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Thursday, November 28, 2002
JOHN LENNON SONGWRITING CONTEST YOUNG STARSRead the full article on the pages of the POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL
Wednesday, November 27, 2002
A couple of hours on a bus were enough to inspire 15-year-old Alexsandra
Bossi to consider a career in music and land her a spot on television.
Her former music teacher, songwriter and entertainer Ann Miceli Teed,
submitted a song to the John Lennon Songwriting Contest Tour Bus a year
ago. Tonight ABC will air the song as part of a special about the Beatles
and Paul McCartney at 9 p.m
new REAL LOVE productsthere's an article about the UK manufacturer of the Real Love kids line of products... ast Coast Group of North Walsham recently won numerous awards at the Baby and Child International Fair at Earls Court"The firm produces activity playmats, changing mats and high chairs bearing Lennon's cartoons of animals such as walruses, birds and seals.
At the Earls Court event, East Coast showcased some new Real Love products "
business YOKO AND PAUL TO SHARE A STAGE ?Here's the latest very intriguing newsbit I got from Tokyo this morning :
Along Japanese musicians, including NY-based musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yoko [ scheduled to be there - last year, she came on via video satellite feed that was hugely applauded ].... that Paul McCartney will take part in this year JOHN LENNON SUPER LIVE concert via video.
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We have *last year* coverage up on ONOWEB beautifully written up by Hisataka and Shiona
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We should have coverage of *this* year concert by mid-December as well. Sunday, November 24, 2002
Following the musesAuthor's essays romp through history with women who inspired artists Found at the SF GATE : an interview with author of that MUSES book Here's a few quotes : Prose asks the same question about Lee Miller, her favorite of the bunch. "Why isn't she as famous as Man Ray? She was a genius. She was an amazing photographer! The fact that she's not a household word is so shocking to me." Miller was one of the rare muses who became an artist herself, "no longer merely inspiring, but inspired." Bright, restless and privileged -- an all-American blond beauty -- Miller It's too ironical that she seems to really not like Yoko and her idol is an all american blonde type.
h the muse as nightmareI'm having quite a bit of fun reading the diverse reviews of Prose's book on MUSES
Here a new review found at the Boston Daily Globe Choice quote : It is fun to read Lennon and Ono's ever-dippier pronouncements on art and life and each
other's genius. In the language of the music business, who deserved the A side of the disc and who the B side? Who
was the real artist? Who was inspiring whom? And what exactly does ''inspiration'' mean when the art in question is
just so ... bad? Ono was blamed not just for the Beatles' breakup, but for ruining Lennon as a songwriter and
musician. She is the muse as nightmare, leading her artist confidently down the wrong path. (In a generous passage,
Prose reassesses Ono's art and concludes that some of it may not have been as terrible as we thought. Friday, November 22, 2002
Yoko Ono, Yes! with Sura WoodJust came across this audio commentary on Yoko at SF MOMA. Slight snotty. JUNE 21, 2002 Classical music on Artsworld with Yoko
Just saw that Yoko will be on Classical music on Artsworld
Broadcast times -- Through Dec 2002 --
16 Dec --
John Cage --
Profile of the notorious composer (1912-92) whose work includes silent 'pieces' and random sounds. With Yoko Ono & Laurie Anderson TECHNICAL ERECTIONOf interest to geeks and hardware freaks : article on on the technical works behind the installation and working behind the
recent outdoor showing of j&y erection at the holland tunnel in ny city
. Art With the Proper StrangerYet another review of that annoying book The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired . Written by Francine Prose, it's here reviewed by Terry Castle for the great webzine at Powells. This is quite negative review, which points to Prose lack of critical skills. ASPEN MAGAZINE NOW ONLINE!In coordination with Andrew Stafford, UbuWeb is pleased to present the complete contents of issues 1-9 of Aspen Magazine. Apsen, a multimedia magazine of the arts was originally published from 1957 to 1971. Each issue of Aspen was delivered to the subscribers in a box, which contained a variety of media: printed matter in different formats, phonograph recordings, and reels of Super-8 film. Stafford has remediated the contents for the web, using RealAudio, QuickTime movies, Flash, MP3s, etc. Comprising nearly 400 artists, UbuWeb's acquisition of Aspen Magazine increases UbuWeb's content base by almost a third. The site contains a vast number of rare MP3s of Aspen's sound works including artists such as Yoko Ono, Marcel Duchamp, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, The Velvet Underground, William S. Burroughs, La Monte Young, etc. The film section contains works by Robert Rauschenberg, Hans Richter, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Robert Morris, and Stan VanDerBeek. A complete index follows. ASPEN MAGAZINE - Index of Artists & Authors Alpert, Richard, LSD and the Art of Conscious Living Amaya, Mario, Editor of Aspen no. 7 The "London" Decade Angotti, Tony, Designer of Aspen no. 2 Anonymous, Farewell to a Canyon Slum Goddess, from The East Village Other What Is Joint Art, from The LA Free Press Note on "Monkeys and Bamboo Grove" Note on "Waves" Note on "Tagasode" Noh and Kyogen Plays Antin, David, In Place of a Lecture: Three Musics for Two Voices Biographical Note Antin, Eleanor, In Place of a Lecture: Three Musics for Two Voices Atkinson, Terry, Hot/Cold Book Biographical Note Atwell, Allen, On "Clearing Autumn Skies Over Mountains and Valleys" On a Tibetan hanging scroll Collection of Indian Miniature Paintings Auran, John Henry, Ski-Roaming, Lift-Shunning, Mountain-Touring Baer, Jo, Art & Vision: Mach Bands Biographical Note Baker, Carroll, It's Not All Bright Lights and Fan Clubs Baker, Richard, Director, Berkeley Conference on LSD Baldwin, Michael, Hot/Cold Book Biographical Note Ballard, J. G., Crash (excerpt) Barron, Frank, Stability and Change in Human Intelligence and Consciousness Barthes, Roland, The Death of the Author Bazelton, David T., The Old Question Beckett, Samuel, Audio: Text for Nothing #8, read by Jack MacGowen Benedikt, Michael, Translator of Repair by Michael Butor Bill Evans Trio, Audio: Israel Blake, Peter (architect), Lausanne 1964 Exposition An Experiment in Planning Blake, Peter (artist), Souvenir no. 1 Souvenir no. 2 Blue, James, The Role of the Audience Blum, Richard, Users and Abusers of LSD Blumofe, Richard, The View from the Front Office Bochner, Mel, Seven Translucent Tiers Bode, Sigmund, Placement as Language Bowers, Faubion, Scriabin: Again and Again Audio: Introduction to Scriabin's Preludes Audio: Afterword to Scriabin's Preludes Audio: Introduction to Scriabin's Tenth Sonata The Electronics of Music Bunker, Larry, Audio: Drums on Israel Burchard, John, It's Not What You Put In, But What You Leave Out Burroughs, William, Audio: "This, gentlemen, is a death dwarf..." from Nova Express Audio: "Mr. Bradley Mr. Martin..." from Nova Express Butor, Michael, Repair Cage, John, How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) Audio: Fontana Mix Feed, Nov. 