name	Vincent Gallo
birth name	Vincent Gallo
birth place	Buffalo, New York
occupation	Actor, Producer, Composer, Director, Screenwriter, Songwriter, Singer
years active	1981–present }}

Vincent Gallo is an American film director and actor. Though he has had minor roles in mainstream films such as ''Goodfellas'', he is most associated with independent movies, including ''Buffalo '66'', which he wrote, directed, did the music for and starred in; ''The Brown Bunny'', which he also wrote, directed, produced, starred in and photographed; ''Arizona Dream''; ''The Funeral''; and ''Palookaville''. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Gallo was a painter in the New York City art scene showing with famed art dealer Annina Nosei, performed in a rap duo and was part of the first hip hop television broadcast ''Graffiti Rock'', and played in an industrial band called Bohack which released an album title ''It Took Several Wives''. In the early 2000s, he released several solo recordings on WARP records. Gallo is known for his outspoken views and generally sarcastic nature, once stating: "I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings; and I did it out of spite."

Gallo was awarded the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for his performance as a wordless escaping Muslim prisoner in Jerzy Skolimowski's ''Essential Killing''. His own feature film ''Promises Written In Water'', which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in, also screened In Competition at the festival. In spring 2012 Gallo took part in the three month exposition of Whitney Biennial.

Early life[link]

Gallo was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Janet, a hair-dresser, and Vincenzo Vito Gallo, also a hairdresser and professional gambler. Both of his parents emigrated from Sicily, Italy. Gallo lived in New York City 1978–2002 and traveled around most of Europe living in Paris and Rome. Gallo's first creative project was as a member of the New York City-based post-punk industrial band GRAY whose members included famed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Films[link]

Gallo has modeled, most notably for Calvin Klein, and been photographed by Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel, Steven Klein, Terry Richardson and Anton Corbijn. He first began painting, then racing motorcycles, performed music, acted in films and finally became a filmmaker.

During Gallo's artistic period in the 1980s, when he worked as a musician and painter in New York City, he also began experimenting with film. He made the short film "If You Feel Froggy, Jump" and appeared in a film called "Downtown 81" (1981) with painter Jean Michel Basquiat. In 1984, Gallo acted in ''The Way It Is'' (1984), which included actors Steve Buscemi and Rockets Redglare. After starring in the obscure 1989 film ''Doc's Kingdom'', he began acting in small parts in more well-known films such as ''Goodfellas'', ''The House of the Spirits'', and ''The Perez Family''. French director Claire Denis hired Gallo to act in several films such as the "short film ''Keep It for Yourself'', the made-for-TV ''U.S. Go Home'', and its follow-up feature ''Nénette et Boni'' (1996)."

Gallo acted in the film ''Arizona Dream'', with Johnny Depp, in the cult comedy ''Palookaville'', and in ''The Funeral'', and had a lead role in the film ''Truth or Consequences, N.M.''.

In 1998, his debut film ''Buffalo '66'' was nominated for, but did not win, an award for "Best First Feature" at the Independent Spirit Awards. Gallo made this drama for $1.5 M, serving as writer, director, lead actor, and composer/performer of the soundtrack. The release of Buffalo '66 "...gained him a solid fan base". Gallo proceeded to act in the crime drama ''Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby'', the science-fiction drama ''Stranded: Náufragos'', the thriller ''Hide and Seek'', and the romantic comedy ''Get Well Soon''. Gallo appeared in another Claire Denis film, an erotic/horror movie called ''Trouble Every Day''.

In 2003, Gallo starred in and directed the film ''The Brown Bunny,'' which chronicles a motorcycle racer's cross-country road trip, co-starred Chloë Sevigny. The film, which contained a scene of Sevigny performing unsimulated oral sex upon Gallo, received an overwhelmingly negative critical response to its Cannes premier and became a media scandal, in part due to Gallo's use of a still image from a sex scene on a promotional billboard. According to Andrea LeVasseur of ''Allmovie'', ''The Brown Bunny'' "premiered to much derision at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival."

A war of words erupted between Gallo and popular film critic Roger Ebert in 2003 regarding Ebert's statement that ''The Brown Bunny'' was the worst film in the history of Cannes. Gallo retorted by calling Ebert a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader" and put a hex on Ebert, wishing him colon cancer. Ebert then responded – paraphrasing a statement made by Winston Churchill – that, "although I am fat, one day I will be thin, but Mr. Gallo will still have been the director of ''The Brown Bunny''." Later, in his book ''Your Movie Sucks'', Ebert details a conversation he had with Vincent Gallo after the latter made significant edits to the film, and praised its quality, and remarks that the pair parted on amicable terms.

Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired multi-territory distribution rights for the film in February 2004, and released the film on DVD in North America in August 2004.

Gallo appeared as the title character in Francis Ford Coppola's 2009 film ''Tetro''.

In 2010, Gallo won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for his role in ''Essential Killing'', although he doesn't have a single line in the film. He did not attend the ceremony to accept his award in person, leaving the duty to the film's director Jerzy Skolimowski, who tried to get the actor to reveal himself, leading the audience in a chant of his name. Gallo was not in attendance.

Music[link]

Gallo played electric bass and sang in the mid-1970s in several adolescent garage bands such as Blue Mood, a progressive rock cover band named Zephyr (not the late 1960s band) which did one performance in New York State, The Good (with Bernie Kugel and Larry Galanowitz), The Detours and the Plastics. At the age of 16, Gallo moved to New York City and was a later member of the band, Gray, with visual artist Jean Michel Basquiat (who was not yet famous). Gray played at clubs such as Max's Kansas City, CBGB's, Hurrahs, and the Mudd Club. A few of Gray's recordings appear on the soundtrack for the film Downtown 81. In the early 1980s, Gallo performed solo as the Nonsexuals, rapped in a duo called Trouble Deuce under the name Prince Vince (along with Nick Nice, who went under the name DJ High Priest).

Gallo played in a band called Bohack which recorded an album entitled ''It Took Several Wives''. When Bohack disbanded, Gallo turned his attention to acting, directing, and composing in films. He wrote songs for the soundtrack of the 1998 film ''Buffalo 66''. He played in a rock band with Lukas Haas called Bunny, and Gallo put out his own CD which he wrote. performed and produced under Warp Records, titled "When". Bunny did a Japanese tour and recorded an album for Sony with producer Eddie Offord. In Japan, for his 2001 When tour, Josh Klinghoffer and Carla Azar of Autolux supported him as his tour band.

In 2002, he released "Recordings of Music for a Film", which is a remastered version of his older music. He also did shows with Jim O'Rourke playing on bass. Gallo has also performed shows with Sean Lennon, whom he collaborated with on an album they completed in 2004, that has yet to be released. Gallo also curated one weekend of the UK music festival All Tomorrow's Parties in April 2005. His friends John Frusciante and PJ Harvey appeared on the bill. Gallo selected Yoko Ono as a headline act, and also performed with her, her son Sean Lennon, and John Frusciante at this event.

Gallo's most recent musical project is the band RRIICCEE, with Hole co-founder Eric Erlandson, which plays only improvised music.

Music videos[link]

Gallo also appears in the following music videos by other artists: "Grounded" by My Vitriol (2001), "Cosmopolitan Bloodloss" by Glassjaw (2003), "99 Problems" by Jay-Z (2004), and "Bitter" by Lit.

Gallo directed music videos for the songs "Going Inside" by John Frusciante, and "Anemone" by L'Arc-en-Ciel.

Gallo also appeared as a model in H&M; Spring 2009 Collection alongside Eva Herzigova.

Personal life[link]

Gallo is a supporter of the Republican Party, and has been seen at a New York fashion show with George W. Bush's daughters Barbara and Jenna. He has stated that his fantasy is "becoming more like the stereotype of the Republican Party." He also wishes to look "more like [American conservative journalist] George Will." In his own words, Gallo "considered himself a radical, always, but an extremely conservative radical."

Gallo is godfather to Chris Squire's son Cameron.

Gallo currently serves as the HOA president at his Arts District loft in Downtown Los Angeles.

