Jonas Mekas. 365 Day Project

Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project (2007), a reflection on the course of an entire year captured in 365 short films, is scheduled for exhibition as a large-scale installation on 52 screens for the first time at the ZKM | Karlsruhe from July 26, 2014. Filmmaker and poet Jonas Mekas, born in Lithuania in 1922, has ranked among the most influential protagonists of experimental film since the 1960s. By way of his films, his comprehensive commentaries and critiques in the Village Voice and the journal Film Culture, which he founded in 1954, Mekas advanced to become one of the foremost figures, the »godfather« of avantgarde cinema.