6, 1967, realized by Max Neuhaus Score for Fontana Mix Cale, John, Audio: Loop Poetry Sheet Carroll, Tom, Photograph for Sentential Metaphrastic Chamberlain, Bob, The View from the Dance Floor Homeward Bound: The Rand House Photographs for The Braille Trail Introduction to Psycles Ching Ying, The Brush in the Idea and the Idea in the Brush Clark, Ossie, British Knickers Clifford, Peggy, A Sanctuary for Deer, Peacocks, and People: The Benedict House The Adaptable House: The Robert Murrays Cohen, Allen, Excerpt from an interview in the San Francisco Oracle Cohen, Harvey, Poetry Sheet Cohen, Ira, From "The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda" Corwin, Norman, Crossroads: To Mold the Higher Taste or Pander to the Lowest Courtos, Tom, Designer of Aspen no. 1 Cunningham, Merce, Audio: Space, Time and Dance Audio: Further Thoughts Dalton, David, Designer, Aspen no.3 Art director, Aspen no. 5+6 Davidovsky, Mario, Audio: In Memoriam Edgar Varse De Kooning, William, Comment on Woman De Sayles, Aymon, Musical Scores and Glyphs Devore, Bill, From "The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda" Drexler, Arthur, The New Scale Duchamp, Marcel, Audio: The Creative Act Audio: Some Texts from A L'Infinitif Dunn, Monty, Audio: Drums on White Wind Etter, Alfred, The Braille Trail Evans, Bill, Audio: Piano on Israel Field, Morey, Audio: Drums on St. James Infirmary Blues Feldman, Morton, Audio: The King of Denmark, realized by Max Neuhaus Score for The King of Denmark Finch, Christopher, Communicators Finlay, Ian Hamilton, Wave/Rock Finn, David, The New Motivations of Leadership in Industry Fiore, Quentin, Designer of Aspen no. 4 The Medium is the Massage Fisher, Freddie, In Praise of Dixieland Friedman, Benno, Benno Friedman's Westerns Frosch, William, Adverse Reactions to LSD Furnival, John, Europa and Her Bull Gabo, Naum, Audio: The Realistic Manifesto Garfein, Jack, One Needs a Poet Gassan, Arnold, Photos for The Young Outs vs. The Establishment Gauba, Tony, The Hide-and-Seek Bird of the Timberline Ginsberg, Allen, On political action, from The East Village Other Glass, Philip, 1 + 1 for One Player and Amplified Table-Top Biographical Note Glueck, Grace, New Mix for New Mex Graham, Dan, Editor of Aspen no. 8 Editorial Note on Aspen no. 8 Poem, March 1966 Biographical Note Grand, Nikki, Poetry Sheet Harner, Michael, The Role of Psychedelics in Shamanism, Witchcraft, and the Vision Quest Hansen, Al, Viking Dada Hasegawa, Tokaku, Monkeys and Bamboo Grove Hauser, Philip M., Implications of Population Changes Hayes, Clancy, Audio: Vocals on St. James Infirmary Blues Hendricks, Bici, Deteriorations Hendricks, Geoff, Sky/Change: Notes on a projected sky environment Hendricks, Jon (artist), Editor of Aspen no. 6A Some Notes on Aspen no. 6A Hendricks, Jon (musician), In Defense of Latter-Day Jazz Higgins, Denis, Ski-Roaming, Lift-Shunning, Mountain-Touring Hinman, Charles, Comment on Vertical Waves Hirsin, Stanley, If We Have to Bury You Hockney, David, Notes on Rumpelstiltsken Hoffer, Abram, LSD Therapy of Alcoholism Howard, Richard, Translator of Jealousy by Alain Robbe-Grillet Translator of The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes Huai-su, Calligraphy from "Autobiographical Essay" Hucko, Peanuts, Audio: Clarinet on St. James Infirmary Blues Huelsenbeck, Richard, Audio: Four Poems from Phantastiche Gebete Iimura, Takahiko, Program Notes for "Soft Transformations" The Diagram of Projection of White Calligraphy Instone, Michael, London Subcultures Ishmael, Dropper, Excerpt from an article in Inner Space Israels, Chuck, Audio: Bass on Israel In Explanation of All Jazz Jacobs, Ken, Descriptive letter of our summer in Easthampton Program Notes for "Soft Transformations" Johns, Jasper, Comment on Black Map Kaprow, Allan, Push and Pull: A Furniture Comedy for Hans Hoffman Kast, Eric, LSD and the Dying Patient Kirk, Frank, Designer of Aspen no. 2 Knight, Arthur, Renascence in a Youthful Medium Korin, Ogata, Waves Kosh, John, Designer of Aspen no. 7 Kubler, George, Style and the Representation of Historical Time Kunin, Daniel, Solo piano, Works by Alexander Scriabin The Electronics of Music Kuo Hsi, Clearing Autumn Skies Over Mountains and Valleys Laing, Gerald, Comment on AA-D Lawson, Yank, Audio: Trumpet on St. James Infirmary Blues Leary, Timothy, The Molecular Revolution Lee, Paul, The Myth About Psychedelic Drugs Lennon, John, The Lennon Diary 1969 Audio: No Bed for Beatle John, with Yoko Ono Audio: Radio Play Letterman, Lynn, Art director, Aspen no. 5+6 Lewis, Bob, The Braille Trail LeWitt, Sol, Serial Project #1 Lichtenstein, Roy, Comment on Varoom Lionni, Paolo, Poetry Sheet Logue, Christopher, Audio: "This is the final statement..." from New Numbers Audio: "A policeman is walking..." from New Numbers Audio: "He was a youth from the suburbs..." from New Numbers Lohman, Joseph D., LSD: Implications for Law Enforcement Lois, George, Designer, Aspen no. 1 Longhorne, Bruce, Audio: Bass tambourine on White Wind Lucie-Smith, Edward, British Poetry Now Lyrics for Three Songs for Surrealists Lukeman, Alex, Audio: Twelve-string drone on White Wind Luray, Martin, Ski Racing: Edging the Possible Lynch, Rev. William F, The Human Imagination in the New Age Lyon, Danny, Excerpts from The Bikeriders MacAgy, Douglas, The Russian Desert: A Note on Our State of Knowledge MacCann, Richard Dyer, The Frontiers of Film McGarrity, Lou, Audio: Bass on St. James Infirmary Blues MacGowan, Jack, Audio: Samuel Beckett's "Text for Nothing #8 Maciunas, George, Designer, Aspen. no. 8 Biographical Note MacLise, Angus, Editor, Aspen. no. 9 Audio: Drums on The Joyous Lake MacLise, Hetty, Editor, Aspen. no. 9 Designer, folder for Aspen no. 9 Audio: Organ on The Joyous Lake MacLow, Jackson, Audio: The Young Turtle Assymetries Description of The Young Turtle Assymetries Biographical Note McLuhan, Marshall, The Medium is the Massage Malanga, Gerard, Hustling for Army Health Razor Blades & Bomb Drop Yuk Yuk Poetry Sheet Mann, Abby, Advice from Abby Marie-Saint, Eva, Feeling Guilty at Times Maysles, Albert & David, The Maysles Method Mekas, Jonas, The Terror and Desperation of "Chelsea Girls" Is a Holy Terror Meninger, Dr. Karl, Rx Go See a movie Metzner, Kenneth, Photographs for Thou Art That Millet, Kate, No Milmoe, Jim, Photos for Configurations of the New World Photographs of The Braille Trail Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo, Lightplay: Black-White-Grey (excerpt) Moorman, Charlotte, Program Notes for "Soft Transformations" Morris, Robert, Site (excerpt) Los Angeles Project Biographical Note Mumma, Gordon, Audio: Horn Naranjo, Claudio, Therapeutic Uses of Ibogaine Nelson, George, & Co., "U.S. Us" Neuhaus, Max, The King of Denmark by Morton Feldman Fontana Mix Feed by John Cage Noland, Kenneth, Comment on Mach II O'Doherty, Brian, Designer, Aspen no. 5+6 Structural Play #3 Oberhaus, Patricia, Bobby, and Barbie and Ken in the Cat's Pink Mouth Oldenburg, Claes, Comment on Ghost Telephone Ono, Yoko, Audio: Song for John: Let's Go Flying Audio: Song for John: Snow Is Falling Everywhere Audio: Song for John: Mum's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow Audio: No Bed for Beatle John, with John Lennon Lyrics Oppenheim, Dennis, Cancelled Crop Forest Project Notes on Ecologic Projects Biographical Note Ortiz, Ralph, Designer, envelope for Aspen no. 6A Destruction Theater Manifesto Osborn, Robert, The Task of All of Us Paik, Nam June, Program Notes for "Soft Transformations" Paolozzi, Eduardo, The Gay Atomic