IMAGINE PEACE

Group Show: Fluxfest Chicago 2012 (Chicago, USA)

2012-02-02T06:50:00Z

FLUXFEST CHICAGO 2012 February 9th – 12th, 2012 Feb 9th 5:00pm – 7:30pm FROM THE ARCHIVE Mailart and Fluxus from the archives of Fluxus/St. Louis. Opening reception Chicago Art Institute, Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection. 37 S. Wabash, 5th Floor. Feb 10th 2:00pm – 5pm FLUX IT YOURSELF Scores and Performances by Contemporary Fluxus. Publication [...]

The Guardian: From Yoko Ono to Leonard Cohen – the old masters finding new inspiration

2012-02-12T04:45:59Z

Artists who attained fame and glory in the culturally revolutionary decades of 60s and 70s still making waves later in life by Alex Needham, The Guardian Next Saturday Yoko Ono turns 79. In June she will come to London to launch a retrospective of her work at the Serpentine, which will include work she’s making right now. “My [...]

IMAGINE PEACE dandelions in Las Vegas by Rob Bucholz, Richard & Simone Pauwels

2012-02-13T10:00:11Z

Dear Yoko, I just wanted to send you a few photos of an industrial sized scuplture that my friend Rob Bucholz installed for a large (aprox. 250,000 attendees) youth oriented music festival in Las Vegas last summer. My now wife and I assisted in the installation and collaborated with him and turned his 3 40-50 [...]

The Betsy South Beach: Wish Tree for the City of Miami Beach

2012-02-13T11:48:01Z

Warm greetings from sunny South Beach! On November 5, 2011, The Betsy-South Beach dedicated a Wish Tree to the City of Miami Beach and, since then, we have collected more than 2000 wishes. The tree is located Lummus Park, with full access by the public and a steady stream of international visitors and Miami residents. [...]

♥ Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! i ii ii i love you! yoko

2012-02-14T12:03:07Z

Recorded on 1 June 1969, in Room 1742 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, after the recording of ‘Give Peace A Chance’. REMEMBER LOVE Remember love, remember love, Love is what it takes to sing. Remember love, remember love, Love is what it takes to meet. Remember love, remember love, Love is what it [...]

Join us turning off our lights for Earth Hour 2012 on 31 March 2012 8:30pm

2012-02-15T15:50:40Z

On March 31 at 8:30 pm local time, hundreds of millions of people around the world will turn off their lights for Earth Hour, the world’s largest collective display of commitment to protect the planet. Will you join us? By turning off your lights for just 60 minutes on March 31 you can take a positive action [...]

“To Preserve Our Rights, We Must Stand Up For Them” by Josh Fox

2012-02-16T07:49:29Z

To Preserve Our Rights, We Must Stand Up For Them. by Josh Fox This morning, the charge of “unlawful entry” brought against me was dismissed without condition. The US Attorney dropped the case, finding it baseless and without merit. Although this is a personal victory and I am very grateful and relieved at the US [...]

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER to be lit on Feb 18th by the City of Reykjavík to celebrate Yoko Ono’s birthday

2012-02-18T16:06:27Z

The City of Reykjavík has decided to light IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on Ms. Yoko Ono’s birthday February 18th, 2012. The Mayor Mr. Jon Gnarr, says that on behalf of the City he wishes to thank Ms. Ono for her dedication to peace and friendship to Reykjavik: “Reykjavík is honored that Ms. Yoko Ono chose [...]

Yoko QandA day – Fridays on Twitter & Facebook – latest answers here:

2012-02-18T17:18:01Z

Every Friday is Q&A day. On Twitter, ask me a question about anything, tag it #yokoQandA (so I can find it) & I'll answer the best 10 or so every week here on IMAGINEPEACE.com. love, yoko. View the answers as several pages here, or one big long page here.

Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Awards for the Arts 2012

2012-02-21T08:33:39Z

Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Awards for the Arts To be held February 26, 2012, New York City at a private dinner Four years ago, at the height of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the press filled with tales of heroic displays of great courage in the face of adversity, I began to think [...]