Filmography[link]

Actor[link]

''La leggenda di Kaspar Hauser'' (2012)

''2 Days In New York'' (2012)

''Essential Killing'' (2010)

''Promises Written in Water'' (2010)

''Tetro'' (2009)

''Metropia'' (2009)

''Oliviero Rising'' (2007)

''Dirt'' (2007-TV)

''Moscow Zero'' (2006)

''Gli indesiderabili'' (2003)

''The Brown Bunny'' (2003)

''Stranded: Náufragos'' (2001)

''Get Well Soon'' (2001)

''Trouble Every Day'' (2001)

''Hide and Seek'' (2000)

''Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby'' (1999)

''Buffalo 66'' (1998)

''Johnny 316'' (1998)

''L.A. Without a Map'' (1998)

''Truth or Consequences, NM'' (1997)

''Nénette et Boni'' (1996)

''The Funeral'' (1996)

''Basquiat'' (1996)

''Palookaville'' (1996)

''The Perez Family'' (1995)

''Angela'' (1995)

''Arizona Dream'' (1993)

''The House of the Spirits'' (1993)

''A Idade Maior'' (1991)

''Goodfellas'' (1990)

''Doc's Kingdom'' (1987)

''The Gunlover'' (1986)

''The Way It Is'' (1985)

Writer/director[link]

''Promises Written in Water'' (2010)

''The Brown Bunny'' (2003)

''Buffalo ’66'' (1998)

Discography [link]

Albums[link]

''It Took Several Wives'' – (1982), released on Family Friend Records (as Bohack)

''The Way It Is Soundtrack'' – (1984), released on Rojo Records

''Buffalo 66 Soundtrack'' – (1998), released on Will Records

''When'' – (2001), released on Warp Records (as Vincent Gallo)

''Recordings Of Music For Film'' – (2002), released on Warp Records

Singles[link]

''So Sad'' – EP (2001), released on Warp Records

''Honey Bunny'' – 7" (2001), released on Warp Records

References[link]

External links[link]

Drowning In Brown – information about Gallo's music.

Gallo Appreciation – comprehensive resource page

Official website

The Guardian: ''Contrite Gallo apologises for pretension''

Warp Records website

Selling Sperm but not Selling Out An article and interview with Vincent Gallo

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name	Emmanuelle Seigner
birth date	June 22, 1966
birth place	Paris, France
spouse	Roman Polanski (1989–present)
occupation	actress, model, singer
years active	1984–present }}

Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer, also known as the wife of Academy Award winning Polish director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in ''The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' (2007), and ''Frantic'' (1988). She has been nominated for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in ''Place Vendôme'' (1998) and ''La Vie En Rose'' (2007).

Biography[link]

Seigner was born in Paris, France to a photographer father and a journalist mother. She is the granddaughter of the respected actor Louis Seigner (1903–1991) and sister of the actress Mathilde Seigner. She was educated at a Catholic convent school, and began modelling at the age of fourteen. Capitalizing on her appearance she achieved international status as a professional model. She married the Polish film director Roman Polanski on 30 August 1989. They have two children: daughter Morgane and son Elvis. He directed her in ''Frantic'' (1988), opposite Harrison Ford, and later in ''Bitter Moon'' (1992), as well as ''The Ninth Gate'' (1999), co-starring Johnny Depp. In 2010, Seigner was featured in Jerzy Skolimowski's ''Essential Killing'', which went on to win the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Seigner appears as the main character in the music video "Hands Around My Throat" by Death in Vegas. In 2006, she became lead singer of the pop rock band Ultra Orange, and the group's name was changed to Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle. Seigner and Polanski live with their two children in Paris. She was an ambassadress of the Polish brand ''Dr Irena Eris''.

Selected filmography[link]

''L'Année des méduses'' (1984)

''Détective'' (1985)... Princess of the Bahamas

''Cours privé'' (1986)... Zanon

''Frantic'' (1988)... Michelle

''Il Male oscuro'' (1990)... The Girl

''Bitter Moon'' (1992)... Mimi

''Le Sourire'' (1994)... Odile

''Pourvu que ça dure'' (1996)... Julie Neyrac

''Nirvana'' (1997)... Lisa

''La Divine poursuite'' (1997)... Bobbi

''R.P.M.'' (1997)... Michelle Claire

''Place Vendôme'' (1998)... Nathalie

''The Ninth Gate'' (1999)... The Girl

''Buddy Boy'' (1999)... Gloria

''Streghe verso nord'' (2001)... Lucilla

''Corps à corps'' (2003)... Laura Bartelli

''Os Imortais'' (2003)... Madeleine Durand

''Backstage'' (2005)... Lauren Waks

''La Vie en Rose'' (2007)... Titine

''Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)'' (2007)... Céline

''Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse'' (2008)... Caroline

''Giallo'' (2009)... Linda

''Essential Killing'' (2010)... Margaret

''In the House''

References[link]

External links[link]

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name	Rebecca Miller
birth name	Rebecca Augusta Miller
birth date	September 15, 1962
birth place	Roxbury, Connecticut, U.S.
occupation	Actress, director, screenwriter
yearsactive	1988–present
spouse	Daniel Day-Lewis (1996–present) }}

Rebecca Augusta Miller (born September 15, 1962) is an American film director, screenwriter and actress, most known for her films ''Personal Velocity: Three Portraits'' (winner of the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award), ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose'', ''Angela'' and ''The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'', all of which she wrote and directed.

Life and career[link]

Miller was born in Roxbury, Connecticut, and is the daughter of playwright Arthur Miller and Austrian-born photographer Inge Morath. She has a brother, Daniel, who was born in 1966 with Down Syndrome and was placed in an institution shortly after his birth. Her father was a secular Jew, and her mother was from a Christian background. She was educated at Choate Rosemary Hall and Yale University, where she studied art. She initially pursued an acting career, landing parts in the television movie ''The Murder of Mary Phagan'' and the feature films ''Regarding Henry'' (1991) and ''Consenting Adults'' (1992).

In 1995, she went behind the camera, writing and directing her first film, ''Angela''. The film was critically well-received, but did not garner significant attention or audiences.

Miller had markedly more success with her 2002 film ''Personal Velocity: Three Portraits'', an adaptation of ''Personal Velocity'', a collection of short stories she had published the previous year. The independent film won her a number of awards, including the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and established her name as a director. She is the author of the 2003 book ''Woman Who...'' and director of the 2005 film ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose'', starring her husband, actor Daniel Day-Lewis, whom she first met when he and her father were preparing the film version of the elder Miller's play ''The Crucible''. Miller and Day-Lewis were married on November 13, 1996 and have two sons, Ronan (born 1998) and Cashel (born 2002).

Miller's latest film is 2009's ''The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'', which she adapted from her novel of the same name.

Filmography[link]

Director[link]

''Angela'' (1995)

''Personal Velocity: Three Portraits'' (2002)

''The Ballad of Jack and Rose'' (2005)

''The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'' (2009)

Screenwriter[link]

''Angela'' (1995)

''Personal Velocity: Three Portraits'' (2002)

''Proof'' (2005)

''The Ballad of Jack and Rose'' (2005)

''The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'' (2009)

Actress[link]

''The Murder of Mary Phagan'' (1988, TV)... Lucille Frank

''George Elser - Einer aus Deutschland'' (1989)... Anneliese

''Regarding Henry'' (1991)... Linda

''Wind'' (1992)... Abigail Weld

''Consenting Adults'' (1992)... Kay Otis

''The Pickle'' (1993)... Carrie

''The American Clock'' (1993, TV)... Edie

''Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle'' (1994)... Neysa McMein

''Love Affair'' (1994)... Receptionist

References[link]

External links[link]

Official site of Rebecca Miller, writer and filmmaker

Biography

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name	Yoko Ono小野 洋子
background	solo_singer
birth date	February 18, 1933
birth place	Tokyo, Japan
genre	Avant-garde, rock, pop, electronica, Shibuya kei, Fluxus, dance
occupation	Artist, film director, peace activist
years active	1961–present
instrument	Vocals, piano
label	Apple, Geffen, Polydor, Rykodisc, Astralwerks, Chimera Music
associated acts	John LennonPlastic Ono Band
website	}}

is a Japanese artist, author, and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront in her music which prefigured New Wave music and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.

Early life[link]

Yoko Ono was born in Tokyo in 1933 to mother Isoko Ono, the great-granddaughter of Zenjiro Yasuda of the Yasuda banking family, and to father Yeisuke Ono, a banker and one-time classical pianist who was a descendant of an Emperor of Japan. The name "Yoko" means "ocean child". Two weeks before she was born, her father was transferred to San Francisco by his employer, the Yokohama Specie Bank. The rest of the family followed soon after and Yoko met her father when she was two. Her younger brother Keisuke was born in December 1936. In 1937, her father was transferred back to Japan and Ono was enrolled at Tokyo's Gakushuin (also known as the Peers School), one of the most exclusive schools in Japan.

