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Ars Poetica 2014 – World Class Poetry Charms Bratislava Once Again. Twelfth edition of international festival of poetry Ars Poetica 2014, taking place between the 3rd and 7th of December in Bratislava’s culture centre A4, brings a number of real surprises for all the admirers of great poetry and culture in general. This year's main headliner of Ars Poetica 2014 is Ron Padgett, American poet, co—founder of the famous New York school and one of the prominent figures of contemporary American poetry, who has been awarded many prestigious prizes. One of the pioneers of sound poetry, German wildcard Dalibor Marković, is set to perform, among other great performers, right on the opening night of the festival. Be prepared for a thrilling mix of rhythm of words and drums. Surely a highlight of the opening night.

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Visitors of Ars Poetica 2014 can look forward to witnessing the performances of more than twenty poets and authors from twelve countries. As a special treat, the festival's stage will host a few first showings of performances of international artists that connect poetry and visual art: Marc Atkins, a world renowned poet, visual artist and photographer, Martín Bakero, a surreal Chilean living in Paris, Ariadna Radi Cor, Italian poet and performative graphic, but also a Cracovian duo of young pioneers of digital poetry. Slovak poetry will be represented by the leading authors of three generations: Ján Buzássy, Karol Chmel and Jana Pácalová.

Concerts should also be mentioned among the highlights of the festival. Not only there will be performances of young and talented Slovak musicians like Lixx and his project Subliminal, or a duo Genius Locci, the program also includes a performance of worldwide renowned Tony Bianco in the formation Mass Machine whose other member is a poet and performer Michel Delville.

With her multimedia project Creation 2014 (inspired by Michal Habaj's poetry), charming Jana Tereková (with Eva Lacková) is ready to persuade the audience that poetry acquires amazing new dimensions when enriched by modern dance.

Ars Poetica's film section, this year taking place manly in Foajé,16 Štefániková Street, once again offers rare pieces and creative experiments – films you wont see in any multiplex movie theatre. From all the excellent films, definitely don't miss Experimental film, a retrospective set of Dušan Hanák's short experimental films, or Zuzana Piussi's Cogito Ergo Slam (Myslím, tedy slam, 2008) which is yet rather unknown in Slovakia.

The poems were translated by Mária Ferenčuhová, Karol Chmel, Pavol Lukáč, Peter Macsovszky, Katarína Motyková, Silvia Ruppeldtová, Martin Solotruk, Martina Straková and Miroslava Vallová. Lucia Hurajová and Ľubo Bukový will take care of the artistic recitation within the VJ sets of Zdeno Hlinka.

Posters

Ars Poetica 2014 - invitation SK/DE
Ars Poetica 2014 - invitation SK/ENG
PF Ars Poetica 2015

Festival program

Amuse-bouche of Culture

3 December – Wednesday

Films
Foajé, Štefánikova 16, Bratislava

18:00 – Other Visions 2013 – a selection of ten animation films from Festival of Film Animation PAF 2013
20:00 – The Second Game (Steaua : Dinamo 1988) d. Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania 2014, 97 min

Official Opening of Ars Poetica 2014

4 December – Thursday

A4, Karpatská 2
19:00 Evening of Poetry
Nia Davies (GB)
Vlad Ster (RO/NL)
Dagmara Kraus (GER)
Simone Kornappel (GER)
Dalibor Markovic (GER)

A4, 21:00 Dancing Performance
Creation 2014
Eva Lacková (SK), Jana Tereková (SK)

A4, 22:00 Concert
Genius Locci (SK)

Film Section
A4, Karpatská 2
17:30 Europe, a single poem I

Foajé, Štefánikova 16, Bratislava
18:00 – Experimental film (1919 – 1959)
20:00 – Best of Fest Anča 2014, 83 min.

5 December – Friday

13:00 European Poetry Forum
Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2
International Colloquium On The Forms of Contemporary Poetry

A4, 19:00 Evening of Poetry
Rodica Draghincescu (RO/FR)
Tomica Bajsić (CRO)
Adam Borzič (CZ)
Hilá Lahav (IZR)
Karol Chmel (SK)
Ron Padgett (USA)

A4, 21:00 Poetry and Video
Ariadne Radi Cor (IT/GB)
Leszek Onak (PL)
Łukasz Podgórni (PL)

A4, 22:00 Concert
Subliminal / Lixx (SK)

Film Section
A4, Karpatská 2
17:30 Europe, a single poem II

Foajé, Štefánikova 16, Bratislava
18:00 – Experimental film (1928 – 2005)
20:00 – The Lyricist, d. Arnold Kojnok, Slovakia, 2014, 83 min.

