I like the noises of New York…the noises that some people hate…the street noise, the subway, I like this noise! …The noise of the streets is like music to me. Those sounds are integral, they’re part of New York and part of what I am, myself, because New York…New York helped to make me what I am and what I see and how I see and what I feel. So…for three hours you will be part of my New York, part of what I love, what I am, and my friends, the streets, the seasons, the years — it’s all there, it’s all there.
–Jonas Mekas, introduction to Diaries, Notes & Sketches a.k.a. Walden, recorded for Tate, December 2016
