Whats it like to see Voice Piece for Soprano in this context?
There are so many instructions in [my book] Grapefruit and I didn’t remember this one very well. Then, five or six years ago, I wanted to do a piece outdoors at a museum in Europe. I was going through Grapefruit, and I thought, Voice Piece for Soprano will do. I sent it to them, and it seemed like it was a very successful event. So I started to think, this is a big one. It could be paired with my Cut Piece, [a piece first performed in 1964, in which audience members took turns using a pair of scissors to gradually cut off all of Ono’s clothes] in terms of protest and rebelliousness. I thought, “Wow, this is great!” but then I moved on to do other things. Then, MoMA said they wanted to do this one, and I said, “Oh, really?” Because I always thought MoMA was very quiet. Not anymore. I feel very guilty about that, in a way. But I’m not the one who chose it. I just don’t want to give any trouble to anybody, comically. I suppose this is okay! Well, then again, its effect isn’t really up to
