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- Yoko : a biography / by Sheff, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."John Lennon once described Yoko Ono as the world's most famous unknown artist. "Everybody knows her name, but no one knows what she does." She has only been important to history insofar as she impacted Lennon. Throughout her life, Yoko has been a caricature, curiosity, and, often, a villain -- an inscrutable seductress, manipulating con artist, and caterwauling fraud. The Lennon/Beatles saga is one of the greatest stories ever told, but Yoko's part has been missing -- hidden in the Beatles' formidable shadow, further obscured by flagrant misogyny and racism. This definitive biography of Yoko Ono's life will change that. In this book, Yoko Ono takes centerstage. Yoko's life, independent of Lennon, was an amazing journey. Yoko spans from her birth to wealthy parents in pre-war Tokyo, her harrowing experience as a child during the war, her arrival in avant-garde art scene in London, Tokyo, and New York City. It delves into her groundbreaking art, music, feminism, and activism. We see how she coped under the most intense, relentless, and cynical microscope as she was falsely vilified for the most heinous cultural crime imaginable: breaking up the greatest rock-and-roll band in history. This book was nearly a half century in the making. In 1980, David Sheff met Yoko and John when Sheff conducted an in-depth interview with them just months before John's murder. In the aftermath of the killing, he and Yoko became close as she rebuilt her life, survived threats and betrayals, and went on to create groundbreaking art and music while campaigning for peace and other causes. Drawing from his experiences and interviews with her, her family, closest friends, collaborators, and many others, Sheff shows us Yoko's nine decades -- one of the most unlikely and remarkable lives ever lived. Yoko is a harrowing, moving, propulsive, and vastly entertaining biography of a woman whose story has never been accurately told. The book not only rehabilitates Yoko Ono's reputation but elevates it to iconic status"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Ono, Yōko.; Artists; Asian Americans; Japanese American artists; Japanese American musicians; Women artists; Women musicians;
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- American. by Wu, Danny,film director.; Houseman, John,actor.; Welles, Orson,actor.; Callow, Simon,actor.; Gravitas Ventures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
John Houseman, Orson Welles, Simon CallowOriginally produced by Gravitas Ventures in 2022.In the early 1940s, director Orson Welles navigates his meteoric Hollywood rise. As WWII begins, a Japanese American boy visits abroad, and an African American soldier enlists in the army. As the story heads towards 1947, each character follows their own ambitions in search of their American identity.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Motion pictures.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.; Motion pictures--Production and direction.; World War, 1939-1945.; United States--History.; Motion picture producers and directors.;
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- Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV. by Kim, Amanda,film director.; Films We Like (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Films We Like in 2022.This documentary explores the life and revolutionary work of Nam June Paik, a Korean-American artist often hailed as the “father of video art.” Through archival footage, personal letters, and narrations by Steven Yeun, the film follows Paik’s journey from his childhood in Japanese-occupied Korea to his prominence in the global art scene, where he collaborated with icons like John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and Merce Cunningham. Known for transforming television into an experimental canvas, Paik's visionary installations, such as Good Morning, Mr. Orwell, a live 1984 broadcast featuring Laurie Anderson and Allen Ginsberg, predicted today’s digital interconnectedness. Director Amanda Kim paints an intimate picture of Paik's enduring influence on media, art, and cultural expression, underscoring how his “Electronic Superhighway” foreshadowed the age of the internetMode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Art.; Arts.; Science.; Computer science.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Biography.; Art and architecture.;
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