Scrapbook of the Sixties: Writings 1954–2010

This book is a collection of published and unpublished texts by Jonas Mekas, filmmaker, writer, poet, and cofounder of the Anthology Film Archives in New York. Mekas became the barometer of the New York art scene and a pioneer of American avant‑garde cinema. He conducted numerous interviews with artists like Andy Warhol, Susan Sontag, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Erick Hawkins, and Nam June Paik. Some of these now appear for the first time in his “Scrapbook of a Sixties”. Mekas's writings reveal him to be a thoughtful diarist and an unparalleled chronicles of the times.

Details

Type

Book

Place of publication

Leipzig

Publisher

Spector Books

Year

2015

Number of pages

456 pages

Language

Russian

ISBN

9783959050333

Open stacks or available on request

Available on request

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

709.203 Mek

Volumes

1

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