Imagine Peace Tower: A Beacon of Hope Honoring John Lennon

by Nicole

On Oct 9th Yoko Ono will officially launch her latest art installation, the Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island, Reykjavik, Iceland. The date would have marked her late husband John Lennon’s 67th birthday. The tower of light is emitted from a Wishing Well platform which houses nine giant spotlights which will send beams of hope into the sky each year from October 9th (Lennon's birthday) to December 8th (the day of his death). In addition the installation, which was built in partnership with the City of Reykjavik, the Reykjavik Art Museum and Reykjavik Power, will light up on New Years Eve and to mark other special days to be agreed on by Ono and the city.

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream,
A dream you dream together is reality."
Yoko Ono

The light project was originally conceived by Ono over 40 years ago, appearing in Conceptual Sales List which was distributed to 200 art collectors. “In 1967, John Lennon invited me for lunch at his Kenwood residence in England. It was about six months after we first met in my Indica Gallery Show in London,” recalls Ono. “He told me that he read about the Light House in my publication and [asked] if I would build one for him in his garden.”

The Imagine Peace Tower, which has the words Imagine Peace inscribed on its base in 24 languages, will have hundreds of thousands of messages of peace installed under and around it, which Ono has been collecting since 1981 as part of her touring Wish Tree art project. If you’d like you own thoughts to be included, visit ImaginePeace.com, or send an email directly to: imaginepeacetower@mac.com

| 09/27/07 | Celebrities