Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront through her music which prefigured New Wave music (whether she was a... Read full bio →
Fly
The camera follows a fly as it walks about the body of a nude woman. Shot in extreme closeup and accompanied by Ono's eponymous song, the film sets out to celebrate the human body.
Apotheosis
This short follows Lennon and Ono as they take a hot-air balloon ride over snow-covered countryside.
No. 4
This film consists entirely of close ups of famous persons' bottoms. Ono meant it to encourage a dialogue for world peace.
No. 1
In her Fluxus short film "No. 1" (a.k.a. "Match" or "Fluxfilm No. 14: One"), Yoko Ono breaks down a realization of her own piece written in 1955, "Lighting Piece: light a match and watch till it goes out." Fire dies, life is short.
Eyeblink
A 16 mm film, featuring Yoko Ono's own eye slowly blinking, shot by Peter Moore with a high-speed camera at 2,000 frames per second, which is projected at normal speed, 24 frames per second, thus creating a slow-motion effect.