In 1940, the family moved to New York City, where Ono's father was working. In 1941, her father was transferred to Hanoi and the family returned to Japan. Ono was then enrolled in Keimei Gakuen, an exclusive Christian primary school run by the Mitsui family. She remained in Tokyo through the great fire-bombing of March 9, 1945. During the fire-bombing, she was sheltered with other members of her family in a special bunker in the Azabu district of Tokyo, far from the heavy bombing. After the bombing, Ono went to the Karuizawa mountain resort with members of her family.

Ono has said that she and her family were forced to beg for food while pulling their belongings in a wheelbarrow; and it was during this period in her life that Ono says she developed her "aggressive" attitude and understanding of "outsider" status when children taunted her and her brother, who were once well-to-do. Other stories have her mother bringing a large number of goods with them to the countryside which they bartered for food. One famous anecdote has her mother bartering a German-made sewing machine for sixty kilograms of rice with which to feed the family. Her father remained in the city and, unbeknownst to them, was believed to have been eventually incarcerated in a prisoner of war camp in China. In an interview by ''Democracy Now'''s Amy Goodman on October 16, 2007, Ono explained, "He was in French Indochina which is Vietnam actually... in Saigon. He was in a concentration camp."

By April 1946, Gakushuin was reopened and Ono was enrolled. The school, located near the imperial palace, had not been damaged by the war, and Ono found herself a classmate of Akihito, the future emperor of Japan. She graduated in 1951 and was accepted into the philosophy program of Gakushuin University, the first woman to enter the department. However, after two semesters, she left the school.

Education and marriages[link]

Ono's family moved to Scarsdale, New York, after the war. She left Japan to rejoin the family and enrolled in nearby Sarah Lawrence College. While her parents approved of her college choice, they were dismayed at her lifestyle, and, according to Ono, chastised her for befriending people they considered to be "beneath" her. In spite of this, Ono loved meeting artists, poets and others who represented the "bohemian" freedom she longed for herself. Visiting galleries and art "happenings" in the city whetted her desire to publicly display her own artistic endeavors. La Monte Young, her first important contact in the New York art world, helped Ono start her career by using her Chambers Street loft in Tribeca as a performance space. At one performance, Ono set a painting on fire; fortunately John Cage had advised her to treat the paper with flame retardant.

In 1956, she married composer Toshi Ichiyanagi. They divorced in 1962 after living apart for several years. On November 28 that same year, Ono married an American named Anthony Cox. Cox was a jazz musician, film producer and art promoter. He had heard of Ono in New York and tracked her down to a mental institution in Japan, where her family had placed her following a suicide attempt. Ono had neglected to finalize her divorce from Ichiyanagi, so their marriage was annulled on March 1, 1963, and Cox and Ono married again on June 6. Their daughter, Kyoko Chan Cox, was born two months later on August 8, 1963.

The marriage quickly fell apart, but the Coxes stayed together for the sake of their joint career. They performed at Tokyo's Sogetsu Hall with Ono lying atop a piano played by John Cage. Soon the Coxes returned to New York with Kyoko. In the early years of this marriage, Ono left most of Kyoko's parenting to Cox while she pursued her art full-time and Tony managed publicity. After she divorced Cox on February 2, 1969, Ono and Cox engaged in a bitter legal battle for custody of Kyoko, which resulted in Ono's being awarded full custody. However, in 1971, Cox disappeared with eight-year-old Kyoko, in violation of the custody order. Cox subsequently became a Christian and raised Kyoko in a Christian group known as the Church of the Living Word (or "the Walk"). Cox left the group with Kyoko in 1977. Living an underground existence, Cox changed the girl's name to Rosemary. Cox and Kyoko sent Ono a sympathy message after Lennon's 1980 murder. Afterwards, the bitterness between the parents lessened slightly and Ono publicly announced in ''People Magazine'' that she would no longer seek out the now-adult Kyoko, but still wished to make contact with her. In 1994, Kyoko made contact with Ono and established a relationship.

Artwork[link]

Ono was a sometime member of Fluxus, a loose association of Dada-inspired avant-garde artists that developed in the early 1960s. Fluxus founder George Maciunas, a friend of Ono's during the 1960s, admired her work and promoted it with enthusiasm. One of Ono's well known examples is when she took a fly as her alter ego and was inspired by this for her work. Maciunas invited Ono to join the Fluxus group, but she declined because she wanted to remain an independent artist. John Cage was one of the most important influences on Ono's performance art. It was her relationship to Ichiyanagi Toshi, who was a pupil of John Cage's legendary class of Experimental Composition at the New School, that would introduce her to the unconventional avant-garde, neo-Dadaism of John Cage and his protégés in New York City.

Almost immediately after John Cage finished teaching at the New School for Social Research in the summer of 1960, Ono was determined to rent a place to present her works along with the work of other New York avant-garde artists. She eventually found a cheap loft in downtown Manhattan at 112 Chambers Street that she used as a studio and living space. Composer La Monte Young urged Ono to let him organize concerts in the loft, and Ono agreed. Both artists began organizing a series of events in Ono's loft, and both Young and Ono claimed to have been the primary curator of these events, but Ono claims to have been eventually pushed into a subsidiary role by Young. The Chambers Street series hosted some of Ono's earliest conceptual artwork including Painting to Be Stepped On, which was a scrap of canvas on the floor that became a completed artwork upon the accrual of footprints. Ono suggested that a work of art no longer needed to be mounted on a wall, inaccessible, but an irregular piece of canvas to be completed by being stepped on by viewers

Ono was an explorer of conceptual art and performance art. An example of her performance art is "Cut Piece" (this instance of performance art is also known as a "happening"), first performed in 1964 at the Sogetsu Art Center in Tokyo. Cut Piece had one destructive verb as its instruction: "Cut." Ono executed the performance in Tokyo by walking on stage and casually kneeling on the floor in a draped garment. Audience members were requested to come on stage and begin cutting until she was naked. Ono performed this piece again in London and other venues, garnering drastically different attention depending on the audience. In Japan, the audience was typically shy and cautious, while London participators were a bit more zealous.

An example of her conceptual art includes her book of instructions called ''Grapefruit''. First published in 1964, the book includes surreal, Zen-like instructions that are to be completed in the mind of the reader, for example: "Hide and seek Piece: Hide until everybody goes home. Hide until everybody forgets about you. Hide until everybody dies." An example of Heuristic art, ''Grapefruit'' was published several times, most widely distributed by Simon and Schuster in 1971, and reprinted by them again in 2000. Many of the scenarios in the book would be enacted as performance pieces throughout Ono's career and have formed the basis for her art exhibitions, including one highly publicized show at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, New York, that was nearly closed when besieged by excited Beatle fans who broke several of the art pieces and flooded the toilets.

In addition to conceptual art, Ono has also created participatory art, including her 1996 project entitled "Wish Tree" in Japan.

:"Wish Piece by Yoko Ono (1996)

:Make a wish :Write it down on a piece of paper :Fold it and tie it around a branch of a Wish Tree :Ask your friends to do the same :Keep wishing :Until the branches are covered with wishes".

Ono was also an experimental filmmaker who made sixteen films between 1964 and 1972, and gained particular renown for a 1966 Fluxus film called simply ''No. 4'', but often referred to as "Bottoms." The film consists of a series of close-ups of human buttocks as the subject walks on a treadmill. The screen is divided into four almost equal sections by the elements of the gluteal cleft and the horizontal gluteal crease. The soundtrack consists of interviews with those who are being filmed as well as those considering joining the project. In 1996, the watch manufacturing company Swatch produced a limited edition watch that commemorates this film. (Ono also acted in an obscure exploitation film in 1965, ''Satan's Bed''.)

thumb|left|Contributions to Yoko Ono's Wish TreeJohn Lennon once described her as "the world's most famous unknown artist: everybody knows her name, but nobody knows what she does." Her circle of friends in the New York art world has included Kate Millett, Nam June Paik, Dan Richter, Jonas Mekas, Merce Cunningham, Judith Malina, Erica Abeel, Fred DeAsis, Peggy Guggenheim, Betty Rollin, Shusaku Arakawa, Adrian Morris, Stefan Wolpe, Keith Haring, and Andy Warhol, as well as Maciunas and Young.

In 2001, ''YES YOKO ONO'', a forty-year retrospective of Ono's work, received the prestigious International Association of Art Critics USA Award for Best Museum Show Originating in New York City, considered one of the highest accolades in the museum profession. In 2002 Ono was awarded the Skowhegan Medal for work in assorted media. In 2005 she received a lifetime achievement award from the Japan Society of New York.

