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Yoko Ono - Wish Tree

Yoko Ono provides directions on how to create a wish tree of your very own. The first step is to make a wish and write it down on a piece of paper. The individual is then instructed to fold the paper up and tie it around the branch of a Wish Tree. Furthermore, Ono instructs the participant to encourage his/ her friends to join in on his/her actions and contribute their own wishes to the Wish Tree. The goal of the project is to keep wishing until all of branches of the tree are covered with wishes. This project appears to be a useful and expressive way to give life to the wishes and desires we sometimes hold inside of us and never fully express. Yoko Ono was born on February 18th 1933 in Tokyo, Japan. She studied music in the United States and specialized in avant-garde and bizarre music. At one time, Ono was a high profile celebrity as the wife of John Lennon and later went into hiding after his murder. She reemerged onto the public scene in the 1980's with her bronze art and conceptual art.
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Dragset and Elmgreen - Dinner for Two

Elmgreen and Dragset instruct the individual participating in the performance to select a dinner room table that is neither to large or small, and cover it with a table cloth. The individual should then place two china plates, two sets of forks and knives, and lastly two wine glasses on the table. The participant is then instructed to pull the table cloth from the table, causing the china, utensils and glasses to come crashing down onto the ground. Lastly, The collaboration then instructs the individual to leave the broken pieces and table cloth on the floor next to the table. This performance is probably symbolic of how fast a situation can come crashing down or be destroyed by one individual. Elmgreen and Dragset started their artistic collaboration in the 1950's. Their projects provide the opportunity for change in both actual and social settings. The main emphasis of their projects is the deconstruction and reconstruction of meaning.
http://www.klosterfelde.de/sites/artists/elm-drag/ar_f.html