University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 7, 1988
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Yoko Ono brings her performance art to Kansas City
By M. Meredith Relph
Kansan staff writer
Yoko Ono
In 1966, Yoko Ono presented a show of conceptual art in London where one of the exhibits, "Nail It," consisted of a board into which visitors were asked to pay five schillings to pound an imaginary nail.
A man named John Lenon asked her if, since the nail was imaginary, could
he pay her an imaginary five schillings?
That meeting provoked one of the most highly-publicized musical, artistic and marital collaborations in the 20th century. Much has been written about the Japanese woman and the former Beatle, but Yoko Ono is an artist and musician in her own right.
Although her own career has been set aside for several years because of her collaboration with Lennon, Ono was at the University of Missouri-Kansas City on Friday to promote her first major art show since 1972 with a press conference. She supervised the set-up of the
UMKC exhibit, titled "Yoko Ono: Three Events"
The show, which is free to the public, opened yesterday and will run through Dec. 16.
UMKC Gallery director, Craig Subler said Oone's show had been financed by the university department of contemporary art and the Missouri Arts Council.
Subler introduced Ono without elaborating on her artwork, simply saying that the pieces required participation by the viewers.
"It's up to Yoko to explain the pieces," Subler said.
said.
Ono's "Three Events" consists of a white-lacquered chess set on a white board, titled "Play It With Trust," a white broken teacup exhibit, "Mend," and a new version of Ono's "1966' Nail It' exhibition. The 1888 version does not have a fee and has real nails, of which Ono hammered the first into the exhibit.
"I needed the money then (in 1966)." Ono said.
"It was a long time ago and this version is a totally different experience. It's not just exhibited, it grows."
While "Nail it" required physical participation, the other two pieces in the show used
mental and emotional energy, Ono said.
She said the chess set had been called "Play it With Trust" because all the pieces were the same color and opponents had to trust one another to keep track of the right pieces.
Ono said her art pieces spoke for themselves. "I don't have to make a statement about them," she said.
Ono's work is called conceptual or performance art, and she said that while these types of exhibits were avant-garde in the 1960s, they were experiencing a growth in popularity during the 1980s.
the 1980s.
"The 60s were very exciting." Ono said.
"There is still a lot to do today. This generation of children is very interested in the 60s. My son (Sean) is always asking me, 'What was it like then?' "
then? Ono said that many people would be interested in seeing her work because of her association with Lennon.
with Lebanon.
"But that doesn't matter. He would be right here," she said, indicating the seat next to her. "That was the beautiful thing about our relationship. We were both in love with each other's work."
Yoko Ono, conceptual artist and widow of John Lennon,hammers in the first nail of her sculpture "Nail It." Ono was in Kansas City Friday to promote her art show.
The hill overlooking Memorial Stadium offers a different atmosphere for a Saturday afternoon football game. Steve Gosling, Los Alamos, N.M., junior, and Amy Gustafson, Lenexa sophomore, had a barbecue before the K-State game Saturday.
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Myrick said he felt slightly disoriented after he was free and had to dodge a hoard of students bolting for the opposite goal post.
mug of the open cup."
"I had to get up and run because."
I didn't want to get stamped," he said. "I was lucky."
Lawrence Memorial Hospital reported treating one student with a head injury. Watkins said injury figures were not available.
figures were the wrecks. Security didn't try to control the fans that ran onto the field, Myrick said.
"They let them (tear down the goal posts)," he said. "They didn't try to stop anyone."
KU athletic director Bob Frederick said he felt badly for the injured students.
"That's always a concern." Frederick said. "That's one of the reasons that the goal posts have gotten lighter and lighter, and they go down a little easier.
"It's not something I'd like to have as a regular occurrence because it's expensive, but under the circumstances, I was as excited as the students. I hope we can get an equally enthusiastic response for the Missouri game."
A portion of the goal post was carried out of the stadium and thrown into Potter Lake where another student was injured. The name of the student was not released.
released. "There was a guy lying on the ground with a bad cut on his
torehead," said Mike Diggs, Wichta senior. "He was bleeding pretty bad.
"Someone was holding a shirt on his head, and it looked as if he didn't seem about his senses. I was worried that this guy might go into shock."
As the crowd of students carried the post to the lake, they maneuvered it through the trees, and the injury occurred as the post was
being turned, Diggs said
He said he wasn't surprised that someone was injured.
"Everytime you hear about some goal posts being torn down, you hear about someone getting hurt," he said.
Diggs said the attitudes of onlookers also discouraged him.
"Someone said, 'He's got a victory scar,' Diggs. "It's great to win a game, but you hate
to see someone get hurt when they don't have to, and to trivialize it by saying he got a victory scar was bad."
The students' wild antics, however, weren't enough to ruin the Jayhawks' first victory of the season.
"How can you not be in favor of seeing some students excited about a football victory?" Diggs said.
KU, city leaders plan to bolster interaction
By Craig Welch
Kansan staff writer
University of Kansas administrators, city leaders and members of Student Senate agreed Friday to increase communication between the University and the surrounding community.
Sherri Sweers, holdover senator, arranged a breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Friday in the English Room at the Kansas Union for about 20 city, county and University location to get breakfast well about issues that con-[ed both KU and Douglas County, she said.
she said.
Sweers opened the discussion by suggesting that regular, structured meetings between the three groups should be scheduled more often than once per semester.
Jane Hutchinson, Student Senate executive committee chairman, said that she thought there was a need for more interaction between students and the community.
"Often, the only real contact students have with the Lawrence community is negative," she said. "That's partially our (students) fault, but I think there is a lot that can be done."
Bob Schumm, Lawrence mayor agreed.
"I think it's a great idea," he said
"It's hard to know what the people of Lawrence want. I think meeting a couple of times a semester would be a great help. You can gain a lot of information during an hour-long breakfast."
breakfast. Sweers also mentioned that many students would like to become more involved in the community. She said that many students were interested in gaining experience by contributing to the community through volunteer service.
Brook Menges, student body president, said that communication between the city and the University was important in this area.
names. Menees said that he had worked with organizations in the Lawrence area that didn't know where to get student help. He said, "They know there are warm bodies out there, but they don't know where to go to find them."
Schumm said that he and David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, would work out a schedule for future meetings.
Another topic was a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would exclude college students from receiving information in their school's city.
The group unanimously agreed that it should vote to reject the amendment which will appear on the ballot tomorrow.
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