The IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is a work of art conceived by Yoko Ono in memory of John Lennon.

It is dedicated to peace and bears the inscription 'IMAGINE PEACE' in 24 languages.

Its construction and installation is a collaboration between Yoko Ono, the City of Reykjavik, Reykjavik Art Museum and Reykjavik Energy.

The work is in the form of a wishing well from which a very strong and tall tower of light emerges. The strength, intensity and brilliance of the light tower continually changes as the particles in the air fluctuate with the prevailing weather and atmospheric conditions unique to Iceland.

Every year it will light up between October 9th (Lennon's birthday) and December 8th (the day of his death).

In addition the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will be lit on New Year's Eve, during the first week of spring and on some rare special occasions agreed between the City and Ono.

The electricity for the light comes entirely from the Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant.





SEND A WISH TO THE TOWER!!!


Send your wishes to the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER from this page. Link: http://www.imaginepeace.com/wish.html

If you have not had the chance to hang your wishes on the Wish Trees, you can now send your wishes directly by email (wish@imaginepeace.com)
or using postcards, or
simply writing a note to:
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, PO Box 1009, 121 Reykjavík, Iceland.



The IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Reykjavik is surrounded by more than half a million PEACE WISHES from people worldwide.
Yoko has been collecting them since 1981 as part of her interactive Wish Tree exhibits.
The wishes are stored in capsules and buried surrounding the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER



All we are saying is give peace a chance.
John Lennon, 1968


Let us wake up, come together,
and work on cleaning and healing our planet,
instead of further destroying it.
Let's not waste one more day in creating a machinery of destruction.
Give us a chance.
On behalf of ourselves and all species on Earth.
We can do it.
We must.

Yoko Ono
Address to the United Nations, 2005

Give Peace a Chance!

*Power to the People*