"Once upon a thyme, Kind told Keen that she must tell a gory, every naught, to ease his heavy blind..."
The most famous publication by Yoko Ono: it's a book of her instruction pieces. Originally published in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan as a very limited edition of 500 copies.
Yoko Ono in 1966 at Indica Gallery, London
"Instruction painting separates painting into two different functions: the instructions and the realization. The work becomes a reality only when others realize the work. Instructions can be realized by different people in many different ways. This allows infinite transformation of the work that the artist himself cannot foresee, and brings the concept of "time" into painting. It immediately eliminates the usual emphasis put on the original painting, and art comes down from the pedestal.
Instruction painting makes it possible to explore the invisible, the world beyond the concept of time and space. And then, sometimes later, the instructions themselves will disappear and be properly forgotten."
TUNAFISH SANDWICH PIECE
imagine a thousand suns in the
sky at the same time.
Let them shine for one hour.
then, let them gradually melt into the sky.
Make a tunafish sandwich and eat.
"burn this book after you've read it" - yoko
"this is the best book i've ever burnt" -john
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