Coloring Book Pevsner, Noton, Audio: The Realistic Manifesto, read by Naum Gabo Picard, Lil, Peace Object Poons, Larry, Comment on Reuben (As the Mississippi Flows Down to the Sea) Powers, Thomas, Comments on Twelve Paintings from the Powers' Collection Rainer, Yvonne, Three Distributions Biographical Note Rauschenberg, Robert, Linoleum (excerpt) Rouse, James W., Columbia A Garden to Grow People Reed, Lou, The View from the Bandstand Reich, Steve, Pendulum Music Biographical Note Renoir, Jean, How Do You Say "I Love You" Richter, Hans, Rhythm 21 Riley, Bridget, Comment on Intake Riley, Terry, Keyboard Study #2 Robbe-Grillet, Alain, Audio: Jealousy (excerpt) Translation of Jealousy (excerpt) Robinson, David, New Names in British Cinema Rochlin, Diane, Photos accompanying Letter to Diane and Shelley from Vali Rose, Steve, Heavy Yoga Rosenquist, James, Comment on Lanai Philip Rosenthal, The Interrelationships between Ethics and Power in Design Rowan, Jan C., The Victory of Technique over Content Ruscha, Edward, Parking Lot Biographical Note Samyana, Raja, Audio: Drums on The Joyous Lake Schapiro, Steve, Photo for The TV Generation Schneeman, Carolee, Divisions and Rubble Scriabin, Alexander, Audio: Prelude E Major, Op. 11, No. 9. Daniel Kunin, pianist. Audio: Prelude G Flat Major, Op. 11, No. 13. Daniel Kunin, pianist. Audio: Prelude D Flat Major, Op. 11, No. 15. Daniel Kunin, pianist. Audio: Tenth Sonata. Daniel Kunin, pianist. Serra, Richard, Lead Shot Biographical Note Shelton, Robert, The View from the Critic's Desk Sinoto, Nori, Designer, box for Aspen no. 10 Siren, Osvald, On "A Mountain Village in Clearing Mist" Smith, Huston, The Significance of Artificially Induced Religious Experience Smith, Jack, Buzzards Over Bagdad Flipbook Smith, John Macauley, Photos for The Adaptable House Smith, Robert, Designer, box for Aspen no. 7 Smith, Tony, Drawings for The Maze Model of The Maze, part 1 Model of The Maze, part 2 Model of The Maze, part 3 Model of The Maze, part 4 Model of The Maze, part 5 Model of The Maze, part 6 Model of The Maze, part 7 Model of The Maze, part 8 Smithson, Robert, Strata a Geophotographic Fiction Biographical Note Snyder, Don, Dream of Goeralegan Lumagraphs Snyder, Gary, First Time Round Sontag, Susan, The Aesthetics of Silence Standlee, Elsen, Audio: Flute on The Joyous Lake Stein, Lou, Audio: Piano on St. James Infirmary Blues Sung Hui-tsung, Calligraphy from "Poem" Tavel, Ronald, Ron Tavel on The Silver Scum Tavener, John, Audio: Three Songs for Surrealists: For Rene Magritte Audio: Three Songs for Surrealists: For Max Ernst Audio: Three Songs for Surrealists: For Salvador Dali Theobald, Robert G. W, New Technologies and Institutional Change Thomas, Michael, On "Thou Art That" Thomas, Timothy, The Hide-and-Seek Bird of the Timberline Toche, Jean, Labyrinths and Psychological Stress Tokaku, Hosegawa, Monkeys and Bamboo Grove Tree, Christopher, Audio: Spontaneous Sound Trilling, Lionel, Film: The Andromeda of the Arts Trova, Ernest, Comment on Wheel Men Tung Ch'i-ch'ang, Treatise on Understanding Tuzzo, Ralph, Designer, Aspen no. 1 Udall, Stuart L, The New Conservation Can Succeed USCO, We Are All One Vali, Letter to Diane and Shelley from Vali VanDerBeek, Stan, Site (excerpt) Velvet Underground, Audio: Loop Von Eckartsberg, Rolf, A Descriptive Approach to the Psychedelic Experience Wachsmann, Konrad, To Build Is Everything or Nothing Is Built Walker, Peter, Audio: Guitar on White Wind Warhol, Andy, Designer, Aspen no. 3 Comment on 200 Campbell Soup Cans Kiss Flipbook Wen Cheng-min, Calligraphy from "The Ten Thousand Character Essay" Wilbourn, Dale, Triptych Wilcock, John, EVO Freakout Wohl, Martin, Urban Transportation in Perspective Yalkut, Jud, Program Notes for "Soft Transformations" Ying Yu-Chien, A Mountain Village in Clearing Mist Young, La Monte, Audio: Drift Study 31 1 69 Notes on Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations Dream Music Biographical Note Zazeela, Marian, The Soul of the Word Zimmer, P., Photo for Poetry Sheet Ziprin, Lionel, Sentential Metaphrastic Ziska, Audio: Voice on The Joyous Lake Index of Audio exhibits (Any mp3 player or Real Player required) Beckett, Samuel, Text for Nothing #8, read by Jack MacGowen Bill Evans Trio, Israel Bowers, Faubion, On Alexander Scrabin: Introduction to Three Preludes On Alexander Scrabin: Afterword to Three Preludes On Alexander Scrabin: Introduction to the Tenth Sonata Burroughs, William, Nova Express: "This, gentlemen, is a death dwarf..." Nova Express: "Mr. Bradley Mr. Martin..." Cage, John, Fontana Mix Feed, Nov. 6, 1967 Cale, John, Loop Cunningham, Merce, Space, Time and Dance Further Thoughts Davidovsky, Mario, In Memoriam Edgar Varse Duchamp, Marcel, The Creative Act Some Texts from A L'Infinitif Feldman, Morton, The King of Denmark Gabo, Naum, The Realistic Manifesto Hucko, Peanuts and others, St. James Infirmary Blues Huelsenbeck, Richard, Four Poems from Phantastiche Gebete Lennon, John, Radio Play Logue, Christopher, New Numbers: "This is the final statement..." New Numbers: "A policeman is walking..." New Numbers: "He was a youth from the suburbs..." MacLow, Jackson, The Young Turtle Assymetries Mumma, Gordon, Horn Ono, Yoko, Song for John: Let's Go Flying Song for John: Snow Is Falling Everywhere Song for John: Mum's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow No Bed for Beatle John, with John Lennon Robbe-Grillet, Alain, Jealousy (excerpt) Scriabin, Alexander, Prelude E Major, Op. 11, No. 9 Prelude G Flat Major, Op. 11, No. 13 Prelude D Flat Major, Op. 11, No. 15 Tenth Sonata Standlee, Elsen and others, The Joyous Lake Tavener, John, Three Songs for Surrealists: For Rene Magritte Three Songs for Surrealists: For Max Ernst Three Songs for Surrealists: For Salvador Dali Tree, Christopher, Spontaneous Sound Walker, Peter and others, White Wind Young, La Monte, Drift Study 31 1 69 Index of Movie exhibits QuickTime or RealPlayer G2 required Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo, Lightplay: Black-White-Grey (excerpt) Morris, Robert & VanDerBeek, Stan, Site (excerpt) Rauschenberg, Robert, Linoleum (excerpt) Richter, Hans, Rhythm 21 Index of Interactive exhibits Bochner, Mel, Seven Translucent Tiers. Flash plug-in required Cage, John, Score for Fontana Mix. Flash plug-in required Lennon, John, The Lennon Diary 1969. JavaScript-savvy browser required Jack Smith / Andy Warhol, Underground movie Flipbook. JavaScript-savvy browser required Smith, Tony, Model of "The Maze". QuickTime required Index of Advertisements August 1966, Advertisement for Aspen no. 1 April 1967, Advertisement for Aspen no. 3 August 1967, Advertisement for Aspen no. 4 April 1968, Advertisement for Aspen no. 5+6 September 1968, Advertisement concurrent with Aspen no. 6A March 1970, Advertisement for Aspen no. 7 Jan 1971, Advertisement for Aspen no. 9 - You can find ASPEN MAGAZINE at the UBUWEB site. Cruft in MIAMI - YES YOKO ONO REVIEWYet another review of the Miami Yoko Ono Retrospective @ MoCA Written by Michael Betancourt The word is “cruft.” Here's a small quote : Computer programmers
use it to describe something we already know all to well in
the real world: entropy. It is the over- development of our
systems of thought to the point that things break down and
do the opposite of what they were intended and designed to
do. It is the spell-check program that creates more errors
because of wrong words being entered into the dictionary that
it corrects. It is the idea whose time has come, whether we’re
ready for it or not.
