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John and Yoko events: WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) |
After months of trying to bring their
Bed-In to the United States, Ono and
Lennon launched the worldwide billboard
and poster campaign, War Is Over!
As activism colluded with performance art in the Bed-Ins, the War Is Over! campaign employed the visual economy of the billboard and Ono’s conceptual strategy of empowering the viewer to complete the work. In this instance, “the dream we dream together” is War Is Over! In London, New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Amsterdam, Athens, and Tokyo, the couple commissioned posters and billboards that declared in various languages: “War Is Over! If You Want It. Happy Christmas from John and Yoko.”
As the West Lancashire Evening Gazette reported, “Beatle John Lennon said from his Ascot, Berkshire, home: ‘This is part of our peace campaign. Our theme is that people have the power to stop things they don’t like. And wars must be the first thing.’ The poster idea was Yoko’s he said.”
(from IMAGINE PEACE by Kevin Concannon)
As activism colluded with performance art in the Bed-Ins, the War Is Over! campaign employed the visual economy of the billboard and Ono’s conceptual strategy of empowering the viewer to complete the work. In this instance, “the dream we dream together” is War Is Over! In London, New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Amsterdam, Athens, and Tokyo, the couple commissioned posters and billboards that declared in various languages: “War Is Over! If You Want It. Happy Christmas from John and Yoko.”
As the West Lancashire Evening Gazette reported, “Beatle John Lennon said from his Ascot, Berkshire, home: ‘This is part of our peace campaign. Our theme is that people have the power to stop things they don’t like. And wars must be the first thing.’ The poster idea was Yoko’s he said.”
(from IMAGINE PEACE by Kevin Concannon)
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