6 December – Saturday

A4, 19:00 Evening of Poetry
Biagio Guerrera (IT)
Jana Pácalová (SK)
David Lespiau (FR)
Ján Buzássy (SK)
Michel Delville (BEL)

A4, 21:00 Poetry and Video
Martín Bakero (CHIL/FR)
Marc Atkins (GB)

A4, 22:00 Concert
Machine Mass
Michel Delville (BEL), Tony Bianco (USA/GB)

Film Section
A4, Karpatská 2
17:30 Europe, a single poem III

Foajé, Štefánikova 16, Bratislava
18:00 Stoka – The Epilogue, d. Zuzana Piussi, Slovakia, 2007, 19 min.
19:00 Cogito Ergo Slam, d. Zuzana Piussi, Czech Republic, 2008, 51 min.
20:00 Dušan Hanák (1965 – 1974)

7. 12. – Sunday

15:00 Bring Your Own Poem
Malewill Café, Uršulínska 9, Bratislava
Creative Writing - Workshop

Artists

Chantilly Cream is an umbrella term Ariadne Radi Cor (I/GB) opened in London, to include her work on graphic design, postcards and lettering. Ari has been invited to give talks about Postcards in Venice, Cà Foscari University and in Bergamo, Academy of Art. She has been exhibiting her work in Italy, Ireland and London. Her poetry focuses on recordings used as voice over to videos.

Atkins Marc Atkins (GB), an English artist, has lived, worked and exhibited in London, Rome, New York, Warsaw and Paris. He has presented his work and ideas on the image at the Royal Academy, UEL School of Architecture, Royal College of Art, the New York University, Paris, The Photographers' Gallery, Université de Liège and the University of Cambridge. His prose poetry books are The Logic of the Stairwell and The Prism Walls, and his photography books include The Teratologists, Liquid City, Faces of Mathematics, Thirteen and Warzsawa.

More on the author:
A Catalogue of Perspectives on Multifaceted Work of a British Artist, Marc Atkins
Marc Atkins: Retrospective

Tomica Bajsić (CRO). Poet, prose writer, graphic designer and translator. Editor for translated poetry in Poezija / Poetry quarterly magazine, Croatia, and founder and chief editor at Druga priča / Another Story publishing. Worked also in restoration, drawing and design. General secretary of Croatian PEN Centre. Poetry and prose works translated into 12 languages. Author of six books of poetry and prose, and a picture book. Editor, translator and publisher of four international poetry anthologies. Twice awarded with high national awards for poetry. Published in numerous anthologies and literary journals at home and abroad.

Tony Bianco (USA/GB), was born in New York City and currently resides in England. He has played and recorded with some of the most influential musicians of the international jazz scene, such as Dave Liebman, Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall, Elton Dean, Alex von Schlippenbach, Reggie Workman, Paul Rutherford, Keith Tippett, Paul Rogers, Luther Thomas, Jay Oliver and John Edwards. The sheer diversity of his discography reflects his need to be "loose and tense, free and strict" combine the sounds of straight and free jazz, closed and open form. His most recent releases include Tribute to Coltrane (with Paul Dunmall) and Machine Mass feat. Dave Liebman's Inti.

Adam Borzič (CZ) is a poet, essayist, psychotherapist and chief editor of the literary magazine Tvar. He co-founded the poetic group Fantasía. Together they published a book Fantasía (Dauphin, 2008). In its poetry and manifesto Fantasía expresses a wide imagination, poetry reading and the art of performance. Borzič published a collection of poems Rozevírání (Opening, Dauphin, 2011) and Počasí v Evropě (Weather in Europe, Malvern, 2013), which was nominated for Magnesia Litera 2014, the major Czech literary award. Borzič's poems were four times included in the Anthology of Best Czech Poems. With his poems and essays he contributes to printed and online journals in Czech Republic. His poems were translated into English, Croatian, Romanian and Polish. His new book Orfické linie (Orphic lines) is due soon.

