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This book is a collection of published and unpublished texts by Jonas Mekas, filmmaker, writer, poet, and cofounder of the Anthology Film Archives in New York.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.
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Viennese Actionism, Memoirs, Diary, Interview, Cinema, Criticism, Literature, Media art, Music, Performance, Politics, Pop art, Contemporary dance, Photography, Art‑related socializing, Experimental Music
Hill Jerome (Article author), Taubin Amy (Article author), Gehr Ernie (Article author), Wieland Joyce (Article author), Kelman Ken (Article author), Ladd Margaret (Article author), Sontag Susan (Article author), de Antonio Emile Francisco (Article author), Nitsch Hermann (Article author), Kubelka Peter (Article author), Dyke Willard van (Article author), Melton Hollis (Article author), Paik Nam June (Article author), Landsbergis Vytautas (Article author), Corso Gregory (Article author), Ono Yoko (Article author), Lennon John (Article author), Hawkins Erick (Article author), Dlugoszewski Lucia (Article author), Beck Julian (Article author), Malina Judith (Article author), Stern Gerd (Article author), Callahan Michael (Article author), Durkee Steve (Article author), Bachmann Gideon (Article author), Pasolini Pier Paolo (Article author), Foreman Richard (Article author), Sitney P. Adams (Article author)
Snow Michael, Cage John, Schneemann Carolee, Dine Jim, Smith Jack, Cornell Joseph, Berg Alban, Deren Maya, Ginsberg Allen Irwin, USCO, Schuldt Herbert, Jacobs Ken, Warhol Andy, Sokolow Anna, Beard Peter Hill
Leipzig
2015
456 pages
9783959050333
Available on request
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