Noting the centennial of Lithuanian poet and filmmaker Jonas Mekas, Index will be hosting a three part screening series showing Mekas’ experimental diary film Walden from 1968. Using Walden as a point of departure, the series will feature panel discussions with guests whose practices reflect Mekas’ important role as enabler, organizer, connector of people, and devout advocate for art.

This first session is inspired by Mekas’ role in creating Anthology Film Archive and his legacy of fighting censorship and championing the work of queer filmmakers. It will focus on building archives for material which has been misrepresented or excluded in traditional writings of history, and methods for promoting and disseminating queer art.

Isabella Tjäder, Curator of Learning at Index, will moderate a discussion between Anna Linder, SAQMI – The Swedish Archive for Queer Moving Images; Augustas Čičelis, išgirsti, Lithuanian Queer Archive, Vilnius Queer Festival Kreivės; Johan Sundell, Arkivet för Rosa Brus; and Laima Kreivytė, curator, writer and founding member of the queer feminist artists’ collective Cooltūristės.

Diaries, Notes and Sketches pt 2: Critique, contemplation and editorial outlooks is scheduled for 20 January 2023.

Diaries, Notes and Sketches pt 3: Poetic cinema and polyphonic practices is scheduled for 28 January 2023.

For more information on the sessions please visit link here.