The experimental art studio Obsolete Media Miami (O.M.M.) is proud to present Jonas Mekas In Person, a reception and the first screening of the artist in Miami. Film opus Walden I and II was Mekas’ first diary film, originally titled , 1969. Representative of Mekas’ oeuvre, the six-part Walden is an intensely personal record of daily life in New York City edited from a collection of images gathered by Mekas using a Bolex 16mm camera.
Since the mid-1950s, the Lithuanian-born Mekas (b. 1922) has remained at the forefront of the American avant-garde and alternative cinema, working alongside friends like Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Kenneth Anger,and influencing subsequent generations of filmmakers and artists.
Reception
Mar 26, 2016, 7 PM
Screening
Mar 26, 2016, 8 PM
Screening at:
Palm Court Event Space
140 NE 39th St,
Miami, FL 33137
omm305.org
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