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I Seem to Live: The New York Diaries, 1969-2011 -- Volume 2

I Seem to Live: The New York Diaries, 1969-2011 -- Volume 2

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I Seem to Live: The New York Diaries, 1969-2011 -- Volume 2

W033752 | $45.00 / 10% library disc.

Spector Books, Leipzig, 2021.

800 pp. 350 ills. 22 x 16 cm. In English. Paperbound.

ISBN 9783959052900

For volume 1, see Worldwide W018942. Publisher's description: This second installment of Jonas Mekas' (1922-2019) autobiography describes the incredible accomplishments of the great filmmaker's life from the late 1960s on. In 1970 Mekas co-founded the Anthology Film Archives with Jerome Hill, P. Adams Sitney, Peter Kubelka and Stan Brakhage; nine years later he bought (in an auction) the Courthouse building at 32-24 2nd Avenue, where Anthology remains today. This period also saw his first return to Lithuania, where he saw his mother and family after 27 years, and some of his best-known essayistic films: Walden (1969), Reminiscences from Lithuania (1972) and Lost Lost Lost (1976).The 1970s was a time of loss and growth for Mekas: George Maciunas, Fluxus guru and his closest Lithuanian American friend, died in 1978, and Mekas began a family. The following years saw numerous exhibitions across the US and Europe, as well as publications such as I Had Nowhere to Go, film projects and travels. The final chapter of the book comprises personal letters to Mekas' closest friends.

Subject Headings: Western Art -- United States -- Post-1945 ; Post-1970 -- Video/Film -- Personal Papers and Correspondence --

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