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Jonas Mekas was born in 1922 in the farming village of Semeniškiai, Lithuania. In 1944, he and his brother Adolfas were taken by the Nazis to a forced labor camp in Elmshorn, Germany. After the War he studied philosophy at the University of Mainz. At the end of 1949 the UN Refugee Organization brought both brothers to New York City, where they ...
- "As I Was Moving Ahead," Representing Lithuania at The 51st Edition of The Venice Biennale
"A Few Things I Want to Share with You, My Paris Friends"...
- Diary
Jonas Mekas and Friends In Concert – Berlin – July 7, 2018....
- "As I Was Moving Ahead," Representing Lithuania at The 51st Edition of The Venice Biennale
Jonas Mekas (/ ˈmiːkɑːs /; [1] Lithuanian: [ˈjonɐs ˈmækɐs]; December 24, 1922 – January 23, 2019) was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema ". [2] Mekas's work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals worldwide. [3] Mekas was active in New York City ...
Nov 28, 2021 · On 24-25 November, the programme partners gathered in Vilnius to meet each other and discuss the launch of the year of celebrations. “Jonas Mekas is one of the most prominent figures in world culture coming from Lithuania and the 100th anniversary of his birth is a unique opportunity to bring together his friends, fans and researchers of his ...
Jonas Mekas DOCUMENTS · Cinema Comparat/ive Cinema · Vol. I · No. 3. · 2013 · 10-17 10 I have never been able really to figure out where my life begins and where it ends. CHAPTER I I have never, never been able to figure it all out. What its all about, what it all means. S’ o when I began now to put all these rolls of film together,
Jonas Mekas is known primarily as a filmmaker; not only a filmmaker but a very inventive and innovative creator of a new style of filmmaking: the film diary. However, during his most active and productive years, he was not generally known as a filmmaker at all. His claim to fame throughout the 1960s and 70s was as editor-in-chief of the first ...
The vast scope of Mekas’ contribution to global cultural is examined through film screenings and retrospectives, exhibitions, readings, workshops, new publications and translations of Mekas’ writings, and concerts celebrating the spirit of his work, among other events. The Jonas Mekas 100!
Apr 3, 2019 · Jonas Mekas menginisiasi penayangan dua filem yang yang dianggap tidak layak tayang karena terbentur standar moral yang ada saat itu. Di tahun 1964 Jonas Mekas ditangkap polisi karena menayangkan Flaming Creatures (Jack Smith, 1963) dan Un Chant d’Amour (Jean Genet, 1950)((Ibid)). Dalam konteks produksi filem, wacana sinema alternatif menjadi ...
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