Film Series
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches: Cinematic Autobiography
Co-presented by the Onassis Cultural Center NY
As direct, intimate, and revealing as cinema can be, the diary film reimagines moviemaking as a means of intensely personal self-reflection. This series showcases some of the masters of the form, all of whom turned the camera on themselves for years or even decades in an almost obsessive quest to document, examine, and understand their own lives. The results capture all the chaos, strangeness, and beauty of real life as it unfolds.
Part of the Onassis Festival NY 2015
Narcissus Now: The Myth Reimagined
at the Onassis Cultural Center, October 8—11.
These visionary works by Fluxus artist Shigeko Kubota are among the first video art.
These film diaries are stunningly raw records of a lifelong struggle with mental illness.
Ed Pincus’ landmark diary film documented the waning days of the free love era.
Avant-garde icon Jonas Mekas’ epic home movie, compiled from over 30 years of footage.
Lo-fi wizard George Kuchar broadcasts gonzo transmissions from Middle America.
Cinematic provocateur Joe Gibbons’ films blur the line between performance and self-portraiture.
Kidlat Tahimik chronicles a decade of Filipino and personal history.
Video artist Michel Auder captures 40 years of sex, drugs, and the bohemian life.