Ján Buzássy (SK) was born in Kočovce, Slovakia. He graduated from library studies and Slovak language at the Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University in Bratislava. He worked as editor and later (until its demise) as editor-in-chief of the iconic Mladá tvorba (Young Creation), a magazine about literature. Since 1971, he worked as editor and editor-in-chief of the publishing house Slovenský spisovateľ (Slovak Writer). After 1989, he became chairman of the Association of Writers's Organisations in Slovakia.

Works: 1965 - A Game with Knives, 1966 – The School of Cynics, 1970 – Nausicaa, 1972 – Beauty Leads the Stone, 1975 – A Fairytale, 1975 – Phonolite, sonnet cycle, 1976 – A Year, sonnet cycle, 1978 – Spirit of Elderberry, 1979 – Saint John's Wort, 1982 – Plain, Mountains, 1988 – The Golden Section, 1993 – Remedy with Wine, 1995 – Days, 1997 – The Light of Waters, a cycle, 2000 – A Walk in Autumn, 2001 – Mrs. Faust and Other Poems, 2004 – Still Life – A Short Fasting.

Translations: 1966 – T.S.Eliot: Wasteland, 1967 – Oskar Davico: Gale Market, 1973 – Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin: The Village.

Creation 2014, Jana Tereková (SK) and Eva Lacková (SK). The dance show was inspired by poems selected from the books of poetry Korene neba and Michal Habaj written by Michal Habaj.

DelvilleImage by Elisabeth Waltregny Michel Delville (B), teaches English and American literatures, as well as comparative literature, at the University of Liège, where he directs the Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Poetics. He is the author or co-author of The American Prose Poem (1998), J.G. Ballard (1998), Hamlet & Co (2001), Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and the Secret History of Maximalism (2005), Food, Poetry, and the Aesthetics of Consumption: Eating the Avant-Garde (2009) and Crossroads Poetics: Text, Image, Music, Film & Beyond (2013). He has also co-edited several volumes of essays on contemporary poetics and published two collections of poetry and prose poems: Le troisième corps (2005; translated from the French as Third Body in 2009) and Entre la poire et le fromage (2013). As a musician he has toured worldwide with various bands and collaborated with many jazz and avant-rock musicians including Dave Liebman, Elton Dean, Chris Cutler, Harry Beckett, Ed Mann and Annie Whitehead.

More information at Ars Poetica European Poetry Forum site

Martín Bakero (RCH/F) is a poet, musician and psychotherapist (therapoet). He has presented performances, lectures, films, expositions, installations and radio programs in many locations throughout Europe and North, Centre and South-America. He has experimented with combinatorial, permutation, genetic, astrobiology, quantum mechanics, sound, vision and psychics arts. He studied electro- acoustic composition in the conservatory of Paris and teach in the University of Paris, México and Chile specializing in sever personality disorders and poetry. He research about how transform the symptom in art: symptomart; and the acousemantik way by how the problem becomes poem, transforming the fixe consonants into free vowels and the lost vowels into real optopoetrysound. He participated in workshops with Meredith Monk, Joan La Barbara, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Henri Chopin, among others artists. He make workshops for "therapoets". He created the pneumatic and electro-pneumatic poetry, he's working now in "Acousemantik" poetry. During the last time he made some creative sound residences and performances in Avatar (Québec), National centre for arts (México) and Proposta (Barcelona). He's member of LaBoRaToiRe, Motor Nightingale, Buzos Tácticos, M'Other, Futures Primitives, Mutiques and pnEUmAtIkOs, where he works with other artistes, scientists, mystiques...in different rehearsals about the bounds between poetry, music, vision and reality. He created the festival Festina Lente and the Laboratory of electropneumatic poetry (Laboratoire d'electropoésie acousmantique) in Paris.

Rodica Draghincescu (RO/F) is academic, writer, poet and translator. She writes both in French and in Romanian. She was born in Buzias, Romania. She was part of a movement of nonconformist Romanian writers born out of the fall of the Ceausescu regime in 1989, the so called "90's generation." In the Romanian press, Rodica Draghincescu was for a long time considered "the Amazon of Romanian Letters." Apart of Romania she lived in Germany and then she settled in France, where she became a literary advisor to several cultural institutions. She published novels, poetry, literary essays, translations and interviews in Romania, Germany, France and USA, and has collaborated in readings at many festivals worldwide. She directs the multidisciplinary, multilingual webmagazine: Levure Litteraire and is a member of the editorial board of the German Publishing House Klak from Berlin.

