Cut Piece
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono sits on stage, a pair of scissors in front of her. She asks the audience to cut open her clothes. Initially, it seems like a bit of artistic fun, but then the mood changes. We see it in Yoko Ono’s face. Men are especially willing to join in; the women are a little more hesitant. Yoko Ono stops only when she can barely hold the shreds of her underwear together. She stages this performance for the first time in Japan in 1964. In the US, she asked Albert and David Maysles to film her performance.
Claudia Richarz
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono, musician, composer, artist, activist and pop icon, was born in Tokyo in 1933. The conceptual artist is considered a pioneer of the US Fluxus movement. She married John Lennon in 1969, and the couple worked together on numerous projects until 1980. Her multifaceted body of work encompasses conceptual statements, performances, poems, films, photography, compositions, paintings and installations. She is a peace and human rights activist.
Films by Yoko Ono (Selection)
Walking On Thin Ice 2016 | Fly 1970 | Freedom 1970 | Rape (mit John Lennon) 1969 | Two Virgins (mit John Lennon) 1968 | Film No. 1 (Match) 1966 | Cut Piece 1965
