NYC Diary Films III: NO WORLD CINEMA
August 16, 2025 | 6–8 PM
Chelsea Walls Gallery, New York

This screening includes work by: Ricardo Areias, Jaye Bartell, Anthony Holten, Chihiro ITO, Art Jones, Junyi Min, Muriel Escalera Pale, Jeremy D. Slater, Mica Scalin, Sara C. Sun, Kazue Taguchi, Jevijoe Vitug, Joe Wakeman.

Chelsea Walls Gallery is pleased to announce NYC Diary Films III, a one-night-only screening presented by New York–based artist and filmmaker Chihiro Ito, in collaboration with the NO WORLD Project Space. The event will take place on Saturday, August 16, from 6-8pm and will include a screening, artist talk, and the release of a limited-edition event zine.
Drawing on the aesthetics and intimacy of the diary film tradition, NYC Diary Films III brings together a selection of recent short films that explore contemporary life in New York through personal, poetic, and observational lenses. As mainstream media platforms accelerate the pace and scale of image consumption, this program reclaims space for slow looking, physical presence, and shared experience.

Ito, recipient of the inaugural Jonas Mekas Fellow Award, curates the evening as an homage to the late avant-garde filmmaker and his belief in cinema as a communal and autobiographical practice. The program centers on voices from NYC’s experimental film community and celebrates diverse artistic perspectives often overlooked in commercial circuits.
The screening will be accompanied by an artist talk and a zine publication featuring images, texts, and reflections related to the films and their makers.
This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.

Chihiro Ito: @chihirohihihi
NO WORLD Project Space: @noworldprojectspace