Perhaps we should say it started somewhat earlier,
with Marcel Duchamp as Allan Kaprow has claimed. Or maybe
a little bit later with John Cage at Black Mountain College.
And then, of course, there’s always “Neo-Dada”
and Fluxus as the points of origin for the cruft kind of Conceptual
Art that is still with us today, its vibrancy and implicit
threat made entirely absent through four decades or more of
use and adaptation.
Yoko Ono was there at its beginning.
It is the same Yoko Ono who stands for a great variety of different things to different generations. To those
who were living in the 1960s and listening to The Beatles
she is something of an icon, for good or ill depends on who’s
talking. Her early involvement with Fluxus and the birth of
Conceptual Art makes her a significant figure in the transition
away from making objects into the creation of gestures and
performances whose significance was equaled only by the level
of impermanence.
The World of John and YokoThis new to us documentary was last night on BBC 2. HEre are some comments from correspondants : Loads of footage I'd NEVER seen before including film of them recording 'Laugh', which you all know, never came out. Only heard the clip on the Yellow Dog sampler, wierd seeing them recording it with Big Mal Evans, sporting a big Lennon beard also! There was film of John playing something on some sort of synth or mellotron (couldn't see it) but had never heard what he was playing on a boot either! Great documentary and great quality! You could see the pores on John's nose at one point!! :) This is the sort of stuff they should be releasing on DVD! About 28" long, it is mostly interview segments - some familiar, others less so - plus some mellotron noodling at the start, and an excerpt from the Laughter session at Abbey Road. Not watched "The World of John and Yoko" yet, just the first couple of minutes - already footage I've not seen before, of J&Y in the back of the Rolls Royce discussing how many and what size billboards to use for "War is Over". Watched the whole thing now. Very interesting -I'd seen some before, e.g. J&Y being interviewed by a very snotty American woman who complains about their peace campaigns. Others I hadn't - e.g. behind the scenes at the filming of Apotheosis ( I think? The one with the balloon). thanks to richard layne and mark jones for input Children PowerYou'll find a small but neat
site on the lennon museum at this URL, included a photo of yoko with schoolchildren, I believe at her new installation of ACORNS She planted a lime treeFound in a long article about Goldeneye [ a resort in Jamaica built from the estate of Ian Fleming and now a jetsetter paradise ] coinciding with the release of the new James Bond movie :
Similar baths and furnishings adorn the five additional
villas at Goldeneye today, which also has a second beach now at Low Cay. (Blackwell,
who visits monthly, plans still more cottages.)
You can stay in rooms named for 007's bodacious beauties
— Solitaire, Honeychile Rider, Tiffany Case. Watch any of the 19 Bond flicks
on DVD players in each villa, and peruse worn copies of the best sellers. Or
stroll the manicured grounds, spying trees planted by celebrity guests: Johnny
Depp's guava tree and Kate Moss' star apple; Harrison Ford's mango and Jude
Law's avocado. Yoko Ono planted a lime tree, Gwyneth Paltrow a lychee and Martha Stewart a lemon tree — with perfectly oversized fruit, of course. Dr. Yes, Dr. No ?Found this annoying article in, where else, the UK press ......"
But perhaps the thing which is most guaranteed to make you a good candidate for an honorary degree is to be a millionaire. newsplayer clipsClips to be found at the PAID ACCESS site newsplayer : John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘bed-in’ for peace John Lennon, Beatle: In bed with wife Yoko Ono during his bed-in on honeymoon 'we're going to stay in bed for seven days...it's a private protest...and grow your hair for peace' and 'it's a joke' 25/03/1969 104 seconds John Lennon and Yoko Ono interview John and Yoko Lennon interviewed on returning to the stage as a howler. 16/09/1969 59 seconds http://www.newsplayer.com/
Thursday, November 21, 2002
PILLOW INSource http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/11/20/HO195897.DTL "Design and decoration are so often distinguished from art-making as superficial and devoid of the meaning that art supposedly has," said Horowitz, whose show at the Sadie Coles HQ gallery in London features a bed made up with pillowcases embroidered with famous pairs, like John and Yoko and Jekyll and Hyde. Press info from his gallery : Jonathan Horowitz's Pillow Talk is an installation centring around the video It's Magic/Acting the Part: the Biographies of Doris Day and Rock Hudson. The work focuses on the final TElevision reunion between these two actors, when Rock appeared as the first guest on Doris's talk show and was forced to acknowledge that he was dying from AIDS. Extending his focus from the romantic fiction of the Rock and Doris partnership, Horowitz considers the peculiar balance between the public and private lives of stars of the small and large screens and examines the weird world of the celebrity couple. Photographs of over 100 sets of pillows, each bearing the names of more odd-ball partnerships: Dumb and Dumber; Leverne and Shirley; Ben and Jerry. Horowitz highlights the pivotal role romantic couples play in popular culture and assesses the way this has forced people, and in particular gay people, to identify with the most unlikely characters. Source :
http://www.sadiecoles.com/horowitz.html Wednesday, November 20, 2002
Alan Davies on John LennonFrom : http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=12375169&method=full&siteid=50061 Why you should vote for Lennon
Nov 19 2002
by Peter Grant, Liverpool Echo
Is John Lennon our Greatest Briton? Comedian and actor Alan Davies thinks so and argues the case to the Liverpool Echo's PETER GRANT...
FOR the record, comedian Alan Davies says he wasn't always a big fan of John Lennon.
He is now.
The London-born comedian and actor is a massive supporter of the Liverpudlian musician he believes was a classic British political rebel who inspired millions.
He is championing the cause of Lennon who has made it into the final 10 of the BBC's Great Britons poll. "That's ironic," says Alan, "considering the singer-songwriter dreamt up the anti-nationalist slogan, 'Imagine there's no countries ...' He is certainly the rebel in the list." Imaginary cease and desist in Paul fan mindFound this "delicious " tidbit in a review of Mccartney recent concert in Japan : t's impossible to imagine McCartney undertaking such a tour while George Harrison was still alive. As the last surviving member of The Beatles brain-trust (except for "Ticket to Ride," Ringo doesn't count), he is finally free to play in public the best songs he ever wrote without having to look over his shoulder at the only other people who had a professional stake in them. In fact, I half expected Yoko Ono to run out on stage at any moment, screaming at him to cease and desist. Source :
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fm20021120a1.htm
Sunday, November 17, 2002
kangaroos crossingImagine what Lennon drew Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, will also unveil a never-before-seen sketch by her husband at the Imagine The Art Of John Lennon exhibition at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The sketch is called Kangaroos Crossing. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,5501368%255E2902,00.htmlA new Biography of John !kvindelig Mefisto ? Karsten Jørgensen: "John Lennon. Mennesket, musikeren og myten - en biografi", 416 sider, 298 kroner, Haase. More info :
http://www.fyensstiftstidende.dk/index.php?bfv_pageid=75&bfv_articleid=287705# Enjoy this interview !QUOTE : "Enjoying is not necessarily understanding, but I think enjoying is nicer." Found at : Sun, November 17, 2002 The Visual Art of Yoko Ono Partnership with Lennon overshadowed a long career that re-emerged and flourished again in the 1990s By Tom Patterson SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL The Visual Art of Yoko Ono
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/MGBL0E2MK8D.html Woman of 'The Hours'From the Daily NeWs : http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/36138p-34107c.html
Yoko Ono has never been a member of the Paul McCartney
Fan Club, but no one may be more eager than she to get a copy of his new CD.