Genius Locci (SK). A musical project of two sisters and likeminded musicians whose music oscillate between indie folk, dream pop and tender electronic ambient tunes. They sing in English and their songs have compelling, harmonious melodies. They combine fragility with extraordinary energy and power. In May 2014 they published an EP entitled Innate featuring their selected songs. At Ars Poetica they will perform as a minimalistic, yet authentic duo.

Biagio Guerrera (I). Poet, actor, director, curator. He has published three poetry books: Idda (Il Girasole 1997), Cori niuru spacca cielu (Mesogea, 2009), Amàri (Mesogea 2014) + audio CD, and the audio CD Quelli che bruciano la frontiera (Folkstudio Ethnosuoni, 2011) together with the Tunisian poet Moncef Ghachem and Poetry Pocket Orchestra. His poems have been published in Poland, England and Tunisia. His interest in sicilian language, poetry and music has led him to direct many plays and performances based on poetry, also in collaboration with poets as Ronny Someck, Moncef Ghachem, Habib Tengour, Rosa Alice Branco, etc He is also a cultural activist. currently as president and artistic director of Associazione Musicale Etnea and artistic director of the International Poetry Festival Voci dal Mondo (six editions).

Hilà Lahav (IL) was born in Zichron Yaacov, Israel, and is a professional musician and a poet. She has studied History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and early music performance for recorder at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. She is a member of several acclaimed ensembles in which she performs classical early music as well as classical Turkish, Arabic and Andalusian music that she performs on the ney (Turkish/Arab flute) and historical woodwinds. Since 2005, Hilà's poetry has been published by Mita'am literary magazine and she has been awarded by the Hebrew University for several of her poem collections. Her debut poetry collection, Soul, (נשמה) was published in 2011 by Hakibbutz Hameuchad publishers. Until the Morning – (עד הבוקר) her second book of poetry – is to be published December 2014 by Hakibbutz Hameuchad publishers.

Karol Chmen (SK). Editor, translator of Polish, Croatian, Slovenian and Serbian literature, author of the collections of poems like Máš, čo nemáš (1985), Ovocnejší strom (1989), Spray, modrá mentalita (1998), O nástrojoch, náradí a iných veciach vypustených z ruky (2004), Chiaroscuro (2009) a Batéria (2014). Since he had graduated from The Faculty of Philosophy at The University of Comenius in Bratislava until 1989, Chmel tried many jobs and occupations such as driver, tutor, or art therapist in mental asylum. Since 1989 he has worked as editor for the publishing house Smena, as editor for the magazines Fragment and OS, and currently works as editor for another publishing house, Kalligram.

Simone Kornappel (D). Poet, translator and Co-editor of the literature magazine Randnummer Literaturhefte and editor of the Web portal lyrikkritik.de.

Dagmara Kraus (D) was born in Poland and raised there and in Germany. Her poetry and translations appear widely, including the poetry collections kummerang (Kookbooks, Berlin, 2012/ gloomerang, New York, Argos Books 2014) and kleine grammaturgie (Urs Engeler/roughbooks, Solothurn, 2013). She currently lives between rural France and Berlin and has recently discovered radio art.

David Lespiau (F) was born in Bayonne, in the south-west of France. His first texts were published in magazines beginning in 1996, then by several editors beginning in 2002. He co-directed the magazine Issue, focused on the junction between contemporary French and American poetry, and devoted himself to works of critical analysis, notably for the CCP cahier critique de poésie magazine published by the International Poetry Center of Marseille where he has worked since 2000. He continues to explore several axes of research and writing around poetry and the narrative for diverse editors. He has published thirty-some books of poetry and two experimental narratives, La poursuite de Tom (Tom's Pursuit; Farrago, 2003) and Férié (Vacancy; Les Petits matins, 2009). Books published in 2013/2014: Notes de production (Production Notes; Contre-mur); 27 réponses et 70 je piqués de biais (27 Answers, and 70 "I"s Taken on the Side; lnk); Nous avions (We Planes; Argol); Notes pour rien (Notes for Nothing; Contrat maint); Poudre de La Poudre (Powder of the Powder; Le Bleu du ciel). Number 28's issue of CCP cahier critique de poésie (October 2014) is devoted to his written work.

