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Lighting of the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on Viðey Island, 9 October 2024.
8pm Reykjavik / 9pm Liverpool & London / 4pm New York / 1pm Los Angeles / 5am Tokyo
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The IMAGINE PEACE TOWER by Yoko Ono on Viðey will be lit for the 18th time on Wednesday, October 9th at 8:00 PM. A peaceful ceremony will be held on the island to celebrate the event.
Free ferry and bus rides will be provided before and after the event. The Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik City Museum, will host a program on Viðey starting at 5:45 PM and lasting until 9:30 PM.
Valdimar Guðmundsson and Örn Eldjárn will perform music beside the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, and the Mayor of Reykjavik, Einar Þorsteinsson, will give a speech. It is customary that as soon as the tower is lit, the song
Imagine is played, and people will have the opportunity to take photos and share the event on social media.
Ferry and Bus Information
Yoko Ono offers free ferry rides to Viðey. The ferry will depart from Skarfabakki from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM.
Ferries will depart from Skarfabakki at 17:30, 18:00, 18:30, 19:00, and 19:30, and return trips will be made as needed. Tickets for the Viðey ferry must be reserved, with a limit of 5 tickets per booking, and a total of 1,200 tickets available. Further information is available on the Elding website.
Free bus rides will be available from Reykjavík City Hall, with a stop at Harpa, and then to Skarfabakki. The first bus will leave City Hall at 17:30, and the service will run until 19:00.
The first ferry after the lighting of the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will depart from Viðey at 8:30 PM. It will be possible to take a bus from Skarfabakki to Hlemmur from 8:40 PM until all guests have been transported from Viðey.
Program
The Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik City Museum, and others will host a program starting at 5:45 PM and ending at 9:00 PM.
- 5:45 PM: A walk led by the Reykjavik Art Museum through works by Richard Serra and Yoko Ono.
- 6:00 PM: A history walk led by the Reykjavik City Museum.
- 6:45 PM: A walk led by the Reykjavik Art Museum through works by Richard Serra and Yoko Ono.
- 7:00 PM: A history walk led by the Reykjavik City Museum.
Program Related to the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER
- 7:45 PM: Valdimar Guðmundsson and Örn Eldjárn perform music by the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER.
- 7:58 PM: Einar Þorsteinsson, the mayor, gives a speech.
- 8:00 PM: The IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is lit under the song Imagine by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Refreshments will be available for purchase at Viðeyjarstofa.
The
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is an outdoor artwork by Yoko Ono, built on Viðey in 2007 and dedicated to John Lennon. The tower is lit annually on Lennon’s birthday, October 9th, and shines until December 8th, the day of his passing. The artwork is a symbol of Ono and Lennon’s contuining work for world peace. The tower is in the form of a wishing well, with the words “IMAGINE PEACE” inscribed on it in 24 languages.
For more information, visit:
IMAGINEPEACETOWER.com
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Getting all of my wishes ready now!!
maybe one day I'll be able to visit it on a special day!
