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Liverpool Skyladders by Yoko Ono

Originally shown in a ruined church as part of the Liverpool Biennial 08, it is evolved from a 1968 peice Sky Event.

The work was created by publicly donated ladders, growing as more arrived and each ladder attached with a note from the contributor.

Compared to the original 1968 work, this installation however was a more quieter, meditative experience, where the ubiquitous ladders were transformed into a vehicle of wonder.

Ladders repeat through her work, used to reach a higher level physically and metaphorically.

'The ladder takes you a bit closer to the sky.'

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My Time At Home-- Homemade Meals, Clean Clothes and Yoko Ono

Having returned to Huddersfield to complete my University year I have remembered the things done over my time at home in Merseyside. Being close to to end of my first year of university i of course have tons of work to be done, but I don't see the point in having a term break if you aren't going to take a break from work, so I spent some time relaxing, taking in the luxuries of being being back in my family home bathing in the wonders that are homemade meals and free washing machines!

However not all of my time was spent lazing about; being so close to Liverpool I spent a good deal of time wandering about the many art and museum exhibitions that the great city has to offer. I encountered the work of Yoko Ono, Roger McGouch and Mark Cockram, Rachel Goodyear and Nicola Green. One of my favourite exhibits was Ono's Skyladder installations. As a piece originally formed for the 2008 Biennial Ono appealed to the people of Liverpool, requesting for them to donate ladders. To further understand this exhibit I spent some time researching the origin of Ono's fascination with ladders. I soon realised that it stemmed from her first time meeting Beatle and Liverpudlian John Lennon in a London exhibition Unfinished Paintings and Objects that included a ladder. From this, I can easily assume that her love of ladders comes from an immediate association with that first meeting of her future husband. The exhibition includes a lovely handwritten description "Pick a ladder, Watch it very carefully, Climb the ladder, In your dream, To get closer to the sky".