According to record-business sources, McCartney wants to change the credit on several
Beatles classics from "Lennon/McCartney" to "composed by Paul McCartney and
John Lennon." The album, "Back in the U.S. Live 2002," features "Eleanor Rigby," "Let It Be" and "Hey Jude."
McCartney is said to have long resented seeing Lennon's name on some songs. Back when
Capitol was assembling a collection of the Beatles' No. 1 hits, McCartney asked Ono if he
could change the credit for "Yesterday."
Ono's spokesman, Elliot Mintz, recalls: "She said no, because that would
violate the terms of Paul's original agreement with John."
But now, sources say, McCartney is pushing to get his way on his new album. A McCartney
rep said he didn't know how the credits would read on the disk, which is due out Nov. 26.
The Beatles catalogue is owned by Sony ATV, the joint venture of Sony Music and Michael
Jackson. One legal observer notes, "If Paul ignores the copyrighted credit, it's
up to the owner of the song to take it up with him."
A Sony spokesman had no immediate comment on whether Sony ATV had authorized McCartney
to switch the names.
But Mintz said, "For Paul to attempt to do this would be not only improper, but outrageous. John is not here to defend the authenticity of that agreement. It's up to Yoko
to protect John's creative interests. She believes a deal's a deal." Friday, November 15, 2002
Some Fuzzy Logic: The Joan Simon MenkesSome Fuzzy Logic: The Joan Simon Menkes Gift Guest curated by Tyler Stallings 2003 A group exhibition that will highlight works from a recent gift of some of the 50 works from the collection of Joan Simon Menkes, focusing on artists who mostly came to prominence in the 1980s. "Fuzzy logic" refers to a phrase used in computer science to refer to a logic which suggests that an outcome of an operation can be expressed as a probability rather than as a certainty. For example, in addition to being either true or false, an outcome might have such meanings as probably true, possibly true, possibly false, and probably false. Likewise, many of the artists in this exhibition question the certainties of our daily life through their artwork. They investigate the systems of thought that guide our daily life, ranging from advertising, to city street signs, to our movement through space as determined by architecture, to the questioning of the idea of artistic originality and authenticity. The artists in Some Fuzzy Logic include Jonathan Borofsky, Tim Ebner, Larry Johnson, Barbara Kruger, Jonathan Lasker, Allan McCollum, Michael McMillen, Peter Lodato, Matt Mullican, and James Welling. Ms. Menkes, who passed away in November 2001, was a partner in the Kuhlenschmidt-Simon Gallery on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles in the mid-1980s. Known as a progressive gallery for contemporary artists, the Kuhlenschmidt- Simon Gallery carried work by leading American contemporary artists of the day, including Larry Johnson, Tim Ebner, and Allan McCollum. This gift helps strengthens Laguna Art Museum's permanent collection, enhancing the holdings from the mid-1980s. Artists represented in the gift include Peter Alexander, Jonathan Borofsky, Tim Ebner, Joe Fay, Rick Griffin, George Herms, Larry Johnson, Barbara Kruger, Jonathan Lasker, Fernand Leger, Roy Lichtenstein, Allan McCollum, Michael McMillen, Jim Morris, Matt Mullican, Michael Olodort, Yoko Ono, Peter Lodato, Man Ray, Rico Lebrun, James Welling, and others. http://www.lagunaartmuseum.org/exhibitions.htm PLEASE STAND BYSun 1 1 . 1 7 . 0 2 6:00 PM Film Screening: PLEASE STAND BY What happens when a band of '60's-type radicals interrupt network broadcasting with their own commercials? A wild romp through the airwaves, that's what...David Peel and Wendy Appel star in the 1972 political comedy caper PLEASE STAND BY, with original music by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Produced by Joanna and Jack Milton, The New York Times called it "impressive," and WABC-TV claimed, "One of the best political firms to emerge from the Underground." DV Dojo, 310 Bowery, New York City, 212-477-2299 RICHARD'S NOTE : I'd love to know more about this film. I have no idea what exactly it is. Fortcoming ARTSY interview with YokoQuote from a forthcoming interview with Yoko: These days I am enjoying my aloneness. Lately I have been focusing on my new work for theViennese show in October. The last show I caught was ?My Mommy Was Beautiful?, my show at the Shoshanna-Wayne Gallery. I thought it was exactly as I had planned it to be. I hate it when critics don?t do their homework and get vicious out of ignorance. This morning I had coffee for breakfast. My latest projects are in my head. My influences are what I eat and/or what I?ve eaten. Sometimes I wish Sean would play chess with me on QEII across the Atlantic, drink hot chocolate with me on the Eiffel Tower, and imagine letting a goldfish swim across the sky. http://www.artsymag.com/interviews/ono.html Jasmine Trabelsi: Founder (editor/ art director) Julia Laricheva: Co-Founder (editor/ art director) Jenni Bachman: Co-founder (writer) Tina Henderson: Writer Britta Eberle: Print designer Danielle Saltrese: Writer Other Artsy Staff Lilly Pereira: Designer Renée Germain: Writer Scott Slater: Photographer Beth Sullivan: Designer/Web Mission : A women's magazine cannot deny its feminist responsibility. We chose the name "artsy" as a way of turning the negative into a positive. The use of this tongue-in-cheek term stems from the misconception that women's art is "artsy and craftsy. The full interview will be in the 2003 issue. To pre-paid for this
issue, please email Julia Laricheva at
julia@artsymag.com.
The 'ludicrous Yoko Ono" ?" I understand too why McCartney might be angry at being told by the ludicrous Yoko Ono ". Found this on November 15, 2002 in this article/title :
It's only big business, but I like it
By daniel Finkelstein
When Paul McCartney decided to claim songs such as "Yesterday", I was I was entirely on his side
Lennon drawing stolen from Auckland homeFull article at New Zealand Herald QUOTE : Morris and his wife, Nancy, were given the drawings, part of a collection of limited edition lithographs released by Yoko Ono, as a gift when they were visiting New York in 1984 Thursday, November 14, 2002
Disco Not DiscoI was working in clubs when most of these records were released way back when... This is a great collection. Various: Disco Not Disco, Vols 1 & 2 14.11.2002 By GRAHAM REID (Herald rating: * * * * ) Being subtitled "Leftfield disco classics from the New York underground" might suggest these were tracks that had early 80s dancefloors humming. Maybe, maybe not. It's hard to imagine Yoko Ono's '81 Walking on Thin Ice had the fashionably hip up 'n' struttin'. Full review at :
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11/14/02
LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov 14, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Pioneer
Entertainment:
-- All-Star Concert Features Performances by Sean Lennon, Dave
Matthews, Stone Temple Pilots, Alanis Morissette, Nelly
Furtado, Marc Anthony, Moby and More; Includes Guest
Appearance From Yoko Ono ...
-- Debuts on DVD and VHS December 3 -- Proceeds to Be Donated to
Robin Hood Foundation
Pioneer Entertainment presents an all-star concert, "Come
Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music," performed live
on TNT from Radio City Music Hall in October 2001. "Come Together: A
Night for John Lennon's Words and Music" was a concert of prayer and
healing for New York City to benefit relief efforts in the wake of September 11th. Hosted by Academy Award(R)-winner Kevin Spacey, the
all-star Emmy(TM)-nominated concert includes performances from Sean
Lennon, Dave Matthews, Stone Temple Pilots, Nelly Furtado, Shelby
Lynne, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, Natalie Merchant, Lou Reed,
Marc Anthony, Craig David and more. In addition, the program features
clips of John Lennon talking about peace.
