In concurrence with Yoko Ono‘s Wish Tree and A Dream You Dream Together – A Symposium Celebrating Yoko Ono, Making Space at the Armory presents two intimate tribute concerts in one of the Armory historic period rooms inspired by Ono’s works and legacy.
Matmos: Fresh Squeezed Grapefruit
Saturday, February 15 at 8:00pm
Tickets: $45 (plus fees)
Experimental electronic music duo Matmos come to the Armory’s Veterans Room for a performance responding to Yoko Ono’s pathbreaking book of instructions Grapefruit (1964), first self-published in Tokyo in 1964. Using this foundational anthology of poetic and conceptual instructions, often with performative prompts, Matmos activates a selection of the objects and actions described in Ono’s text pieces, including: chewing gum, whispers, stones, masks, maps, smells, mirrors, water, sticks, alarms, flutes, pencils, tape, egg timers, gauze, and tuna fish sandwiches. Playing these objects, sampling and manipulating their sounds, Matmos enact Ono’s instructions and constructing new forms in real time out of these everyday materials in a performance titled “Fresh Squeezed Grapefruit.”
Double Bill: Alicia Hall Moran & Carl Hancock Rux
Sunday, February 16 at 8:00pm
Tickets: $45 (plus fees)
The weekend continues with a double bill performance by vocalist and performer Alicia Hall Moran and visionary multidisciplinary artist, poet, playwright, and musician Carl Hancock Rux in the Veterans Room. A solo by Moran engages Ono’s 1981 song “Walking on Thin Ice,” while Rux is joined by DJ Spooky and Indian classical multi-instrumentalist Kamal Sabri in a meditative piece with three movements evoking Ono’s spoken word.
Related Event
Wish Tree
February 14–17, 2025
Related Event
A Dream You Dream Together: A Symposium Celebrating Yoko Ono
February 15–16, 2025
Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council under the leadership of Speaker Adrienne Adams.
Photo: Da Ping Luo
February 15–16, 2025
Saturday, February 15 at 8:00pm
Sunday, February 16 at 8:00pm
Performance Details
Veterans Room
General Admission
Tickets
$45 (plus fees)
Includes admission to the Wish Tree installation
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