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FILM No. 1 ‘MATCH’ (1966) One day George Maciunas called me and said he’d got the use of a high-speed camera and it’s a good opportunity, so just come over (to Peter Moore’s apartment on East 36th St) and make some films. So I went there, and
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White. You can make it into any colour and colours. It’s a colour that allows it to be any colour in your mind. Many of my pieces are white because I think that it’d be easier to put imaginary colours on white. Whiteness is the most conceptual
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HIDE-MOUTH Hide your mouth at all times. The government should pass a law to prohibit such indecent exposure. Yoko Ono 1965 Indica was the only fresh and cutting edge gallery at the time in London which fit my work like socks. While the American art world was
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CUT PIECE Cut. This piece was performed in Kyoto, Tokyo, New York and London. It is usually performed by Yoko Ono coming on the stage and in a sitting position, placing a pair of scissors in front of her and asking the audience to come up on
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ENDANGERED SPECIES Nos. 2319, 2320, 2321, 2322 (circa AD 2000) (1993) These bodies were discovered in After Peace 100, on Continent D. Their thought forms (3 dimensional) And life projections (2 dimensional) Were excavated at the same time. y.o. March 1993 Endangered Species is a discovery of
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A HOLE (2010) Instruction: GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLASS AND SEE THROUGH THE HOLE. A HOLE is a work which asks you to change your position twice to observe it. Once from the front to see yourself as the shooter. Once from the back
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FREIGHT TRAIN (1999) “FREIGHT TRAIN is a reminder of the violence and pain which people all over the world are suffering and, I hope, an inspiration to resist it.” Y.O. FREIGHT TRAIN consists of a freight train carriage with a locked door, riddled with bullet holes. Inside
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WEIGHT OBJECT (1997) “If you put weight on one side, you will find yourself on the other side.” y.o. WEIGHT OBJECT (1997) Installation view, ‘En-Trance’ exhibition, Andre Emmerich Gallery , New York, USA (1997). Photograph: ©1998 Yoko Ono
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LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO (1969) Album cover by Yoko Ono, 1969. I don’t reach for the sky. I just like to watch the sky, which is always a pleasure. Y.O. LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO (1969) Music by The Plastic Ono Band John, John (Let’s Hope For Peace)
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EN-TRANCE (1990) “Warning the management will not guarantee that you will come out in the same condition as prior to entry.” Y.O. EN-TRANCE (1997) Installation realised for first time in 1990 at Randers Kunstmuseum in Denmark. Photograph: “Ex It” Installation view – Emmerich Gallery, New York, 1998
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