Lixx (SK) . For more than fifteen years, Lixx is mostly known for his drum&bass projects, but he doesn't hide his excitement for any kind of good tunes. He heads the Basshaze parties and SIGNAII_FM Night, as well as Radio FM's drum&bass show and has been tirelessly promoting all the good music for many years. In 2010, he started his side-project Subliminal. No genres, no restrictions, just pure, strong music that will penetrate deep under your skin.

Dalibor Markovi (D). Born and raised in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with a croatian cultural background. As a child he discovered his ability to create sounds and rhythms with only his mouth - the so-called "beatboxing". During his study of philosophy at the University of Frankfurt, he started performing at "Poetry-Slams", a modern form of competition for upcoming poets. Along with two friends and fellow poets he established the Spoken-Word-Team "WordAlert". In 2010 they were the winning team at the "Zürich Spoken Word Festival". His work on stage is a collage of dialogues, prosaic inserts and rhythmic poetry, which often embodies the beatbox as a link or break inbetween. Dalibor Marković lives in Frankfurt am Main.

Nia Davies Image by Maria Angelica Madero Nia Davies's (GB) pamphlet of poems Then spree came out in 2012 from Salt publications. Her poems have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. She regularly collaborates with other poets, musicians and artists.

Çekoslovakyalılaştıramadıklarımızdanmısınız or Long words - a chapbook-long series of poems titled after long words in various languages - is her forthcoming publication. She is editor of Poetry Wales and co-editor of Poems in Which. She also works on international literary projects with Literature Across Frontiers and Wales Literature Exchange. Nia Davies lives in Wales.

Leszek Onak (PL) is a cybernetic poet, visual artist. Co-producer of "wgraa" volume, author of installations and algorithms. He tapers with a stick in the interface carcass, speaks with bots, and remixes the stick. He is the creator of literary websites and the co-initiator of rise of artistic group Rozdzielczość Chleba. Tags: perfokarta, cichy nabiau.

Jana Pácalová (SK), the author of the books of poetry Citová výchova (Emotional Education), 2003, and Všetko o mojej matke (All About My Mother), 2012. She works in the research of the 19th century Slovak literature and edits the book written by Slovak authors writing in the period of Romanticism. The outcome of her seminal work concerning the history of Slovak fairy tale is her monograph entitled Metamorfózy rozprávky (Metamorphoses of Fairy Tale), 2008. She lives in Most pri Bratislave.

Łukasz Podgórni (PL) is a graphic artist and creator of applications and unidentified literary objects; he sculpts in audio files and trains speech synthesizers during stage performances. He has signed manifestos of cybernetic poetry, and has taken part in its initiatives. He is the author of the volumes Skanowanie balu (2012), noce i pętle (2010) and the co-author of poetic newsletters Kryzys (2009), Zbiór pusty (2013), as well as the poemographic split wgraa (2012). In cooperation with Urszula Pawlicka, he has compiled a collection of digital adaptations of poems by Tytus czyżewski (2012).

Ron Padgett (USA). His How Long was a 2012 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Poetry, and his Collected Poems received the 2014 Los Angeles Times Best Book of Poetry prize and the William Carlos Williams Prize from the Poetry Society of America. In 2015 New York Review Books will publish his translation of Zone: Selected Poems of Guillaume Apollinaire and Coffee House Press will publish his new book of poems, Alone and Not Alone. He lives mostly in New York City.

Vlad Marius Ster (RO/NL), was born in Baia Mare, Romania. He is currently a resident in Enschede, the Netherlands. Since 2012 he has been studying Law and culture, and self-studying philosophy, and photography. In the near future he will start a writing and photography bachelor. In 2013 he started personal project Hayzed, which turned out as an experimental magazine for art and culture, Hayzed Magazine, where he is the editor. In the past he had collaborations with Peter Macsovszky for the magazine.

Actors

Lucia Hurajová, actress, lives in Bratislava. She regularly performs in various theaters in Bratislava (City Theater of Pavol Orságh Hviezdoslav, Divadlo v Podpalubí). She is a member of Túlavé divadlo ensemble (Wandering Theater), a coordinator of international Francophonic project Karavána desiatich slov/Caravane des dix mots. She holds a doctoral degree in theater studies, and has one son, Maximilián.