Ono received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Liverpool University in 2001. In 2002, she was presented with the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts from Bard College.

In 2008, she showed a large retrospective exhibition, Between The Sky And My Head, at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, UK.

In 2009, she showed a selection of new and old work as part of her show "Anton's Memory" in Venice, Italy. She also received a Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement from the Venice Biennale in 2009.

''Wish Tree'', her installation in the ''Sculpture Garden'' – Museum of Modern Art, New York (since July 2010), has become very popular with contributions from all over the world.

In 2012, Ono was the winner of the 2012 Oskar Kokoschka Prize, Austria's highest award for applied contemporary art.

Life with John Lennon[link]

Two versions exist of how Lennon met Ono. According to the first, on 9 November 1966 Lennon went to the Indica Gallery in London, where Ono was preparing her conceptual art exhibit, and they were introduced by gallery owner John Dunbar. Lennon was intrigued by Ono's "Hammer A Nail": patrons hammered a nail into a wooden board, creating the art piece. Although the exhibition had not yet begun, Lennon wanted to hammer a nail into the clean board, but Ono stopped him. Dunbar asked her, "Don't you know who this is? He's a millionaire! He might buy it." Ono had supposedly not heard of The Beatles, but relented on condition that Lennon pay her five shillings, to which Lennon replied, "I'll give you an imaginary five shillings and hammer an imaginary nail in." The second version, told by McCartney, is that in late 1965, Ono was in London compiling original musical scores for a book John Cage was working on called ''Notations''. McCartney declined to give her any of his own manuscripts, but suggested that Lennon might oblige. When asked, Lennon gave Ono the original handwritten lyrics to "The Word".

Ono began telephoning and calling at Lennon's home, and when his wife asked for an explanation, he explained that Ono was only trying to obtain money for her "avant-garde bullshit". In May 1968, while his wife was on holiday in Greece, Lennon invited Ono to visit. They spent the night recording what would become the ''Two Virgins'' album, after which, he said, they "made love at dawn." When Lennon's wife returned home, she found Ono wearing her bathrobe and drinking tea with Lennon who simply said, "Oh, hi." Ono became pregnant in 1968 and miscarried a male child they named John Ono Lennon II on 21 November 1968, a few weeks after Lennon's divorce from Cynthia was granted.

During Lennon's last two years in The Beatles, he and Ono began public protests against the Vietnam War. They were married in Gibraltar on 20 March 1969, and spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam campaigning with a week-long Bed-In for peace. They planned another Bed-In in the United States, but were denied entry, so held one instead at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, where they recorded "Give Peace a Chance". They often combined advocacy with performance art, as in their "Bagism", first introduced during a Vienna press conference. Lennon detailed this period in The Beatles' song "The Ballad of John and Yoko". Lennon changed his name by deed poll on 22 April 1969, adding "Ono" as a middle name. Although he used the name John Ono Lennon thereafter, official documents referred to him as John Winston Ono Lennon, since he was not permitted to revoke a name given at birth. After Ono was injured in a car accident, Lennon arranged for a king-sized bed to be brought to the recording studio as he worked on The Beatles' last album, ''Abbey Road''.

Ono and Lennon collaborated on many albums, beginning in 1968 when Lennon was still a Beatle, with ''Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins'', an album of experimental electronic music. That same year, the couple contributed an experimental piece to ''The White Album'' called "Revolution 9." Ono also contributed backing vocals (on "Birthday"), and one line of lead vocals (on "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill") to ''The White Album''. Many of the couple's later albums were released under the name the Plastic Ono Band. The couple also appeared together at concerts. When Lennon was invited to play with Frank Zappa at the Fillmore on June 5, 1971, Ono joined in as well. In 1969, the Plastic Ono Band's first album, ''Live Peace in Toronto 1969'', was recorded during the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival. In addition to Lennon and Ono, this first incarnation of the group consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bass player Klaus Voormann, and drummer Alan White. The first half of their performance consisted of rock standards, and during the second half, Ono took the microphone and along with the band performed an avant garde set, ending with music that consisted mainly of feedback, while Ono screamed and sang.

Ono released her first solo album, ''Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band'' in 1970, as a companion piece to Lennon's better-known ''John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band''. The two albums have almost identical covers: Ono's featured a photo of her leaning on Lennon, and Lennon's had a photo of him leaning on Ono. Her album included raw and quite harsh vocals that were possibly influenced by Japanese opera, but bear much in common with sounds in nature (especially those made by animals) and free jazz techniques used by wind and brass players. The performers included Ornette Coleman and other renowned free jazz performers. The personnel was supplemented by John Lennon, Ringo Starr and minor performers. Some songs consisted of wordless vocalizations, in a style that would influence Meredith Monk, and other musical artists who have used screams and vocal noise in lieu of words. The album peaked at No. 183 on the US charts.

In 1971, Ono released ''Fly'' – a double album. On this release Ono explored slightly more conventional psychedelic rock with tracks like "Midsummer New York" and "Mind Train," in addition to a number of Fluxus experiments. She also received minor airplay with the ballad "Mrs. Lennon". Perhaps the most famous track from the album is "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)," an ode to Ono's kidnapped daughter.

In 1971, while studying with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Majorca, Ono's second husband, Anthony Cox, accused Ono of abducting their daughter Kyoko from his hotel. A large number of accusations were then made by both parents toward each other and the matter of custody. Cox eventually moved to Houston, Texas, and converted to Evangelical Christianity with his new wife, who was originally from Houston. At the end of 1971, a custody hearing in Houston went against Cox. In violation of the order, he took Kyoko and disappeared. Ono then launched a search for her daughter with the aid of the police and private investigators. Ono wrote a song about her daughter, "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)," which appears on Lennon and Ono's album ''Live Peace In Toronto 1969'' and her album ''Fly''. Both versions feature Eric Clapton on guitar. Kyoko is also referenced on the first line of "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" when Yoko whispers "Happy Christmas Kyoko" followed by Lennon whispering "Happy Christmas Julian."

Both the press and the public were critical of her. She was blamed for the breakup of The Beatles and repeatedly criticized for her influence over Lennon and his music. Her experimental art was not popularly understood. After the Beatles disbanded, Lennon and Ono cohabited in London and then in New York. Their relationship was strained by the threat of deportation Lennon faced (due to drug charges filed in Britain), and Ono's separation from her daughter. The couple separated in 1973 and the two began living separate lives, Ono pursuing her career in New York and Lennon living in Los Angeles with personal assistant May Pang in a period commonly referred to as his "lost weekend."

In 1975, the couple reconciled. Their son, Sean, was born on Lennon's 35th birthday, October 9, 1975. After Sean's birth, the couple lived in relative seclusion at the Dakota in New York. Sean has since followed in his parents' footsteps with a musical career, doing solo work and also forming a band The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.

John Lennon retired from music to become a househusband caring for their child, until shortly before his murder in December 1980, which Ono witnessed at close range. Ono has stated that the couple were thinking about going out to dinner (after spending several hours in a recording studio), but were returning to their apartment instead, because John wanted to see Sean before he was put to bed. Following the murder, Ono went into complete seclusion for an extended period.

Following Lennon's murder, Cox and Kyoko sent a message of sympathy to Ono, but did not reveal their location. Ono later printed an open letter to Kyoko saying how she missed her, but that she would cease her attempts to find her. Kyoko would later appear on the 1987 title track of ''American English'' by the British pop band Wax.

Memorials[link]

Ono funded the construction and maintenance of the Strawberry Fields memorial in New York City's Central Park, across from where they lived and Lennon died. It was officially dedicated on October 9, 1985, what would have been his 45th birthday. In 1990, Ono collaborated with music consultant Jeff Pollack to honor what would've been Lennon's 50th birthday with a worldwide broadcast of "Imagine". Over one thousand stations in over fifty countries participated in the simultaneous broadcast. Ono felt the timing was perfect considering the escalating conflicts in the Middle East as well as Eastern Europe and Germany. In 2000, she founded the John Lennon Museum in Saitama, Saitama, Japan. On October 9, 2007, Ono dedicated a new memorial called the Imagine Peace Tower, located on the island of Viðey, 1 km outside the Skarfabakki harbour in Reykjavík in Iceland. Each year, between October 9 and December 8, it projects a vertical beam of light high into the sky. In 2009, Ono created an exhibit called John Lennon: THE NEW YORK CITY YEARS for the NYC Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex. The exhibit uses music, photographs and personal items to depict Lennon's life in New York. A portion of the cost of each ticket to the exhibition is donated to Spirit Foundation, a charitable foundation set up by Lennon and Ono.

