Yoko Ono, Summer Dream (Let your dream come true on a distant wall), 2012/2015
LED message board and iPad. Dimensions variable.
Installation view, Strange Pilgrims, The Contemporary Austin – Driscoll Villa at the Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, 2015. Artwork © Yoko Ono. Courtesy the artist. Image © The Contemporary Austin. Courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
I was honoured to collaborate with Heather Pesanti and The Contemporary Austin to build, code, and install Yoko Ono’s Summer Dream work as part of The Contemporary Austin’s exhibition Strange Pilgrims.
Yoko Ono, Summer Dream (Let your dream come true on a distant wall) (detail), 2012/2015. LED message board and iPad. Dimensions variable. Installation view, Strange Pilgrims, The Contemporary Austin –Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, 2015. Artwork © Yoko Ono. Courtesy the artist. Image © The Contemporary Austin. Courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Yoko Ono, Summer Dream (Let your dream come true on a distant wall) (detail), 2012/2015. LED message board and iPad. Dimensions variable. Installation view, Strange Pilgrims, The Contemporary Austin –Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, 2015. Artwork © Yoko Ono. Courtesy the artist. Image © The Contemporary Austin. Courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Yoko Ono, Summer Dream (Let your dream come true on a distant wall) (detail), 2012/2015. LED message board and iPad. Dimensions variable. Installation view, Strange Pilgrims, The Contemporary Austin – Driscoll Villa at the Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, 2015. Artwork © Yoko Ono. Courtesy the artist. Image © The Contemporary Austin. Courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Left: Yoko Ono, Cut Piece, 1964/1965. 16 mm film transferred to HD (black and white, sound). Performed by the artist, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City, USA. March 25, 1965. Filmed by Albert and David Maysles. Running time: 9:10. Right: Yoko Ono, Cut Piece, 1964/2003. HDCAM videotape (color, sound). Performed by the artist, Théâtre du Ranelagh, Paris, France, September 15, 2003. Running time: 43:00. Installation view, Strange Pilgrims, organized by The Contemporary Austin, on view at the Visual Arts Center at The University of Texas at Austin, 2015. Artwork © Yoko Ono. Courtesy the artist. Image © The Contemporary Austin. Courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Left: Yoko Ono, Cut Piece, 1964/1965. 16 mm film transferred to HD (black and white, sound). Performed by the artist, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City, USA. March 25, 1965. Filmed by Albert and David Maysles. Running time: 9:10. Right: Yoko Ono, Cut Piece, 1964/2003. HDCAM videotape (color, sound). Performed by the artist, Théâtre du Ranelagh, Paris, France, September 15, 2003. Running time: 43:00. Installation view, Strange Pilgrims, organized by The Contemporary Austin, on view at the Visual Arts Center at The University of Texas at Austin, 2015. Artwork © Yoko Ono. Courtesy the artist. Image © The Contemporary Austin. Courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