Yoko Ono, Kevin Bacon, Benjamin Bratt, Edie Falco, James
Gandolfini, Dustin Hoffman and Ben Stiller, among others, made guest
appearances during the benefit concert. "Come Together: A Night for
John Lennon's Words and Music" arrives December 3rd on DVD and VHS,
priced at $24.98 and $19.98, respectively.
All proceeds from the sale of the DVD and VHS will be donated to
the Robin Hood Foundation, a New York City charity organization
targeting poverty since 1988. In response to the attacks of September
11th, the Robin Hood Foundation established a Relief Fund to help
victims' families and New Yorkers suffering from the attack's economic aftermath. In particular, the Fund is working to ensure that the needs
of low-income victims are met.
Each artist chose the Lennon song that signified peace to them:
-- "Imagine"/Yolanda Adams and Billy Preston
-- "In My Life"/Dave Matthews
-- "Revolution"/Stone Temple Pilots
-- "Dear Prudence"/Alanis Morissette
-- "Across the Universe"/Moby, Sean Lennon and Rufus Wainwright
-- "Strawberry Fields Forever"/Cyndi Lauper
-- "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"/Marc Anthony
-- "Mother"/Shelby Lynne
-- "Instant Karma"/Nelly Furtado & Dave Stewart
-- "Jealous Guy"/Lou Reed
-- "Nowhere Man"/Natalie Merchant
-- "Mind Games"/Kevin Spacey
-- "Come Together"/Craig David
-- "This Boy"/Sean Lennon and Rufus Wainwright
-- "Julia"/Sean Lennon
-- "Give Peace a Chance"/Ensemble
"Come Together" was produced by Ken Ehlrich. All of the artists,
stars, talent, publishers, and rights holders, donated their
involvement to this project without compensation.
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"Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music"
Street Date: 12/03/02
Price/Catalog Number:
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Running Time: 95 minutes
Rating: NR Wednesday, November 13, 2002
Kevin Spacey's Triggerstreet.comSpacey makes case for Iraq-nophobia
Kevin Spacey believes that America's troops can oust Saddam Hussein in less than two weeks. But he thinks the country's military brilliance is being misused for political ends.
"We have a job in Afghanistan we haven't finished," the two-time Oscar winner told us Monday night during a party to launch Triggerstreet.com, a Web site that gives undiscovered screenwriters the chance to pitch him scripts.
Wishing him well at the Hudson Hotel on his Internet enterprise were Angie Harmon, Duncan Sheik, Caroline Rhea, Illeana Douglas, James Gandolfini, Jewel, Macaulay Culkin, Liev Schreiber, John Turturro, Marisa Tomei, Mark Consuelos, Molly Shannon, Peter Riegert, Robin Williams, Sam Rockwell, Sophie Dahl, Wesley Snipes and Yoko Ono. Tuesday, November 12, 2002
Yoko's 80,000$ guitar!Guitars Designed for Charity Auction (English) Ctnow Giant guitars designed by Yoko Ono, Keith Richards and Drew Carey took center stage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame charity... A guitar painted by Yoko Ono was purchased by George Simon, a restaurant owner and lawyer with the Cleveland firm of Grendell & Simon. His high bid: $105,000.Source : http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga/plaindealer/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_ standard.xsl?/base/cuyahoga/1036924271167550.xml Save Pacifica PResse ReleasePacifica Radio Archives http://www.pacificaarchives.org/html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 8, 2002 PACIFICA RADIO MOVES TO SAVE NATION’S OLDEST PUBLIC RADIO ARCHIVE SPECIAL FUNDRAISING DAY AIMS TO STEM DETERIORATION OF RARE RECORDINGS, INCLUDING THE VOICES OF MALCOLM X, MARGARET MEAD, LENNY BRUCE, BERTOLT BRECHT, AND OTHERS LOS ANGELES, CA --In an effort to save and restore more than 47,000 historic tapes that span half a century of radio programming, the five-station Pacifica Radio network will broadcast a national on-air fundraising benefit on Tuesday, November 19, featuring rare recordings from the endangered archives. Considered by many historians and scholars to be one of the most important audio collections in the world, thousands of tapes in the Los Angeles-based Pacifica Radio Archives are in danger of permanent damage caused by aging. Internationally recognized sound preservation experts have advised Pacifica to conduct an immediate review of the endangered tapes and to transfer them to new mediums, such as digital audio. "This archive is a national and international treasure," said J. Brian DeShazor, Director of the Pacifica Radio Archives. "And we must act now as custodians of these rare and historic recordings before it's too late." Founded in 1949 by World War II conscientious objector Lewis Hill, Pacifica Radio was created as the first non-commercial, listener-sponsored radio station in the United States. The Pacifica Radio Archives was established in 1971 to house the audio tape collection gathered from Pacifica Radio stations KPFA-94.1 FM in Berkeley, KPFK-90.7 FM in Los Angeles, WBAI-99.5 FM in New York, KPFT-90.1 FM in Houston, and WPFW-89.3 FM in Washington D.C. Starting with 10,000 tapes the archive has grown to over 47,000 recordings covering more than 53 years of public radio programming. As the fifty-three-year leader in open access, First Amendment radio Pacifica has broadcast programs of singular historical and educational value, programs of people and events commercial media did not document well, if at all. The Pacifica programs have won distinguished citations including many Armstrong, Peabody, and Ohio State awards. The November 19 marathon broadcast will include rare recordings of internationally known writers, political activists, religious leaders and entertainers such as Ann Sexton, Archbishop Oscar Romero, Patty Hearst, Fannie Lou Hamer, Paul Robeson, Pablo Neruda, Langston Hughes, Allen Ginsberg, Yoko Ono, Bette Davis, Simone de Beauvoir, Jack Kerouac, Rachel Carson, the Dalai Lama, Lenny Bruce and many others. The broadcast will be presented in an educational format, focusing each hour on a specific theme: Native American History, Women’s Herstory, Literature and Drama, Latino/Chicano History, Eastern Philosophy, the Civil Rights Movement, Civil Liberties, The Legacy of Malcolm X, and so on. In order to preserve the Pacifica Radio Archives and continue to enable public access to the recordings, Pacifica needs to take immediate steps to prevent any further deterioration of the collection. According to preservation experts, Pacifica should conduct a detailed assessment of how many tapes are in immediate need of reformatting, and then hire an experienced preservation transfer engineer to transfer the tapes to a new medium, such as digital audio.
To access the Pacifica Archive Listening Salon go to:
http://www.pacificaarchives.org
the ballads of johnandkyokoRare audio tapes offer unique glimpse of John Lennon By Larry Rodgers / The Arizona Republic Fans of the Beatles have a chance Tuesday to get a behind-the-scenes look at John Lennon during a presentation of rare cassette tapes made in 1972 and 1980. Monday, November 11, 2002 http://www.arizonarepublic.com/smartliving/articles/1111lennon11.htmlSunday, November 10, 2002
`In My Life,the Artwork of John Lennon.'a good interview with Yoko appears in the Boston Herald... Wednesday, November 6, 2002From: http://www2.bostonherald.com/entertainment/arts_culture/katz11062002.htm - I really like how she separates promoting jol's work and her own. Yoko out in Sweden presshttp://www.galleriinfra.com/galleriinfra.htmlhttp://www.uvp.nu/paGang-las.asp?ID=11 http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/Kultur/did_3006769.asp justlikelennon ? NOT !this person thinks he looks like john - sigh.....http://www.justlikelennon.com/ notice how he asks for a yoko lookalike to hire out for odd jobs i think i'll send him to that other page i mentioned a few days back the "john and yoko story hair piece" has moved it can now be found on that lookalike upperlip -- you can see him modeling all that stuff from teh upcoming cooper owen auction of the johnandkyoko tapes at a press event yesterday http://www.justlikelennon.com/amazing/auction.htm SSSSSSSSSSSSSSssigh.......... you can read the slightly annoying auction ad up on ebay http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1572661820 and I quote : " This was in fact the one and only time John and Kyoko had a chance to really bond." eh ? where / how do they come up with such lines ? Saturday, November 09, 2002
Adopt-a-ClassroomAdopt-a-Classroom./ Lennon exhibit returns to Boston A short interview with Y at : Tom LopezI just came across this on http://www.1stperson.org/story.php?s=98Writing With Sound by Tom Lopez -- " In this first of a series of pieces about the craft of writing and making audio art, Veteran Radio Theatre Producer Tom Lopez of ZBS Productions lends his insight into the art of storytelling through the sounds around us. Tom will be taking questions this month only on the discussion page. I woke up to the sound of an owl hooting outside my window. This round sound, "Whoo whoo whoo-hoot" came in through the open window and came rolling across my bed like a soft, furry ball of sound. When you've been working in the studio for days and days you begin to see sounds as having a physical shape, and being caressed by these furry hoot balls was like having a sensual sound massage. I used to produce a lot of documentaries. When I lived in London, I'd send programs back to KPFA in Berkeley. Then later, I worked with Yoko Ono as her sound man, traveling around, gathering sounds for her experimental films. Then I worked for a couple of years in Philadelphia at WUHY (now WHYY) as Public Affairs Director, primarily doing documentaries." It's from last year. positive connectionsNovember 2002 Social Activities "Yes Yoko Ono" at MOCA 1pm Followed by lunch From :
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this disease regardless of sex, race, socio-economic status, religious beliefs or sexual preference yoko could have been arrested!From : http://news.findlaw.com/court_tv/s/20020927/27sep2002152932.html
After court adjourned, Ono ducked into the jury room to personally thank
each of the eight jurors, until a court deputy ordered her to leave. "That's
the kind of thing you could be arrested for," said the deputy, who later
smiled as Ono offered her, too, a personal thank you.
