karreport
karreport is a blog by Robert W. Karr, Jr. covering the history of U.S.-Japan relations through the lens of the Garden of the Phoenix located on the Wooded Island in Jackson Park, Chicago. Karr has been involved with the Garden of the Phoenix for nearly 30 years, and is excited to share this complex history with you from his unique perspective.
To assist with your navigation of karreport, start with an Introduction: The Garden of the Phoenix. Beyond that, just scroll and jump through the blog and see where it takes you. Since the intent of the site is to familiarize you with this complex history, the blog entry titles typically begin with a date, and are in chronological order by event, beginning with most recent.
Karr regularly updates karreport with both new blog entries as well as updates within the blog entries. Please contact us if you are interested in receiving the karreport quarterly report, which highlights updates to this website and provides other materials not available on this website.
2013-2019 | Evolution of SKYLANDING by Yoko Ono
In 2013, shortly after her 80th birthday, the artist was invited to visit the Garden of the Phoenix and the site of the Phoenix Pavilion in Chicago's historic Jackson Park. The Pavilion was a gift from Japan to the people of the United States following the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and was lost to arson in 1946. There, the artist became inspired to create SKYLANDING.
2016 | SKYLANDING - Peace Rising Video
SKYLANDING in the Garden of the Phoenix is the first permanent work of art by Yoko Ono in the Americas, and a marker of her place as an artist of profound international influence and her lifelong mission for world peace.