Yoko Ono: The Tate Gallery Lecture (2004) - excerpt

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love
yoko

Water Talk

you are water
I’m water
we’re all water in different containers
that’s why it’s so easy to meet
someday we’ll evaporate together

but even after the water’s gone
we’ll probably point out to the containers
and say, “that’s me there, that one.”
we’re container minders

For Half-A-Wind Show, Lisson Gallery, London 1967.

Dance Report - on floating

(or how to make the city
so light that it floats
away in the sky)

Carry a stone. Go on
carrying heavier stones
until they become so
heavy that the whole
city starts to look
lighter than what you
are carrying.

Dance Report - on hiding

hide in the cupboard
a) until your family starts to wonder
b) until your family forgets you
(make choice)

Dance Report - on facing

face the wall throughout the year
and imagine banging your head
against it: a) slowly until the
walk collapses and you see the sky.
b) violently until your head is
gone.

consider if it is such a catastrophe
to live without your head or if it
shouldn’t be easier for you to go
around since your body would be much
lighter.

October 9th 2008

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, as IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is illuminated on the island of Viðey, she asks everyone to join together and let the power of light and prayer become a collective expression of the desire for peace and harmony on our planet.


Dear Friends

Please join me not only in remembering John on October 9th but also in spreading the message of peace. This is something that was so important to John - the fact that we could all work together for the positive good of our planet. He would have loved how we are all mobilizing ourselves in thought and in action. It's time for action and the action is peace!
with love, yoko

Yoko Ono
9 Oct 2008
www.IMAGINEPEACE.com



9th midday Anchorage • 9th 1pm Los Angeles • 9th 2pm Guatemala • 9th 3pm Chicago • 9th 4pm New York • 9th 4pm Montreal • 9th 5pm Rio de Janeiro • 9th 8pm Reykjavik • 9th 9pm Liverpool • 9th 10pm Europe • 9th 11pm Baghdad • 10th midnight Moscow • 10th 1am Karachi • 10th 2am Dhaka • 10th 3am Bangkok • 10th 4am Shanghai • 10th 5am Tokyo • 10th 6am Sydney • 10th 7am Vladivostok • 10th 8am Suva • 10th 9am Auckland • 10th 10am Kiritimati

At that time, send your wishes to the Imagine Peace Tower by email:
wish@IMAGINEPEACE.com

post your handwritten wishes on a postcard to:
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, PO Box 1009, 121 Reykjavík, Iceland

Yoko Ono's 13 Days Do-It-Yourself Dance Festival : 13th day

13th day
future time

color yourself
wait for the spring to come
let us know when it comes.

Yoko Ono's 13 Days Do-It-Yourself Dance Festival : 12th day

12th day
dreamtime

SWIM
SWIM IN YOUR DREAM AS FAR AS
YOU CAN UNTIL YOU FIND AN
ISLAND. TELL US RESULTS.

Yoko Ono's 13 Days Do-It-Yourself Dance Festival : 11th day

11th day
daylight

send
send something you can’t count

Yoko Ono's 13 Days Do-It-Yourself Dance Festival : 10th day

10th day
morning

find
go find a clover and send us
measurements weight of all
possible parts of the clover

Yoko Ono's 13 Days Do-It-Yourself Dance Festival : 9th day

9th day
afternoon

shake
go shake hands with as many
persons as possible. Write
down their names. Try in the
elevator, tube, escalator,
street, toilet, on top of a
mountain, in the dark, daydream,
on the clouds etc. make it a
nice handshake by holding a
flower in your hand, perfume or
wash your hand, etc.

Yoko Ono's 13 Days Do-It-Yourself Dance Festival : 8th day

Yoko Ono's 13 Days Do-It-Yourself Dance Festival : 7th day

7th day
8 p.m.

watch
boil water and watch until it
evaporates

Yoko Ono's 13 Days Do-It-Yourself Dance Festival : 6th day

6th day
evening

watch
have you seen a horizon lately?
go see a horizon, measure it
from where you stand and let us
know the length

Yoko Ono's 13 Days Do-It-Yourself Dance Festival : 5th day

5th day
afternoon

watch
go to the nearest fountain
and watch the water dance