Lighting of Yoko Ono´s Imagine Peace Tower in Viðey

The Imagine Peace Tower by Yoko Ono will be lit for the twentieth time on Friday, 9 October at 8:00 p.m. in Viðey.The Viðey Ferry is free of charge, and complimentary shuttle bus service will be available from Reykjavík City Hall.Registration is required for the event. Please follow the link below to reserve your place.

Join us for a special evening on Viðey Island as the Imagine Peace Tower is illuminated for the twentieth time. The programme includes guided tours, an art workshop, live music, and a ceremonial gathering at the Imagine Peace Tower

Programme Guided Tours and Art Workshop

All guided tours begin at Viðey House (Viðeyjarstofa), and the art workshop takes place at The Boathouse (Naust).

5:30 PM Art workshop hosted by Reykjavík Art Museum, running until the Peace Tower lighting ceremony.

5:45 PM Guided tour by Reykjavík Art Museum of the artworks of Richard Serra and Yoko Ono.

6:00 PM Historical walk hosted by Reykjavík City Museum.

6:45 PM Guided tour by Reykjavík Art Museum of the artworks of Richard Serra and Yoko Ono.

7:00 PM Historical walk hosted by Reykjavík City Museum.

Imagine Peace Tower Ceremony 7:45 PM Live musical performance by Árný Margrét

7:58 PM Address by Hildur Björnsdóttir, Mayor of Reykjavík

8:00 PM The Imagine Peace Tower is illuminated to Imagine by John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Transportation Ferry Service:

Skarfabakki – Viðey 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM The ferry is free of charge. However, advance registration for ferry departures is required through Elding.

Return Ferry Service: Viðey – Skarfabakki 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Shuttle Bus:

Reykjavík City Hall – Skarfabakki(every 30 minutes)

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Skarfabakki – Reykjavík City Hall (every 30 minutes)

8:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Viðeyjarstofa will be open from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM, or until the last guest has departed the island. Light refreshments will be available for purchase.

About the Imagine Peace Tower:

The Imagine Peace Tower on Viðey Island is the brainchild of artist and peace activist Yoko Ono. It was conceived as a beacon for world peace. The artwork takes the form of a “wish well”, engraved with the words “Imagine Peace” in 24 languages. From the well rises a column of light composed of fifteen powerful searchlights that merge into a single beam reaching into the sky. Six of the beams travel horizontally through passages beneath the surrounding platform and are reflected upward by mirrors. The platform is surfaced with three types of Icelandic stone: rhyolite, dolerite, and basalt, creating a work that combines light, landscape, and a message of peace.