Ľubo Bukový was born in Martin. He graduated in acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He was awarded Best Actor at the International Student Festival Zlomvaz in Prague and he was awarded Best New Actor in 2006 Divadelné dosky Awards for the play Ivanov. Together with his home independent theatre group The 12 Studio he won the Grand Prix at New Drama Festival 2009 with the their own play Pamäť Bratislavy: I. Petržalské príbehy (The Memory of Bratislava: I. The stories of Petržalka). Later he co-acted with Teatr Polski in Wroclaw under artistic supervision of Krystian Lupa and took part in a work-shop led by Russian theatre maestro Anatoliy Alexandrovich Vasilyev. He has performed in several theaters in Slovakia and abroad, for instance in the Slovak National Theatre, Arena Theatre or Štúdio 12 in Bratislava, Archa Theatre in Prague, Grotowski Institute in Wroclaw, Municipal Theater I-Camp in Munich and Italian theatre Piccolo Teatro Orologio. Ľubo Bukový often performs as a film actor – in Jiří Chlumský's movie Nedodržaný sľub (Broken Promise) or in Juraj Krasnohorský's debut Slovak feature Tigre v meste (Tigers in the City). Since 2007m he is a member of TUCET Studio for New Drama ensemble.

Another information

Off Programme Ars Poetica 2014

A4 – Centre for contemporary Art, Karpatská 2

Foyer, Štefánikova 16, Bratislava

3.12., Wednesday

Foajé, Štefánikova 16

6 PM – Other Visions 2013

A selection of ten animation films from Festival of Film Animation PAF 2013, curated by David Kořínek, member of the art group RAFANI

Sea Protects Our Bodies (d. Adéla Sobotková, 5 min., 2013), Naked Dinner (d. Marián Vredík, 7 min., 2013), atlas 1.0 (d. Jakub Korselt, 3 min., 2013), Warped Jan - Čapatý Ján (d. Marie Hájková, Petr Šprincl, 17 min., 2013), The Pots (d. Ivan Svoboda, 5 min., 2013), Absence (d. Jan Martinec, 6 min., 2013), Birdwatchers Wife (r. Klára Doležálková, 2 min., 2013),
Signs (d.Matyáš Trnka, 1 min., 2013), Make Some Noise (d. Jan Husták, 2 min., 2012), Spell of Forgetfullness (d. Veronika Vlková, Jan Šrámek, Martin Búřil, 8 min., 2013)

8 PM – The Second Game

(Steaua : Dinamo 1988) d. Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania 2014, 97 min.

The director and his father watch a 1988 football match which the father refereed, their commentary accompanying the original television images in real time. A Bucharest derby between the country's leading teams, Dinamo and Steaua, taking place in heavy snow, one year before the revolution that toppled Ceaușescu. The Second Game (Steaua : Dinamo 1988) is a peculiar movie based on viewer's cognitive abilities, experimenting with the possibilities of capturing and portraying the reality and its complexity.

4.12, Thursday

A4 – Centre for contemporary Art, Karpatská 2

5:30 PM – Europe, a single poem I

Set of short, eight minutes long films in production of Czech Television offers the portraits of prominent figures of contemporary European poetry captured through the eyes of Czech and Slovak directors.

Ján Litvák - Slovak poet through the eyes of director J. A. Pitínský
Eva Kristina Olsson – Swedish poet through the eyes of director B. Rychlík
Nora Nadjarian - Cypriot poet through the eyes of director M. Františák
Els Moors - Belgian poet through the eyes of director J. Gogola
Jane Kirwan - British poet through the eyes of director V. Morávek
Johanna Venho – Finnish poet through the eyes of director J. Dadák
Dimitar Kenarov - Bulgarian poet through the eyes of director V. Morávek
Edvins Raups - Latvian poet through the eyes of director B. Rychlík

Foajé, Štefánikova 16

6 PM – Experimental Cinema (1919 – 1959)

The atmosphere of the beginning of 20th century is the matrix for the search of the cinema's identity, as well as for a variety of Avant-garde directions. Have a look at the extracts of breakthrough cinema experiments, various technologies and approaches from the era when visual language of cinema competed with poetry.