Musical career[link]

Ono collaborated with experimental luminaries such as John Cage and jazz legend Ornette Coleman. In 1961, years before meeting Lennon, she had her first major public performance in a concert at the 258-seat Carnegie Recital Hall (not the larger "Main Hall"). This concert featured radical experimental music and performances. She had a second engagement at the Carnegie Recital Hall in 1965, in which she debuted "Cut Piece."

In early 1980, Lennon heard Lene Lovich and The B-52's' "Rock Lobster" in a nightclub, and it reminded him of Ono's musical sound. He took this as an indication that her sound had reached the mainstream. Indeed, many musicians, particularly those of the new wave movement, have paid tribute to Ono (both as an artist in her own right, and as a muse and iconic figure). For example, Elvis Costello recorded a version of Ono's song "Walking on Thin Ice," the B-52's who drew from her early recordings covered "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" (shortening the title to "Don't Worry") and Sonic Youth included a performance of Ono's early conceptual "Voice Piece for Soprano" in their experimental album ''SYR4: Goodbye 20th century''. One of Barenaked Ladies's best-known songs is "Be My Yoko Ono", and Dar Williams recorded a song called "I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono." The punk rock singer Patti Smith invited Ono to participate in "Meltdown," a two-week music festival that Smith organized in London; Ono performed at Queen Elizabeth Hall.

On December 8, 1980, Lennon and Ono were in the studio working on Ono's song ''Walking on Thin Ice''. When they returned to The Dakota, their home in New York City, Lennon was shot dead by Mark David Chapman, a deranged fan who had been stalking Lennon for two months. "Walking on Thin Ice (For John)" was released as a single less than a month later, and became Ono's first chart success, peaking at No. 58 and gaining major underground airplay. In 1981, she released the album ''Season of Glass'' with the striking cover photo of Lennon's bloody spectacles next to a half-filled glass of water, with a window overlooking Central Park in the background. This photograph sold at an auction in London in April 2002 for about $13,000. In the liner notes to ''Season of Glass'', Ono explained that the album is not dedicated to Lennon because "he would have been offended—he was one of us." The album received highly favorable reviews and reflected the public's mood after Lennon's assassination.

Four months after her husband's murder, Ono began a relationship with antiques dealer and interior designer Sam Havadtoy, which lasted until 2001. She had also been linked to art dealer and Greta Garbo confidante Sam Green, who is mentioned in Lennon's will. In 1982, she released ''It's Alright (I See Rainbows)''. The cover featured Ono in her famous wrap-around sunglasses, looking towards the sun, while on the back the ghost of Lennon looks over her and their son. The album scored minor chart success and airplay with the singles "My Man" and "Never Say Goodbye".

In 1984, a tribute album titled ''Every Man Has a Woman'' was released, featuring a selection of Ono songs performed by artists such as Elvis Costello, Roberta Flack, Eddie Money, Rosanne Cash and Harry Nilsson. It was one of Lennon's projects that he never got to finish. Later that year, Ono and Lennon's final album, ''Milk and Honey'', was released as an unfinished demo.

Ono's final album of the 1980s was ''Starpeace'', a concept album that she intended as an antidote to Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense system. On the cover, a warm, smiling Ono holds the Earth in the palm of her hand. ''Starpeace'' became Ono's most successful non-Lennon effort: the single "Hell in Paradise" was a hit, reaching No. 16 on the US dance charts and No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as major airplay on MTV.

In 1986, Ono set out on a goodwill world tour for ''Starpeace'', mostly visiting Eastern European countries.

Ono went on hiatus until signing with Rykodisc in 1992 to release the comprehensive six-disc box set ''Onobox''. It included remastered highlights from all of Ono's solo albums, as well as unreleased material from the 1974 "lost weekend" sessions. There was also a one-disc "greatest hits" release of highlights from Onobox, simply titled ''Walking on Thin Ice''. That year, she agreed to sit down for an extensive interview with music journalist Mark Kemp for a cover story in the alternative music magazine ''Option.'' The story took a revisionist look at Ono's music for a new generation of fans more accepting of her role as a pioneer in the merger of pop and the avant-garde.

In 1994, Ono produced her own musical entitled ''New York Rock'', featuring Broadway renditions of her songs. In 1995, she released ''Rising'', a collaboration with her son Sean and his band, Ima. ''Rising'' spawned a world tour that traveled through Europe, Japan and the United States. The following year, she collaborated with various alternative rock musicians for an EP entitled ''Rising Mixes''. Guest remixers of ''Rising'' material included Cibo Matto, Ween, Tricky, and Thurston Moore.

In 1997, Rykodisc reissued all her solo albums on CD, from ''Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band'' through ''Starpeace''. Ono and her engineer Rob Stevens personally remastered the audio, and various bonus tracks were added including outtakes, demos and live cuts.

2001 saw the release of Ono's feminist concept album ''Blueprint for a Sunrise''. In 2002, Yoko joined The B-52's in New York for their 25th anniversary concerts. She came out for the encore and performed ''Rock Lobster'' with the band. Starting in 2002, some DJs remixed other Ono songs for dance clubs. For the remix project, she dropped her first name and became known as simply "ONO," as a response to the "Oh, no!" jokes that dogged her throughout her career. Ono had great success with new versions of "Walking on Thin Ice", remixed by top DJs and dance artists including Pet Shop Boys, Orange Factory, Peter Rauhofer, and Danny Tenaglia. In April 2003, Ono's ''Walking on Thin Ice (Remixes)'' was rated No. 1 on Billboard Magazine's "Dance/Club Play Chart", gaining Ono her first number one hit. On the 12" mix of the original 1981 version of "Walking on Thin Ice", Lennon can be heard remarking "I think we've just got your first No.1, Yoko." She returned to No. 1 on the same charts in November 2004 with "Everyman...Everywoman...," a reworking of her song "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him", in January 2008, with "No No No," and in August 2008, with "Give Peace a Chance." In June 2009, at the age of 76, Ono scored her fifth No. 1 hit on the "Dance/Club Play Chart" with "I'm Not Getting Enough."

Ono released the album ''Yes, I'm a Witch'' in 2007, a collection of remixes and covers from her back catalog by various artists including The Flaming Lips, Cat Power, Antony, DJ Spooky, Porcupine Tree and Peaches, released in February 2007, along with a special edition of ''Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band''. ''Yes I'm a Witch'' has been critically well-received. A similar compilation of Ono dance remixes entitled ''Open Your Box'' was also released in April of that year.

In 2009, Ono recorded ''Between My Head and the Sky'', her first album to be released as "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band" since 1973's ''Feeling the Space''. The all-new Plastic Ono Band lineup includes Sean Lennon, Cornelius and Yuka Honda amongst others. On February 16, 2010, Sean organized a concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music called "We Are Plastic Ono Band," at which Yoko performed her music with Sean, Clapton, Klaus Voorman and Jim Keltner, for the first time since the 1970s. Guests including Bette Midler, Paul Simon and his son Harper, and principal members of Sonic Youth interpreted her songs in their own styles.

During her career, Ono has collaborated with a diverse group of artists and musicians including John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Cornelius (Keigo Oyamada, Naoki Shimizu and Yoko Araki), Frank Zappa, Sean Lennon, Yuka Honda, Jim Keltner, Earl Slick, Peaches, John Cage, David Tudor, George Maciunas, Ornette Coleman, Charlotte Moorman, George Brecht, Jackson Mac Low, Jonas Mekas, Fred DeAsis, Yvonne Rainer, La Monte Young, Richard Maxfield, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Yo La Tengo, and Andy Warhol (in 1987 Ono was one of the speakers at Warhol's funeral). As a dance music artist, Ono has worked with re-mixers/producers such as Basement Jaxx, Pet Shop Boys, Cat Power, Bill Kates, Tricky, Thurston Moore, Keiji Haino, Nick Vernier Band, Cibo Matto, Billy Martin, DJ Spooky, Apples In Stereo, Damien Price, The Flaming Lips, DJ Chernobyl, Bimbo Jones, DJ Dan, Craig Armstrong, Jorge Artajo, Shuji Nabara, and Konrad Behr, among others.

