The Armory, One Colorado, 41 Hugus Alley, Old Pasadena, CA 91103 West Colorado Blvd. Between N Fair Oaks & N Delacey Ave. [Map] Public access to Ono’s art installation and the One Colorado Courtyard [...]
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER - LIVE IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is an outdoor work of art conceived by Yoko Ono in memory of John Lennon. It is situated on Viðey Island in Reykjavík, Iceland [map], powered entirely by Geothermal Energy. The artwork was dedicated to John by Yoko at its unveiling on 9 Oct 2007, Lennon's 67th [...]
Global peace effort grows in advance of the unveiiling of IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, dedicated to John Lennon by Yoko Ono, on October 9th of this year, in Reykjavik, Iceland. October 9th, 2007 looks set to become a landmark day in the global movement for peace when Yoko Ono will be joined by family, friends and [...]