DETOUR 23
in 2012, artists David Ellis and Simon Tyszko were asked  to contribute a short film piece in tribute to Jonas Mekas, as part of a retrospective at London's Serpentine Gallery marking by Jonas Mekas 90th birthday and his long career.

Detour 23 detailed one of David's legendary detours (filmed, improvised, performance, investigations in the old Communist Block of Eastern Europe).

Filmed in Lithuania as it joined the European Union, and accompanied by Simon Tyszko, Detours 23  was fundamentally informed by the work of Jonas Mekas,  and over a number of years Jonas and David developed a strong bond in their continuing collaborations.  Other tributes were made by several artists including John Waters and Malcom Le Grice.