Newspaper advertisement from The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, May 27, 2000
Biennale of Sydney 2000 - Schedule of Yoko Ono events
24, 26 May 6.00 pm - 10.00 pm, 25 May 6.00pm - 12.00 pm
Yoko Ono's Smile projections
Yoko Ono's projection of stills from Film No. 5, the Smile Film will appear on the AMP
building Circular Quay. This event can be seen from the forecourt of Customs House.
VENUE: AMP Building, Circular Quay
COST: FREE
Friday 26 May 8.30 pm
Yoko Ono - Lecture
A unique and intimate performance Yoko Ono's Lecture is a one night only show developed
with site specific reference to Australia and the Sydney Opera House. A major
international artist since the 1950s, Ono is a famed conceptual artist whose work is
quietly confrontational and poignant. Ono's performances vary from event to event and the
subject of the Lecture will not be divulged until the night. Previous performances have
included such events as inviting audience members to come on stage and cut off pieces of
her clothing.
The live performance at the Sydney Opera House has sold out but you can join the
live streaming of the Lecture.
Friday 26 May: Sydney: 08.30 pm New York: 06.30 am London: 11.30 am Tokyo: 07.30 pm GMT: 10.30 am
Saturday 3 June 1 pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Bottoms
director Yoko Ono in collaboration with David Cox, 1966-70 16mm 7 min.
Experimental short film
Fly
director Yoko Ono in collaboration with John Lennon, 1966-70 16mm 25 min. A
naked woman sleeps undisturbed as a housefly descends upon her body. From the point of
view of the insect, the body becomes monumental, transformed into a landscape of hills and
ravines. Yoko Ono also provides the fly sounds
Plus two other films:
Nice coloured girls director: Tracey Moffatt, 1987. 16 mm 17 min.
Double Blind (No Sex Last Night), director: Sophie Calle in collaboration with
Gregory Shepard. 1992
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE
Sunday 4 June 2.30pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Repeat program of Saturday 3 June
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono with ‘Ex It’, 1998
100 coffins, 100 trees Ex It, El Almudin, Valencia
floorspace 8. 00 x 28. 60 m
courtesy Lenono Photo Archive & Generalitat Valenciana
photography: Miguel Angel Valero
At the Art Gallery of New South Wales 26 May - 30 July
Information and photograph from the Biennale of Sydney website.
Biennale of Sydney 2000
Art Gallery of New South Wales
26 May - 30 July
Ground Floor & Lower Lever 1
The Southern hemisphere's pre-eminent contemporary art event will be held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Object Gallery and Artspace. The 12th Biennale takes as its focus a small number of artists whose work has made a significant impact on our ideas and attitudes by teasing our inflexibility and cautiously evolved views. An international selection committee has chosen around fifty artists whose work has rattled the cages of the status quo, including Yoko Ono, Juan Muņoz, Sophie Calle, Louise Bourgeois and Xu Bing.
Films
Saturday 3 June, then Wednesdays & Sundays 7 June-19 July Domain Theatre, Level 3
An extensive programme of feature, documentary and experimental films, including Alfred
Hitchcock's Rear Window 1954, the documentary Hoop Dreams 1994 and two short
films by Yoko Ono.
Information and photograph from the Art Gallery of New South Wales website.