Yoko Ono: Still giving peace a chance 
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/arts/yoko-ono-still-giving-peace-a-chance-1.3151489
 



Published: September 7, 2011 
By STEVE PARKS steve.pa...@newsday.com 




"A dream you dream alone is only a dream/But a dream we dream together is 
reality" 

-- "Now or Never" by Yoko Ono, 1972 

Yoko Ono's career spans six decades -- before and now long after her 
relationship with John Lennon . For two years, Rhonda Cooper, director of 
Staller Center's University Gallery, has tried to snag the "Yoko Ono Imagine 
Peace" traveling exhibit since she was tipped off about the show by Stony Brook 
University sculpture professor Nobuho Nogasawa. 

Now it's here. And although there's no word yet if Ono herself will appear, her 
son, Sean Lennon , arrives at Staller for a concert on the exhibit's final day. 

"There's an element of nostalgia to the show," says Cooper, as she was 
supervising its installation. "But the peace message is very clear." 

JOHN AND YOKO The exhibit presents photos, posters, documents, videos and 
recordings from each of their careers, both as solo artists and as a couple. 
Most iconic: The Montreal Bed-In protest of the Vietnam War . Capitalizing on 
the global attention their March 20, 1969 marriage drew, John and Yoko spent 
their honeymoon in an Amsterdam hotel, inviting the press into their room. A 
second bed-in was planned for New York in May. But John was barred from 
entering the United States because of a 1968 marijuana conviction. They stayed 
for a week at Montreal 's Queen Elizabeth Hotel, receiving such visitors as 
Timothy Leary , Tommy Smothers, Dick Gregory and Murray the K, who all sang 
"Give Peace a Chance." 

YOKO ALONE Beginning in the 1950s, before The Beatles existed, Ono was a 
pioneer in emerging art forms -- Fluxus, performance and conceptual art. She 
first drew attention with her Chambers Street loft events in downtown 
Manhattan. "Imagine Peace" showcases a few of Ono's interactive works that 
speak to her efforts to involve individuals in achieving peace through the 
power of imagination. Among the installations aimed at furthering her own brand 
of "peace process" are Imagine Peace maps inviting you to pinpoint a 
peace-needy spot in the world. Or you can send a message of love with an 
ONOCHORD, spelling out "I Love You" in a kind of flashlight Morse code. 
Flashlights inscribed with "ONOCHORD -- Stony Brook 2011" may be taken home as 
a gift from Ono. You can write your wishes for peace on a tag placed on a Wish 
Tree that will be sent to the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland , where Ono spends 
much of her time. 

CLOSING NIGHT There's a chance, Cooper says, that Ono will fly from Reykjavik 
in time for her son's "The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger" concert with Charlotte 
Kemp Muhl . "In any case," Cooper adds, "Sean will be here and stop by to see 
this show featuring his parents." 

"Yoko Imagine Peace" will remain open through intermission of the concert at 
Staller's Recital Hall. 


WHAT "Yoko Imagine Peace" exhibit curated by Kevin Koncannon and John Noga 

WHEN | WHERE noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 7 to 9 p.m. Saturdays, through 
Oct. 15, University Gallery, Staller Center, Stony Brook University 

INFO Free; stallercenter.com/gallery , 631-632-7240 


WHAT "The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger" with Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp 
Muhl 

WHEN | WHERE 8 p.m. Oct. 15, Staller Center Recital Hall 

INFO $34; stallercenter.com , 631-632-2787 




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