Florida Atlantic University YOKO ONO EXHIBIT ART TOURFlorida Atlantic University YOKO ONO EXHIBIT ART TOUR YOKO ONO EXHIBIT ART TOUR
Instructor: DORIT ARAD
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Dorit Arad is a graduate of Bologna University, Italy, and the University
of Miami, Florida. She holds a Masters degree in Art History. Ms
Arad has traveled widely visiting art museums, private collections
and artists' studios all over the world. She has lectured in museums
as well as for the Melton Program at the David Posnack JCC. She
has conducted numerous guided museum tours for various organizations.
Ms. Arad is an avid collector and connoisseur
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Yoko Ono, the wife of the late John Lennon, is a highly accomplished
and fascinating artist who works in a variety of materials and mediums.
Dorit Arad will conduct a tour of her exhibition at the Museum of
Contemporary Art in North Miami.
LECTURE FEE: $17
MUSEUM FEE: $3
LOCATION: MOCA MUSEUM
DATE: Tuesday, December 10, 2002
TIME: 11:00am - 1:00pm
SEMINAR # KBNNLA316
Color, Fly SkyAlso just noticed that this is showing in Denmark Yoko Ono - "Color, Fly Sky" Ono, Yoko 23/08-1992 til 29/11-1992, Hovedbygning Mike Douglas dvd NEWSJust saw that The Mike Douglas Show With John Lennon & Yoko Ono is now out as a 2 DVD set, for region 4 DVD4 América Latina, Australia e Nova Zelândia John Lennon & Yoko Ono ST2 MusicElvis fans happy? Fat chancein Elvis fans happy? Fat chance
Neal Rubin of The Detroit News opens up an article on Elvis fans by this choice paragraph :
" I once pointed out that Yoko Ono can't sing, and a woman in Cheboygan responded with a 26-page fax explaining just how wrong I was. "
The juvenile bashing of Yoko to make a point in an article about old rock and roll is SO 1960s - it's one of the most enduring cliche of the enduring close-mindedness of boomer white bread pop journalism.
Boo ooh, grow up, open your box, open your ears
tee hee- I just wrote the guy to ask him if he had a copy of that FAX and if he remembered the name of the writer of that long letter..
I'd love to read it
Freedom of choicethe herald journal has a story about the foundry that has done some of Yoko's metal work . Interesting to me that the same expertise can be applied to commissions from the white house OR for art work . somehow thsi reminds me that you can choose to work FOR the war industry, or work FOR the peace industry.Flaunt it !there's a great interview with yoko in the nov issue of FLAUNT, an avantgarde slash cutting edge [ postgay? ] ritzy fashion slash lifestyle magazine. There's no Target Walmart type of fashion in here for sure - it's all very cerebral and very branded hi- end crazy stuff ie $$$ yoko talks lots about her recent works [ yeah!], the media, the status of art today and into the future -- VERY NICE *And* not a repeat of the same old same old questions i would have love to have found new photos of her, on par with the other creative work found elsewhere in the mag -- nope.. so bummer. on the other hand, there's a neat color installation shot of MY MUMMY WAS BEAUTIFUL The mag is a bit hard to find [ at least it is here].Wednesday, November 06, 2002
On Advert ArtThe On Fluxus issue of CPR has just been published . You can buy copies directly from theme using Visa, copies are prices £11.99 (£10.50 to members) plus postage and packing. They tell me shipping to N. America is about 5 Pounds You can subscribe to the journal at a reduced rate by joining CPR, details of how to do this are on out website www.thecpr.org.uk Please make sure you include full postal and payment details with any order .
Manager The periodical contains "Fluxus and Advertising in the 1960s ...and Now" a very good article on billboards, magazines ads and so one used as art, by Kevin Concannon. Includes numerous mentions of Yoko's works. Tuesday, November 05, 2002
Peggy's peace missionOct 19 2002
Peace campaigner Peggy Walford returned to Greenham Common in Berkshire to commemorate a memorial marking the women's campaign against the nuclear missiles once kept at the former US base. Mrs Walford, aged 82, of Spon End, Coventry, travelled to Berkshire to see a new £50,000 stone circle and accompanying memorial garden with candles. The monument is to mark the world-famous protest, where at its height 50,000 women joined hands and formed a human chain around the base. Arthur Scargill, the president of the National Union of Miners spoke at the unveiling, while peace campaigner Yoko Ono also contributed
10,000 pounds towards the project but was unable to be there. Denver private music collector Chris Lopezthe rockymountainnews has a photo of Denver private music collector Chris Lopez. Lopez is "parting with part of his Beatles memorabilia, namely two cassettes of John Lennon and his stepdaughter recorded in 1970. Lopez befriended the cash-poor ex- husband of Yoko Ono and purchased the tapes, which will be sold by a London auction house on Nov. 19 via the Internet."Bed-In for Peace of MindIn S is for Sex: Take it lying down by Suzi Godson proposes people do Bed-In for Peace of MindSNIP:
In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono caused a sensation by proposing peace for the planet from between the sheets of a kingsize double at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Their "Bed-In for Peace" took a week. A "Bed-In for Peace of Mind" shouldn't take longer than 24 hours. You'll require the following ingredients: a free day, your lover, no kids, clean bedlinen, lots of pillows, a full fridge, books, TV, videos, DVDs, Scrabble, cards, music, a camera, pens, a sketchbook, notepaper, two stamped envelopes, manicure set, comb, two bananas, a pair of nylon tights and a bottle of olive oil.
yoko tell us her thoughts on every decadethere's a pretty neat interview with Y at askmen dot com .. and there ARE questions we've never seen before. REFRESHING
Q: Tell us your thoughts on every decade. Monday, November 04, 2002
Day with artists a thing of beauty - more MUSESDay with artists a thing of beauty --- an article about a symposiium Saturday afternoon at the Art Institute of chicago, a panel of artists were trying to define beauty. The author of that book about Muses was there.Yoko is a "the postfeminist muse" PLAY IT BY TRUST AT Watari-UmWatch our projects page for an article about Yoko at the Watari-Um museum in Japan FYI - NEW AND IMPROVED YOPi forgot to mention thisthe new and improved version of Jean Yoon's YOKO ONO PROJECT book is out, published by BrokenJaw Press @ http://www.brokenjaw.com/ Info available from thru their online form SUPPORT THE INDEPENDANT BOOKSELLERS - consider the impact of globalisation giant like amazon.ca, who are driving TONS of canadian bookshops out of business, including the oldest canadian french language gay bookshop which closed down this past summer after over 25 years in business.