2000s[link]

At the Liverpool Biennial in 2004, Yoko flooded the city with banners, bags, stickers, postcards, flyers, posters and badges, with two images: one of a woman's naked breast, the other of the same woman's vulva. The piece, titled "My Mummy Was Beautiful", was dedicated to Lennon's mother, Julia, who had died when Lennon was a teenager. According to Ono, the work was meant to be innocent, not shocking. She was attempting to replicate the experience of a baby looking up at his or her mother's body: the mother's pudendum and breasts are a child's introduction to humanity. It was created in the spirit of, and seems inspired by Gustave Courbet's L'Origine du monde.

Ono performed at the opening ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, wearing white, like many of the others who performed during the ceremony, to symbolize the snow that makes the Winter Olympics possible. She read a free verse poem calling for peace in the world. The poem was an intro to a performance of the song "Imagine", Lennon's anthem to world peace.

On December 13, 2006, Ono's bodyguard was arrested after he was taped trying to extort Ono for two million dollars, threatening to release private conversations and photographs.

On June 26, 2007, Ono appeared on ''Larry King Live'' along with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Olivia Harrison. Ono headlined the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago on July 14, 2007, performing a full set that mixed music and performance art. She sang "Mulberry", a song about her time in the countryside after the Japanese collapse in World War II for only the third time in her life, with Thurston Moore. Ono had previously performed the song once with John Lennon and once with Sean Lennon and told the audience of thousands that she will never perform it again.

On October 9, 2007 Ono officially lit the Imagine Peace Tower on Viðey Island in Iceland, dedicated to peace and to Lennon.

Ono returned to Liverpool for the 2008 Liverpool Biennial, where she unveiled "Sky Ladders" in the ruins of Church of St Luke, Liverpool (which was largely destroyed during World War II and now stands roofless as a memorial to those killed in the Liverpool Blitz).

In May 2009, Yoko designed a T-shirt for the second 'Fashion against AIDS' campaign/collection of HIV/AIDS awareness NGO Designers against AIDS and H&M;, with the statement 'Imagine Peace' depicted in 21 different languages.

On March 31, 2009, Yoko Ono went to the inauguration of the exhibition: "Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko" to mark the 40th anniversary of Lennon-Ono bed-in at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada from May 26 to June 2, 1969.

Ono appeared on-stage at Microsoft's June 1, 2009 E3 press conference with Olivia Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to promote The Beatles: Rock Band video game.

Ono appears on the new Basement Jaxx album ''Scars'', featuring on the single "Day of the Sunflowers (We March On)".

2010s[link]

On February 16, 2010, Ono revived an early Plastic Ono Band line-up with Eric Clapton and special guests including Paul Simon and Bette Midler. (See "Musical career" above.) On April 1, 2010, she was named the first "Global Autism Ambassador" by the Autism Speaks organization. Ono appeared with Ringo Starr on July 7, 2010 at New York's Radio City Music Hall in celebration of Starr's 70th birthday, performing "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Give Peace a Chance". On October 2, 2010, Ono and the Plastic Ono Band performed at The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California with special guest Lady GaGa.

On her 78th Birthday, February 18, 2011, Ono took out a full page advert in the UK free newspaper Metro for 'Imagine Peace 2011'. It took the form of an open letter, inviting people to think of, and wish for, peace. With son Sean, she held a benefit concert to aid in the relief efforts for earthquake and tsunami-ravaged Japan on March 27 in New York City. In July 2011, Ono was awarded the 8th Hiroshima Art Prize for her contributions in art and for peace. In December 2011, she was awarded the Austrian 20,000-euro ($26,100) Oskar-Kokoschka-Prize.

Political activism[link]

Since the 1960s, Ono has been an activist for peace and human rights. After their wedding, Lennon and Ono held a "Bed-In for Peace" in their honeymoon suite at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel in March 1969. The press fought to get in, presuming that the two would be having sex for their cameras, but they instead found a pair of newlyweds wearing pajamas and eager to talk about and promote world peace. Another Bed-In in May 1969 at the Queen Elizabeth Fairmont in Montreal, Canada, resulted in the recording of their first single, "Give Peace A Chance", a Top 20 hit for the newly christened Plastic Ono Band. Other demonstrations with John included Bagism. Introduced in Vienna, Bagism encouraged a disregard for physical appearance in judging others.

In the 1970s, Ono and Lennon became close to many radical leaders, including Bobby Seale, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Michael X, John Sinclair (for whom they organized a benefit after he was imprisoned), Angela Davis, Kate Millett, and David Peel. They appeared on The Mike Douglas Show and took over hosting duties for a week, during which Ono spoke at length about the evils of racism and sexism. Ono remained outspoken in her support of feminism, and openly bitter about the racism she had experienced from rock fans, especially in the United Kingdom. For example, an ''Esquire'' article of the period was titled "John Rennon's Excrusive Gloupie" and featured an unflattering David Levine cartoon.

In 2002, Ono inaugurated her own peace award, The LennonOno Grant for Peace, by giving $50,000 (£31,900) prize money to artists living "in regions of conflict." Israeli and Palestinian artists were the first recipients. The award is given out every two years, in conjunction with the lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower.

On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2003, on the eve of the Iraqi invasion by the Americans and the British, Ono heard about a romantic couple holding a love-in protest in their tiny bedroom in Addingham, West Yorkshire. She sent the couple, Andrew and Christine Gale, some flowers and wished them the best.

In 2004, Ono remade her song "Everyman... Everywoman..." to support same-sex marriage, releasing remixes that included "Every Man Has a Man Who Loves Him" and "Every Woman Has a Woman Who Loves Her."

Relationship with Paul McCartney[link]

In 2005, Ono said, "People like to picture Paul and me in a boxing ring, feuding all the time, otherwise it's not exciting or interesting for them. People need light-hearted topics like me and Paul fighting to escape all the horror of the world, but it's not true anymore." However, they have publicly disagreed on several issues.

In late 1965, Ono was in London compiling original musical scores for a book John Cage was working on. She met McCartney who declined to give her any of his own manuscripts for the book. John Lennon later gave Ono the original handwritten lyrics to "The Word", which were subsequently reproduced in Cage's book ''Notations'' published in 1969.

Writing credit on Beatles songs was another issue. While the group was together, every song written by Lennon or McCartney was credited as Lennon–McCartney regardless of whether the song was a collaboration or written solely by one of the two (except for those appearing on their first album, ''Please Please Me'', which credited the songs to McCartney–Lennon). In 1976, McCartney released a live album called ''Wings Over America'' which credited the five Beatles tracks he included as P. McCartney–J. Lennon compositions. Neither Lennon nor Ono objected. After Lennon's death, McCartney once again attempted to change the order to "McCartney–Lennon" for songs such as "Yesterday" that were solely or predominantly written by him, but Ono would not allow it, saying she felt this broke an agreement that the two had made while Lennon was still alive. However, McCartney argued that such an agreement never existed. The two other Beatles agreed that the credits should remain as they always had been and McCartney withdrew his request. On the 1998 John Lennon anthology, ''Lennon Legend'', the composer credit of "Give Peace a Chance" was changed to "John Lennon" from its original composing credit of Lennon–McCartney. Although the song was written by Lennon during his tenure with the Beatles it was both written and recorded without the help of the band and released as Lennon's first independent single under the "Plastic Ono Band" moniker. Lennon subsequently expressed regret that he had not given co-writing credit to Ono instead, who actually helped him write the song. In 2002, McCartney released another live album, ''Back in the U.S. Live 2002'', and the 19 Beatles' songs included are described as "composed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon".

In 1995, after the Beatles released Lennon's "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" with demos provided by Ono, McCartney and his family collaborated with her and Sean Lennon to create the song "Hiroshima Sky is Always Blue", which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of that Japanese city. Of Ono, McCartney stated: "I thought she was a cold woman. I think that's wrong ... she's just the opposite ... I think she's just more determined than most people to be herself."

In 1997, Ono compared Lennon to Mozart while McCartney, she said, more closely resembled his less-talented rival Salieri. This remark infuriated Linda McCartney, who was battling breast cancer at the time. When she died less than a year later, McCartney pointedly did not invite Ono to a New York memorial service for her.

