New York’s underground scene pooled dozens of artists into one sprawling festival

Evidence

Rites of the Dream Weapon was but one component in the most elaborate show Jonas Mekas had yet produced. The New Cinema Festival, held at the Astor Place Playhouse for most of November, involved scores of artists, not all of them filmmakers, and some twenty presentations. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 759

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Underground artworks circulated and recombined across multiple venues in one season — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 760; Avant-garde musicians circulated fluidly across Manhattan’s separate venues and scenes. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 1280
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Underground artworks circulated and recombined across multiple venues in one season — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 760; Avant-garde musicians circulated fluidly across Manhattan’s separate venues and scenes. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 1280