Symphonie Diagonale ( d. Viking Eggeling, 1919 — 1924, 7 min.), Filmstudie ( d. Hans Richter, 1926, 5 min.), L'Idée (d. Berthold Bartosch, 1932, 25min.), Swinging the Lambeth Walk ( d. Len Lye, 1939 min.) Meshes of the Afternoon (d. Maya Deren, 1943, 15 min.), A Man and His Dog Out for Air ( d. Robert Breer, 1957, 3 min.)

8 PM – International Animation Festival – Best of Fest Anča 2014, 83 min.

Best of International Animation Festival Fest Anča, which is an exclusive platform bringing quality animation movies for adult audience all around Slovakia. The compilation consists of the best films of this year's festival. Come and see the best of short animated films, student films, music videos and films for children.

A4 – Centre for contemporary Art, Karpatská 2

9 PM – Dancing Performance

Creation 2014
Eva Lacková (SK), Jana Tereková (SK)

The dance show was inspired by poems selected from the books of poetry Korene neba and Michal Habaj written by Michal Habaj.

A4 – Centre for contemporary Art, Karpatská 2

10 PM – Concert

Genius Locci (SK)

A musical project of two sisters and likeminded musicians whose music oscillate between indie folk, dream pop and tender electronic ambient tunes. They sing in English and their songs have compelling, harmonious melodies. They combine fragility with extraordinary energy and power. In May 2014 they published an EP entitled Innate featuring their selected songs.

5.12., Friday

1 PM European Poetry Forum
Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2
International Colloquium On The Forms of Contemporary Poetry

The European Poetry Forum Initiative seeks to establish a permanent platform, a bursary, of reflections, observations and recommendations on the contexts and forms of the contemporary European and international poetry provided by the broadest possible spectrum of creative and academic personalities. We hope to inspire a growing emergence of an informative forum that will employ both traditionally academic as well as independently creative approaches in an effort of gathering knowledge and reflective impulses on the poetics, traditions, and visions of those, whose call was to inherit the earth as the art of poetry.

http://poetryforum.arspoetica.sk/

A4 – Centre for contemporary Art, Karpatská 2

5:30 PM – Europe, a single poem II

Collete Mart - Luxemburgian poet through the eyes of director L. Králová
Bogdan Trojak - Czech poet through the eyes of director V. Morávek
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer – Dutch poet through the eyes of director J. Dadák
Denisa Mirena Piscu - Romanian poet through the eyes of director J. Gogola
Roland Acsai - Hungarian poet through the eyes of director P. Kerekes
Stanka Hrastelj -Slovenian poet through the eyes of director J. Dadák
Manfred Chobot - Austrian poet through the eyes of director L. Cmíral
Neringa Abrutyte -Lithuanian poet through the eyes of director J. A. Pitínský

Foajé, Štefánikova 16

6 PM – Experimental cinema (1928 – 2005)

The conjunctive theme of all these films is dance. Not by accident. All of the film creators included in this selection perceived films or video as a medium suitable for visual poetry, colourfulness and as a symphony of pictures.

La Marche Des Machines (d. Eugene Deslaw, 1928, 7 min.), Rainbow Dance (d. Len Lye, 1935, 4 min.), Meditation On Violence (d. Maya Deren, 1948, 13 min.), Dance Chromatic (d. Ed Emshwiller, 1959, 6 min.), Angel Blue Sweet Wings (d. Chick Strand, 1966, 3 min.), Take Off (d. Gunvor Nelson, 1972, 10 min.), Reasons To Be Glad (d. Jeff Scher, 1980, 3 min.), Mouse Heaven (d. Kenneth Anger, 2005, 12 min.)

8 PM – The Lyricist, d. Arnold Kojnok, Slovakia, 2014, 83 min.

This documentary depicts the life and lifework of a historian, Ján Mlynárik (1933-2012), which unfolded in existential proximity to the controversial historical events that took place during the existence of Czechoslovakia. At the same time, he is an example of a hard-line follower of the ‚Art of remaining upright' attitude. Certain parts of the movie depict how poetry influences the social change and vice versa during the tough totalitarian era.

