Yoko Ono London exhibit, Piles of dirt Musician/artist/activist Yoko Ono is debuting a new art exhibit at London's Serpentine Gallery, and the piece getting the most notice is one consisting of three piles of dirt in front of a sign reading "War Is Over". The artwork, as might be easily deduced, is centered on an anti-war theme.War is Over... again! Yoko Ono launches latest London exhibition with some suitably wacky artwork, It's been several decades since she spread the message 'War is Over' with her late husband John Lennon, but Yoko Ono has embraced it once again in her latest work.
To The Light, in the Serpentine Gallery, is her first exhibition in a London public institution for more than a decade.
In one work of art on display there are three identical mounds of earth labeled 'Country A' 'Country B' and 'Country C' in front of the classic 'War Is Over' poster she made with John Lennon.There are also suspended World War Two helmets hanging on clear wire from the ceiling and inside there are blue jigsaw puzzle pieces.
It includes new and existing installations, films and performances, as well as archive material relating to several key early works.There are several screens on a wall and one of six videos includes her 1968 slow-motion of John Lennon smiling. It is part of the London 2012 Festival, a 12-week UK-wide celebration featuring internationally-renowned artists from Midsummer's Day on 21 June to the final day of the Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012.
Yoko Ono has worked as an artist, film-maker, poet, musician, writer, performance artist and peace activist for over five decades.
Alongside her exhibition staged inside the Gallery, Yoko Ono has also put together a largescale participatory project, called #smilesfilm in Kensington Gardens.Visitors from all over the world can drop in to a specially-designed photo booth installed outside the Serpentine Gallery and record their smiles.
These images will then be collected to make #smilesfilm, which will be exhibited in a physical form on a screen at the Serpentine Gallery and presented globally in digital form on a dedicated website, smilesfilm.com, and apps for iPhone and iPad.
The Gallery says: 'Ono's project at the Serpentine will tap into the transformative potential of the smile, which can change an individual's view, but also radiate out into the world. Ono associates this transmission of positive energy with healing and peace.
'People from cities and countries around the world will be able to freely upload and send their smiles by mobile phone and computer to the world and its people. Each time we add our smiles to #smilesfilm, we are creating our future, together. Give us your smile! I love you!'
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