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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 16:34): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/give-peace-a-chance

Give Peace a Chance

Give Peace a Chance [1]

image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Linda Covit [2]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Linda Covit [3]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Linda Covit [4]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Linda Covit [5]
Location:
Mont-Royal Park, Peel street, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Covit, Linda; Séguin, Marie-Claude
Text author(s): 
Ono, Yoko; Lennon, John
Collaborator(s): 
Groupe Cardinal-Hardy
Installation year: 
2009
Description: 
Several slats featuring the engraved phrase "Give Peace a Chance", translated into 40 languages spoken in Montreal. The work commemorates John Lennon and Yoko Ono's bed-in Montreal in 1969.
Text of the artwork: 

Give Peace a Chance

Text theme: 
Peace
Artwork theme: 
Peace, Tribute
History: 

In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a bed-in for peace in Suite 1742 of Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth hotel.

Dimensions:

Height: 
40m
Width: 
30m
Depth: 
0.7 m
Note(s): 
  • Commissioned by the City of Montreal
  • The languages include Japanese, Malagasy, Mandarin, Mohawk, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish, French, English and Braille.
Artist's biography: 
Linda Covit [6]
Author's biography: 
John Lennon & Yoko Ono [7]
Owner(s): 
City of Montréal
Source: 
lcovit@gmail.com.
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  • Printer-friendly version [9]
  • Fr [10]


Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/give-peace-a-chance
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Give peance a chance_detail.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Give peance a chance.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Give peance a chance_ensemble.jpg
[5] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Give peance a chance_ensemble1.jpg
[6] http://ccca.finearts.yorku.ca/cv/francais/covit-cv.html
[7] http://www.liberation.fr/musique/0101560444-yoko-ono-et-john-lennon-encore-dans-de-beaux-draps
[8] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[9] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1946
[10] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/give-peace-a-chance