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Trys draugai / Jurgis Mačiūnas, Yoko Ono, John Lennon
Brangus skaitytojau, šioje knygoje rasite trijų 0monių, kurių gyvenimus likimas neatskiriamai susiejo, pėdsakus. Jurgis Mačiūnas – Fluxus judėjimo kūnas ir dvasia, Barnum ir Baillie; zeno humoristas, nereikšmingumo ir subtilumo genijus, Soho ir kooperatinių namų idėjos įgyvendinimo pradininkas; John Lennon – garsiausias The Beatles, turbūt pačios įtakingiausios mūsų laikų roko grupės, narys, kurio veiklą po 1966 metų galima apibūdinti ir kaip zeną, ir kaip Fluxus; ir Yoko Ono, kuri atvedė Johną į Fluxus ir tiesiogiai dalyvavo formuojantis Fluxus – tiek savo kūryba, tiek draugaudama su Jurgiu; trys draugai, kurių gyvenimai, menai ir svajonės pakeisti pasaulį menu susipynė. Jonas Mekas
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First published January 1, 2007
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Jonas Mekas
114 books195 followersJonas Mekas is a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet and artist who has often been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema." His work has been exhibited in museums and festivals world-wide.
In 1944, Mekas left Lithuania because of war. En route, his train was stopped in Germany and he and his brother, Adolfas Mekas (1925–2011), were imprisoned in a labor camp in Elmshorn, a suburb of Hamburg, for eight months. The brothers escaped and were detained near the Danish border where they hid on a farm for two months until the end of the war. After the war, Mekas lived in displaced person camps in Wiesbaden and Kassel. From 1946 to 1948, he studied philosophy at the University of Mainz and at the end of 1949, he emigrated with his brother to the U.S., settling in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Two weeks after his arrival, he borrowed the money to buy his first Bolex 16mm camera and began to record moments of his life. He discovered avant-garde film at venues such as Amos Vogel’s pioneering Cinema 16, and he began curating avant-garde film screenings at Gallery East on Avenue A and Houston Street, and a Film Forum series at Carl Fisher Auditorium on 57th Street.
In 1954, together with his brother Adolfas Mekas, he founded Film Culture, and in 1958, began writing his “Movie Journal” column for The Village Voice. In 1962, he co-founded Film-Makers' Cooperative and the Filmmakers' Cinematheque in 1964, which eventually grew into Anthology Film Archives, one of the world’s largest and most important repositories of avant-garde film. He was part of the New American Cinema, with, in particular, fellow film-maker Lionel Rogosin. He was a close collaborator with artists such as Andy Warhol, Nico, Allen Ginsberg, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Salvador Dalí, and fellow Lithuanian George Maciunas.
In 1964, Mekas was arrested on obscenity charges for showing Flaming Creatures (1963) and Jean Genet’s Un Chant d’Amour (1950). He launched a campaign against the censorship board, and for the next few years continued to exhibit films at the Film-makers’ Cinemathèque, the Jewish Museum, and the Gallery of Modern Art. From 1964 to 1967, he organized the New American Cinema Expositions, which toured Europe and South America and in 1966 joined 80 Wooster Fluxhouse Coop.
In 1970, Anthology Film Archives opened on 425 Lafayette Street as a film museum, screening space, and a library, with Mekas as its director. Mekas, along with Stan Brakhage, Ken Kelman, Peter Kubelka, James Broughton, and P. Adams Sitney, began the ambitious Essential Cinema project at Anthology Film Archives to establish a canon of important cinematic works.
As a film-maker, Mekas' own output ranges from his early narrative film (Guns of the Trees, 1961) to “diary films” such as Walden (1969); Lost, Lost, Lost (1975); Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972), Zefiro Torna (1992), and As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, which have been screened extensively at festivals and museums around the world.
Mekas expanded the scope of his practice with his later works of multi-monitor installations, sound immersion pieces and "frozen-film" prints. Together they offer a new experience of his classic films and a novel presentation of his more recent video work. His work has been exhibited at the 51st Venice Biennial, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, the Ludwig Museum, the Serpentine Gallery, and the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center.
In the year 2007, Mekas released one film every day on his website, a project he entitled "The 365 Day Project."[2] Since the 1970s, he has taught film courses at the New School for Social Research, MIT, Cooper Union, and New York University.
Mekas is also a well-known Lithuanian language poet and has published his poems and prose in Lithuanian, French, German, and English. He has published many of his journals and diaries including "I Had Nowhere to Go: Diaries, 1944–1954," and "Letters from Nowhere,
In 1944, Mekas left Lithuania because of war. En route, his train was stopped in Germany and he and his brother, Adolfas Mekas (1925–2011), were imprisoned in a labor camp in Elmshorn, a suburb of Hamburg, for eight months. The brothers escaped and were detained near the Danish border where they hid on a farm for two months until the end of the war. After the war, Mekas lived in displaced person camps in Wiesbaden and Kassel. From 1946 to 1948, he studied philosophy at the University of Mainz and at the end of 1949, he emigrated with his brother to the U.S., settling in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Two weeks after his arrival, he borrowed the money to buy his first Bolex 16mm camera and began to record moments of his life. He discovered avant-garde film at venues such as Amos Vogel’s pioneering Cinema 16, and he began curating avant-garde film screenings at Gallery East on Avenue A and Houston Street, and a Film Forum series at Carl Fisher Auditorium on 57th Street.
