Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Jonas Mekas across 7 places, from 1922 to 2019.
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Jonas Mekas (December 24, 1922 – January 23, 2019) was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema".Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Jonas Mekas was documented, and when
24 December 1922exact date
Semeniškiai, Panevėžysattested“Mekas was born in Semeniškiai, the son of Elzbieta (Jašinskaitė) and Povilas Mekas on December 24, 1922.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
24 December 1922exact date
Semeniattested“Mekas was born in Semeniškiai, the son of Elzbieta (Jašinskaitė) and Povilas Mekas on December 24, 1922.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
1946 to 1948period
University of Mainzattested“From 1946 to 1948, he studied philosophy at the University of Mainz.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
2019year
Brooklynattested“Mekas died at his home in Brooklyn on January 23rd, 2019, at the age of 96.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
1 November 2019exact date
The Shed (arts center)attested“Mekas's last work, Requiem, premiered posthumously at The Shed in New York City on November 1, 2019.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
1 November 2019exact date
New York Cityattested“Mekas's last work, Requiem, premiered posthumously at The Shed in New York City on November 1, 2019.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
1 November 2019exact date
New Yorkattested“Mekas's last work, Requiem, premiered posthumously at The Shed in New York City on November 1, 2019.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
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1941 to 1944period
Biržaimentioned“Casper claims that Mekas participated "in an underground movement in Biržai that supported the 1941 Nazi invasion of Soviet Lithuania" and worked for "two ultranationalist and Nazi propaganda newspapers, until he fled Lithuania in 1944."…”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
1944year
Lithuaniamentioned“In 1944, Mekas left Lithuania with his brother, Adolfas Mekas.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
1949year
Chicagomentioned“By the end of 1949 his brother and he had both secured sponsorship through a job in Chicago and emigrated to the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
1949year
United Statesmentioned“By the end of 1949 his brother and he had both secured sponsorship through a job in Chicago and emigrated to the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
1991year
Oceanmentioned“German filmmaker Peter Sempel has made four films about Mekas' works and life, Jonas in the Desert (1991), Jonas at the Ocean (2004), Jonas in the Jungle (2013), and Jonas in the Fields (2021).”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
2007year
Vilniusmentioned“In 2007, the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center was opened in Vilnius.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
2015year
Palazzo Foscari Contarinimentioned“It was celebrated in 2015 with a show titled "The Internet Saga" which was curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi at Palazzo Foscari Contarini on the occasion of the 56th Venice Biennale of Visual Arts.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
2018year
New Yorkmentioned“In 2018, an article in the New York Review of Books by historian Michael Casper challenged Mekas's versions of his wartime activities.”source: Wikipedia: Jonas Mekas
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