Accepting an award at the 2005 Q Awards, Ono mentioned that Lennon had once felt insecure about his songwriting, and asked her why other musicians "always cover Paul's songs, and never mine". Ono had responded, "You're a good songwriter; it's not June with spoon that you write. You're a good singer, and most musicians are probably a little bit nervous about covering your songs". McCartney responded by saying, "I don’t take any notice of her. She’s John’s wife so I have to respect her for that, but I don’t think she’s the brightest of buttons. She’s said some particularly daft things in her time. Her life is dedicated to putting me down but I attempt very strongly not to put her down." Ono later issued a statement claiming she did not mean any offense, as her comment was an attempt to console her husband, not attack McCartney; she went on to insist that she respected McCartney and that it was the press who had taken her comments out of context. " At the June 2006 Las Vegas premiere of Cirque du Soleil's Beatles performance "Love", pictures were taken of her and Paul hugging. They appeared again together in July 2007 for the show's first anniversary.

Relationship with Cynthia Lennon[link]

Ono's relationship with John Lennon's first wife, Cynthia Lennon remains strained. In her 2006 biography, ''John,'' (London: Hodder; U.S.: Crown Publishing) Cynthia Lennon portrays Ono as a selfish, spiteful woman. In the book, she describes learning about Ono's control over John (who referred to Ono as "mother") in the period in the mid-1970s when Ono chose May Pang to be John's companion. Cynthia hypothesizes that John had a "mother complex," allowing himself to be dominated by strong women and draws a parallel between his relationship with Ono and that with his domineering aunt Mimi Smith in childhood.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

(number indicates U.S. chart peak positions)

''Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band'' (1970) No. 182

''Fly'' (1971) No. 199

''Approximately Infinite Universe'' (1972) No. 193

''Feeling the Space'' (1973)

''A Story'' (1974) (Unreleased until 1997)

''Season of Glass'' (1981) No. 49

''It's Alright (I See Rainbows)'' (1982) No. 98

''Starpeace'' (1985)

''Rising'' (1995)

''Blueprint for a Sunrise'' (2001)

''Yes, I'm a Witch'' (2007)

''Open Your Box'' (2007)

''Between My Head and the Sky'' (2009)

Albums with John Lennon[link]

''Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins'' (1968) No. 124

''Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions'' (1969) No. 174

''Wedding Album'' (1969) No. 178

''Live Peace in Toronto 1969'' (1969) No. 10

''Some Time in New York City'' (1972) No. 48

''Double Fantasy'' (1980) No. 1

''Milk and Honey'' (1984) No. 11

Compilations, Soundtrack albums and EPs[link]

''Onobox'' (1992)

''Walking on Thin Ice'' (1992)

''New York Rock'' (1994) (Original cast recording)

''Rising Mixes'' (1996)

''Don't Stop Me! EP'' (2009)

Tribute albums[link]

''Every Man Has a Woman'' (1984)

''Mrs. Lennon'' (2010)

Singles[link]

{|class=wikitable |- !Year !Song !width="35"|^UK !width="35"|^{U.S. Dance} !Album |- |rowspan="2"|1971 |"Mrs. Lennon"/"Midsummer New York" | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |rowspan="2"|''Fly'' |- |"Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |- |rowspan="2"|1972 |"Now or Never"/"Move on Fast" | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |''Approximately Infinite Universe'' |- |"Mind Train"/"Listen, the Snow Is Falling" | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |— |- |rowspan="4"|1973 |"Death of Samantha"/"Yang Yang" | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |''Approximately Infinite Universe'' |- |"Josejoi Banzai (Part 1)"/"|"Josejoi Banzai (Part 2)" (Japan-only) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |— |- |"Woman Power"/"Men, Men, Men" | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |rowspan="2"|''Feeling the Space'' |- |"Run, Run, Run"/"Men, Men, Men" | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |- |1974 |"Yume O Motou (Let's Have A Dream)"/"It Happened" (Japan-only release) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |— |- |rowspan="2"|1981 |"Walking on Thin Ice"/"It Happened" | style="text-align:center;"|35 | style="text-align:center;"|13 |''Season of Glass'' (1997 re-release), ''Double Fantasy'' (2000 re-release) |- |"No, No, No"/"Will You Touch Me" | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |''Season of Glass'' |- |rowspan="2"|1982 |"My Man"/"Let The Tears Dry" | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |rowspan="2"|''It's Alright (I See Rainbows)'' |- |"Never Say Goodbye"/"Loneliness" | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |- |rowspan="2"|1985 |"Hell in Paradise"/"Hell in Paradise" (instrumental) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|12 |rowspan="2"|''Starpeace'' |- |"Cape Clear"/"Walking on Thin Ice" (promo) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|- |- |2001 |"Open Your Box" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|144 | style="text-align:center;"|25 |rowspan="12"|remixes compiled on ''Open Your Box'' (2007) |- |rowspan="2"|2002 |"Kiss Kiss Kiss" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|20 |- |"Yang Yang" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|17 |- |rowspan="2"|2003 |"Walking on Thin Ice" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|35 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |"Will I" (remixes)/"Fly" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|19 |- |rowspan="2"|2004 |"Hell in Paradise" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|4 |- |"Everyman… Everywoman…" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |rowspan="2"|2007 |"You’re the One" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|2 |- |"No, No, No" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |2008 |"Give Peace a Chance" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |2009 |"I'm Not Getting Enough" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2010 |"Give Me Something" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |"Wouldnit (I'm a Star)" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|1 |— |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2011 |"Move on Fast" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|1 |— |- |"Talking to the Universe" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|1 |— |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2012 |"She Gets Down on Her Knees" (remixes) | style="text-align:center;"|- | style="text-align:center;"|5 |— |}

B-Side appearances on John Lennon singles[link]

"Remember Love" (on "Give Peace a Chance") (1969)

"Don't Worry, Kyoko" (on "Cold Turkey") (1969)

"Who Has Seen the Wind?" (on "Instant Karma!") (1970)

"Why" (on "Mother") (1971)

"Open Your Box" (on "Power to the People") (1971)

"Listen, the Snow is Falling" (on "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)") (1971)

"Sisters O Sisters" (on "Woman Is the Nigger of the World") (1972)

"Kiss Kiss Kiss" (on "(Just Like) Starting Over") (1980)

"Beautiful Boys" (on "Woman") (1981)

"Yes, I'm Your Angel" (on "Watching the Wheels") (1981)

"O'Sanity" (on "Nobody Told Me") (1984)

"Your Hands (あなたの手）" (on "Borrowed Time") (1984)

"Sleepless Night" (on "I'm Stepping Out") (1984)

"It's Alright" (on "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him") (1985)

Bibliography[link]

''Grapefruit'' (1964)

''Summer of 1980'' (1983)

ただの私 (Tada-no Watashi – ''Just Me!'') (1986)

''The John Lennon Family Album'' (1990)

''Instruction Paintings'' (1995)

''Grapefruit Juice'' (1998)

''YES YOKO ONO'' (2000)

''Odyssey of a Cockroach'' (2005)

''Imagine Yoko'' (2005)

''Memories of John Lennon'' (editor) (2005)

Films[link]

''Satans Bed'' (as an actress)

''Eye blink'' (1966, 5 mins)

''Bottoms'' (1966, 5½ mins)

''Match'' (1966, 5 mins)

''Cut Piece'' (1965, 9 mins)

''Wrapping Piece'' (1967, approx. 20 mins., music by Delia Derbyshire)

''Film No. 4 (Bottoms)'' (1966/1967, 80 mins)

''Bottoms'', advertisement/commercial (1966/1967, approx. 2 mins)

''Two Virgins'' (1968, approx. 20 mins), a portrait film: superimpositions of John’s and Yoko’s faces.

''Film No. Five (Smile)'' (1968, 51 mins)

''Rape'' (1969, 77 mins), filmed by Nick Rowland. A young woman is relentlessly pursued by a camera crew.

''Bed-In'', (1969, 74 mins)

''Let It Be'', (1970, 81 mins)

''Apotheosis'' (1970, 18½ mins)

''Freedom'' (1970, 1 min), a slow-motion film showing a woman attempting to take off her bra.

''Fly'' (1970 (25 mins), a fly crawls slowly across a woman's naked body. Made with Jonas Mekas and premiered at the Cannes film festival in May, 1971.

''Making of Fly'' (1970, approx. 30 mins)

''Up Your Legs Forever'' (1970, 70 mins), a film consisting of continuous panning shots up a series of 367 human legs.

''Erection'' (1971, 20 mins), a film of a hotel’s construction over many months based on still photographs by Iain McMillan.

''Imagine'' (1971, 70 mins)

''Sisters O Sisters'' (1971, 4 mins)

''Luck of the Irish'' (1971, approx. 4 mins)

''Flipside'' (TV show) (1972, approx. 25 mins)

''Blueprint for the Sunrise'' (2000, 28 mins)

''Onochord'' (2004, non ending loop).