In 1954, together with his brother Adolfas Mekas, he founded Film Culture, and in 1958, began writing his “Movie Journal” column for The Village Voice. In 1962, he co-founded Film-Makers' Cooperative and the Filmmakers' Cinematheque in 1964, which eventually grew into Anthology Film Archives, one of the world’s largest and most important repositories of avant-garde film. He was part of the New American Cinema, with, in particular, fellow film-maker Lionel Rogosin. He was a close collaborator with artists such as Andy Warhol, Nico, Allen Ginsberg, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Salvador Dalí, and fellow Lithuanian George Maciunas.
In 1964, Mekas was arrested on obscenity charges for showing Flaming Creatures (1963) and Jean Genet’s Un Chant d’Amour (1950). He launched a campaign against the censorship board, and for the next few years continued to exhibit films at the Film-makers’ Cinemathèque, the Jewish Museum, and the Gallery of Modern Art. From 1964 to 1967, he organized the New American Cinema Expositions, which toured Europe and South America and in 1966 joined 80 Wooster Fluxhouse Coop.
In 1970, Anthology Film Archives opened on 425 Lafayette Street as a film museum, screening space, and a library, with Mekas as its director. Mekas, along with Stan Brakhage, Ken Kelman, Peter Kubelka, James Broughton, and P. Adams Sitney, began the ambitious Essential Cinema project at Anthology Film Archives to establish a canon of important cinematic works.
As a film-maker, Mekas' own output ranges from his early narrative film (Guns of the Trees, 1961) to “diary films” such as Walden (1969); Lost, Lost, Lost (1975); Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972), Zefiro Torna (1992), and As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, which have been screened extensively at festivals and museums around the world.
Mekas expanded the scope of his practice with his later works of multi-monitor installations, sound immersion pieces and "frozen-film" prints. Together they offer a new experience of his classic films and a novel presentation of his more recent video work. His work has been exhibited at the 51st Venice Biennial, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, the Ludwig Museum, the Serpentine Gallery, and the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center.
In the year 2007, Mekas released one film every day on his website, a project he entitled "The 365 Day Project."[2] Since the 1970s, he has taught film courses at the New School for Social Research, MIT, Cooper Union, and New York University.
Mekas is also a well-known Lithuanian language poet and has published his poems and prose in Lithuanian, French, German, and English. He has published many of his journals and diaries including "I Had Nowhere to Go: Diaries, 1944–1954," and "Letters from Nowhere,
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March 29, 2023
Klikbaitine antrašte užvadintas dokumentų rinkinys, atskleidžiantis ne trijų draugų, bet Jurgio Mačiūno kaip asmens paslaptį. Mekas šposauja, ar specialiai klaidina (nėra jokio skirtumo), kad tai knyga apie tris draugus. Bet susiryja ši knyga greitai.
Ir susiryja maloniai. Nesu plačiai susipažinęs, nei su Meko avangardu, tuo labiau su Mačiūno Fluxus idėjomis, bet knyga to ir nereikalauja. Tai galimybė akies krašteliu pažvelgti į ano meto laisvo menininko pasaulį.
9/10 vien dėl to klikbaito, nėr čia ko apgaudinėti :)
Rekomenduoju plačiai visiems: nuo meno istorija ar architektūra besidominčiųjų iki dokumentotyrininkų ar biografų.
Ir susiryja maloniai. Nesu plačiai susipažinęs, nei su Meko avangardu, tuo labiau su Mačiūno Fluxus idėjomis, bet knyga to ir nereikalauja. Tai galimybė akies krašteliu pažvelgti į ano meto laisvo menininko pasaulį.
9/10 vien dėl to klikbaito, nėr čia ko apgaudinėti :)
Rekomenduoju plačiai visiems: nuo meno istorija ar architektūra besidominčiųjų iki dokumentotyrininkų ar biografų.
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February 6, 2022
A glimpse to New York avant garde scene in 60-70s and a beautiful ode to George Maciunas.
August 2, 2018
Tikėjausi daugiau.
November 22, 2020
Nereali knyga apie laisvamanišką veikėjų laikmetį. Atrodo lyg praleidi kartu laiką su jais - matyt, dėl cituojamų laiškų formato.
Labai įdomi pažintine prasme apie Fluxus, Soho, Happeningą.
Labai įdomi pažintine prasme apie Fluxus, Soho, Happeningą.
August 20, 2019
Įdomus epochos paveikslas. Kai kurias dalis sunku suprasti, kaip ir pagrįsti knygos pavadinimą, bet turbūt Fluxus ir turi būti toks, nebūtinai aiškiai suprantamas. Nustebino, kad Mačiūnas su Mekais susirašinėjo anglų kalba, įdomu pasirodė, kad steigiant fluxnamius Mačiūnas atliko reikšmingą vaidmenį sprendžiant finansų ir inžinerijos klausimus.
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January 30, 2015
Įspūdinga knyga, pateikianti daug įdomių faktų apie Fluxus, Jurgį, Joną bei Yoko bei John, kupina teigiamos energijos, stebinanti Fluxus užmačiomis...
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