April 2010

April 22, 2010 – 1:50 am

The birth of a song. From Juliano, our friend in Brazil. Lisbon, October 2009.

“It’s time to wake up!” (with Sebatian Mekas, Jonas Mekas, André Santos, Isabel Salvado, and some other great friends in Lisbon from juliano on Vimeo.

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April 19, 2010 – 10:54 am

A conversation between Leonidas Donskis and myself (in Lithuanian) on the Vilnius TV program “Be Pykčio,” November 5, 2007.


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April 14, 2010 – 11:24 pm

In response to the question in the post below: “Jonas, What do you think of this nostalgia for the film projector, you the man with a digital video camera?”

Sharits’ Shutter Interface installation at Gallery Naftali had nothing to do with nostalgia: It was all real, here and now. The piece, as far as I know, was never done anywhere before. So this was a premiere. Now, today. Nostalgia has to do with past memories. But this event took place here and now, had no past. Nostalgia will come twenty years from now… if it ever comes…

By the way, we do not go to see Goya because of nostalgia, because he painted on canvas: we go to see Goya because his art is eternally here and now.

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April 14, 2010 – 9:18 am

With Prof. Gerald O’Grady, I visit last year’s Paul Sharits installation at the Greene Naftali Gallery.


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April 12, 2010 – 3:38 pm

Jono Meko skersvėjo atidarymas:

(The inauguration of Jonas Mekas Crosswinds Street in Užupis, Vilnius)

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April 8, 2010 – 1:29 am

For the release of the book My First New York, I read at Barnes and Noble from my diaries:


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April 6, 2010 – 12:22 am

My New York Friends,

I will be reading today at 7:30pm at Barnes & Noble on 67th St. and Broadway, together with some other contributors to the Harper Collins book My First New York.

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April 3, 2010 – 3:26 pm

Here is a machine translation of some thoughts of a friend in Hokkaidō, in reference to a post I made a few days ago:

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April 3, 2010 – 9:31 am

Louis Begley accepts the Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award on behalf of Émile Zola:


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April 1, 2010 – 2:52 pm

Jono Meko Skersvėjis (Jonas Mekas’ Crosswinds Street) officially opened today in Užupis, the bohemian part of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Jono Meko Skersvėjis buvo oficialiai atidarytas Užupyje (Vilniuje) balandžio 1d.

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