A4 – Centre for contemporary Art, Karpatská 2

10 PM Concert

Subliminal, Lixx (SK)

For more than fifteen years, Lixx is mostly known for his drum&bass projects, but he doesn't hide his excitement for any kind of good tunes. He heads the Basshaze parties and SIGNAII_FM Night, as well as Radio FM's drum&bass show and has been tirelessly promoting all the good music for many years. In 2010, he started his side-project Subliminal. No genres, no restrictions, just pure, strong music that will penetrate deep under your skin.

6.12., Saturday

A4 – Centre for contemporary Art, Karpatská 2

5:30 PM – Europe, a single poem III

Dimitri Vazemsky –French poet through the eyes of director M. Františák
Paul Maddern – Irish poet through the eyes of director L. Cmíral
Doris Kareva –Estonian poet through the eyes of director P. Kerekes
Joan-Elies Adell – Catalonian poet through the eyes of director L. Králová
Michal Tabaczynski – Polish poet through the eyes of director J. A. Pitínský
Immanuel Mifsud – Maltezian poet through the eyes of director P. Kerekes
Morten Sondergaard – Danish poet through the eyes of director J. Gogola
Hermann Jan Ooster – German poet through the eyes of director L.Cmíral
Maria Grazia Calandrone - Italian poet through the eyes of director L. Králová
José Antonio Almeida - Portugese poet through the eyes of director M. Rychlíková

A4 – Centre for contemporary Art, Karpatská 2

6 PM – Stoka – Epilogue, d. Zuzana Piussi, Slovakia, 2007, 19 min.

Through interviews with Ľubo Burgr, Laco Kerata, Inge Hrubaničova, Jozef Chmel, Vlado Zboroň, Lucia and Zuzana Piussi and Blaho Uhlár, as well as by seeing the extracts from a variety of theatrical performances, we are given a unique chance to return to Stoka Theater, which, especially in 90's, was a forum where, at least for Slovakia, magical and uncommon moments occured on regular basis.

7:00 PM – Cogito, Ergo Slam – Myslím, tedy slam, d. Zuzana Piussi, Czech Republic, 2008, 51 min.

In this documentary by Zuzana Piussi, poetry is literally the heart and soul. Slam poetry is an unconventional form of recital – mainly poetry – that combines the methods of a variety of performance arts. The movie is an account of the first edition the competition, which took place in 2008 during the festival Poetry Without Borders in Olomouc, Czech Republic. The event was open to everyone who wished to sign up, exclusively with his/her's own work, with a three minute time limit and without using any properties, costumes, or music. Piussi follows the competition all the way from start to the final that took place in Brno.

8 PM – Dušan Hanák (1965 – 1974)

Exclusive selection of short and experimental films carefully picked from the work of one of the most important Slovak film directors.

Metamorphosis (1965) 15 min., Impression (1966) 18 min., Sonata Or Finding The Lucky Number (1966) 5 min., Analogy (1966) 15 min, Leaving a Mark (1970) 14 min., The Flight of The Blue Bird (1974) 15 min.

A4 – Centre for contemporary Art, Karpatská 2

10 PM Concert

Machine Mass

Machine Mass is coming to Bratislava after successfully hypnotizing the music scene from New York to Paris.
It will pull us into their magic of shamanistic sounds and loops.

The Machine Mass formation Bratislava gear include: Tony Bianco (drums and percussions)
and Michel Delville (guitar and electronics).

7.12., – Sunday

3 PM Bring Your Own Poem
Malewill Café, Uršulínska 9, Bratislava
Creative Writing - Workshop

Please be invited to come and share your poetry experience. Together we will read, discuss, create and write.
The workshop is open to all interested.

Video

Ron Padget

Marc Atkins

Michal Delville

Martín Bakero

David Lespiau

Vlad Marius Ster

Nia Davies

Tomica Bajsić

Hilá Lahav

Adam Borzič

Biagio Guerrera

Dalibor Marković

Teaser/TV spot

Teaser Ars Poetica 2014

teaser creation: Zden Hlinka
voiceover: Lucia Hurajová

Feedback

A thirteen minute documentary will guide you through several inspiring interviews with our international poets – participants of the 12th International poetry festival Ars Poetica 2014:

Art Magazine, RTVS, 21.12.2014.

RTVS News, 5.12.2014.

Radio Slovakia, 7.12.2014.

Daily Pravda, 4.12.2014.

The Slovak Spectator, 1. Dec. 2014

inBa, 12/2014 - 1/2015