Jonas Mekas: Scrapbook of the Sixties Writings 1954–2010 ACTIVE2026 Elizabeth Kennedy

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Jonas Mekas: Scrapbook of the Sixties Writings 1954–2010 ACTIVE2026 Elizabeth KennedyAndy Warhol, Susan Sontag, John Lennon & Yoko Ono Jonas Mekas was well acquainted with a great many New York artists. Born in Lithuania, he came to Brooklyn via Germany in 1949 and began shooting his first experimental films there. Mekas developed a form of film diary in which he recorded his daily observations. He became the barometer of the New York art scene and a pioneer of American avant garde cinema. Every week, starting in 1958 he published his