On March 28 at 16:00, a presentation of the Ukrainian edition of the book “Jonas Mekas. Conversations with Filmmakers”, published by ist publishing, will take place in the cinema hall of Jam Factory Art Center.
The event will combine a film screening and a public discussion dedicated to independent cinema and to the figure of Lithuanian-American filmmaker Jonas Mekas, often referred to as the “father of avant-garde cinema.”
Event Program
16:00 — Screening of Fragments of Paradise (2022, dir. K. D. Davison)
A documentary composed of thousands of hours of Mekas’s video and film diaries, including previously unseen footage and audio recordings. It is a story about searching for beauty amidst loss, and about a person who tried to make sense of the world through a camera.
18:00 — Public discussion on the practice of Jonas Mekas and American avant-garde cinema
Speakers:
• Sebastian Mekas — film producer, son of Jonas Mekas
• Anastasiia Leonova — publisher, co-founder of ist publishing
• Tomas Ivanauskas — Cultural Attaché of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Ukraine and Georgia
Moderator: Dariia Badior
“Jonas Mekas. Conversations with Filmmakers” is a collection of spontaneous dialogues between Mekas and artists such as Andy Warhol, Susan Sontag, Agnès Varda, John Cassavetes, Stan Brakhage, and others. These conversations capture a moment when new cinema was just emerging and existed without established rules, large budgets, or guarantees of success.
The Ukrainian edition preserves the original design and layout created by Fabian Bremer and Pascal Storz in collaboration with the German publisher Spector Books. The design adaptation was carried out by artist and designer Ostap Yashchuk. The book was translated from English by Iryna Kurhanska, and the literary editor of the edition is Olha Petrova-Tseunova.
Event Details
Date and time: March 28, 16:00
Location: Jam Factory Art Center
124 B. Khmelnytskoho St., Lviv, Auditorium Hall
Free admission with prior registration. To participate in the presentation, please fill out the registration form.
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ist publishing is an independent small publishing house specializing in books on contemporary culture and art, founded by like-minded collaborators Kateryna Nosko, Anastasiia Leonova, and Borys Filonenko.
The project received support through the Resilience Fund of Goethe-Institut in Ukraine. For the fourth consecutive year, the program continues to support cultural and educational institutions, as well as civil society organizations, that demonstrate exceptional resilience in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The publication is co-financed by the Lithuanian Culture Institute.
The event is organized in cooperation with the Lithuanian Culture Institute and Lithuanian Culture in Ukraine and with the support of the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Lithuania in Lviv.