Yoko Ono: Bells for Peace (2019/2025)

›Bells for Peace‹ is a participatory performance by Yoko Ono, rooted in her long-standing practice of engaging audiences through collective participation and shared actions. The work invites people to come together—physically or symbolically—to ring bells in unison, creating a sonic act of hope, solidarity, and the possibility of change. Ono has used bells and communal acts through sound in different ways over the decades; this upcoming iteration draws on the large-scale public performance first staged in Manchester in 2019.

Presented as the concluding gesture of her exhibition  ›Dream Together‹, and as the highlight of the ›Tag im Grünen‹ event, ›Bells for Peace‹ raises awareness for non-violence. We ask all participants to bring a bell to ring together for peace. Those who do not have a bell will be provided one on site—while supplies last.

Yoko Ono (* 1933, Tokyo) is an artist whose thought-provoking work challenges our understanding of art and the world around us. She has distinguished herself across multiple disciplines, from film and art to music and writing. Since the 1960s, Yoko Ono’s art has demonstrated the transformative power of collective action in the pursuit of peace and the vision of another world.

»Think Peace, Act Peace and Spread Peace.
Together, we will shift the axis of the world to Peace.
I love you!
Yoko«

The performance will take place on the front terrace of the Neue Nationalgalerie.