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The Ballads of John and KyokoAccording to the Seattle Post Intelligencer the two John and Kyoko tapes up for auction are 16 and 39 minutes long.Beginning' deconstructs creative processAn unidentified piece of Yoko is in a new show in Boston .. the show opened in Europe this past year and it is now on its first stop in the US. Title BEGINNING, it's alll about artists drawings doodles and working papers - from folks like Henry Moore, Donald Judd, Allan Kaprow, Eva Hesse, Hans Haacke, Naum Gabo, Gordon Matta-Clark, Jean Tinguely, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, John Cage, and David Smith The Boston Herald has a good article about it todaySaturday, November 02, 2002
Pamela Weymouth Yoko Inspired Wish TreeInspired by Yoko's wish tree, Pamela Weymouth has installed one on her front lawn ! "I thought, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone could put wish trees around the White House and influence Bush," Weymouth says, "but I don't think that's going to happen." Salon has a cool article about itBard honors Ono for artistic contribution"We need interaction, exchange of thoughts and information," she said. "True information gives us clarity and power, though that is precisely what is held back from us now. However, slowly but surely, the American people are standing for peace." there are a few articles on the ceremony. one at the includes a neat photoByrneThere's an interview with gabriel byrne out on zap2it talking about Bowling For Columbine and why he convinced Yoko to give permission to use IMAGINE for a peace effort single to be released on DEC 10Still looking for Yoko OnoArizona artist, Gregory Sale hijacked the phone number of Yoko's phone-in piece that she presenting thru her YES YOKO ONO exhibit-- there was a report in a SF newspaper about someone using the call display feature on his cell phone to discover the no... the prankster was unidentified ... maybe it was Sale... anyhoo .. he's now worked the resulting audio footage into a 15-minute video document, Looking for Yoko Ono, that he will premiere at the Nov. 4 First Mondays' Art Salon in Phoenix Arizona.Rockin’ the SchoolsJust found this on the rock and roll hall of fame site... I don't know if this is new, I had not heard of it before : The Life and Work of John Lennon – A focused lesson and museum tour of the John Lennon exhibit. Students will learn about the social and historical context of Lennon’s work: his own political and philosophical ideas, how they evolved during the late 1960s and 1970s, and how his work, as reflected in his art, changed the world of popular music. Grades 8 - 12 They also have a course on multiculturalism in rock and on women in rock. No mention of y.Vienna Photofound at Wiens RK-Fotodienst Mailath-Pokorny eröffnet Viennale 2002 Foto: Pressefoto Votava Ansicht Bild 2 (18 kB) - Druckqualität Bild 2 (510 kB) StR. Dr. Andreas Mailath-Pokorny und Yoko Ono bei der Viennale 2002 General ReleaseGeneral Release 15 November–20 December 2002 This event has been organised by the Norwich Gallery in collaboration with the John Hansard Gallery , and will be seen simultaneously in venues throughout Britain. It consists of a programme of early experimental and avant-garde film made or shown in Britain between 1968 and 1972. By simultaneously showing the programme in several small, alternative spaces during November and December 2002, this project mimics the distribution of commercial film. The programme will include all the major developments in early experimental film, from the fluxus performances of Stuart Brisley, Yoko Ono and Derek Jarman; and structuralists like Malcolm le Grice and Gill Eatherley, to the conceptual works of Richard Long, Gilbert and George and Bruce McLean. International works include Michael Snow, Vito Acconci, Marcel Broodthaers and Robert Morris.Feminization of Society 2002yoko has shared her famous essay in the newest issue of NY ART mag -- the 1st of 3 Installments - which finds Yoko choosing the images that illustrate her text Walking on Thin IceAccording to Residentadvisor the Rui Da Silva remix will only be released next springMiami Stuffthis is a good review : hiding in full sight And there's a nice photo of Yoko Ono as she inscribes a slogan on a wall of the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami." I think Yoko was a little jealous "John improv tapes with Kyoko will be sold at auction on nov 19 .
the news observer has an article with quotes from the previous owner,how Tony Cox approached them to sell the material, and with new details including their goal of releasing the tapes after they get their copyright issues resolved... he also says yoko is heard singing
"I'm not so happy. Is there anyone in the world who is not so happy?
But where does he take that she was a little jealous ?
40 years of Fluxus: The Time At Work(s)This is a who's who of Fluxus scholars press release : "40 years of Fluxus: The Time At Work(s)" is a symposium dedicated to ...Fluxus that is planned in Paris, the 21&22 november 2002 organised by 4T FluXuS, the Pierre Francastel Research Center, the French National Intstitute for History of Art, and the National High School of Telecommunication. THURSDAY MORNING. 21ST OF NOVEMBER 2002 1. working time, works in time As a mainly performative art, denying the forms of the permanence linked to the fétichisation, Fluxus has, since its very first moments, explored the complete range of the ephemeral, even through the indeterminacy. Thus, from the shortest to the longest, until the boundaries of the bearable even, the time seems to be the very material of Fluxus, which we were already warned, by the numerous process of the recordings of actions. This first sequence will be dedicated to the questions of temporality within Fluxus works: duration, references, inscription, recording, writing, interpretation etc.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 21st OF NOVEMBER 2002 2. works of those times. How could have Fluxus work with time, without getting involved in its time, i.e. its political moment also ? The flames between Henry Flynt, George Maciunas, and the others artists show this engagement, as does the Great Bear Pamphlets of Dick Higgins, and as does the implication of many artists in the modification of the world they were living in. This sequence will examines this particular aspect of the art and life mingling, which means also the comprehension of political, economical, ideological situation by the artists, in order to transform it, by the ordinary means of the activism, but also by individual acts that have contribute to shape our contemporary world.
FRIDAY MORNING. 22nd OF NOVEMBER 2002 Collecting, selling, exhibiting Fluxus : market time as time goes by. There is a kind of paradox when one tries to think Fluxus through its material objects, but there are Fluxus artists, art sellers, collectors, curators, exhibitions, and works into collections (private or public) etc. This statement, a kind of principle of reality, has to be thought by scholars, in order to reevaluate Fluxus regarding its realizations too, and not only regarding its intentions. What can one buy in Fluxus? How can one make a choice in establishing a collection? Under what historical positioning? How can an event be sellable? What to place in the museum? All those questions will be asked to the actors of such a specific art market.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON . 22nd OF NOVEMBER 2002. 4. The works in the walk of time. Forty years later, what remains of Fluxus? So many times buried, Fluxus is born again and again as the phoenix from its ash, becoming though the longest movement in the history of the Avant-garde by remaining always fluid to avoid its historicisation, and thus its disappearing as living art movement. This sequence will examine the questions risen by the writing of Fluxus history, as much as the significance of such a celebration, considering the fact that they have been established by the artists themselves as soon as 1972.
PRICES (for the two days): Friday, November 01, 2002
Flaunting yokothere's a piece on Yoko in Flaunt mag... And apparently there's also a video in the works for the remix of WALKING ON THIN ICE by artist photographer Eli Sudbrack THE PIANO MANJohn and Yoko old gift to Sam Green is yet again for sale. This time for 75,000$ -- and possibly more -- thru auction at Sothebys this week
See details at Sothebys
Ebay webpage RATTLE YOUR JEWELRY!A friend out on ONOVOX alerted me that jewelry from the John Lennon Collection will be available in catalog #160 which is due out in November You can visit their website at www.speigel.com or you can call them at 1-800-527-1577. Has anyone ever actually bought stuff from them into Canada? this got me very curious. And I went looking for more info... This is what I found Greed speaking ? Or is it just parkingspace ? http://www.lennonjewelry.com/ !!! "owned by godaddy.com" Inquiring minds want to know. r. |