Notes[link]

References[link]

''John Lennon: One Day at a Time'', by Anthony Fawcett (Grove Press, 1976)

''Come Together: John Lennon in His Time'', by Jon Wiener (Random House, 1984)

''The Ballad of John and Yoko'', by the Editors of ''Rolling Stone'' (Rolling Stone Press, 1982)

Spitz, Bob. ''The Beatles''. Little, Brown, and Company: New York, 2005.

Kemp, Mark. "She Who Laughs Last: Yoko Ono Reconsidered." (July/Aug, 1992). ''Option'', p. 74–81.

"Ono apologises for comment." (November 6, 2005). ''New Sunday Times'', p. 29.

''The Rare Films of Yoko Ono:'' New York 65–66 Fluxus Films + London 66–67, England 68–69, London 69–71, Around the World 69–71, New York 70 – 71 and Ann Arbor/NYC 71–72 + 2000 at the ICA, London, March 2004.

Further reading[link]

Clayson, Alan et al. ''Woman: The Incredible Life of Yoko Ono''

Goldman, Albert. ''The Lives of John Lennon''

Green, John. ''Dakota Days''

Hendricks, Geoffrey. ''Fluxus Codex''

Hendricks, Geoffrey. ''Yoko Ono: Arias and Objects''

Hopkins, Jerry. ''Yoko Ono''

Klin, Richard, and Lily Prince, photos. "'I Remembered Carrying a Glass Key to Open the Sky.'" In ''Something to Say: Thoughts on Art and Politics in America''. (Leapfrog Press, 2011)

Millett, Kate. ''Flying''

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Norman, Philip, ''John Lennon : the life'', 1st ed., New York : Ecco, 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-075401-3.

Norman, Philip, ''Days in the life : John Lennon remembered'', London : Century, 1990. ISBN 0-7126-3922-5

Haskell, Barbara. ''Yoko Ono: Arias and Objects''. Exhibition Catalogue. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991.

Rumaker, Michael. ''The Butterfly''

Seaman, Frederic. ''The Last Days of John Lennon''

Sheff, David. ''John Lennon and Yoko Ono: The Playboy Interviews''

Wiener, Jon. ''Come Together: John Lennon in His Time''

Wenner, Jann, ed. ''The Ballad of John and Yoko''

Yoon, Jean. ''The Yoko Ono Project''

External links[link]

Official site of The Plastic Ono Band

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name	Yuka Honda
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	本田ゆか (''Honda Yuka'')
born	Tokyo, Japan
instrument	Piano, Keyboard, Synthesizer, Sampler, Guitar, Bass, Harpsichord, Organ, Backing Vocals
genre	Electronic music, Experimental, Improvisation
occupation	Musician, Record Producer, Composer, Remixer
years active	1995–present
label	Tzadik Records
associated acts	Cibo Matto, Plastic Ono Band, Sean Lennon, Dopo Yume
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Yuka Honda is a Japanese musician who resides in New York City. She is a multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, record producer, and co-founder of the band Cibo Matto. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with a diverse array of musicians, including Petra Haden, Sean Lennon, Mike Watt, Nels Cline, Tricky, Harper Simon, Beastie Boys, Los Lobos, Mitchell Froom, Medeski Martin & Wood, Marc Ribot, Yoshimi P-We, Arto Lindsay, Edie Brickell, Vincent Gallo, Luscious Jackson, Dave Douglas, Bernie Worrell and Caetano Veloso.

Biography[link]

Honda was born in Tokyo, Japan, and spent a few years of her childhood in Germany and Denmark. She went to school in Aix-en-Provence, France then moved to New York City in November 1986. She had some classical training in her childhood but never thought that she would become a musician. When she came to New York, she was writing for a Japanese food magazine.

In 1988, she hit her first stage at CBGB's as a keyboard player with Greg Cohen and Michael Blair. In 1989, she started the band "The Flaming Hoops" with boyfriend then husband Dougie Bowne, E.J. Rodriguez and Erik Sanko and recorded a self-titled album on which she plays a duet with Michael Brecker. In 1990, she joined Jazz Passengers in their musical play "Jazz Passengers in Egypt", and she appeared in their live album ''Live at Knitting Factory''. She also joined a live hip-hop band "Rhythm Method", then a funk band Brooklyn Funk Essentials, but her main focus was the band she started with husband Dougie Bowne and Marc Anthony Thompson, Hope Is a Muscle. In 1992, she played Queen Elizabeth Hall in South Bank, London, supporting Arto Lindsay along with Marc Ribot, Bernie Worrell and Brian Eno.

In 1993, Honda met Miho Hatori while working with the band Leitoh Lychee. The two formed their own band, Cibo Matto, in March 1994, by which time Honda had divorced from Bowne. The unique formation of the band in which Hatori was the singer who sang all the songs in relation to food and love, and Honda was the only instrumentalist where she played live electronics and made the sound of a full band, generated a quick sensation in the city, and they signed the record deal with Warner Brothers before the year was over. In 1995, they recorded their debut album ''Viva! La Woman'' with Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake. During the same year, they met Russell Simins when they opened up for Blues Explosion, and started the band Butter 08 with Mike Mills, Evan Bernard and Rick Lee. Honda produced their self-titled album with Simins. Both Cibo Matto and Butter 08 released their albums in 1996.

She was in a romantic relationship with Sean Lennon from 1996 to 2000, and produced his 1998 album ''Into the Sun''. The two met when Honda remixed Yoko Ono's song "Talking to the Universe" (from the album ''Rising''), along with Thurston Moore, Tricky, Beastie Boys and Ween. Cibo Matto invited Lennon and Timo Ellis to join the band as they started to tour frequently. From 1996 to 2000, Honda toured extensively with all three projects she was involved in.

Also in 1996, Cibo Matto worked with the film director Michel Gondry on their single Sugar Water, a highly artistic music video in the form of a visual palindrome.

Cibo Matto broke up in 2001. Her work since then seems to be concentrated more in the downtown New York scene, working with musicians such as Dave Douglas, Susie Ibarra, Vincent Gallo, Trevor Dunn, Jim O'Rourke and John Zorn, for whose label Tzadik Honda recorded her two solo albums. In 2003, Honda collaborated with Boredoms drummer Yoshimi P-We, under the name Yoshimi and Yuka.

In 2005, Honda worked for Hal Willner at Expo 2005 for the 3D animation which was directed by Robert Wilson. She also sang on the Dopo Yume album ''The Secret Show''.

In 2006 Honda played keyboards on Sean Lennon's album ''Friendly Fire''. She acted as musical director for the supporting tour.

Honda worked on a collection of songs with Petra Haden, apparently with contributing performances by Sean Lennon and Trevor Dunn.

In 2007, she co-produced Irina Lazareanu with Sean Lennon. She also wrote songs and recorded with Edie Brickell on her new album ''The Heavy Circles''.

in 2009, she worked on Yoko Ono's ''Between My Head and the Sky'' as Assistant Producer. She's also credited with mixing the album along with Yoko and Sean, and with "Pro-Tools Editing, sampler, e. piano, organ percussion."

In late 2009, early 2010 she performed as a member of the reformed Plastic Ono Band including concerts in Tokyo and New York, and also appeared as a member of the group The Ghost of a Sabre Tooth Tiger. She also performed improvisational shows with Mike Watt and Nels Cline in the groups Floored By Four and Brother's Sister's Daughter. During this period she became romantically involved with - and subsequently engaged to - Cline. They married in Japan in November 2010.

Discography[link]

''Memories Are My Only Witness'' (2002)

''Eucademix'' (2004)

''Heart Chamber Phantoms'' (2010)

Producer[link]

Butter 08, ''Butter 08'' (1996)

Cibo Matto, ''Super Relax'' (1997)

Sean Lennon, ''Into the Sun'' (1998)

Cibo Matto, ''Stereo Type A'' (1999)

Maki Nomiya (of Pizzicato Five), the track "Star Struck" on ''Miss Maki Nomiya Sings'' (2000)

Miu Sakamoto, "Beautiful (2000)

Remix[link]

Yoko Ono, ''Talking to The Universe'' Rising Mixes (1996)

Medeski, Martin & Wood, ''Sugar Craft'' Combustication Remix EP (1999)

HALCALI, ''"TANDEM-Mutable Chromosome Remix"'' Tandem (single) (2003)

External links[link]

Electric Dream Music Interview with Yuka Honda about ''Memories Are My Only Witness''

Yuka Honda on Tzadik

History of Cibo Matto

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